Wish card

 Hi :0) Today I have one bigger wish card I created recently. 

I used three of Tim Holtz's Colorize dies - Gertrude, Winifred and  Gladys and also a cute bunny die. I combined them with clover dies from my stash and a background made with distress inks and an older leaves stencil.  

Thank you for your visit , have a nice Saturday and see you next time :0)

2021 Christmas cards and gifts

This year my Christmas cards were dominated by penguins. Small and cute :0) And we also created a small gifts - Christmas ornaments - with my daughter. And we really enjoyed the photos of the Christmas trees on which these snowmen were hanging :0)

2021 Christmas cards and gifts

2020 Christmas cards

There was not much fun in 2020, so I wanted to create something simple but cheerful for this holiday. I used Katzelkraft and Tim Holtz stamps and Distress oxide inks with Tim Holtz Plaid stencil and also various embossing folders with winter theme for my Christmas trees. 

I especially love how easily I was able to blend the colours even on the very ordinary paper :0) For each card I've chosen two colours - I covered whole card with basic layer of the colours - lighter on the top and darker at the bottom, blended together. Than I used the darker colour again through the stencil. 

So here they are...enjoy them with me and have a great, joyful and peaceful year 2021 :0)

2020 Christmas cards

Birthday box card two :0)

Second of two birthday box cards I made this year. I used what I learned during a creation of the first card in May, but still a lot of new things and techniques to learn....made with love and fun :0) Last photo was taken in the sunlight and shows a Wink of Stella shimmer shine on the water lilies and moon. Unfortunately other pictures did not take this nice detail at all...

4.6.2018 "Waterlily pond scene" birthday box card

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

Birthday card

Ha, ha, it really seems, that these days I do only the birthday cards.... so unusual to me :0) Anyway, here is another one which gave me a lot of fun during its creation :0)

I used the Tim Holtz Distress oxide inks on the coloured cardstock as a background - mix of different greens with water droplets technique :0). I coloured all the images with Zig Clean Color real brush markers from Kuretake and I used clouds stencil with white Picket fence Distress ink pad for the inside background.

And the most important on this card? The pure happiness which it brought to the recipient :0))

13.4.2018 Birthday card

Birthday card

I don't do much birthday cards, so this is one of the exceptions, but I really enjoyed this work for a very nice little lady and I'm really glad that she like it :0). I used for the first time Tim Holtz Distress oxide inks on my serious project - in this case it was Peacock feathers and a little bit of Spiced marmalade, and I admit, that I love, how this inks work on white and - surprise, surprise - also on coloured cardstock, especially when the water droplets technique is used :0). I coloured my images - also for the first time - with Zig Clean Color real brush markers from Kuretake and I'm happy with the intensity of the colours and effect I was able to achieved with them. I can only recommend them, as well as Distress oxides :0). All the used stamps are from Katzelkraft and Hero arts. 

So here is the card, really colourful, but lovely, I think :0))

31.1.2018 Birthday card

2017 Christmas cards

I would say, that the theme for the Christmas cards 2017 was "calm and peace" :0). I decided to create inner part of each card as a small gift for the recipients - a snowglobe Christmas tree decoration and I hope, that they brought a piece of joy into those festive days :0).

Cards are a mix of coloured and embossed patterns and I really like how they look. I created five different patterns for the fronts of the cards, the snowglobe motif is then identical for all of them. Stamped patterns are coloured with Tombow and Marvy Brush markers, for the decoration on the envelope I used Hero Arts Unicorn white pigment ink :0)

So here they are...enjoy them with me and have a great, joyful and peaceful year 2018 :0)

 

Stampscape - sealing the scene

This post is just a short notice about the sealing of the scene stamped on the glossy cardstock. 

When I do a Stampscape scene on a regular glossy cardstock mostly I have the problem with final intensity of the colours. It does not matter what brand of the ink pad I use for the colouring of the scene (Distress, Memento, Hero arts inks etc.), at the end the cardstock changes them somehow and the colours become quite dull. Only exception seem to be thinner Marvy inks, I bought recently, but with those I did not experiment enough yet :0) 

Kevin Nakagawa of Stampscapes stamps recommend to put a good  layer of lightest thicker ink first, so every other layer of the thicker or thinner inks will slide more easily on the surface of the card and the application will be much smoother. He says that if your first layer is juicy enough, the other colours will stay much more vibrant at the end...

But sometimes the cardstock is pretty stubborn and nothing helps, so he also recommend to use spray sealers at the end to bring back the colours vibrancy. I don't like these sprays, the smell is not good and they are not very environmentally friendly, I think. 

Fortunatelly recently I found the great solution. I found somewhere that the sealers like micro glaze from Ranger or JudiKins should work. And it is totally true. They are basically the clear waxes, so I think that any other craft waxes like Shabby from ToDo could be used also. After you finish all your work, just apply the thin layer of these products on the card with a cotton cloth or your fingers and the colours are back and your black is dark again :D. And if you apply it gently and don't rub too hard, even the white gel pen highlights will stay untouched, but sealed on your art piece  :0)

Here is just one card I made as a test. And maybe this article could help you with the decision whether and how to seal your scenes on glossy cardstock if you are not totally satisfied with the outcome :0)

Have a nice day and see you next time :0)

30.8.2017 Stampscape Ranger Microglaze sealed landscape

Stampscape - 5 colourful brayered scenes and one bonus card again

Today's series is five colourful stampscape brayered background cards on ordinary inkjet glossy photo paper and one slightly different bonus card at the end. 

During last week I finished all the remaining cards I had with pre-brayered background. I used Tsukineko Kaleidacolor rainbow dye inkpads in different colour combinations. The colours are bright and bold, although it is not visible on the photos. All their shades are just beautiful, but I found out, that every device shows them differently, so I really hope, that you can see them in their richness as I do :0)

Anyway, these cards are again a combination of traditional Stamscapes stamps and other stamps from my stash and they are built around the quotes on them.

It was a bit tricky to integrate the characters into the scenes and use the only the colours of the backgrounds, just with the help of white gel pen and black liners (only for the snowman I used Posca brush paint pen to achieve really white colour), but I must say that the outcome is better than I hoped and I love how the cards look together :0)

I hope that they will bring at least a little smile to you, thank you for stopping by and here they are, at first together and then individual cards  with a bonus one below:

20.8.2017 Stampscape card - Oh my, it's high

24.8.2017 Stampscape card - Halloween and no moon? Really?

24.8.2017 Stampscape card - Wild ride!

25.8.2017 Stampscape card - Finally holiday!

27.8.2017 Stampscape card - Hide and seek

27.8.2017 Stampscape bonus card - I always dreamed I can walk on water

Stampscape cards - first 4 scenes

Four stampscape cards on ordinary inkjet glossy photo paper (tropical card and ducks card), Ranger specialty matt coated paper (bats card) and Ranger glossy paper (blue lake card).

Because I don't have the great paper Kevin Nakagawa use in his video lessons, these cards started as a paper test for different papers I have in my stash - how easily or hardly they take the dye inks. Then I decided to use them also for stamping. The scenes were stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink and/or Ranger Black soot archival ink.

It was not too easy I need to say, because on all of them the ink dries pretty quickly, so it is not easy to achieve nice blends of colors as Kevin does. I found out, that Versamark ink is a very helpful, especially for inkjet photo paper, because as a first  clear layer it fill the paper a bit and helps to other inks to stay longer on the surface of the paper so they can be moved and mixed better.

When the ink layers were dry (I used a heat tool) I stamped the scenes in black colors. Unfortunately even if I tried, none of the images was stamped perfectly solid and opaque and drying with my heat tool also did not helped - somehow it caused that black become a quite dull. So I used black Pigma Micron pens and Memento marker to fill the gaps and make black more black again :0).  For white details I used a white Sakura gelly roll pen. It works perfectly. And the clouds on the green card were just painted with a white Pitt artist pen (India ink) and just smudged with fingers before they dry completely (also this ink dries fast).

Next time I will definitely try a reverse order - first stamping and then coloring. But I thing that these cards was an experiment and I learned a lot, so the goal was achieved :0)

And here they are, 4 cards, 4 scenes and 4 moods... Thank you for stopping by, have a nice day and I'll be glad when you let me know which card do you like the most :0)...

6.8.2017 Stampscape cards - Tropical sunset, Blue lake, Duck rest and Night of bats...

Birthday card two :0)

Second of two birthday cards I made in May :0)

4.6.2017 "Surprise, surprise" birthday card

Birthday card one :0)

First of two birthday cards I made in May :0)

 29.5.2017 "White" birthday card

2016 Christmas cards

Christmas cards for 2016...that was quite an adventure :0) Sometimes your idea seems to be easy and then, during a realization itself, you find out that things go wrong or at least other way than you've imagined. So you change your plans and start again and leave this part and add another....and at the end there is the day when you really need to finished it all and send all your best wishes to your beloved as soon as possible. So you focus hard to make the cards almost perfect...during the morning, during the day, during the afternoon and evening and even the night...and at 6:30 a.m. you decide not to go to bed at all and keep your eyes open even a while longer so you can go to the post office after they open :0))

But i think it was worth it and I'm very happy that this year I also included a small gift for everybody - the bookcase with wishes of "Happy year" made with love, because I think that we all need a happiness in our lives :0)

Embossed white cardstock base colored with archival and distress ink pads plus colour cardstock background embossed with white embossing powder and colored with archival inks / colour cardstock background embossed with clear embossing powder and colored with archival inks.

Medallions: colour and white cardstock colored with distress ink pads, stamping with Ranger Black soot archival ink. Bunnies and trees colored with Distress markers and sealed with Distress micro glaze wax. Silver "mirrored" stars. Dimension to the frames added with white craft foam circles.

Bookmarks: background colored with alcohol markers, bunnies and books with Distress markers sealed with Distress micro glaze. Embossed with Wow! Metallic gold rich pale embossing powder and gilded with double sided tape stripes and gold foil from Prima. Text stamped with great "Perfectly penned" alphabet stamp set from Concord & 9th. White ribbon colored with matching alcohol markers. 

So have a great year 2017 and a lot of happiness in it :0)

Birthday card

Hi :0)

It was a loooong break, wow :0o But not completely without creativity, so here is a birthday card I made. On the front page it says: "It is your birthday today?" and inside: "So you should stop running for an instant, so I can congratulate to you..." .0)

BTW I love this great "Perfectly penned" alphabet stamp set from Concord & 9th. In a combination with "Liquid platinum" embossing powder from Ranger is so nice. And there is also a clear "Wink of stella" pen shine on the planets...just for a balance :0)

21.12.2016 "Space" birthday card

Two birthday cards

Hi :0)

It's been a long time since I posted something new, but I had a few busy weeks - summer has come and it is always travelling and family vacation time :0) So today I would like to show just two birthday cards I made...

Have a nice sunny days and enjoy creating for your relatives :0)

25.5.2016 "Secret garden" birthday card

30.5.2016 "Forest scene" birthday card

2015 Christmas cards

Christmas cards for 2015 :0)

Embossed and distressed base white cardstock and distress ink pads background with water droplets technique and white embossing powder pattern, all brown toned with Ranger archival ink pads. Colored with Spectrum noir and Touch twin alcohol markers. 15 x 15 cm (cca 6" x 6")

Best of my art journal pages and cards till 12.12.2015

I would like to start my blog. And I think that a good beginning could be to post my creations until now. So enjoy this first (and a little bit longer) entry and please feel free to let me know your comments :0)

26.3.2014 "Beginnings and endings are difficult, I am at the beginning."

My first art journal page. Square 28 x 28 cm (cca 11" x 11")

2.4.2014 "Fruit of the tree of knowledge. ....and in the beginning was the word..."
Square 28 x 28 cm (cca 11" x 11")

7.4.2014 Illustration to the poem Crystal Fountain with the text (ending) of the poem.
Square 28 x 28 cm (cca 11" x 11")

4.5.2014 Inspired by the song "Tea for two".
Square 28 x 28 cm (cca 11"x 11")

8.5.2014 Inspired by the song "Lady come down" from the film The importance of being Ernest.
Square 28 x 28 cm (cca 11" x 11")

22.5.2014 "Beautiful words are all around us, just unlock them the way."
Square 28 x 28 cm (cca 11" x 11")

20.5.2014 "Private paradise."
Square 28 x 28 cm (cca 11" x 11")

14.7.2014 "Rainbow of stained glass of temples will shine on the wings of angels."
Background is the sprayed solution of the instant coffee - still smells beautifully :0) A4 (cca 8.5" x 11.5")