maandag 29 december 2014

DLP2014... Last week, last challenge

Yes i made it!! 53 weeks, every week one challenge, one journal page... All done... Up to DLP 2015...
This is my last challenge... Draw or collage something that begins with the first letter of your first name... 
This is the last page i made in my journal...





vrijdag 26 december 2014

Tick-tack...Mixed Media ATC cards

For these 2 cards i used: underpaper, a mask and medium gel. Next step: distressink (Use a babywhipe for cleaning the medium gel)
Add a sticker (i cut 1 in 2 pieces), stamps, metals, grungeboard (numbers)... 

Some details...





ATC swap: Tick-Tock...

Preparing 2 ATC cards...
Little sneaks... Not finished, i'm waiting because my glossy accents needs to dry 



woensdag 24 december 2014

Artsy advent #24: on the 24th day of Christmas...

Wrap it up!
Design you own wrapping paper...
Underpaper (aquarel wasco and gesso), stamping and add with a white posca pen snowdots... Thats all... So easy to make

maandag 22 december 2014

Cover DLP 2015

Yesyesyes...i'm start my second DLP!!! 
Just finished my cover... 
Step by step...
1. gesso all over the cover... Let dry!
2. Aqarelwasco (blue and yellow)
3. Again gesso all over it. You can see the gesso becomes blue and yellow. Let dry!
4. Gelato's (blue and yellow). Go over it with a babywipe...
5. Add blue (gelato) and after that some brown (gelato). Use your fingers and rub it...
6. Add again some yellow...
7. I cut some houses and glue them on my cover...
8. Add some colors on the houses. (Gelato's) and use some babywipes...

9. Add doors and windows... 
10. Make accents with a black pen
11. Add more details: hearts, sky...
12. More accents with a white pen
13. Add text...
14. I add some medium gel on the top off the page... Now its drying... 















zaterdag 20 december 2014

Artsy advent #20: on the 20th day of Christmas...

Original...
Imitation is the sincerest from a flatery. Recreate a Christmas card, in whole or in part, you have recieved or even the one you are sending out. Remember to post the original card along with your piece...
My original card... 


maandag 15 december 2014

Artsy advent #15: on the 15th day of Christmas...

Its a wonderful life...
Your favorite Christmas movie...
My favorite one is: The Grinch

Mixed Media Christmas decoration

Fun to make yourself and easy... So lets start...
 Choose different stamps...
 Stamp on underground paper or tissuepaper. Use Versafine or waterresistant ink
Color with gelato's...
Rub off with babywhipes...
 Let dry...
 Tear different kind of papers (tissuepaper, old book paper, underground paper...)
 glue the pieces of paper with regular gel medium and let dry...




zondag 14 december 2014

Mixed media Christmascards Free tutorial

My mixed media Christmas cards are ready... I made 80 cards. A whole work, but it was fun.
For the first time i made a video with the different steps...

 

Artsy advent #14: on the 14th day of Christmas...

Ghost of Christmas past...
A favorite Christmas memory or tradition

I buy for everyone 3 gifts. This year we are with 14... So thats 42! We play this game. Rolling with one dice. Round 1: 6 means take one gift till everyone has one... Play till everyone has 3 gifts. Then again... 6 means open one gift... Till all the gifts are open and then: is everybody happy? Now?? Okay next round: 6 means grab a gift you like and switch it with one of yours...
The end of this game: After 20' or when my alarm goes off...


zaterdag 13 december 2014

Mixed media - Angel postcard for a swap

This card is for a AEHML swap...
I used backgroundpaper, old bookpaper and some stamps...
Some details...