Art Journaling for Our Mixed Media Moods

For the current challenge at Our Mixed Media Moods I created this page.

I just knew I would get stuck on Pink. I should've left it there and start all over with other colors, but I kept going on and on, until I was so frustrated that I almost dumped it in the trash. But then I thought I might as well face my bad moods and failures and show it after all. ....... 

Sunshine Tag!

Good morning, my friends!

Over at our blog at Viva Las VegaStamps I'd like to share with you a tag I created with this awesome lady. 

I have used her a quite a bit in the past, for me she suits my creations almost every time.

I started by spraying my tag with Distress Spray Stain and stamped the ray on top. I applied texture paste and let it dry, meanwhile I stamped and fuzzy cut the main image, the hat and the sentiment. I colored the lady and the hat with Koh-I-Noor pencils.

I adhered everything with pop dots.

Some close ups of the background ....

Stamps I used:

17709

198896

20176

19878

Happy Tuesday and Happy Crafting ♥

Craft Stamper Magazine Challenge for August!

It's a new month and another new challenge has started at the Craft Stamper Magazine Blog. 

We would love you to share your projects that include stamping with us. This time, we have a fabulous prize up for grabs, and as always the chance to be featured in the magazine.

This is my inspiration for you ....

 

Check out the entry details over on the blog (via the link above) and get creating, and just look at the fab prize you could win!

From our great sponsors this month :-

Happy crafting and good luck ♥

Doilies at Use Your Stuff!

Another fun challenge at our UYS Blog.

We ALL have doilies around, don't we? 

I love to color them a bit, this time I used Pan Pastels in Bronze. The background is colored with Distress Spray Stain in different warm colors and stamped with a background stamp from Viva Las VegaStamps. The die cut birds are from Sizzix, a Tim Holtz design.

The sentiment is a stamp from Inkadinkado.

12 Tags of 2016 - December

A last minute project again ... I'm not much into Christmas anymore, so I almost forgot this tag.

Ok, I got out my paper and stuff again and created this tag keeping pretty close to Tim's inspiration. I wasn't able to make the shadow box station work for me, so I decided completely against it and embossed and heat embossed the paper with my stitches folder, looks good to me ....

Some close ups ...

Happy Crafting ♥

12 tags of 2016

My November Tag for the Tim Holtz Inspiration Blog ....

*Sleeping* Totem Cat

I started with the idea of a Halloween canvas and it turned out a bit different ......

I applied Gesso to the background, part of it with a stencil and sprayed it with Distress Stain in different colours.

I added some Viva LasVega Stamps, the spider web and the sentiment from Dylusions and of course the pretty Totem Cat from EyeConnect Crafts! I applied Gesso before I coloured it with black acrylic paint from Ranger.

The little spider is a Rub On from Tim Holtz, I have to keep my spiders tiny since I'm so much afraid of them :)

Challenge #233 at UYS

Welcome back to our challenge at Use Your Stuff!

I decided to make a canvas with the beautiful choice of colours. They look a bit darker than IRL, but still, I like it ....

I used the Mixed Media dies from Tim Holtz, Gesso and lots of paint. The die cuts are the Tim Holtz Wildflowers. 

 

Some close ups ... 

Happy Crafting ♥♥♥

Wildflowers on a CAS card

My favorite die, the Wildflowers designed by Tim Holtz.

12 Tags of 2016 - August

A fun inspiration this month at the Tim Holtz Blog.

I stuck pretty close to the Master ..... ♥

*Happy Birthday* for an older gal ♥

I was asked to create a birthday card for a gal turning 90 in a few days. I don't know her personally, but I was told she was still on top of things and kinda *hot*.

This is what I came up with. I used my *Stars* background stamp once again, (The most versatile stamp I ever bought!) some flower stamps from Stampendous and the lady image from Rubber Dance Stamps. 

I added some grass for her to walk on with a Joy die.

Happy Crafting ♥

A little dream ....

Good morning, crafty peeps!

Today I show you an "almost" CAS card with a beautiful Rubber Dance Stamps sentiment from the set "Affirmations".

This is one of my favorite word stamps and I use it quite a lot, it almost always seems to fit.

  I wish you all a happy week and don't forget to use the code *MAJO2016* while shopping at Rubber Dance Stamps to receive a 15% discount on your stamps!

12 Tags of 2016 - May

This is my take on the May challenge at the Tim Holtz inspiration blog. This time I really enjoyed making the tag, that's not ALWAYS the case :)

Since I don't own the flower die and I'm not really into flowers that much I made some with hemp cord ...

.... and my tag

*F* is for *Fugly*

Our current challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers:

This is my take on *F* is for *Fugly*

Hop on over and join us, it's so much fun!

12 Tags of 2016

Inspired by the *Master* I created this tag ....

Some close ups ...

12 Tags of 2015

I must say that this is my most favorite of the last year. I usually try to have time for all 12 challenges and wonderful tutorials, this year I think I made it. Oops, I missed February :( Had a reason not to participate :(

I will post them all here for you to decide which one you like best :)

Lets' start with the newest one:

And here they are starting with November down to January ....

November

October

September

August

July

June

May

April

March

February

I missed this one :(

January

12 Tags of 2015

Just in time ...

The last day of the wonderful annual event at the Tim Holtz Blog!

I do love the technique with the acrylic paint and the foil, makes it look so very special :)

Please excused the poor quality of the photos, it's raining out of buckets :(

Some Steampunk at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers :)

It's been quite some time since I participated at the challenges at this marvelous blog, I love their creations and I love their attitude.

This time I created a tag using the Sizzix Steampunk die, a Cuttlebug embossing folder, a sentiment designed by Tim Holtz and some embellies. 

I coloured the background with Ranger Distress Stain in Pewter, Black Soot and Bronze.