Staying centered and aligned is number one especially as I move into this season in my creative life that is busier than it has ever been. I am so thankful for people in my life that are willing to sit...
at some point in the summer, i shall be moving my studio from what is really meant to be the farm office into the old kitchen...it's over the other side of the house and looks into the front garden which will be rather nice. i'm not sure it's much bigger than the space i'm in now, but it's in the old part of the house and so has high ceilings and a big sash window. i've been pretty indulgent with lighting too so it's shaping up to be a really great room. it also has a mahoosive cupboard that i shall use as strorage and dark room. i'm excited... anyway, i started moving some boxes around (somewhat halfheartedly i have to say) and found these little paper collages i made at the beginning of the year. i've decided to sell them, so if you saw them months ago and liked the look of them, they can be bought at the very affordable price of $20 each (around £12)...just click here to go to my shop! i might even find some extra little goodies for the packages...
This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we're being challenged to make our own backgrounds! And we're using fabulous Carab...
In Today I am creating a bunch of collage papers from Gelli Prints, Paper Scraps, Old book pages, Palette papers and also some “Collage-Snacks” as focal images for mixed media projects.…
Hi there, Susanne here! I have some inspiration with our new stamps today! I made some lovely mixed media tags with our Sketchy Leaves! I made a mixed media background with Super Vision watercolors…
Artist trading cards…little treasures of original artwork. Fun to create and very fun to receive. I have written before about the how and why of artist trading cards before here. I just recei…
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Uporabljen material: »homemade« lesen okvir pobarvan s temno rjavo akrilno barvo, »vintage« papir iz notne knjige, etikete najedene na netu, čipka, »tissue« papir, leseni krogci, Tim Holtz tissue wrap-Melange, Tim Holtz štampiljke iz seta Nature walk ----------------------------------------------- Products used: homemade wooden frame painted with dark brown acrylic paint, vintage paper from music book, labels found on web, lace, tissue paper, wooden circles, Tim Holtz tissue wrap-melange, Tim Holtz stamps from Nature walk set I would like to enter into Simon Monday Challenge-Anything Goes Hvala za obisk..... -------------------------- Thank you for visiting......
Hi all! I'm so happy and proud to be invited as a guest designer for one amazing challenge - Happy Little Stampers.I love all the inspirations on their blog and just how talented the ladies on the DT are. So for the May Mix Media Challenge the theme is "Shine" and you can participate with your sparkling projects as long as they have mix media techniques (stamps + ink, plus two other elements which add texture and/or dimension). For your inspiration I made a series of artist's trading cards which I brought at our annual "Cardsaddicted" meeting. I choose those lovely butterflies from the first stamp set that I ever bought and colored them with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens.It's too bad that the camera couldn't catch the lovely shine on the wings. For the background I used several acrylic paints and stencils. And at the end I stamped some inspirational words. Simon Says: Stencil It CCM #163 Pearls or Gems CBD May Anything Goes! TTPH #101 Anything Goes CHF Challenge #6 - Anything Goes CWA Challenge 15 Used materials: Hero Arts stamps, Prima stamps,Stamperia alphabet stamps Archival Ink, Staz On Cadence stencils, Dylusions Paints, Tim Holtz ATC die, Coloring: Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens (Macaroon,Sea Brease, Moonlight, Peacock Blue)
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Hi everyone, Susanne here today with some artsy tags. Creating mixed media collage tags with gel printed papers and our Sketchy Flowers 1 stamp set is a great way to make unique and eye-catching pi…
Ik hoop dat je deze gewijzigde speelkaarten leuk vindt. Ik gebruik echte speelkaarten van landgoedverkopen. Sommige kaarten zijn nieuwer dan andere. Ze kunnen worden gebruikt in uw Junk Journals of als klein cadeautje aan een speciaal iemand worden gegeven. Elke kaart is uniek en anders. Je ontvangt een willekeurige telling van 6 kaarten. Als je een speciaal verzoek hebt, laat het me weten en ik zal proberen je tegemoet te komen met mijn huidige benodigdheden. Veel plezier met knutselen!
ATC 2024 Na een aantal weken eindelijk weer iets creatiefs uit mijn vingers gekomen. Zat even niet mee en waarom ik weet het niet. Voor de f...
vintage treasure and creative comfort
Topic 13: Time Hi Everyone, Leandra here to introduce a new topic on the PaperArtsy Blog: Time. When I first started getting into this craft caper over 20 years ago, stamps that involved clocks, cogs/ gears, timepieces were among my regular favourites. I love how this images work in numerous situations, and easily provide a focal point. Before we get into the nitty gritty, here is Darcy with the winner for our last challenge which of course was Stencils. Darcy here...Stencils are so versatile, and you have come up with some brilliant techniques over the past 3 weeks. Amazing results have been achieved by reversing the stencil, layering your stencils, bumping, and using the stencil shape to create a transfer. Your finished projects have been stunning, from tags to journal pages, collages with embellies and sunny scrapbook layouts. Sooooo, the winning name out of the hat for Topic 12: Stencils..is...Susan Carol from Faith Words,Faith Expressions Please email Darcy to claim your prize [email protected] It's Leandra back with you to explore Time. First up, here is a short video. As you can see from the video, here at PaperArtsy we have numerous 'time' themed stamps, some quirky, some vintage, and some in the middle. Cast your mind back to 7 days ago, and you may vaguely recollect there was a new Hot Pick with Clocks on it too! Remember this...? But what I forgot to show in the video were these reasonably new stamps from earlier in the year, also Hot Picks. HPXT06 (lots of months/ dates), HPXT07 (large months in various fonts), HPXT08 (days/ timewords). We also have a 'clocks' series in the Ink and the Dog Stamp series. These stamps are 1/2 A4, so that is A6 size, about 3.5" x 5", and are available unmounted or EZ Mounted. These are still some of my favourite images from the Ink and the Dog series. Or if you prefer something a bit more quirky...how about these from Squiggly Ink? Again, there are numbers that are useful on clock faces, but there are also build-a-birds with clocks for tummies! So there are all kinds of stamps, and also plenty of minis that fit these themes already available. So what might you make with these, or any other time-themed stamps you might have to hand? Well here are some interesting ideas for you to consider! Well you could do some simple stamping/ masking and colouring onto AB pages, a bit like the above samples. Maybe you might find some time-relevant words to use in a journal page? Or maybe you will do something very mixed-media style with layers and texture, like these ideas Or this, a submission to Cloth Paper Scissors ? What about some layering of elements for a book cover? Or perhaps a book? I love how the pages are burnt at the edges, this also infers the passing of time, or perhaps how precious and fragile time is? The egg timer and clock are instered into niches, that are also distressed. Really nice book! But this looks like a lot of thought and planning has gone into this wonderful canvas. If you have a load of embellishments lying about, perhaps you might gives something like this a go? More here. There are many more ideas on my Pinterest page . I'll be pinning more over the next 2 weeks while this topic is open. I hope you can find time to join in! Leandra Topic 13:Time You are welcome to share your ideas and link up your creativity to this page. All links go in the draw to win a voucher to spend on products of your choice from the PaperArtsy online store. The Time link will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, July 26th , winner will be announced 2 hours later at 19:00. 1. The challenge is a chance for you to show how you have been inspired by a particular technique of the fortnight. Your entry should contain: - a mention of which post inspired you and why, and - a link in your blog post to that original post on the PA blog. The whole concept of this challenge is 'play along with us'. You are encouraged to put your own twist on ideas you see on our blog. We love to see how you are inspired! 2. The link you put on our linky page must lead directly to the specific post on your blog where you have explored the technique/ idea mentioned in point 1 above. Don't link to the home page of your blog, or we will be unable to find the post to leave you comments. 3. Spam links will be deleted. 4. We prefer your challenge post is created exclusive to our challenge, but if our topic fits perfectly with another challenge, then of course your post may link to both if you feel it is appropriate. 5. You are most welcome to use stamps/ products/ substrates you have to hand from a variety of companies, we do not expect you to exclusively use PA products - it's lovely when you do though! 6. You can enter as many times as you like in the fortnight. We don't want to restrict your creativity or participation! Link closes at 17:00 Sunday July 26th (London Time) 7. The winner of the random draw will receive a £50 credit to be redeemed on the PaperArtsy Website, the credit includes VAT and postage. We request that one of your purchases is an A5 rubber stamp. You can add any other items to your basket, but the final total should not exceed £50 8. Each Sunday fortnight the winner will be announced at 19:00, also, in the same post, the link for the next fortnight will be posted. It's your responsibility to claim your prize coupon from Darcy: email her [email protected] Good Luck! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
Sometimes, something simple works the best. An antique document dated 1804, a vintage postage stamp, rubber stamping, and a few fragments of decorative paper.
Hi everyone, Verónica is here. Today I come with a colorful and fun series of Atc´s that I have made with the beautiful Textured Birds set ...
Finally the time of year has come when living on sixth floor and looking out of our flat's windows feels as if the world outside has simply vanished at times. I love fog! Well, not exactly when I have to drive a car, but when walking the dog and finding ourselves being somehow "wrapped up" in a blanket that cannot be touched but that reduces sounds and makes me feel as if the existing world was only just within that small bubble around us that somehow "moves along" as we walk on. Today I tried to capture this feeling in images and (my own) words. I hope at least some of the meaning gets through to you. ;) Have a lovely weekend! xxx Stamp used: Indigo Blu - "Bare Forest I" Stencil used: Tim Holtz - Sizzix - "Birch Trees"
I have *always* loved things in miniature, and art journaling is no exception! Art journaling on a small scale is so much less intim...
Jesensko navdihnjen set štirih ATC-jev.... -------------------------- Autumn inspired ATC set.... Uporabljeni materiali: ostanki »vintage« papirja, »paper doily«, papirnata vrečka, Distress ink–vintage photo, Archival ink-Jet black, Distress Stain-Vintage Photo in Barn Door, sukanec, Dina Wakley - štampiljka, Tim Holtz - Reflection štampiljka, Joy Crafts - Sending Messages štampiljke,bel šeleshamer ------------------------- Products used: vintage paper leftovers, paper doily, paper bag, Distress ink–vintage photo, Archival ink-Jet black, Distress Stain-Vintage Photo and Barn Door, thread, Dina Wakley –Lonely Girl stamp (part of it), Tim Holtz - Reflection stamp, Joy Crafts - Sending Messages stamps, white cardboard I would like to play with: Simon Monday Challenge-Finishing Touch: I thought that stamping onto painted leaves will give the perfect finishing touch to my project Our Creative Corner-Go Rustic: I chose autumnal colours of leaves, which I reached with mixing Vintage photo and Barn doors Distress stains and water Hvala za obisk..... Thank you for visiting......
Hi everyone! If you’re looking for a fun and easy art project to try out, I’ve got just the thing for you! I am excited to announce my free video tutorial on creating a set of ATC (arti…
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Jesensko navdihnjen set štirih ATC-jev.... -------------------------- Autumn inspired ATC set.... Uporabljeni materiali: ostanki »vintage« papirja, »paper doily«, papirnata vrečka, Distress ink–vintage photo, Archival ink-Jet black, Distress Stain-Vintage Photo in Barn Door, sukanec, Dina Wakley - štampiljka, Tim Holtz - Reflection štampiljka, Joy Crafts - Sending Messages štampiljke,bel šeleshamer ------------------------- Products used: vintage paper leftovers, paper doily, paper bag, Distress ink–vintage photo, Archival ink-Jet black, Distress Stain-Vintage Photo and Barn Door, thread, Dina Wakley –Lonely Girl stamp (part of it), Tim Holtz - Reflection stamp, Joy Crafts - Sending Messages stamps, white cardboard I would like to play with: Simon Monday Challenge-Finishing Touch: I thought that stamping onto painted leaves will give the perfect finishing touch to my project Our Creative Corner-Go Rustic: I chose autumnal colours of leaves, which I reached with mixing Vintage photo and Barn doors Distress stains and water Hvala za obisk..... Thank you for visiting......
Hi everyone! Collage is one of my favourite techniques when it comes to creating! I’m sharing a fun way today on how to make a set of mixed media collage journal cards. They are fabulous to a…
