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

Art journal page - What seems ordinary...

Hi and welcome back. Today I have a new 8 x 9 inches (cca 20x22 cm) art journal page.

I played with a lovely Autumn splendor die from Honey Bee Stamps, bright colours of Dylusions sprays, gold spray and an older witch die from Tim Holtz. This autumn background die is so beatiful itself ant the colours so bright that it was very difficult to pair it with anyting else. But I did and I think I like the outcome :0) For the witch I used silver glitter paper and covered it with black alcohol ink and later with black PITT artist brush pen, so the black is darker but stil shiny.

This page is also my post for Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge "Not a card".

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

6.10.2021 What seems ordinary...

Art journal page - Magical night

Hi and welcome :0) Today it is a 6.5"x 6.5"  (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) art journal page with the Halloween vibes.

I used stamps from Colorado Craft Company, Tim Holtz and Art Impressions and colored my background with a Dylusions Balmy night spray and my pictures with Karin Brush Marker PRO. I also used a lot of white gel pen this time :0) 

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

22.9.2021 Magical night

Art journal page - HOME sweet HOME

Hi and welcome back :0) Today it is a nontraditional 6.5"x 8.5"  (ca. 16,5 x 21,5 cm) and art journal page. 

I used and transformed my older turquoise left-over background. I added plaid background stamp from Tim Holtz, a lovely girl stamp from Penny Black, some greenery die from Hero Arts and a beatiful house front stamp from Graphic 45. I also used AALL & Create washi tape and I stamped plaid background stamp over the black cardstock with Versamark ink, so the subtle pattern matches my page. I colored my images with Dylusions Vibrant turquoise spray, Karin Brush Marker PRO and OHUHU alcohol brush markers (skin) and I was happy how easy it was :0) 

I love this page and maybe you can also feel those quiet vibes as I do :0) 

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

28.8.2021 HOME sweet HOME

Art journal page - Owl love

Hi and welcome again and again - for the last time today ,0) I returned to my traditional 6.5"x 6.5"  (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) and art journal page format to try "stamp and smudge" technique with Distress Oxide ink pads and this cute AALL & Create owl stamp set.

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

15.8.2021 Owl love

Stay calm tag series

Hi and welcome again :0) 

Have a small baby in a house is often very challenging. Stay calm is a kind of mantra I would like to repeat and feel every day :D

22.7.2021/ 29.7.20201/ 1.8.2021 - STAY CALM

Lion tag

Hi and welcome :0) This is a small 6 inches (cca 15.5 cm  x 8 cm) tag I made for fun. This format is quite small for me, but I wanted to try :0)

Birthday card 2020

 Hi and welcome again :0) This is a birthday card created for my mum this year :0)

 

Art journal page - Find and express yourself

Hi and welcome again :0) This is my traditional 6.5"x 6.5"  (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) art journal page of 25. 5. 2021. 

I found some older background I made with acryclic paints and stencils. I was curious whether I can transform the paT artist brush pens and Dylusions sprays filled in brushes.

ge into something. Usually I have big troubles with it, because when I create my projects I make my bacground and focal points together so they match my vision :0) 

I used Darkroom door long butterfies and fern stamp with Dylusions calypso teal creative dyary ink and and some AALL &  Create text washi tape. I found these adorable pandas in my stash and I think that they are just perfect. A light bulb, an old typewriter and a magnifying glass complete the idea of this page. I coloured my images with PITT artist brush pens and Dylusions sprays in water brushes. 

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

Art journal page - I saw my soul in the mirror

Hi and welcome :0) This is my 6.5"x 6.5"  (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) art journal page for SimonSaysStamps Monday challenge "Four Legged Friends".

I was inspired by the words of one song I heard recently and this is an idea that came to my mind - do you  also feel this way sometimes? :0) 

I used Peacock feathers and Salvaged patina Distress inks and Salvaged patina Distress oxide for my bacground together with Honey Bee leaves stencil. My brown colours are a combination of Wild honey, Tea dye and Black soot Distress inks and Mustard seed and Fossillized amber for my yellows. I found these funny stamps from Katzelkraft and very nice old frame die from Spellbinders. Curtain is a stamp from LaBlanche.  

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

22.5.2021 I saw my soul in the mirror

Art journal page - It's all perspective

Hi and welcome back :0). Today it is again one page for my a 6.5"x 6.5" (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) art journal.

I played with the blue shades of Distress inks and a new Kitsch flamingo pink colour. I was inspired by my new nice Stampendous background stamp and I wanted to create some "tree scene" with this gorgeous bird stamp from Tim Holtz. I colored my birds with PITT artist brush pens from my stash and I was surprised how well they blended on my mixed media cardstock even if it is porosu serface. My first idea was totally different, but I'm happy with the final outcome. Sometimes it happends, that the page has it's own mind and life :D 

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

18.5.2021 It's all perspective

Art journal page - Dream

Hallo and welcome :0). Today I have new page for my a 6.5"x 6.5" (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) art journal.

Last time I played with Distress ink sprays, negative and positive print with the stencil and some white pigment ink stamping on the background. Because I made two backgrounds at once, I used the second print today. I added some white pigment ink stamping on the background and I coloured my focal pictures - I really like this poinsettia flower from Tim Holtz - with Distress crayons and Distress markers and also with my alcohol markers. Because the colours of the hair and flowers were a bit muted with the crayons (I used them as watercolours), I brightened up them with a layer of Distress glaze.  

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

18.4.2021 Dream

Art journal page - All time of the world

Hi again :0). This is another page for a 6.5"x 6.5" (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) art journal.

I played with Distress ink sprays, negative and positive print with the stencil and some white pigment ink stamping on the background. Then I colored a huge poppy flower from IndigoBlu and this beautiful figure from Hero arts with Karin brush pro markers and added my quote - sometimes I wish I also had so much quiet time :0)

 

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

13.4.2021 All time of the world

Art journal page - Magic

Hi and welcome :0). This is my new page for a 6.5"x 6.5" (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) art journal.

I found this small, but awesome filigree die which reminded me an oriental window. So I created a page inspired by it. I started with my Distress oxide ink pads in blues and greens and used a moroccan trellis stencil with Versamark ink to achieved tone on tone "wallpaper" background. From another scrap of paper with Distress oxide inks in shades of violet on it, combined with a Tim Holtz gold kraft cardstock, I created my windows and circle. This gold cardstock was also used for the border and small gold details on the page. To brighten my violet parts up, I covered them with Distress Glaze, so it looks like I used Distress inks and not Distress oxide - the Glaze taken the pigment part of the Distress oxides away and only the bright dye part left. 

My characters are from Hero Arts older stamp sets. I'm very happy how this page turned out :0)

 

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

19.2.2021 Sometimes all you need is a little MAGIC

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

Art journal page - I am dreaming of a rainbow holiday

 Hi and welcome back :0). Here is a new art journal page - 6.5"x 6.5" (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm).

I want to start my creative flow again, so I decided to just pick up randomly something of my stash and create a page and do not think much about it. I started with an embossing folder with a knitting pattern and then I found some nice tags stamp with a traveling theme. And this is an outcome - rainbow holiday dream for one penguin. He lives in a quite white world so why not. And I also remember one song I've heard recently...."I'm dreaming of a white Christmas..." :0) 

I simply used some Distress inks and Black soot archival ink and this cute penguin from Katzelkraft.

 

Thank you for your visit , happy new year and see you next time :0)

21.1.2021 I am dreaming of a rainbow holiday

Art journal page - All systems are go...congrats!

Hi and welcome again :0). A new art journal page for my 7.5"x7.5" (ca. 20x20 cm) journal is here.

I spent one afternoon trying one "shining moon technique"with Distress Oxide ink pads. Unfortunatelly the outcome was not very good - too much water I suppose :D. 

Still, I decided to use one of the backgrounds I made and transform it into something. And because the colours I used - Black soot, Chipped saphire and Crackling campfire - remined me of the universe, I went through my stash and found some corresponding stamps from Whimsy Stamps and My favorite things. I colored all pictures with Tombow and Marvy brush markers and brightened also the cental star (or planet?) with them, because the original Oxide colours were too dull after all my experiments. Black and white gel pen here an there and there it is :0)

 

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

19.10.2020 All systems are go...congrats!

Art journal page - Some friendships are timeless

 Hi and welcome back :0). Today there is an another journal page in my 7.5"x7.5" (ca. 20x20 cm) journal. 

Simple stamping and coloring, but funny - at least for me - idea :0)
I used a craft paper and some older animal stamps from Katzelkraft and a new flower stamp set from BoBunny. Everything is stamped with vintage photo Distress ink and coloured with Caran d'Ache Luminance pencils.

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

12.10.2020 Some friendships are timeless

Art journal page - I'm traveling home

Hi and welcome :0). Today I have an another journal page in my 7.5"x7.5" (ca. 20x20 cm) journal. 

It is created mostly with die cutting - my very first adventure with Tim Holtz Colorize die. 

I had a good time with the background - I mixed some orange, violet and brown Distress Oxide / Distress ink pads and played with Tim Holtz big Decayed layering stencil. When I see it now, I have no idea what all I did with the paper. I just remember that it was very saturated with colours and wet :D 

And a really charming giraffe Gertrude was just perfect for this page.  I used also his Baggage claim bigz die and Alphanumeric Shadow Upper letters. Together with Hero Arts World window fancy die. And I also like a lot the gold foil paper details. At the end I must say that although die cutting is not my cup of tea I'm quite happy with an outcome :0)

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

14.9.2020 I'm traveling home

Alcohol inks journal - Mermaid lagoon

Hi and welcome :0). Today I played again in my DIY disc bound 8"x 8" (ca. 20x20 cm) journal. 

I wanted to use another of my older alcohol inks background on Yupo. Because real colours of this page are different shades of teal, sea topic was quite obvious to me. For the scene I coloured big mermaid with Luminarte Twinkling H2O watercolors, but my camera does not pick the shine and the colours correctly. Unfortunately - it looks so beautiful in real life. Anyway I enjoyed to create this page - although a little bit out of my comfort zone again :0)

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

31.8.2020 Mermaid lagoon

Art journal page - Beautiful 4

Hi and welcome back :0). Today it is a new art journal page from my 7.5"x7.5" (ca. 20x20 cm) journal. 

Inspired by this Tim Holtz's Simon Says Stamp Stamptember exclusive stamps set and My Favorite Things Beautiful die. Simple play with Halloween colours - carved Ppumpkin, wilted violet, peeled paint and black soot. Some Tim Holtz's stencils for the background and here it is. The most difficult thing was to find similar alcohol ink markers :0)

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

28.8.2020 Beautiful 4

 

Alcohol inks journal - Simple beauty

Hi and welcome once more :0). This is a second die cutted layout in my DIY disc bound alcohol inks 8"x 8" (ca. 20x20 cm) journal. 

I wanted to use my left overs from yesterday's alcohol inks journal project. This time in a more simple way which is a little bit more my cup of tea :0) Again same background papers, one die from Elizabeth craft desings, no stamps and black glaze gel pen.

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

27.8.2020 Just create and be happy

Alcohol inks journal - Just create and be happy

Hi and welcome :0). Today I would like to share an another layout in my DIY disc bound alcohol inks 8"x 8" (ca. 20x20 cm) journal. 

This time I went out of my comfort zone. I decided to use just dies on one of my alcohol inked and foiled backgrounds I made earlier on Yupo paper, no stamps allowed :0) This was very challenging. The background papers with alcohol inks are so bright and nice that it is easy to make them and difficult to use them in combination with something else :D

Anyway this is my first attempt with orange/yellow and green papers (in the real life all colours are much much brighter). A birds die is from Elizabeth craft designs, stars from Altenew, asian sign from Tattered Lace and circle with clouds from Hero arts.

So that's it for today, thank you a lot for your visit and see you next time :0)

26.8.2020 Just create and be happy

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

Art journal page - Hocus pocus

Hi and welcome back :0) It's been a looooong time since my last art post and I am very happy that I have a new  journal page in my Canson Mix Media middle art book - 17 x 25 cm (cca 6.5" x 10")

I just started with a simple background - combination of Distress ink pads and Distress Oxide ink pads in blue and brown shades. I added some stenciling on the edges and a then applied Finnabair's soft matte gel through a tea themed stencil from Paper Artsy all around the page. I love this feel-dimension and second photo shows  great shadows of this raised texture :0)

Used stamps are from Visible image and Impression Obsession, coloured with alcohol markers and for the quote I used Halloween chips from Tim Holtz and some washi tape from my stash. 

Thank you for your visit and hopefully see you soon again :0)

15. 8. 2020 Hocus pocus

Alcohol inks journal - "Just dance like no one's watching"

Hi and welcome :0). Today I would like to share my new DIY disc bound alcohol inks 8"x 8" (ca. 20x20 cm) journal. 

These DIY journals are highly popular these days and I saw some awesome ones on Youtube. It is a perfect option for my alcohol inks background on Yupo paper. I wanted to try the alcohol inks on this surface for such a long time and I finally found enough courage to do it and I'm very happy I did it :0)

I splashed an Alcohol inks blending solution from Ranger on the clean Yupo, than dropped in some colours of alcohol inks (blending solution makes them movable easily and longer), blow them around with a straw and let them dry after I was satisfied with the mix they've created. Because alcohol inks can be a bit sticky on the places with higher concentration of colours, I used this feature and rubbed metallic foil over these spots, so the foil become a part of the background. The dryer the inks are, the less of the foil will stick on the page.

I was so thrilled, that I've created 7 backgrounds at once, with different colours and foils :D I hope I will use them all for my new art journal.

First page is full of ballerinas from Hunkydory and Visible image dancing in the moonlight and I only regret that it is almost impossible to show, the silver foil on the page, it is really wonderful effect :0)

So that's it for today, thank you a lot for your visit and see you next time :0)

20.11.2018 Just dance like no one's watching

Creative week 17 - "It doesn't have to be Halloween"

Hi and thank you for your visit again :0). As I promised last time, here is a new art journal page from my Seawhite hardbound 7.5"x7.5" (ca. 20x20 cm) journal. 

I think that Halloween is not the only day or night when witches make their magic. I had this idea in my head for some time , so I'm very happy with the final page :0). Especially because of the alcohol markers colouring I did this time - it is really not my cup of tea .0). I used ShinHan Touch Twin alcohol markers and Spectrum Noir alcohol markers together with white and black gel pens. 

I stamped all my images from an awesome "Witch way is the candy" stamp set from My Favorite Things (just the nice broom is from Chocolate baroque) with Memento Tuxedo black ink pad and enhanced the black lines after colouring with Memento Tuxedo black marker. 

Background is a combination of Distress sprays - Seedless preserves, Faded jeans and Chipped sapphire - and water. For white droplets I used white gesso mixed with water. The more is the gesso diluted, the more the droplets obtain the colour of the background from Distress sprays before they dry, so the white of the gesso is not so shiny at the end. It is also possible to use the same colours of Distress inks over the dried page and muted the white dots with them as I did. 

This page is also my entry to the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge.

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

10.11.2018 It doesn't have to be Halloween

Creative week 16 - "Awesome AUTUMN beauty"

Hi and thank you for your visit :0). I'm back again with an art journal page from my Seawhite hardbound 7.5"x7.5" (ca. 20x20 cm) journal. 

This time I was strongly inspired by the last beautiful. sunny, warm and colourful autumn days we had here in a past few weeks. It was just awesome go out, watch the leaves in their transformation and be surprised by the nature life everywhere around - birds, fish, insects (e.g. ladybug flying around me which found its place on the page) - although we could say that winter is almost here, just around the corner :0)

Background was created with a combination of blue Distress inks and Distress oxides which I like a lot  (Distress wet on dry layers basic background technique). In reality are the colours much darker, and deeper, with an awesome contrast and final effect. Die-cuted leaves, ladybug and pumpkin were also coloured with Distress inks. For a pumpkin which I drew myself I used also Distress markers to achieve darker shading. At the end I used Nuvo Crystal glaze on the ladybug and a peace of natural corrugated paper - stained with Distress inks and sprayed with water - as my ground (it is not much visible, but it really fits there) :0)

This page is also my entry to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge. 

And it is for today. I hope I will be back soon with another page. Thank you for your visit and if you would like to come again, see you next time :0)

04.11.2018 Awesome AUTUMN beauty

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