It’s time for a new challenge over at Try it on Tuesday, which for the next two weeks is Fantasy.
My fantasy page features a very pretty fairy from the Sleeping Beauty papers by Stamperia.
For my background, I painted Stormy Sky, Pine Needles and Tattered Rose Distress Paints onto my page and left it to dry. Then I stamped a Fragments stamp by Tim Holtz, layering the stamp all over the page using Faded Jeans and Vintage Photo Distress Archival Ink and then White Moonlight Brilliance Ink. I edged the paper pieces from a Sleeping Beauty Stamperia paper pad using a Dark Sepia Faber-Castell marker and then I stuck them in place using a glue stick. To finish, I added some pretty leaves and flowers by Little Birdie.
For more inspiration please pop over to Try it on Tuesday to see the amazing creations from our Guest Designer and the rest of my Design Teamies.
I’m hoping fairies might be living amongst the flowers in my garden – spring has definitely sprung and our garden border is looking so beautiful this year (smile!).
Hoping that you all stay safe and well! x
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It’s the first Friday of the month, so it’s time for our new challenge at the Creative Artiste Challenge Blog, which as always is Anything Mixed Media Goes.
My mixed media page was inspired by a trip to Venice last month (smile!).
For the background, I applied Antiqued Bronze Distress Paint over the page and then I smooshed and stencilled some Salvaged Patina Distress Paint over the top. When dry, I used the same stencil to apply some more of the Antiqued Bronze Distress Paint. Next I distressed different postcards and Venice design papers, from an Around The World Stamperia pad, using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a Dark Sepia Faber-Castell marker. I arranged them onto the page with some photo images, which were recycled from a free Venice map. To finish, I added the fabric leaves, fabric bunting and “Memories like these …”, “Adventure”, and “Let’s get lost” stickers; everything was by Little Yellow Bicycle.
For more inspiration please check out the amazing creations from our Guest Designer and my fellow Design Team members over at Creative Artiste too. All you need to do is to use three different mediums on your projects to join our mixed media challenge; I hope you are inspired to join us, it would be lovely to see you there!
Accademia was one of the areas that we explored and this is one of the views from the Accademia Bridge over the Grand Canal; the domed Basilica you can see is the Santa Maria della Salute which is also featured on my page (top photo image).
The flower shop, as we exited the bridge, was so very pretty (did you spot the lion in the centre of the photo on the pillar above the shop – smile).
We also had fun exploring the Garden District of Castello, with all the greenery I added the fabric leaves on my page. We enjoyed walking along the lagoon promenade through the green areas, parks and over the bridges.
Castello is where we discovered the Arsenale di Venezia, which I featured on my Venezia post last Friday, and this pretty bridge was very close by.
It’s very easy to get lost in Venice as it can be quite disorienting with the narrow streets and limited views. However with such beautiful scenery and architecture around every corner, who cares (smile!).
I hope you’re staying safe and well! x
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Challenges
I’m joining the lovely Valerie and her Geometric Forms challenge over at Art Journal Journey with my rectangle images and paper pieces on my page.
Today’s page was a quick make on one of my mini chipboard journal pages. It features a cute deer family for our Nature challenge over at Art Journal Journey; I hope to see you there!
I started by covering the edges of my chipboard page with some Cold Grey Faber-Castell marker. Then I cut the pretty forest backdrop from a Forest paper pad by Stamperia. The deer family were die cut from some cream linen-textured cardstock using Darling Deer Sizzix Thinlits by Tim Holtz and were coloured using Ground Espresso, Brushed Corduroy and Antique Linen Distress Inks. I arranged them onto the page using a glue stick along with the wording which were from a Sentiments Word Sticker Pad by Finnabair.
You’ll also find a deer family on these pretty mugs, they often make an appearance this time of year and are pictured here with a couple of custard slices that we enjoyed with our Ceylon tea for our elevenses (yum!).
Stay safe and well!
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It’s the first Friday of November, so it’s time for a new challenge over at the Creative Artiste Challenge Blog, which as always is Anything Mixed Media Goes.
My mixed media page was inspired by Nature; I hope you like it!
I created the faux woodgrain background using one of my favourite techniques using ink and gel medium. I used Ground Espresso and Vintage Photo Distress Ink, dragging the ink pads horizontally across the page and then applying some gel medium over the top using a paintbrush, ensuring the brush strokes were horizontal too. I did this a couple of times to build up the colour and effect, making sure that the gel medium was dry before adding the next layer. The images and wording were cut from a Forest Paper Pad by Stamperia, and I arranged them onto the page with some strips of green paper that were left over from the same pad.
For more inspiration please check out the amazing creations from our Guest Designer and my fellow Design Team members over at Creative Artiste too. All you need to do is to use three different mediums on your projects to join our mixed media challenge; I hope you are inspired to join us, it would be lovely to see you there!
We definitely felt natural vibes when we stayed at our hotel in Torbole, Italy earlier this year; this is a view from our hotel balcony towards the mountains – so beautiful!
Here’s another of the views (smile!). Torbole is at the north-end of Lake Garda and is surrounded by mountains; it was once an inexhaustible supply of firewood and game (hence the images on my page), but now it’s a protected area because of its rare flora, some of which are only native and restricted to the area.
Talking of flora, these pots of flowers outside our hotel were so pretty too (smile!).
I hope you are staying safe and well!
Thanks so much for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.
Challenges
As well as Creative Artiste, I’m pleased to join the following challenges:
Art Journal Journey which I’m pleased to be hosting this month and the challenge theme that I’ve chosen is Nature, with my Natural Vibes page.
I’m so pleased and honoured to be hosting Art Journal Journey this month, and the challenge theme that I’ve chosen is Nature.
I love nature and there are so many possibilities for this theme; your pages should encompass “the physical world and everything in it (such as plants, animals, mountains, oceans, stars, etc.) that is not made by people”.
I enjoyed creating my autumnal nature page, using one of my favourite techniques, collage. I used a woodland image from an old magazine to provide the autumn tree backdrop. Then I added some map paper by Craft Sensations and plant cell cardstock from a Forest pad by Stamperia. The butterfly image was recycled from a greetings card, I cut it out along with the backing card for the hedgehog, squirrel and fish; which were from the same Forest Stamperia pad. I layered them onto the page with a Pocket Card by Tim Holtz and some washi tape stickers of fungi, flowers and ferns. The Nature wording was created using a letter sticker set and I highlighted the letters using a white Uniball gel pen, which finished the page.
I hope you’re inspired to join our Nature challenge too. I’m really looking forward to visiting you and seeing all your art journal creations!
Autumn is one of my favourites seasons, I love the colours that nature creates for us and here are some of the beautiful trees that we saw on one of our walks at Lytham Hall; they reminded me of my page (smile!).
Thank you so much for joining me and Happy Journaling! Hugs, Jo x
Today I’m pleased to be joining Neet over at Art Journal Journey and her In Gear challenge with a spooky steampunk page – I hope you like it!
The background was created using three pieces of paper, which I ripped and then edged using a Cold Grey Faber-Castell marker. I coloured around the edges of my chipboard page using a black Faber-Castell marker before I stuck the paper pieces to the page using a glue stick. The clock faces, wording and spooky steampunk lady were cut from a Voyages Fantastique Paper Pad by Stamperia and edged using Ground Espresso Distress Ink. I arranged them onto the page with a scalloped edge oval of white cardstock, which was die cut using Marianne Designs Craftables Cutting Dies Basic Shapes – Ovals. I added some chipboard gears which I coloured using Pumice Stone Distress Oxide Spray and some Ground Espresso and Rusty Hinge Distress Ink. To finish, I outlined the wording using a Dark Sepia Faber-Castell marker.
I think my spooky lady may live here, isn’t this rusty ironwork gate amazing – it reminds me of the rusty gears on my page (smile!).
We found this rusty gate when we were exploring Malcesine, Lake Garda, which is one of the beautiful villages situated along the shores of the lake that we visited by boat.
We had fun exploring the narrow cobbled streets with the lovely shops, eateries and bars.
There is even a castle, where I think my spooky steampunk lady may like to live too – what do you think?
Challenges
As well as Art Journal Journey, I’m pleased to join the following challenges:
Being TSFT 10th Anniversary, we decided to get really creative and swap 10 ATCs. These ATCs were contained in those beautiful folders that she created and look spectacular – thank you so much Lyn for this wonderful swap and to Bluebeard and Elizabeth for organising everything!
Here are the 10 ATCs that I sent Lyn – Happy 10th TSFT everyone! There happens to be 10 of them and also the number 10 on each of them, so I hope this meets Bleubeard & Elizabeth’s request of including the number 10 somewhere on your photos.
If you’re wondering how I created them, see below. All of my ATCs started as playing cards, which I painted with white gesso on the front and black gesso on the back. I added splatter using black DecoArt acrylic paint over some of the white gesso before I applied different designs; all the paper pieces were stuck in place using Liquitex matte gel medium and Crafter’s Companion glue tape. I used a white Uni Ball gel pen and/or a black Uni Pin marker to outline items and I added the number 10 (for 10th Anniversary) to each; this included stamping using black Archival Ink and a Tim Holtz stamp set. As you can see, my 10 ATC designs are all different, here’s how they came together:
1. I covered the playing card with a piece of Tim Holtz Collage paper and when dry, I coloured it with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. Next I stamped some hearts using Moonlight White Brilliance Ink by Archival. I coloured the hearts using a Red Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend marker and then, I covered them using Ranger Glossy Accents. To finish, I added the wording which were Kaisercraft Stickers.
2. This Alice design was created using a napkin from last year’s 9th TSFT napkin swap, thanks Lisca (smile!). The wording that I added was a Tim Holtz Small Talk Sticker.
3. I stamped numbers onto the background using black Archival Ink and a Documented stamp set by Tim Holtz, then I added the foliage and flowers which I die cut from used teabags. The words were Tim Holtz Small Talk and Label stickers, and I added some white flower buttons and beads to the centre of the flowers using Glossy Accents.
4. For the background, I added some pretty oriental papers and outlined them using a black Faber-Castell marker, smudging the ink with my finger. The “B” for Bleubeard, “E” for Elizabeth and wording were Tim Holtz stickers, and to finish, I added a green ephemera butterfly and two gold butterfly outline stickers.
5. I randomly applied some Ranger Crackle Paste using a palette knife and when dry, I applied some watered-down black Faber-Castell marker ink with a paintbrush to highlight the cracks. The poppy flower was a washi tape sticker and the teacup was die cut from Tim Holtz Halloween paper. To finish, I added a Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker.
6. This was a fun collage design using a doily, some Kaisercraft Stickers and flower Ephemera.
7. The tea images were fussy cut from some Stamperia papers, which I arranged with some Kaisercraft Stickers.
8. Using a Stamperia stencil, I added some Ranger Texture Paste and left it to dry overnight. Then I applied some Pébéo white gesso over the top. When dry, it was painted using black and Aquamarine Kuretake watercolours. The wording was a Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker.
9. The wording was cut from a Stamperia paper pad and arranged it onto the card with some die cut foliage and flowers that were leftover from previous projects.
10. I added strips of washi tape vertically down the card to create the background and I added the names of Elizabeth’s cats using Tim Holtz Label stickers. The two cats were die cut from Tim Holtz Kraft papers using a Mischievous Cats Sizzix Thinlits set by Tim Holtz. I added some gems for their eyes and a red die cut heart adding “E” for Elizabeth to the centre.
Inspired by CJ, I also created a concertina folder to hold them in, which was fun to make (smile!).
Of course, I just had to send our amazing host a couple of ATCs too; I created another Squiggles and Bleubeard ATC and a Rust one, as I know how much Bleubeard & Elizabeth like rust. The rust one was created using Stamperia papers, Glossy Accents, a chipboard cog painted covered in acrylic and Distress Paints and some stickers. Happy 10th Anniversary and thank you for all your hard work to ensure T Stands For Tuesday is organised and available for everyone to join!
Stay safe and well!
Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.
It’s the first Friday of July, so it’s time for a new challenge over at the Creative Artiste Challenge Blog, which as always is Anything Mixed Media Goes.
My mixed media page was inspired by our holiday to Lake Garda, Italy in May (smile!).
I started by applying some Ranger Texture Paste to the background using a Stamperia stencil. When dry, I painted watered-down Salvaged Patina, Tumbled Glass and Tattered Rose Distress Inks over the top; building up the layers of colour and blending them together. The postcard was from our holiday in Lake Garda, from Bar Roma in Riv (the bar is on the right-hand side and is located by a church and has lovely views of the surrounding mountains). To finish, I added some paper flowers which reminded me of jasmine which was in flower (and smelled divine) whilst we were there and a Kaisercraft sticker which reads “it’s a beautiful day”.
For more inspiration please check out the amazing creations from our Guest Designer and my fellow Design Team members over at Creative Artiste too. All you need to do is to use three different mediums on your projects to join our mixed media challenge; I hope you are inspired to join us, it would be lovely to see you there!
I hope you are staying safe and well!
Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.
It’s time for a new challenge over at Try it on Tuesday, which is Birds and/or Feathers.
Firstly, I covered the page with some beautiful coloured and designed feather stickers. Then I added some smudges of Caramel Faber-Castell Gelato and I splattered the page with some Vintage Photo Distress Ink. To finish, I added the little bird and wording which were fussy cut from a Stamperia paper pad and reads “The beauty of nature is everywhere…”.
For more inspiration please pop over to Try it on Tuesday to see the amazing creations from our Guest Designer and the rest of my Design Teamies (grin!). I hope you are inspired to join our challenge; it would be lovely to see you there!
I hope that you are staying safe and well!
Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.
It’s time for a new challenge over at Try it on Tuesday, which is Make It Masculine.
For my Masculine page, I started by adding some leftover pieces of Voyages Fantastiques papers from Stamperia by collaging them onto the page using Liquitex matte gel medium. Then I applied some Ranger Crackle Paste using a palette knife and left it to dry overnight. Next I added Caramel and Earl Grey Faber-Castell Gelatos; scribbling the gelato onto the page and then using a wet paintbrush and baby wipe to disperse the colour. I also added touches of water down Salvaged Patina Distress Paint to the edges of some of the papers. When completely dry, I added the two male images to the page using glue tape, which were also from the Voyages Fantastique Stamperia pad and I edged using Ground Espresso Distress Ink.
For more inspiration please pop over to Try it on Tuesday to see the amazing creations from our Guest Designer and the rest of my Design Teamies (grin!). I hope you are inspired to join our challenge; it would be lovely to see you there!
This steampunk styled page reminds me of the SpareParts Festival, which is local to us and takes place in the summer. This festival is described as a large-scale transport themed art piece and includes some very creative modes of transport.
There are some amazing contraptions, like this one (smile!).
I hope that you are staying safe and well!
Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.
Challenges
As well as Try it on Tuesday, I’m pleased to join the following challenges:
Let's Art Journal 