This month's article on Unruly PaperArts

Today my article has been published on Unruly PaperArts. This month's focus is on layering and there are already marvelous articles posted! Check out the website for more tips, tricks and techniques.

And.... do not forget to submit your work for the Readers Art Request, we have great prices this month!

This month on Unruly PaperArts - Layer on layer!

The subject  this month on Unruly PaperArts is Layer on Layer !  This month the columnists will be exploring the fundamental process of creating layers be it with a mixture of mediums or layers of the same element i.e. paper.

Please do not forget to submit an entry to the Reader Art Quest! Our July Sponsor is the Robin's Nest who have a beautiful range of speciality scrapbooking papers and embellishments. Some of the columnists will be working with a range of their texture products throughout the month and they are also kindly offering an assortment of these products as a prize for our one lucky Reader Art Quest winner valued at approx $70. 

This month I will be showing you how to create some lovely layered journal pages!

My new article on the Unruly PaperArts blog

Goodmorning all! Today is a lovely day, the sun is shining, it is my sisters birthday and my new article on the Unruly PaperArts blog has been published.

This months subject is all about Mail Art and Moos. I started my Mixed Media career with making ATC's, artist trading cards. Do you want to know more about ATC's and my love for them? Click here to go to my article on the Unrulies blog.

Unruly PaperArts blog

Today on the Unruly PaperArts blog my second article this month on image transfers. This time I am showing you image transfers with gel medium. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't... for my second attempt, I used images from a travel brochure in my art journal and I love how it turned out.

Check out the Unruly PaperArts blog for the full article.

New article on the Unruly PaperArts blog!

For my article for the Unruly PaperArts blog I have been playing with packing tape to make some lovely image transfers. Check it out.

Making ATC's for the Post Christmas athon on ATCsforall

This weekend I finished my article for next month for the Unruly PaperArts blog and I have been making some ATC's for the Post Christmas athon on ATCsforall

Art show opening night and my article on Unruly PaperArts

Yesterday was the opening night of the local annual art show. I had a lovely time and already sold 2 alcohol ink paintings!

And today my new article is on the Unruly PaperArts blog. On how to create some lovely vintage Christmas tags. Check it out here

Mixed Media Discoveries - Stencil Crazy backgrounds!

Always wanted to know how to create marvelous Mixed Media backgrounds for ATC's, inchies, chunky, journal pages and other Mixed Media projects? On the Unruly PaperArts blog I am showing you how in my first Unruly column!



More techniques on how to create lovely backgrounds can be found on my YouTube channel.

5th of October 2013 - World Card Making Day

Did you know that today is World Card Making Day? This years marks the 8th Anniversary of this event which began in 2006.  It was founded by Papercrafts Magazine as a National Holiday when they had the desire to bring their readers and card makers together to kick start the busiest card making season of the year and shortly there after this celebration was adopted by the broader global crafting community to become what is now known as World Card Making Day.  It is celebrated on the first Saturday of October every year.

To celebrate World Card Making Day I have created 2 cards. One is featured on the Unruly PaperArts blog. Check it out for more lovely creations!

 

 

This is a 13 x 13 cm off white double card. I used a piece of scrapbook paper from My Mind's Eye as a basis. I have added some pieces of 7 Gypsies tissuepaper and a piece of a French bookpage. The butterflies are stamped on dark scrapbookpaper and glued to the card. The tekst stamp is from Kaisercraft. For the vintage effect I used some StazOn Sabble Brown around the edges.

 



This is also a 13 x 13 cm off white double card. I glued a background made with alcohol inks to the card and added a tag I found in my stash (it must have been used as a price tag, as it showed $3 on the bottom ;-)). I cut out a flower from a collage image sheet I bought on Etsy and glued dark red ribbon to the card, the tekst stamp is from Kaisercraft.

I hope you have fun making your own lovely cards today!

Good news all around!

Today I am not sharing any ATC's, painting or other creations. But I am sharing good news!

First of all; I just started a new project with a new customer in my consultancy business. Good news for me as I was already home for quite a while... ;-).

And the other good news is that since today, October 1st, 2013 I am a member of the Design Team at Unruly PaperArts. Check it out, they have great tutorials, how-to's and you can join in the fun by sending in your creations. This month's theme is Haunting Ways!

Click on the Banner, it will bring you straight to the website! You can also join our group on Facebook!