Playful art journal page 14

Page inspired by beautiful Japanese lacquer art :0)

A lot of layers this time. I colored whole page with black Dylusions paint and than stamped  the bamboo stamp pattern with Versamark and embossed it with WOW Super fine gold embossing powder. I die-cut the koi fish from different textured papers used them as a background pattern and as my focal point also. another layer is a black cardstock as a frame and than another one embossed with Sheena Douglass embossing folder and gilded with Inka gold paste from Viva decor. Edges are embossed with WOW Ultra high embossing powder. Than I cut out the circles - one from black cardstock embossed with this gold powder again and second one with black silk paper - stamped with Versamark and embossed partially with WOW Ultra high and partially with WOW Super fine gold embossing powders. Lotuses are a combination of Waffle flower and Altenew stamp sets. I stamped them on patterned papers - pearly white and green one gold embossed with Chinese characters stamp. Leaves are colored with Distress ink pads and flowers with very light green alcohol markers. Also the main koi fish are colored with alcohol markers and for more dimension I also used a die-cut black fun foam on their back side.

24.7.2016 Playful art journal page 14

Playful art journal page 13

After a long time a new art journal page titled "Oh, what a world I am dreaming about?" :0)

Background was made with Distress ink pads - Seedless preserve and Mermaid lagoon. Firstly I applied the colors with sponge applicator and than I stamped two text stamps from Carabelle studio over it with the same ink pads. After that I sprinkled the page with water and dry it with dry paper towel and than with my heating tool. I wanted to make a bokeh effect with white pigment ink -  Hero arts Unicorn and Lots of dots clear stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. The result was quite different and surprising than expected, but still wonderful, although when the pigment ink dried completely, the circles changed a color a lot as the ink took the colors from the distress background :0)

Theme of the page was a dreamy scene, so I left my main character - the girl, which dreams - in brown colors and the dream itself is colorful. I stamped her and other images with Coffee archival ink pad on the Tim Holtz plain tissue wrap paper and embossed them with Wow ultra fine embossing powder. Then I cut everything out and glued it on the page with Tim Holtz Collage matte medium. But before I glued the girl, I stamped her lightly directly on the page with Sky blue archival ink pad and colored the face, hair, hands and apron with Tim Holtz Picket fence white paint. Tissue wrap paper is too transparent when you glue it with the medium directly on the page and the background would be too visible through the glued picture without it (but she has a blue tint of the background regardless of it). I also used Tim Holtz mini bricks stencil and with the help of the paper mask I made a path with Coffee archival ink pad. I colored the glass tubes with alcohol markers and stamped my quote with Unicorn white pigment ink and highlighted the letter with Sharpie white paint marker. Finally I made some highlight all over the page with white Gelly roll pen from Sakura.

19.7.2016 Playful art journal page 13

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

Art journal page - And what about your garden?

This A4 (cca 8.5" x 11.5") journal page started as a two colors background - I used Dylusions Pomegranate seed and Calypso teal - with some stenciling and stamping in the colors of the background or black. Than I used black cardstock with double sided tape on it and die-cut some wild flowers from Tim Holtz. I covered them with Distress Vintage platinum glitter dust. I brushed off any excess powder and sprayed the fixative over them, so there are no glitters falling of the page now. The result is so nice and shiny. Quote is just embossed with Versamark and Platinum embossing powder on the black cardstock and than gently covered with Inka gold wax from Viva (in Old gold and Platinum colors). I used it also on the edges of the page and on the other page elements  :0)
I'm not very "shiny" person, but I love the unusual contrast of this darker background and bright glitters :0)

23.5.2016 "And what about your garden"
(in the sunlight)

(in the my working, north oriented, room light)

Art journal page - Lost and found and lucky in art

Simple A4 (cca 8.5" x 11.5") journal page with an interesting accident :0)

I wanted to use a gel medium transfer technique. I found a few pictures of hot air balloons in the news paper, so I played a little bit with the background (Distress paints and Silks acrylic paint) and transferred the pictures on, but the paper was too thin and distressed a lot during the revelation process and kept quite dull. Therefore I decided to re-colored the pictures a little bit more and used alcohol markers. I started on the big balloon with red marker, but it became clear soon, that it was not my best choice - the result was horrible :0) No problem - I covered both balloons with Dylusions black paint and stamped and stenciled the background with black archival ink. At the end I used white Dylusions paint to stamp with it on the balloons. Surprise, surprise - although the big balloon was completely covered with black, the red marker "soaked" through the paint and become visible on the white paint as a pastel version of the original strong red marker color :0o.... Very unexpected effect :0) But it can be useful, so I decided to share this journal page with you :0)

Enjoy your creative experimenting and have a very nice day :0)

20.5.2016 "Lost and found and lucky in art" 

Playful art journal page 12

Obsession, that could be a topic for today's journal page. But the official name is "Halloween again?" ,0)

You probably also know it....sometimes you have an idea, you try to bring it to the life and the final result is....anything else :D. So you try it again (and maybe again and again) :0) That happened to me with last two journal pages. Page 11 was a little bit Halloween, but completely differently then I wanted. And the initial idea in my head was not fulfilled and became a kind of obsession.... That's why I offer you a new page with different point of view :0) Unfortunately I need to admit that even if I love this new page really a lot, the obsession remains :D. Please forgive me, but there will be probably another Halloween page in the future, although it's only May now :D

I'm very proud of this page, because it is 97% one layer page (except of the pumpkins green parts). Normally I would use paper piecing technique, but this time I decided to try it with masks. And it was a lot of thinking about the right order of working steps I must say and paper piecing would be much much easier (but more bulky). Also, I would not worry so much that my next step destroy all the previous work .0) But I think that it was worth it. I love the color combination, shining pumpkins and my cute skeptical owl :0))
There is only one disappointment - my mobile phone camera is not able to take full spectrum of colors. Violet (Distress ink pad Wilted violet) is almost invisible, blues (Distress ink pads Faded jeans and Chipped sapphire) are faded and orange color of pumpkins (Distress ink sprays Fossilized amber and Carved pumpkin) is too dark, even in the sunlight. I spent a lot of time just with taking pictures of this page and I unhappily think that this photo is the best I can make with it....

But I used Distress ink pads and sprays, alcohol markers and for the first time in my crafting history colored pencils also. I learned how to make darker orange color for shading of the pumpkins (according the color theory I mixed orange Carved pumpkin and it's opposite color Wilted violet, so I received darker, muted, but still very nice color), I successfully used colored pencils (and I will use them again) and I made my own masks for each object.... hurray :0)

Please enjoy this page with me and have a very nice day :0)

19.5.2016 Playful art journal page 12

Playful art journal page 11

Today a slightly different page - with a little bit more painterly look. Although it was not intended to be like this, I learned a lot with this page - especially about "how important sealing the layers" is :0)

This page started light blue - I wanted to use Faber-Castells gelatos, but I was not completely satisfied with the intensity of colors. So I dried this first layer and used Distress inks over it in two shades of violet - Seedless preserve and Wilted violet. I used "halloween" stencils and moved the page into a little bit "darker" mood. Than I painted a moon, stamped the crows etc.... The page was almost finished and everything was good as long as I decided to make a final sealing of whole page with clear gesso, because without it I was not able to achieve pure white color of the birds and feathers. Every coat of white became slightly violet after I applied it. And then it happened. Even if my brush and all layers on the page were completely dry, the violet colors of Distress inks smudged or disappeared and the covered first layer of light blue gelatos became visible again. Quite a disaster. And the white moon? There was no white anymore :0O
What happened? It emerged that gelatos, even dried, did not hold Distress inks well. It was only sit on the top of gelatos. If I would sealed gelatos first with the clear gesso or mat medium, it would be much better base for Distress inks and if I would later sealed Distress inks with e.g. microglaze, it would be even better.

So what I did with it? I left the "clear" gesso coat to dry and than started with violets and black again. Of course, It changed the background pattern of the page a bit, but the outcome was not so bad at the end. Than I stamped my crows in white and black and when the stamped images were dry, I sealed only the white part of the crows (it was not important that they become violet again, because when the sealer - mat medium - was dried, the violet color was finally and safely locked into it and was not smudgeable anymore) and repainted it again with white marker. Success :0)) And do you see the flash of genius - when I did not sealed whole page again but just the crows, so there was no danger that I will move the Distress inks again? .0)) That kind of clever ideas is usually coming when you really need to solve some problem or save something you accidentally destroyed :D

So in fact I should thank this accident for opportunity to learn something new. But to be honest, next time I would prefer things to go more smoothly and cleanly .0)

16.5.2016 Playful art journal page 11

Playful art journal page 10

Another "simple" art journal page with topic "Tempus fugit / Time hurries" :0)

Background was made with Dylusions Dirty Martini spray - I love this color - and Peeled Paint and Iced Spruce Distress inks. I just played with some of Tim Holtz stencils and a little bit with ghosting technique. And a new stamp from Stampendous - A hare in a hurry - is so cute :0) Colored with alcohol markers and distress ink. And also with shimmery Twinkling H2O watercolors. It was for a fist time I used them and I'm very happy with the outcome. Instead of Ranger Archival ink Jet Black I used Hero arts Hero hues India Ink Black dye ink, which should be also archival, fade resistant and good to use with both alcohol markers and watercolors and I'm very satisfied with it. It is dark enough and there was no smudging with any colors I used with this ink. Definitely thumb up :0)

Unfortunately I had the same problem again I have with most of my journal pages recently. I want to make just easy pages and enjoy the creating, so I'm trying not to have any preliminary idea about the final page. No focus image, no quote. So I always start with a background and add some border ..... and I love the result so much, that I have a sooo hard time to find something to fit with it. E.g. this time I had a great checkered border and and I twice changed the colors of it and colored it black at the end, because I did not find any way how to connect it with the rest of the page. I need to say that it is really, really frustrating for me :0D...
Maybe I should have one journal just with background pages, perhaps with some quotes... .0). But I feel there is a danger in it....I don't want to end up doing just the backgrounds .... hmmm, what a dilemma :D

Anyway, enjoy today's page and I would appreciate any your comment.... e.g. how would you solve my problem with too cute backgrounds :0) 

14.5.2016 Playful art journal page 10

Playful art journal page 9

Today's journal page is just a simple combination of some elements I wanted to use once. And topic... "Around the world" :0)

Background is made with stamping and Pan pastels again, postal stamps die cuts were embossed with embossing folders with script, travel and postal theme sprayed with Distress inks with some Pan pastels on it for more matte look. A globe is a gorgeous die from Tim Holtz. And than these nice stamps I have from my parcels and letters with crafty things...irresistible :0)

So no special technique today, just a little challenge with grey background...it is really not a color I would use a lot :D Just one funny thing - when I took my photos of this page, if the sunlight came from other side, the embossed parts looked like deeply debossed. Very cool - but not truth :0))

3.5.2016 Playful art journal page 9

Playful art journal page 8

This journal page has two topics - resist and spring :0) Resist is the first one, because it was the inspiration for the background I made for this page. When I saw the set of samples done by Michelle Remy I knew I want to try it, because the range of mediums which can be used for this technique is really impressive and inspirational. And I love my result I must say. For me it looks like an old tapestry. And sometimes if I do something I like so much, I really want whole page to be in harmony. That's why the second topic is spring/love, because that is the feeling I had from the background when I finished it and because Spring in all his beauty is finally here all around :0). 

Resist technique is a combination of more mediums in this case. First I applied Dylusions paint Dirty martini with Ranger foam applicator. In the lower right corner I already had thin layer of Dylusions After midnight paint, so the final color is darker. I did not use any water and this coat of Dylusions acrylic paint really help to this technique and my lighter journal paper to absorb next layers without damage. Next I stamped text and rose stamps with Dylusions archival mixed media ink pad in Dirty martini color. Ink is darker than paint in the same color, so it is nicely visible. Around edges I went with Jet black archival ink pad, again with foam applicator. I dried the page with heat tool and than I stamped Flourish background stamp from Tim Holtz with Finnabairs clear gesso. I put it on the stamp with roller, so the coat was even. This is my resisted part. Finnabairs clear gesso is smoother than others I have and does not have such a rough "tooth" when dried. That is significant for the last, most important layer - Dylusions Dirty martini spray heavily applied with foam applicator. The paper must be really saturated with this liquid layer, so the resisted gesso part can become visible. During the application I also moistened my applicator with a few drops of water, so the final coloration is lighter in some parts and darker in others. When the page is completely dry, I fixated all with coat of Ranger Micro glaze. I put it with my fingers and than buffed with dry cloth. 

Corners, text and element are stamped with Jet black archival ink and embossed with Wow clear detailed embossing powder. For the flourish I made an extra piece of paper with Dirty martini paint, black archival ink and Wow clear embossing powder. Than I put a double sided tape on the back side and cut two flourishes with Tim Holtz Mixed media 2 Thinlits. I did use the cut out pieces of the flourish and because I wanted the segments turning left and also right, I cut one flourish from the front and one from the back side of the paper and flattened the rougher edges with my Big Shot. Than I had enough pieces to play with so I made my own flourish. Some butterflies and corner picture are from Graphic 45 Mon amour collection stamps and are colored with Dylusions sprays in waterbrushes. Last white touches I made with Uni-ball signo pen. 

And that's it....I really hope you like it and thank you for your patience with so looooong article :D

7.4.2016 Playful art journal page 8

Playful art journal page 7

Playing with Pan pastels is fun still, so this journal page has a whole background made with Pan pastels, Finnabairs clear gesso and stencils in Seawhite hardcover art journal (25x19 cm / 10"x7.5") :0).
At first I used foam applicator with light blue Pan pastel for whole background, than I used a waved stencil from Simon says stamp with darker blue pastel and than I covered whole page with two layers of clear gesso (just to be sure that I will not destroy my thinner journal paper later). Finnabair's gesso is quite smooth, so I could easily used it for my next step - I covered whole page with third - darkest - blue color of Pan pastel. Clear gesso holds pastel beautifully, but I was still able to remove some of this third color layer with wet baby wipe through circle stencil. Final result are the lighter circles with visible wavy pattern from first two layers of Pan pastel.
Then I used Tim Holtz white texture paste with TCW Nautilus stencil and I reduced the shine of the white color with light blue pastel applied with brush. The structure of the paste is a little bit rough, so I didn't want to use my foam applicator for it and I had a better blending possibility.
At the end I embellished whole background and shells with Indigoblu gilding flakes and I wanted to have at least the central circle a little bit dimensional, not just flat. Here I found out one important thing (for next time), that I really don't like the Indigoblu special gilding glue for this kind of gilding. Maybe it was because of the layers of Pan pastel, but it did not hold the flakes well when I brushed the excess flakes off (some parts ended scraped, although I did use a quite soft brush) and on some spots it left some "rubbery" sticky lumps....so for example the gold circle I gilded three times and rest of the page two times. In the end, for the last trial I used Design-Metall liquid gilding milk from Efco instead (you can use any gilding liquid). You can put the leaves on it in 15 minutes after application, it holds the leaves with no problems and with no sticky residue. I also applied the protective varnish for metal leaves from the same company, so it could keep the shine of the metal leaves and protect them from scratches for a longer time (unfortunately metal leaves are not the real gold, so they will not stay shiny forever). Outcome of this experience is, that next time I will use the white gesso or a texture paste to build a dimensional objects and than lay the metal leaves on gilding milk.
The sea horse was stamped with Indigoblu gilding glue, gilded and colored with Dylusions sprays in waterbrush. I also re-gilded some parts of it with gilding milk and used the gilding varnish.

At the end I must say, that this page was a great creative adventure and I really enjoyed all new techniques, although it was a bit difficult in a few moments :0) 

2.4.2016 Playful journal page 7

Playful art journal page 6

Today I tried another variation of Versamark and Pan pastel technique background. I have a new 6 Dylusions paints in my stash, so I wanted to see how would they look like in my journal book. When I put these colors in my Dylusions color swatch, I cleaned the foam applicators in my journal. And than I decided to transform this really colorful background in a new journal page :0). I used Versamark stamping (few different stamps at one time) and white Pan pastel over it again. Than I recolored roses with black ink marker. Border, on the other hand, I stamped in black Versafine ink and than put white pastel on it, so the result is more grey now. And the Pan pastel covered the shapes perfectly again. After polishing the page with dry cloth all was perfectly fixed.
There were only two surprises - when I wanted emboss the words under the shoe (clear embossing powder over black stamping), I did not use the baby powder first, so embossing powder covered also the surrounding of the letters, especially the parts stamped with Versamark and covered with pastel. Another thing was, that when I stamped my quote with Versafine, this Versamark/pastel text was still quite visible through the ink, so I went with my black marker over it again. The images of the shoe and owl are also stamped in black and embossed with superfine clear embossing powder, so I could colored it easily with Dylusions sprays in waterbrushes with colors corresponding with background Dylusions paints. I finished the page with white Signo uni-ball pen.

So there it is, a result I like a lot, colorful journal page Nr. 6 in a Seawhite hardcover art journal (25x19 cm / 10"x7.5").

25.3.2016 Playful journal page 6

Playful art journal pages 4 and 5

Another two small art journal pages today. It is mostly about background. I wanted to try a Versamark or Watermark ink technique with a combination with Distress ink pads and Pan pastels.

I need to say, that first trial - Nr. 4 is a quite out of my comfort zone - red color for the background and green (complementary color) leaves in foreground, that is definitely not my cup of tea. On the other hand I wanted something a little bit romantic what would fit with my background Vintage alphabet stamp. Unfortunately this time I did not the technique correctly and the final result was not according to my expectations, so I also used some stencils to finished it. But I like a lot the watch and squirrel :D

Second trial - journal page Nr. 5 - is much much better :D. I like it a lot. I used Distress ink pads, stamped the lattice background stamp with Versamark ink, spritzed the page with water and dried it with heat tool and paper towel. I used Distress ink pads again a little bit to softened some lighter spots. Than I stamped the leaves and applied the white Pan pastel with Distress foam applicator. The result was magical, especially when I burnished the whole page with dry paper towel, so the Pan pastel was fixed on the stamped places and the colors became a little bit more pastel. Finally I used this technique again with music notes stamps. For the image I wanted to use a one layer technique, so I stamped Gorjuss girl stamp, masked it with low tack paper mask and stamped a beautiful tree stamp from Chocolate Baroque over it. The tree stamp was originally bigger and there were two birds, but i masked them out with masking tape before stamping and than I used just a part of the stamp, so it is narrower now :0)

For both pages I used Seawhite hardcover art journal again (25x19 cm / 10"x7.5").

20.3.2016 Playful journal page 4

23.3.2016 Playful journal page 5

Playful art journal page 3

Another small playful and a little bit mysterious art journal page today... Sometime you switch on the light and there it is... ,0). This time I did not use a book art journal page, but a free page - Canson Mix Media small art book page 14 x 21 cm (cca 5.5" x 8.5"). I saw a few videos with Tim Holtz's new Distress paper mosaic kit and I wanted to try a glazing medium in it. Unfortunately I don't have any, but I was thinking about an alternative I have - Liquitex String gel. It is also a gel medium in a similar consistency as that glazing medium and holds a shape easily. I poured it from the jar to the small bottle with a narrower nozzle and I used it on the light bulbs. It worked perfectly :0D. Also a drying time is quite short, just in hours, although they say, that medium is totally dry after 48-72 hours. Maybe one day I will try also a Golden alternative - Tear gel. 

So here it is...and I wish you a very nice sunny day :0)

13.3.2016 Playful journal page 3

Playful art journal pages 1 and 2

Today I have just two small art journal pages. I really would like to do something just for the fun, not too complicated, something I can finish in few hours, without too much thinking about the subject (just to be inspired with something - technique, color, shape, picture) and feel that great satisfaction from the finished work in the same day - or the next day at the latest :0)) For me it is very difficult, because I mostly have a quite exact idea or topic in my head and I try to transfer it on the paper as best I can (at least in my own eyes) and sometimes it takes a lot of time and there is not so much creative fun and relaxation I would like to feel during the process .... These two pages are my first trials for a relatively quick and playful creation and I hope that it will be easier and easier for me ,0) 

I decided to use Seawhite hardcover art journal for it (25x19 cm / 10"x7.5").

Have a nice and playful day too :0)

18.2.2016 Playful journal page 1

8.3.2016 Playful journal page 2

Art journal page - Winter

Hurray, hurray, hurray :0)

My mini series is finished - today I would like to share with you the final - Winter - art journal page :0). I need to say, that this is an awesome feeling, because I was not able to thing about creating anything else before finishing this mini series of journal pages - Spring-Summer-Autumn-Winter. It started very innocently with nice magnolia stamp I wanted to use, than I named the page Spring and that was, surprisingly, just beginning :0)) Anyway this page shows my favorite winter - a lot of tea and books, pleasant view from the window in a warm room - watching the sparkling snow and the snowman we made this year - winter paradise :0))
This time I used books stamp from Sheena Douglass, snowman from Stampendous, tree stamps from Chocolate Baroque and snowflakes from Winnie and Walter. For background and textures I used Tim Holtz Knit texture fades which I really love and wood grain embossing folder from Crafter's Companion. Beautiful sparkle on the snow and text (unfortunately not so visible on the photo) is Ranger's Clear Rock Candy on the sticky embossing powder. And all images are colored again with Distress mini ink pads used on my craft sheet as a palette. At the and of the coloring I covered some parts of the pictures with Ranger Distress micro glaze, so they become waterproof and the colors intensified. Textured background is gently sprayed with Lindy's Stamp Gang Glitz Spritz (Steel Shimmer).
Square 28 x 28 cm (cca 11" x 11")

I hope you've enjoyed this series and if you want, please leave me a comment - I would be happy to know what do you think :0)

Art journal page - Autumn

Hi,

today I have an art journal page with autumn theme. I wanted to make an impression of changing colors of the autumn nature. Therefore, I have a two-tone background this time :0) I used leaves stamps from Penny Black and some old clear (no name) stamps, mushrooms from Chocolate Baroque and Sheena Douglass and rose hips and chestnuts from Chocolate Baroque. Trees are just hand drawn and for more interest used a wood texture stamp from Kaisercraft.  This time I colored all images with Distress ink pads - I used mini ink pads, put them on my craft sheet and used them as a palette. The alcohol markers I used just for shadows of the object on the background. For better control of the color intensity I used just an ordinary small round brush dipped in water droplets, not a water brush. At the and of the coloring I covered all the objects (except trees and mushroom legs) with Ranger Distress micro glaze, so they become waterproof and the colors intensified. Background is a combination of two Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays (Bayou Boogie Gold, Cajun Carnelian Red), Prima Marketing Color bloom sprays (Sorbet, Gilded), gesso and water droplets.

Square 28 x 28 cm (cca 11" x 11")

I hope you like it and I would be happy if you would leave me a comment :0)

Importance of having sun .0)

Hi,

today I am very very happy, because I solved one big problem...how to show true colors of my artworks. And yesterday I found a great solution - sunlight :0). On February, there are not many sunny days, but yesterday I wanted to make some pictures of my new work in progress and I wanted to record all the nice colors and shine of it. But unfortunately my workroom window is to the north, so there is no chance to make a good photo. I went on our south balcony and winter sun shined directly on it. And the photos were so great that I decided to re-photograph my artworks (those I still have) from my previous entries and updated my blog and Pinterest gallery with them, so you could see all the beautiful true colors of my works just like I do :0) Please enjoy them with me and have a great beautiful day (although today it is a rainy one here) :0)

Art journal page - Summer

Hi,

today I have an art journal page with summer theme and colors :0) I used shell stamps from Chocolate Baroque, Inkadinkado and Sheena Douglass and also some labels from sea-themed JustRite stamps . Lovely cherries are also from Chocolate Baroque stamps and tiny birds are from one of the Xcut "build a scene" die sets. The bottles are made from two layers of the acetate sheet and inside colored with Ranger alcohol inks with a little help of StazOn ink pads. Because both layers with the alcohol ink in between them are a little bit sliding, I glued them together with a glossy acrylic medium. On the back side of them I also put one layer of a translucent tracing paper, so the plastic is not so so transparent at the end :0). Other images are colored with Spectrum noir and Twin Touch alcohol markers and some Distress ink pads. Background is made with combined technique of three Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays (Baby Blue Eyes Aqua and Delphinium Turquoise), gesso and water droplets.

Square 28 x 28 cm (cca 11" x 11")

Art journal page - Spring

Hi,

today I have one more thing I would like to share with you. New art journal page with early spring theme and colors :0) I used Stampendous bird stamp and Chocolate Baroque Magnolia stamp and colored the images with Spectrum noir and Twin Touch alcohol markers. Background is made with combined technique of three Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays (Magnolia Magenta Gold, Salt Water Taffy, Creme Brulee Cream), gesso and water droplets.

Square 28 x 28 cm (cca 11" x 11")

P.S. This page won the Chocolate Baroque first Spring art competition in May 2016  :D I'm so so happy and proud :0) 
Their beautiful stamps you can find on www.chocolatebaroque.com :0)

Handmade mobile phone case

Hi,

today I would like to share my new mobile phone case with a magnetic closure, I made from wonderful "leather like" paper Kraft-tex. Original color of the paper was chocolate, I changed it a little bit with Ranger's Archival ink pad Coffee. Front cover is embossed and finished with brown alcohol marker. Inside of the case I put a black felt and final decoration is hand made stitching all around the edges. I really like it, it fits perfectly into my hand :0)

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")