2019 #9 Arty Wood Blocks: ENJOY THE LITTLE THINGS with EKC {by Ellie Knol}

2019 Topic 9: Arty Wood Blocks

My blogpost with the above theme for Paper Artsy can be found on their blog.
A lot of notes and pictures !! 

Book 18 - for series 52

week 18 : book 18 

This time a booklet from papers with eco-dyeing .. cooking the pages with vinegar etc .. 
A first time for me.. I've made notes of all the plantmaterial I've used, and the type of papers that work best etc. I gathered plants from our own garden, and only got to pick flowers and leaves from the back of our house; the I had more than enough.
Next time  I will pick from our front garden, and after that.. who knows where and what..

Will have to find an eucalyptus tree somewhere.. their leaves make gorgeous papers.



The book measures 10 x 14,3 centimeters and has 6 signatures; the spine was covered with tissue tape to cover the stitches of the coptic-binding.  

I've made lots more and will use some for ATC's and cards and another booklet too!

I will add some stamping and doodling in a later stage. 

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I am entering this in the challenge on 

1. series 52 - just a play with creating a book every week; a challenge I set to myself.

2. Mini Album Makers

2017 Topic 19: My Favourite Things for Paper Artsy!!

2017 Topic 19: My Favourite Things

I'd like to share my favourites in crafting today! 

OK, my favourites, you ask? 

Getting messy, with flowers, torn strips of paper, rusty objects and using a stencil or two with structure paste to finish it off. 

This art journal page reflects what I like to do most! 

Contrasts of dark and light.. flowers... playing with product that is SO awesome!

...and yes, I've used all the themes that were on our blog lately... WHY? .. they were my favourites, too! 

Rust

Shades of white 

Torn / ripped /burnt !  

This makes me happy, yes! 

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The Intro and Challenge post for RUST made me want to get paper and fabric get rusty!
These are on fabric!   

These are on tissue paper! I 've made a lot more!

As you can see I started with torn strips of that gorgeous rusty tissue paper. I used two stencils (PS021 and PS074) with structure paste in the background.
 I've also added some structure paste with a palette knife randomly to the background and some Snowflake Fresco Acrylic paint. to tie it all together. 

AND then.. yes.. the fabric ! I added two 'torn' strips as a focal point for the main flower onto the page.

 (YES, I've got a whole roll of that yummy aid bandage all rusted!)

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I've added the flowers and a quote from JOFY52 to finish it off.

A close-up of all the contrasts between the white and rusty colors! o, yes .. I ve colored the flowers with some Snowflake Fresco Acrylic paint.

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You might see that I've enjoyed making this page.. I had no struggle of putting the composition together; one thing lead to another... it created it all by itself. 

I'd like to encourage you to have a go yourselves; go create in you favourite style, with your favourite colors, your favourite stamps and/or stencils ....

...and enjoy crafting!!

I am entering this in the challenge on 
1. we love 2create - anything goes MM

Colour in my world - Indian summer colors !

The back cover of my (full!) art journal. 

I tested Paper-Artsy's rusting powder on the diecut word TIME, and it worked out great. I applied it over wet texture paste, and had to wait for the rust. It really smells like rust, so I imagine it's real rust! 

I am entering this in the challenge on : 

1. Sandee and Amelie Steampunk challenges - anything goes steampunk

2. Art Journal Journey - Colour in my World

3. FB group Creative Ladies (closed group) - structure, first word in a book on page 16, indian summer colors : challenge chosen by Willy Duit. 
4. TIOT - clocks/time
5. Stamping Sensations - Autumn Glory
6. Country View challenges - Autumnal hues