Art journal page - Hele, kaktus!

Hi and welcome :0) Today's page is about 5.5" x 7.5" (cca 14 x 18.5 cm).

I was inspired by the joke. It's Czech variation. In English it would be: Two balloons are floating across the desert. One balloon says to the other: "Be careful, there's a cactusssssssss...."

I have a dragon (who is warning) and only one balloon (in danger) and the joke still works ,0) At least in czech language :D (It would be like this: Dragon says: "Look out for the cactus!" And balloon says: "Where do you see itttttttttt....".)

I used an embossed background created with Tim Holtz's Mosaic 3D folder with red Distress Spray Stains and Oxide Sprays, Distress Resist spray and brown Distress crayons. Cactus images are from Ciao Bella and dragon from Whimsy stamps. I coloured everything with Faber-Castell Pitt brush pens and black and white acrylic pens. Finally I added black cardstock embossed with Tattered Lace typewriter text folder. 

Anyway, I like this page a lot and it made also my husband smile ,0))

Thank you for your visit and see you next time :0)

20.1.2023 Hele, kaktus!

Art journal page - Charming, timeless and free

Hi and welcome :0). This is an another 6.5"x 6.5"  (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) art journal page.

Last time I created two yellow-orange backgrounds with Distress stain sprays at once, so I wanted to use the second one in some different way than the previous. 

I covered parts of the background with a copper metal texture paste through dotted stencil and teared numerous stripes from it. Then I found a nice Tattered Lace text embossing folder as my first layer and I glued four of the stripes on it. I used older koi stamps and a girl stamp from Pink ink designs. I colored everything with my PITT artist brush pens and white Prismacolor premier colored pencil. For the details and hair of the girl I used also Arteza white gel pen and a black acrylic paint pen. Finally I choosed my quotes from Tim Holtz Big chat stickers. 

I think I fulfilled my goal - this page is totally different than the last one :D

Thank you again for your visit and have a nice spring day :0)

8.4.2022 Charming, timeless and free

Art journal page - Simple pleasures of summer

 Hi and thank you for your visit again :0). Today it is a new art journal page from my Seawhite hardbound 7.5"x7.5" (ca. 20x20 cm) journal. 

Just a memory of how happy I was a few days ago to ride my bike again after a really long time :0)

I used Distress Oxide ink pads for this quite thin ordinary paper and I have to admit that these inks worked amazingly. An application was much easier and smoother than with Distress ink pads I used in this journal for my previous projects, because this paper is very porous and absorbs dye inks too quickly. I just regret that these Oxide colours are less vibrant than their namesakes in the classic Distress inks line - Mustard seed, Spun sugar, Twisted citron and Salty ocean.  Frames from Tim Holtz Woodgrain cardstock are coloured with Vintage photo and Black soot Distress ink pads. Focal picture is from Katzelkraft. I added some embossing (Tattered Lace) and simple stenciling for water and sun rays impression and that's it :0)

Thank you for your visit and see you next time :0)

22.8.2020 Simple pleasures of summer

Birthday box card one :0)

First of two birthday box cards I made this year. It was quite an adventure again. As usually when I create something for the first time...a lot of fun and a lot of to learn :0)

 29.5.2018 "Garden" birthday box card