Art Journal - When in Doubt...

Hello friends, thanks so much for stopping by.  Today I am sharing another page from my Art Journal - as I have mentioned with each page - we are all on a journey, whether it is art, faith, health or something else.  This one came together easily - I love that part of it - just feels right. I am sure as I go along that will change - but in the meantime I am enjoying the process and looking forward to learning and evolving...

This page has been created using recycled cardboard.  It is very simple, starting with patterned paper adhered to the page using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Adhesive Runner.  Lots of layers have been added but it is still not bulky - one of the reasons I love Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.  The inking around the edges and the image from Little Birdie Crafts have been stamped using Imagine Inks, Versamark and Embossing Powder. 

The Tim Holtz Paper Dolls are part of a very generous RAK I received and have been adhered using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Adhesive Runner.  The chipboard is also from Little Birdie Crafts and has been glued to the page.  Finishing off with Washi Tape and patterned twine.

I just love this journal created using recycled cardboard - I have great plans for it .... hope you join me as I continue this journey!! 

This project is linked to the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Lavinia World Challenges - Anything Goes Using Rubber Or Clear Stamps (No Digis)

House that Stamps Built - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Always Anything Goes 

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Scrapy Land Challenges - Always Anything Goes with Die Brand SL sells(Spellbinders)

The Paper Funday - Anything Goes/Twist is Thanksgiving

Word Art Wednesdays - Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - Always Anything Goes 

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

                                                          {{{hugs}}} and happy creating

A Sweet Wish

Hello friends - welcome and thank you for stopping by!   I am working on some projects that I cannot share yet - not for a while infact, but I had to stop by and share a card with you.  I was given these gorgeous images and papers from a friend - they are from a publication and I have to say it was so-o-o quick and easy to put together - simply elegant!

The main image has been cut/embossed using the Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circles SM Etched Dies and popped up onto cut/embossed using the Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circles SM Etched Dies pre-die cut in gold; along with a scalloped circle that has a faint floral patterned on it, using Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L 3D Foam Squares.  Next the layered card front has been adhered to a slightly larger white card front that has had the corners rounded.

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The sentiment is from a Penny Black Inc clear stamp set and has been embossed onto black card using Imagine VersaMark Ink and White Embossing Powder and then adhered across the base of the image layer. popped up below the image.  A smaller image has also been popped onto the card front using Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L 3D Foam Squares, slightly overlapping the sentiment.

As you can see - there is lots of dimension but it is still not too bulky for posting - and that is something we need to keep in mind these days.  

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Scrap Your Stash

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenges - Always Anything Goes

Imagine That Digis - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - ANYTHING GOES WITH OPTIONAL SPOTS AND/OR STRIPES  

Crafter's Castle - Anything Goes 

QKR Stampede Challenge - Anything Goes

Penny Black Saturday Challenge  - Anything Goes + optional: Tags (sentiment)

Creative fingers Challenge - Anything Goes'

Scrapy Land Challenges - Always Anything Goes with Die Brand SL sells (Spellbinders)

Digi Chooseday Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

                                                          {{{hugs}}} and happy crafting

Floral Greetings

Hello friends - welcome and thank you for stopping by!  It is Friday here and the weekend is almost here - I hope you have a good one - in whatever you do! I am hoping for a solid block of time in The Studio, as it has been few and far between over the past few weeks. I have been working away at more cards created using these gorgeous images and papers from a friend - they are from a publication and I have to say it was so-o-o quick and easy to put together - simply elegant!  I am sure you would be shocked at how many cards you can created with your freebies - I know I am - slowly working at using them all up! 

The main image has been popped up onto patterned paper using Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L E-Z Adhesive Runner followed by the slightly larger pre-cut card base also using E-Z Adhesive Runner Ultra. The sentiments have been stamped using Imagine Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black and VersaFine in Vintage Sepia have been die cut using Spellbinders Dies and popped onto the card front also using Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L 3D Foam Squares.

The small flowers are from Little Birdie Crafts, finishing off with bling from Want2Scrap being adhered to the body of the butterflies and to the card front. The pre-cut butterfly wings have been popped up using Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L 6x4 Adhesive Sheets that have been trimmed into small strips - and I do mean small!!  A little labour intensive but well worth it. The Adhesive Sheets are not as high as the 3D Foam Squares and give the perfect amount of lift to the small butterflies.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesdays - Anything Goes 

Digi Choosday Challenge - Anything Goes

Everybody-Art-Challenge - Grief/Sympathy (Card #3)

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - ANYTHING GOES 

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Scrap Your Stash

The Corrosive Challenges - Always Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenges - Anything Goes + optional Stitching (Real or Faux)

DL.Art Linky Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge - Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge -Q IS FOR QUICK AND EASY

Brown Sugar - ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Catz - ANYTHING GOES WITH OPTIONAL BIRTHDAY

Craft Rocket Challenges - Happy Birthday (Top left)

Little Red Wagon - Birthday (Top  left)

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

                                                          {{{hugs}}} and happy creating

Art Journal - What if I fall

Hello friends, thanks so much for stopping by.  Today I am sharing another page from my Art Journal - as I have mentioned with each page - we are all on a journey, whether it is art, faith, health or something else. 

This page has been created using recycled cardboard.  It is very simple, starting with patterned paper adhered to the page using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Adhesive Runner.  Lots of layers have been added but it is still not bulky - one of the reasons I love Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares, including white paint and teal ink.  The inking around the edges and background stamping has been done using Imagine Inks. The image has been fussy cut/hand cut out using scissors and also adhered using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Adhesive Runner.

Tulle has been adhered to the wings and a Little Birdie Crafts flower glued to the centre.  Finishing off with Washi Tape and patterned twine.

I just love this journal created using recycled cardboard - I have great plans for it .... hope you join me and help me 'spread my wings' in this journey!! 

This project is linked to the following challenges:

Get Creative Challenges - ANYTHING GOES = OPTION HOLIDAY

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge -RECYCLE

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Scrap Your Stash

The Corrosive Challenges -  Always Anything Goes

We Love 2 Create - Always Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

DL.Art Linky Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - Always Anything Goes 

Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

                                                          {{{hugs}}} and happy creating 

Art Journal - Not All Who Wander are Lost

Hello friends - welcome and thank you for stopping by! I have been working on another Art Journal, although my signature is shabby/vintage - I decided to create something a little more grunge/urban and am sharing a page in my upcycled journal. I have worked 'within the lines' for so long that 'colouring outside the lines' does not come easy but I do think it is getting easier with each page - moving forward slowly!

As I have mentioned before - I am very blessed to have been inspired by so many wonderful artists - my journey with the Australian Mixed Media Roadshow has certainly opened by eyes to life beyond paper - while at the same time showed me that I can work with paper and still create Mixed Media projects - there really are no set rules...- it is a matter of shaking off those things which limit us and open up our minds

My husband - my biggest supporter - says I am transitioning - and have been for some time; whatever that may mean - as long as it does not involve hormones I am okay with it.  Wink:wink!  Then there are the wonderful artists on the Roadshow who encourage me LOUDLY to 'come over to the DARK SIDE!' LOL not naming names Michael DeMeng!!  Then there are the words of encouragement from John Creighton Peterson - 'look at you girl - getting in touch with your dark side!' LOL!  That makes me laugh.  Of course the Seth Apter was quietly working away inspiring me and giving me a nudge here and there...LOL!  I am grateful to these guys and the amazing ladies who are part of my journey - taking me out of my comfort zone and to new places artistically! 

Seth - well he was just encouraging every time we chatted about art - and I have to say I am greatly inspired by Seth's stamps, dies and stencils - I seem to use them a lot when it come to my take on Mixed Media....Seth actually was a key person in helping me define the whole Crafter/Artist thing...if you know what I mean - along with Linda Molden Peterson - who is amazing and I had the honour of meeting in Phoenix on a Spellbinders Retreat....anyway enough about that...

So here you have it - I have been inspired by one of my favourite sayings and a photograph taken by my husband.  The background is from a recycled box and I hve added some inking.  A very easy page but I felt it was a case of 'less is more' - the good things is I can always add more if I feel inspired in the future.

This page is linked to the following challenges:

Artistic Stampers - Mix it Up

Do-Al(l) Kreatives - Anything but a Card

Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes

A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenges - Anything Goes + optional Stitching (Real or Faux)

QKRstampede Challenge - Anything goes

DL.Art Linky Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Patti's Creations Challenge - Anything Goes

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - Always Anything Goes 

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar -  ANYTHING GOES

Lavinia World Challenges - Anything Goes Using Rubber Or Clear Stamps 

Digi Chooseday - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon - Use More Than Two Words

Not Just Cards - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

                                                          {{{hugs}}} and happy creating 

  

It's Almost Christmas - Explosion Card

Hello friends, thanks so much for stopping by.  I have been been part of an "It' Almost Christmas" GetawayWorkshop and am sharing another of the cards I created for my Workshops - an Explosion card using Karen Burniston Die Explosion Pop-Up along with Little Birdie Crafts patterned papers.  I do love blue for Christmas with the pop of red, gold and green - very festive!

I have used Little Birdie Crafts,  Spellbinders, Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L , Imagine and Want2Scrap to create this card.

You can find Karen's Instruction Video HERE - it is so easy to follow!

This card is linked to the following challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas

Crimbo Crackers - Blue 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes 

Unicorn Challenge - Christmas/Winter

ABC Christmas Challenge  - W for Wreath/X for FauX

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - Christmas/Holidays

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Always Anything Goes 

Scrapy Land Challenges - Always Anything Goes with Die Brand SL sells (Spellbinders)

Word Art Wednesdays - Anything Goes 

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

                                                          {{{hugs}}} and happy crafting

In the Pink

Hello friends - welcome and thank you for stopping by!  I was given these gorgeous images and papers from a friend - they are from a publication and I have to say it was so-o-o quick and easy to put together - simply elegant!  I shared an earlier post showing the cards in mauve - you can see it HERE!

The patterned paper has been adhered to the pre-cut card base using E-Z Adhesive Runner Ultra. The sentiment has been popped onto the card front also using Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L 3D Foam Squares.  Some of the papers have been embossed using Spellbinders Embossing Folders.  The small flowers and sentiments are from Little Birdie Crafts, finishing off with bling from Want2Scrap.  

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Get Creative Challenges - ANYTHING GOES = OPTION HOLIDAY

Crafter's Castle - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Scrap Your Stash

Crazy For Challenges - Add an Element with Texture

Creations in Pink - Anything Goes in Mainly Pink

Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge - Anything Goes

Addicted To Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

                                                          {{{hugs}}} and happy creating