My Creative Monday for Magenta - winter

A wintery card from me this time! 
Do you see the bling on the berries? 

Magenta products used:

02.315.P


Christmas Song [07.1065.N]

Art Journalen / Art Journaling day 12 "Remembrance... Always.... forever!"

  

For me art journaling is playing with product without any rules.

I started in a new journal and hope to fill it with a lot of pleasure, no time limit, no pressure. 
Using up some of my collage fodder in the process is a plus +

It's called "Remembrance... Always.... forever!"

Magenta products used:

 

Distressed Background Text [48.003.N]
from Ellie Knol designs

23.528.F 

Floral Background Trio - 6" x 6" [TM27]

Art Journalen / Art Journaling day 11 "Carte Postale"

For me art journaling is playing with product without any rules.

I started in a new journal and hope to fill it with a lot of pleasure, no time limit, no pressure.

Using up some of my collage fodder in the process is a plus +

It's called "Carte Postale".

I shared this in my Dutch Art Journal group on Facebook as a challenge; the prompts down in the post are in dutch: if you need to know what they mean just translate the page with the gadget in the sidebar.



Journal pagina vandaag; dit kwam voort uit een meerdagenchallenge op mijn Dutch Art Journal Facebook groep, 6 dagen met opdrachten. 

dag 1 :
Creëer een moodboard: zie fotoreeks van 4. 

dag 1 stap 1: mooi plaatje waarvan de kleuren de moodboard gaan vormen.

dag 1 stap 2: de moodboard: stukjes papier waarvan de kleuren overeenkomen met het gekozen plaatje. Plak het papier op een plek in een dummy boek over 2 pagina's.
Dit is dussss niet de te vormen journal pagina. Je kunt de moodboard ook later weer gebruiken voor andere projecten.
Heb je meerdere reststukken van een achtergrond, leg dat tussen 2 opvolgende pagina's van het boek; dit kun je ook gaan gebruiken in de volgende stappen.
Het is belangrijk ook de aardkleuren en zwart/wit toe te voegen.

dag 1 stap 3: scheur (kleinerige) stukjes om te gebruiken op je journal pagina.

dag 1 stap 4: plak de stukjes op je pagina.

dag 2 
Breng met een paletmes gesso/acrylverf aan om het meer één geheel te maken.

Dag 3a
Spons kleur op je pagina: gebruik de kleuren van je eigen moodboard uiteraard.

Dag 3b

Spray het heel licht met wat water, tot je het gewenste effect hebt.

Laat aan de lucht drogen.

Dag 4
Breng structuurpasta oid aan door een stencil of mask.

Heb je dit niet? Een goed alternatief is (een rest van) een diecut, als het maar in de achtergrond blijft.

Het gaat erom dat je wat wit terugbrengt in de achtergrond. Ik vond namelijk dat ik de gesso in stap 2 niet transparant genoeg had, en de gesponsde inkten hebben het wit weggehaald, en op die manier was er te weinig overgebleven van de kleur uit de prompt van dag 1 en te weinig wit.

Dag 5
Zoek er een focal point plaatje bij uit je voorraad dat past bij de kleuren van je pagina.

Zoals jullie kunnen zien heb ik er een nieuwe kleur bij gedaan. Waarom? De achtergrond is wat viezig geworden, groen is verdwenen in het proces, EN het geheel mist iets.
Eerst had ik gele plaatjes gezocht; die verdwenen op de achtergrond, paars gaf ook geen kick, en toen kwam ik op oranje af.

Ja!

Dag 6

Achtergrond afwerken is de opdracht voor vandaag.

Ik deed het met mark-making : cirkels in wit en zwart, en ook witte spletters; en stempelwerk in zwart.

Ik bracht ook wat meer oranje in de achtergrond aan, en heb een kleiner bloemetje geplakt.

Nu is het dus tijd de focal point te plakken op de gewenste plek.

Voor wie het wil weten:
Gebruikte stencil is van Magenta, post stempels van Katzelkraft, script in de achtergrond van EllieKnolDesigns bij Magenta, bloem een aquarel (een uitprobeersel op vrij slecht papier).

Art Journalen / Art Journaling day 10 "Art of nature"

  For me art journaling is playing with product without any rules. 

I started in a new journal and hope to fill it with a lot of pleasure, no time limit, no pressure. 
Using up some of my collage fodder in the process is a plus +

It's called "Art of nature" 

Nature in itself has a lot of color, structure, scents and our senses can pick that up. The beauty of it will never seize to make me full of joy as to what our Creator made for us to enjoy and treasure. 

Art Journalen / Art Journaling day 9 "UITZICHT"

  For me art journaling is playing with product without any rules. 

I started in a new journal and hope to fill it with a lot of pleasure, no time limit, no pressure. 
Using up some of my collage fodder in the process is a plus +

It's called "UITZICHT" dutch for prospect, meaning for me as in view of the future; basis of this being the eternal life in Jesus Christ.  

The background is playful with a lot of layering of colors and textures, scraping in wet structure paste etc.
 The flowers are fussy cut watercolors I did a while ago (I have a whole fodder book full of them, in every color of the rainbow...  )

Art Journalen / Art Journaling day 8 "Natuur"

  For me art journaling is playing with product without any rules. 

I started in a new journal and hope to fill it with a lot of pleasure, no time limit, no pressure. 
Using up some of my collage fodder in the process is a plus +

It's called "Natuur" dutch for Nature.... 

This page depicts my love for nature, created by our Father in Heaven so beautifully. The pictures are from a book I purchased from a thrift store called Flowering Plants Of the World by V.H. Heywood. 
I bought a second book one of this book (this time a dutch version) also from a thrift store, and chose the lesser one for ripping pages out, which turned out to be the english version. When I had only one copy, I could just not start on ripping pages out, lol. 

It has a ton of beautiful illustrations!! Grab a copy if you can find one, if you collage fodder to be used in creating. I paid 8 euro for the english version, and only 1 euro for the dutch one. There are several copies online varying from around 10 euro to prices I would never pay for second-hand book.  

Coring the background has been done with Twinkling H2o watercolors. 

Vintage Book cover with jute - book no 36

YES,  book 36 for series 52

The book measures 19 x 21 centimeters, the 16 plastic pockets inside of it 13,5 x 19 centimeters.

 For further info on this series, please see this post

 The book cover is from MDF; the front cover in 2 pieces, a narrow strip for the hinge on the left, and a wider part to act as the actual cover. is covered with the jute to makes for the hinge, and the jute thread to hold the pages. The back cover is one solid piece, the MDF is about 4 mm thick. 
 The 'pages' are plastic pockets for 13x18 centimeter photographs or any other content that size, of course.

To start, I white washed the jute with a watered down acrylic paint.
 It was fun just using a tiny piece of colored background to fill the ellips frame. The leftovers were then cut into various sizes of circles to extend the color to the rest of the cover. 

Background stamping with black ink and mixed media stamps was added to both the back and front cover. White accents adds more depth, done with white acrylic paint and an acrylic marker. 

The ellips is the focal of the book, and the fussy cut foliage fits right in the center of it all.  

All in all it has a vintage style as a start, with the torn edges (jute) and the basic color of the jute, but adding a color and white wash effects it changes to a modern but shabby chic style (I think, lol). 

White paint splatters, vintage buttons and lace finish it off.  

For info on the product, please check out my post on the Rubber Dance blog. 

Windy Foliage Art Journal Page with Sketchy Leaves

 
It's quite windy here at the moment, and also not that cold.


The leaves are everywhere; that's what inspired this page.. the leaves are swirling down in the wind, with a bird looking at it.
The page started as a background as a first only, just playing in my junk journal, following a challenge online.

I will gradually take you through the steps. 

Adhere pieces of papers in the colors you choose, for me it was a moody blue, copper and yellow; and of course white. The blue alcohol ink in the color denim changes to a purplish and pinkish blue. Mix while wet with other sprays and white gesso until you are happy with the background.  

Now for the composition.

I have a whole bunch of stamped images stamped with different colors of inks like black, brown, purple and plum. Whenever I have a moment I fussy cut these images and use them on cards, journal pages etc.

The above images I chose are stamped with a purple ink: it matches the purple at the top of the page.

I lay the chosen fussy cut images onto the page and take a picture of it, so when I want to adhere them to the page at a later stage, I know what I want it to look like. I will work on the background more first. The bird needs a base!

Tear a piece of paper to create a space on the background.
I plan to heat emboss white in this area, and sponge extra color within it to create the base for the bird. 

Stamp mixed media script or numbers with Versamark ink, heat emboss in white and sponge with a yellow distress ink within the area. 

Spray with water so the area is not defined that much anymore. 

I stamped a few foliage doodle plants onto the background.
Adhere the images to the page with 3D tape. 

Adding the 3D tape emphasises the feel of the leaves swirling to the ground.
I also stamped a script in the background to add interest and added touches of color to the images with colored pencils. 

A quote on an art journal page adds a meaning tho the page; I did that by using words from the Mix A Sentiments stamp sets. 

I was quite happy with how it turned out; of course I hope you got inspired to create. 

Please share it with us in the FB group and have a chance at winning some product from the shop as we have an ongoing challenge with an extra moodboard if you like to use it. It is basically an anything goes challenge though, you do not have to use the colors of the moodboard. 

Come join in the fun and be inspired by our lovely design team! 

I used stamps from the Rubber Dance collection.
The links are included in the post on the Rubber Dance blog.

New month is new challenge!

Join us in the challenge on the Rubber Dance Facebook group with a new moodboard for the month December, or anything goes! 

See the post on our blog with more inspiration with half of our team. 

I made an easy but colorful card with a cardinal bird. 

The moodboard for December is:

 

Sketchy Leaves ATC's

Hi there, 
Ellie here with you today sharing a fun technique for a large background (masterboard) to be cut up to make several cards and ATC's. 
I will only share the finished ATC's today. 

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Adhere several smaller torn pieces of colored paper and book paper to a large piece of sturdy paper. Choose the colored paper's colors from a moodboard or other source so they will match the colors you want your background to be when finished.
 Leave to dry.  
Cover the whole surface with watered-down white gesso using a palette knife. Immediately dab gesso away from areas you want to preserve more than other parts with a damp cloth.
Leave to dry.  

Stamp with several background stamps in several colors onto the  background as shown. 
Leave to dry. 
Add extra color (I added light green only) to the background. 

Now cut it up to the size of ATC's and cards. 

For today's post I finished the four ATC's only, I will share the four cards on a later date. 
Enjoy!  

Above the four ATC's I've made adhering fussy cut images and words to it. 

This is such an easy way to create multiple backgrounds in one go.

Hope you like it and got inspired.

Please share in our FB group; there's a chance to win a prize from the shop! 

Rubber Dance Stamps:

The Rubber Dance Art Stamps Shop

Sketchy Leaves

Retro Beach (post card)

Mix A Sentiment 1

Mix a sentiment #2

Mixed Media Marks #1

Mixed Media Marks #3