Art journal - She designed the life she wanted to live

Hi everyone,

I am having so much fun creating pages in my art journal, and today I am sharing a fun page from my art journal with lots of fun details. I really want to get a bigger size journal and one that is suited for two pages layouts aswell but for now I`m just enjoying creating with what I have. 

I started out with acrylic paints and I also went lightly over a stencil, dot fading, from Tim Holtz with the darkest of the three shades I used for coloring my background. I`m so pleased with the colors and the happy feel they give, especially since the weather here in Norway turned really cold and it started to snow again. Where did spring go to? :)

The scissors and the buttons are dies from an old La La Land craft club kit, the rest I sketched and cut out on black cardstock and embellished it with a flower. I dabbed the buttons with some of the same acrylic paint from the background to make it match the page. Strips of papers from old Prima paper.

To me the buttons just screamed for some thread so I sawed a couple of them with pink and black thread and just taped down the thread on the backside. This was not a problem since I`m working on watercolorpaper and glue down my page it in my journal.

Im entering this:

Simon Says Stamp: Stencil it https://fresh.inlinkz.com/party/5e0ec84d356e4656981b36da30e85255

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

-Christine

Art journal - Go where your dreams take you

 Hi everyone,

I`m uploding another mixed media page today and I just love how it turned out.

For the background I used Tim Holts distress inkpads, then I stamped the laceborder and butterflies with some old Prima stamps I`ve had for years, before using this great star stencil to create this magical sky. 

I was thinking of the contrast from day to night, light and dark, and the butterflies that symbols change, growth and new beginnings. So the stamp saying "Go where your dreams take you" fits perfect, don`t you think?

For the light bulb I scetched and cut out two layers of vellum, keeping the to part open so as if the butterflies come out from the light. 

I also placing one inside the bulb. The butterflies is from one of the most beautiful patternpapers I know of, the Mariposa paperpad.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you got inspired to craft a happy day for yourself :)

Im entering this:

Simon Says Stamp: Stencil it https://fresh.inlinkz.com/party/5e0ec84d356e4656981b36da30e85255

-Christine

Mini Album- Always and forever

 Hello everyone,

Today I have a mini-album to show you that I gifted to a wonderful couple that got married not to long ago. I've kept the pages simple and functional for photos and journaling and also felt that the lovely paper from Blue Fern Studios really came into its own right this way. 

I had so much fun creating this Always and forever Folio album, and the layout is pretty much from Scrap and coffee Down Under Folio cutting file. She is so talended and has so many functional albums for photos.

Lots of pictures, but not all pages are shown here.

I really hope they liked it, I sure had fun creating it.

Thank you for stopping by.

-Christine

Art journal - mixed media page

Hi everyone,

I have a new art journal page to share with you. 

This time i played with acrylic paints for my background and did som stenceling. To add some interest I used my watercolor pencils with lots of water around the flowers

For my focal point I used the lovely matching stamp and die set from Heartfelt Creations, Sun Kissed Fleur that I have had for years, and I stamped and heat embossed on vellum paper.  

The stamp with text is in Norwegian and it says " Today is the tomorrow you dreamed of yesterday"

First I tried to color the flowers with my copic markers after I stamped and heat embossed, but then I decided to color the vellum first and then stamp and heatemboss to get a nicer and crispier result.  

I really like the outcome of this and copic colored vellum is such a pretty effect!

Thank you for stopping by, se you again soon.

-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

La-La-Land October Marci

Hi,

I´ve been so busy lately so this is the first time I´ve had the chance to colour up Marci from the October club kit. She is just so cute! Used her on a birthday card to a colleague. Sorry for the poor photo quality. Took these last night with my phone. (literally :) )

Copic colours:

Skin: E000-00-21-11-04

Hair: E21-23-25-29

Clothes: B000-00-02-05-0,

W0-1-3-5-7-9 and

E41-42-43-44

Bird: W3-5-7, C1- E08, R05

 I used papers from Authentique. Dies are from La-La-Land 

and the beautiful flowers from WOC.

Hope you like my card,

thank´s for stopping by. :)

Poppy Fairy

Hi,
Made this card last week and the image is the beautiful Poppy fairy from Aurora Wings.  My first try at no-lines. Found it challenging and timeconsuming, but also really fun.

Copic colors I used:

Skin: E000-00-11-13-21

Hair: E08-09-11-13-15

Flowers: YR00-12-15-16 E08-09
YG:93-97-99

My second entry to Copic Marker Norge - Bloghop and autumn


SO EXCITED AND HAPPY that this card was choosen to be among the Top 3, and was SO lucky to have my other entry picket out by random org to win the main prize!

Ribbons fairy from Saturated Canary

Hi,

I have made a birthday card with the super cute Ribbons fairy from Saturated Canary. I´ve used the beautiful paper My Precious Daughter from Pion design. I just love these, and they are in my most favourit colours. Flowers are from WOC and Bikuben. Have you seen the sweet apple blossoms :) 

As i didn´t have any maching ribbon or seambinding, I used my Lindy´s Starburst spray in Autumn Maple Crimson to get my Lilac one to complement the color scheme.
 

Copic colors used:

                                    Skin: E000-00-04-11-21, R20 

                                    Hair : W9-7-5-3

                                    Dress: V09-06-05-01-000 and

                                              R89-85-83-81

                                    Leaf: G99-94-21 and R89-85-83

I also used Viva Decor pearl pen in magic transparent on the wings 

but it doesn´t show up well in the pictures.

Copic marker Norway is having a 3 year anniversary with a fun bloghop + autumn challage.
As I didn´t have the right colors for the yellow, orange, red, I decided to use the beautiful colors you find in the mountains this time of year, like the heather (lyng) Love the peace and quiet and the breathtaking color scheme you experience there this time of year. The perfect season to go hiking.

I´m entering this card:

 CMN # 60 Bloghop + Autumn

Live & Love Crafts - things with wings 

TSC - anything goes

Hope you liked my card, and thank you for popping by :)

Wedding card

Hi,

My neighbor is going to a wedding, and asked of I could make her a card.

I used the super cute image You and Me from Tiddly inks, and colored it with my Copics.

Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the paper is from DCWV – Le Tres Chic. 

And a close up of the colored image :)

  Copic colored I used:

Skin: E000-00-21-11-04, R20

 Girl: R00-02-Blender / Hair: E21-25-29

Boy: W1-3-5-7-9 on clothes and hair

Hope you like my card, see you soon :)

Welcome to my blog!

So I finally got around to making a blog. It has taken me quite some time, just finding a name I liked that wasn´t already in use. I always loved to do all sorts of crafting and creative stuff, but it was first early this year that I discovered and got my first Copics- and I´m just in love with them and the endless opportunities they provide! So I submitted my first card with my first colored image to a Copic Marker Norway challenge- made only with scissors, one punch and some ribbons. And seeing all the beautiful things one (read: the others, lol) did create with dies and all other sorts of equipment, beautiful paper and embellishment, I was hooked -and went shopping! :) 

I like to improve my coloring and card making skills, and find that the coloring/card making online communities are so nice and supportive. I feel that participating in challenges is a great way to set aside some “me time” to do something I love, and improvement will come with the practice this gives.

Hope you will enjoy this journey together with me :)