Art Journal - Be Different

Hello friends, thanks so much for stopping by.  Today I am sharing another page from my Art Journal - as I have mentioned with each new page - we are all on a journey, whether it is art, faith, health or something else. I was inspired to journal when I created the Mixed Media project using some of the Spellbinders Seth Apter Collection - you can see the post HERE.

This page 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 inspiration for this page was inspired by the stamped Flourishes.lc elephant - which is adorable you have to admit!   

A recycled tag has been covered using left over pieces of patterned paper, it has been and sponged around the edges using Imagine Memento Ink in Espresso Truffle and a ticket added to the bottom of the tag. 

The elephant has been stamped and fussy cut/hand cut using scissors and popped up onto the tag.  A few stamped ink splotches using Imagine Memento Ink in Wedding Dress and a few little 'additions' from my stash.  The sentiment is from some packaging.

The bird is has been stamped using  Imagine Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black and coloured using Chameleon Pens.  This has also been fussy cut/hand cut using scissors and popped up onto the Journal Page slightly overlapping onto the lower right end of the tag using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.

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:

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes  w/Optional Twist: Use Something Wooden

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Always Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenges - Always Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes 

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

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - ANYTHING GOES W/OPTIONAL TWIST HALLOWEEN

Crafting With An Attitude - Always Anything Goes

House That Stamps Built - Anything Goes

WordArt Wednesdays - 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

Discover Yourself

Hello friends, thanks so much for stopping by.  We are all on a journey, whether it is art, faith, health or something else. Today I am sharing part of my journey with an Art Journal page - I was inspired to journal when I created the Mixed Media project using some of the Spellbinders Seth Apter Collection - you can see the post HERE.

I have used the negative die from the Shapeabilities Seth Apter Take Flight Etched Dies as my focal point, adding some hand drawn lines around the edges to add a more personal touch. The sticker sentiments have been added - a simple form of journaling - but I am working on that - I have never found it easy, even on my scrapbooking - but I am evolving in this and it will happen - not today, but along the way.  If you have any hints - please feel free to leave a comment here!  The globe inside the Die is Spellbinders Die D-Lites World View Etched Dies and has been popped up using Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L 3D Foam Squares. 

A few stamped ink splotches, texture paste, Prima Wooden Embellishments, Washi Tape, Cogs and a aeroplane embellishment from Want2Scrap.  I have also added corrugated cardboard that has been sponged using white paint and Imagine Memento Ink in Teal Zeal and a few little 'additions' from my stash.   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!! 

You can see the Seth Apter Collection HERE - they are divine!!

This page is linked to the following challenges:

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Stamp on it

As You Like It Challenge - Favourite non-card project (&why) - art journaling - love discovering new things

Crafting By Designs - September Anything Goes

Crafting With An Attitude - Always Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Always Anything Goes 

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Always Anything Goes 

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes

City Crafter Challenge - By Sea or Sky

Cuttlebug Mania - Anything But A Card

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes 

Unicorn Challenge - Add A Charm

Simon Says Wednesday - Stamp (no digis)

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

Spreading my Wings and Journaling...

Hello friends, today I am sharing my first Journal page - I was inspired to journal when I created the Mixed Media project using some of the Spellbinders Seth Apter Collection - you can see the post HERE.

I have used the negative die from the Seth Apter Drip Drop as my focal point - this is one of my favourite 'left overs'

I have inked and sponged using browns and oranges, love the warm tones on this page.  The butterfly is by IndigoBlu and has been coloured using Chameleon Art Pens.

The stamped sentiments have been added - my simple form of journaling - but I am working on that - I have never found it easy, even on my scrapbooking - but I am evolving in this and it will happen - not today, but along the way.  If you have any hints - please feel free t leave a comment here!

A few stamped ink splotches and the 'X' from the Drip Drop set has been sponged around the edges and adhered using liquid glue. 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!! 

You can see the Seth Apter Collection HERE new stamps and Dies have been added and they are divine!!

This project is linked to:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stamping

A Bit More Time to Craft  - Always Anything Goes

Lost Coast Portal To Creativity Challenge - Anything Goes

Altered Eclectics - Always Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks - Anything Goes

Crafty Awesomeness - Anything Goes with Colored Image

Creative Craft Cottage Challenges - Things With Wings

Delicious Doodles Challenge - Orange & Brown

Happy Little Stampers AG with Dies -  Always Anything Goes with Dies 

The Sisters of Craft - Always Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Colors of Fall

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

Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy - Let's Fly Away

The Stamping Boutique - Recycling

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

                                

Faux Cleaning!! LOL!

You should see my desk - it seems that no matter what I do to clean off the work area - it is full - so I thought I would just create my way through the DP and other supplies that seems to love to gather there.....I have a few projects to show you...I will start bu showing you this one today and slip in some others during the week!

.This fabulous image is a freebie image from Ethereal Forest Designs available over at Crafters Digital Art Centre.  Have you been over to Priscilla's new Digi site yet!?!?  It is amazing, there are over 40 groups and well over 1500 people now - challenges galore and prizes, along with some of the cutest freebies you have ever seen to use for the challenges - what more could you want.  I need more hands to be able to make more cards, there are so many I would like to use....

I am feeling rather pleased as I used that Cuttlebug Vintage Corner Die that I was never sure about - I cut two and then cut them in half diagonally and attached the under the image, that has been cut using a Labels 1 Nestibilitie.  I am thrilled that it looks like a frame underneath - I love finding different ways to use our products - don't you!!? 

 You can see the dimension in this photo where I attached to a Large Scalloped Rectangle with foam tape, to add some dimension - and to think I tossed up whether or not to bring out my Cuttlebug at 11:30 last night - just as well I did! LOL!  I would be lost without my Cuttlebug - I love the texture that embossing gives - DP takes on a new life when it is embossed - in my opinion!

I added this delish lace that was given to me by my good friend and SU Demo Ann.  It just seemed to work perfectly with this DP and the colours of these gorgeous lilies!!  The final touches are those fabulous pearls by Kaiser - who can resist them....and there you have is - one  card and not even a dent in the scraps and embellishments left on my desk - oh well, what can I do but make some more cards....and I have...but I will save those for another day!

I am linking this to the following Challenges:

Practical Scrappers - Flowers

Cute Card Thursday - Renew, Reuse, Recycle

S2G Challenges - Something New

Cow Girl Sunday - Anything Goes

The ABC Challenge - X for Xtra Dimension - layers

Drunken Stampers - Colouring and Bling

Sew many Challenges - Anything Goes

Speedy the Cats' Friends - 3+ Flowers on your card

Crafty Ann's - Embossing

Thank you for looking and for your lovely comments.  We are leaving tomorrow for the funeral of my DH's Grandmother so my Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge and any other I may post in the next few days will be prescheduled - if you don't see me around, or on your Blog, please know I will get over to see you when we are back - we are only gone a couple of days!  These times are always hard, even though Grandma had a long life, it is still a great loss for the family - but one good thing is that we will get to see family that we haven't seen for a number of years - it will be great to reconnect with them! I hope you have a great weekend!  God bless you!

{{{hugs}}}

Okay - before I go, I have a little funeral story to tell you, I wasn't going to but WHY NOT!  Many years ago before my DH and I were married, his elderly neighbour died and we were going to her funeral, she was a lovely lady and we wanted to pay our respects.  It was held  a little Chapel at an older Cemetery in Sydney and unfortunately we were late, so we crept in and sat on the pew in the back row - now you know how rickety these old pews are....after we had been sitting there a few minutes my DH saw a HUGE BLACK SPIDER and I mean HUGE on the pillar next to us - right next to us and then in a split second we could not see it anymore.

I don't know about you, but when I am nervous, I laugh...and so does my DH...so we are sitting there looking around and laughing, trying to keep quiet - you know that is nearly impossible under the circumstances.  So we buried our heads in our hands and were shaking trying to contain the nervous laughter and trying to see where this revolting spider had gone.  By this time people were aware of a fuss and were turning around looking at us and that just made us worse - we had tears streaming down our faces!  When it came time to leave the Chapel, the elderly neighbours son came and saw us and was so touched that we were so upset - people thought we were distraught!!  We said nothing, just put on our sunglasses and kept quiet....DH's flatmate came up to us, he knew something was going on....what can you do! LOL!  We often laugh about that - sadly, that is not the only funeral story I have - but it is the only one I am telling today!!