I am resilient - art journal layout

 Hi,

Today I`m back with another art journal layout. I really do enjoy sitting down with some "me- time" and just letting creativity flow, playing around with colors, textures and fun techniques. Today I got my inspiration from the napkin that I used on this layout. The colors and the beautiful flowers are right up my ally. And I do love the black background even though I ended up tearing away most of it for this project. I actually got these napkin somewhere eating out, making sure not to spill so I could take it with me😂

I saw that Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge blog theme this week was texture and they were showcasing Tim Holz products. So I wanted to really challenge myself limiting myself to use mostly products from him. Why the challenge? Because I have like one old stamp set and a few stencils from him. But I just got my new distress paints that I`ve wanted for a while, and I also got the Opac Distress crackle paste. Lots of products I never tried before, so this was fun.

For my background, I used distress paint in Dried marigold, Ripe persimmon, Wild honey and Rusty hinge, applying the colors randomly with a dry flat brush. After drying this first layer, I applied a mix of wild honey and dried marigold with a sponge dabbing it over the Harlequin stencil from Tim Holtz to add some texture to my background. Next, I applied a thin layer of the Distress Opack crackle paste using the Clockwork stencil. I added some white splashes with acrylic paint and used a black marker to draw a black frame around the page.

Finally time to add my napkin flowers, leaving one layer of white as to not have the flowers disapeare on my painted background. I kind of wish I left all layers, but it turned out clear enough. I used clear gesso to glue my pieces down, also adding a coat on top of the flowers. The butterfly is from an old Stampers Anonymous Tim Holz stamp set that I`ve had forever called Fairytale Frenzy CMS 058. It`s the only stamp set I own from him today, but I really do love it.

Sorry for the bad lighting in this last photo. The colours are shown more accurate above.

For my sentiment I typed out the text on black strips on my printer, and the word resilient is stamped using a stamp set from Papirdesign. (PD2100365) The words strong, kind, loving, beautiful and hopeful are stickers from Tim Holtz Big chat. I run my finger over the edges of the word stickers lightly with some clear gesso on before I sprinkled SSS ultra fine embossing powder in Antique gold just to add something extra to them. I also added a bit of Finnabair true black glitter on some of the black areas around the flowers, but it was hard to catch on photo with my phone. I created this double page in my stone paper art journal from Stamperia. 

I had so much fun creating this layout. It was kind of personal and I do love the way it turned out.

I`m entering this to:

Simon Says: Add Some Texture | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Crafty Catz: Crafty Catz Challenge #664 (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

Classic Design Challenge Blog : Classic Design Challenge #01-2024 Jan/Feb - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Blue and White

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you liked it and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too. 

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Nicks Tag and "Because of your smile" mixed media layout

 Hi,

Today I have two different projects to show you.

We are still playing along with the "Whats your favourit color" challenge, and while I was crafting and making my Tags with Lindys flat magicals that I shared on my IG channel earlier this week, my son joined in on the fun. He is 6 years old and I really love and enjoy these moments spending time together like this.

He wanted to join in the challenge with his tag so the first project I`m showing today is actually Nick`s. 

All by himself he applied Lindys flat magicals from the Words of wisdom set. These are so amazing! Next, he picked out the stamp he wanted to use, applied Versamark ink and stamped the floral from Tim Holtz on the tag. Since he made the tag for me- knowing red is my favourite color he the applied red embossing powder all over. I helped him heat up the embossing powder and put the ribbon on. I totally love how this turned out. More interesting then my own tags I must say. hehee. I would never have thought of using red embossing powder ower the colors on the tag- but it worked out perfectly. 

I was working on a mixed media layout using one of my favourit mother/son silhuette pictures I came across. I found this online and I`m not sure to whom the credit for this picture should go to. If you know please let me know so I can give properly credit for it. 

I kept the embellishment simple since the colors and all the splatter on the picture is quite demanding for the eye. I did use numbers for the dates my sons are born 19-5-8 on my layout. I glued on some wooden stars that I painted with gesso and I used a butterfly stamp on wellum and fussycut them gluing two and two tohether. The beautiful stencil is from Prima Finnabair Art deco wall using Graphite sand. It has that lovely sparkle to it. I also used Tim Holtz Bricks stencil and sprayed ower with some Lindys just to add a bit more soft color to my layout.

So Nick is entering his Tag to:

Simon Says: What’s Your Favorite Color? | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Thank you for stopping by, we hope we inspired you to create something too, maybe together with a family member or a friend.

-Christine💮

Fun technique on Christmas Tag

 Hi,

This years first Christmas project is a tag using a really cool and stunning technique. I used Tim Holtz  absolutely  stunning Holiday knit stencil with texture paste and Lindy`s embossing powder in red and dark green on top. Being a Norwegian this stencil with the traditional Norwegian knitting pattern is right up my alley, and I`ve knitted something similar. The stencil is from an older release but you can still get it.

See the shiny effect you get from the embossing powder on top of the texture paste. So cool.

I kept my embellisment simple just adding a pointsetta and some ribbon to my tag

I`m entering:

Simon Says: What’s Your Favorite Color? | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

I was the lucky winner:  

My favourite colours are red, orange and purple/burgundy. So my red goes from into the blues and follows the color wheel into the yellow color. So I picked red as my favorite color for this challenge. 

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you got some inspiration to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

-Christine

Feels like summer - Art journal with magazine cut outs

 Hello everyone,

I hope you are doing well 😊

Today I`m sharing a quick update with you on a new art journal page. This time created with magazine cut outs from some old magazines here from our cabin. We were expecting some rainy days so I was going through what we had of old magazines and newspapers so that my 6 year old son and I could play and create during these days.

When I saw  this week "We`re going around in circles" challenge over at Simon Says Stamp I actually cheated and made this page while we still had some good weather because I think all the slices with kiwi fits the theme perfectly in a summer vibe way. CKN Design- create happy days crafting (@ckndesign_craft) • Instagram-bilder og -videoer

The background is made with distress inks in tumbled glass, peacock feathers and faded jeans applyed randomly. I then sprayed with some water to lift off some ink with a paper towel to create some texture. Then I used Tim Holtz stencil dod fade, that I absolutely love, with faded jeans ink.

Next I stamped randomly around my page using two different stamps from Stamperias Create happiness stamp set in faded jeans and peacock feathers.

I used modpodge to glue down my magazine cut outs also covering everything with a thin layer so that everything got the same finnish and it also makes it possible to play with different inks ontop. 

Then I used a letter stamp set from Papirdesign (PD 2100365) and stamped "summer" with jet black Archival ink from Ranger. I wrote "time" with a black pen doodling in the letters using Tim Holtz Bubble stencil. You can just freehand this but I was enjoying myself and went with the stencil and filling in with my black pen. I used a black marker to add a frame to the pages and also added some white gel pen and added some black outline here and there on my page.

I`m entering this to Simon Says: We’re Going Around In Circles | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

I hope you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too. 

Thank you for stopping by,

-Christine💮

Under the sea - Mixed media Art journal page

 Hi,

Todays art journal page is inspired by the ocean and all the beauty that lives there.

I got to try out my new Lindys magical and wow they truly are magical. A little goes a long way and the colors are just stunning! I got the Words of wisdom set and for my background I sprinkeld a bit of "commit to it teal" and "just be kind cobolt" and sprayed water on it to blend the colors. 

Then I used a bit of Dylusions White shimmer paint on Tim Holtz Bubbles stencil and I love the effect I achieved.  I used a script stamp and a small circular stamp with Distress ink "faded jeans" and stamped randomly around the page. I also went around the edges with "faded jeans" and "black soot" distress ink to darken and frame the page. 

Next I glued down some circles that I cut out from a Memory box die, and also the jellyfish die from an old Magnolia magazine.

I used the words discover, timless and magic from Big Chat from Tim Holtz Ideaology and I think they are perfect for life under the sea.

I added my finishing touches with a white Sakura gel pen and my new favorit black pen Pilot G-tec-c4, and splattered drops of black soot over the page and addede some Ranger stickles to the jellyfish to give them some sparkle.

I like to enter this to: 

Simon Says: Summer Mood Board | (simonsaysstampblog.com) and I was inspired by the blue ocean. (2nd entry)

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge Blog: Welcome to Creative Artiste Challenge #95

I hope you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Thank you for stopping by,

-Christine 

Art Journal - Blessed

 Hi,

Today I`m back with a colorful double page art journal layout that has a very personal meaning to me.

This layout represents my children and how blessed I feel having them in my life. The three hearts hangind from the sign pole are my boys and the little pink heart is my little angel and my first pregnancy where I went into labour to early. When I got pregnant again I praid for a boy and now I`m blessed with tree. I wanted this layout to be bright, happy and colorful because this is my story and I feel so lucky to be blessed as a boys mom of three.

To get the fun and happy colorful page I wanted I used Dylusions paints both on my background and on my hearts and leafs. For my background I applyed the color with a baby-wipe and then dabbed on the same color using a Tim Holz stencil. I then stamped around randomly with a script stamp using blue distress ink. For my heart and leafs I colored up some paper in the colors I wanted and used my scissors to cut out the hearts and used Lorelai Leaf die from Poppystamps for the leafs.

For the sign pole I sketched out the shape I was going for with my pencil on some wood texture papers from Simple Stories. I used an eyelet to put them together and threaded it with some twine. On the ends I tied in some Tim Holtz typed tokens with the words "Story" and "Lucky" and I think they where just perfect here.

I also used some twine to hang my three hearts from the sign, and I think it really adds some interest 

to my page.

This is actually the first page in my Dylusions art jounal that I saved to do this personal layout on, and I`m really happy with how this turned out. Hope you like it as much as I do.

I`m entering this in:

Simon Says: Anything Goes | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Simon Says: Paint It | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Colorful Options: May 2023

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting.

-Christine

2 page Art Journal - Travel, Blue Dream

 Hi, Today I`m sharing a double page layout and it`s my first time playing in my small Dylusion art journal. I`m actually working on the secon page, since I have something special in mind for my first page wich I will share with you soon.

I`m totally in love with how this layout turned out. I used papers from the beautiful Blue Dream collection from Stamperia. I`m just so in love with this paper collection, and I actually bought it to make a mini album from a trip to Gran Canaria with my dear friend but I couldt help myself from diving a tiny bit into the beautiful papers already, making a travel, sea and summer themed journal page.

The borders and most of the elements are cut outs from the 12x12 paper pack, and and some elements are from the ephemera pack.  

For my background I used Distress Inks from Tim Holtz and I must admit this is kind of alian territory for me since I mostley used to copic color images and finnished of the card with pattern paper. I don`t have many colors, I have one round and one square old blending tool and for my vintage photo color I just held the foam with my fingers. Still, just playing around with different techneques like spraying water on the page, lifting color using stencil and dabbing on some ink in the two darkest color through my stencil. I`m super happy with how my background turned out. 

I did however get a dark color transfer smear just over the travel word when I was nearly finished, but I`m not going to let it bother me and take away the joy I feel from this layout. It`s part of my learning prosess, and remember- it`s just creative fun with beautiful colors, papers and ink. Don`t let small mistakes like that discourage you :)

And here are a few close ups showing the bautiful paper and the lovely background. I used wild honey, spiced marmalade and vintage photo distress inks. The stencil I used is called Compass and is from the Welcome home collection from Stamperia.

I finished of my project with my white Sakura pen to add some highlights.

I would like to enter this in:

Simon Says: Anything Goes | (simonsaysstampblog.com) 

Simon Says: Make Your Mark | (simonsaysstampblog.com) second entry

Do you like to travel? I hope you got inspired to create yourself a happy day and enjoy some crafting time. Thank you for stopping by.

-Christine

My first ever mixed media art journal - The best is yet to come..

 Hi everyone,

After a long break for several years I felt like now is the right time to finally get back to what I really love- crafting. I`ve started my first ever mixed media art journal and I had so much fun creating this page.

I have so much to learn about the different products and techniques and I am really enjoying the prosess and hope you will come along on my journey.

So here is my first art journal page:

The papers I used are from an old collection from Prima called "Optimist", and I thougt they are perfect for my "This is me- the best is yet to come" page with all the positive different sayings on the paper background. Perfect for new beginnings :) Stencil is Harlequin from Tin Holtz 

I hope you liked it, and thank you for stopping by.

-Christine