Dream without fear - MTW mini challenge

 

More Than Words has a mini challenge, creating a card, a tag, and ATC of a postcard, and they asked to use the word 'Dream':

Such a great challenge towards the new year, don't you think?

For my card, I stamped the florals and the leaves (Stampin' Up In Symmetry) in blue, orange, yellow and gray. I then assembled them in the left bottom of the white cs basis, added the stamed sentiment (Finnabair for Prima), and some glittery navy blue enamel dots.

It also goes for the 'Anything Goes' challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

I wish all who celebrate Christmas, a very Mery Christmas and a happy holidays!

Find your balance - CSI case file no. 316

A 2nd layout for the Corona days... it's my DT layout for CSI case file no. 316, only I'm a little late for the reveal... here's the inspiration photo with the 'clues':

I used all 5 colors in th scheme. From the clues I used chevrons, tirangles, clouds, flowers, leaves, branches, butterflies, gold (gold embossing over a stencil in the background), stamps, scallops and 'rain drops' for the weather-realated element.

My jouranling is about our new 'everyday', the new routine, how I need to find my balance everyday from the begining, in a state of social distance. A very challenging period.

The colors went so well with the April challenge at Lindy's blog, teal, purple and pink:

Lindy's products that I used-

Starburst sprays: Azure Sea Asters, Hi Maintenance Magenta, Sweet Violet Purple Teal.

Shaker - Time Travel Teal.

Embossing powders: Madonna Rob Blue Gold, Queen Sheba's Silver and King Midas Gold.

I loved how you can play around with one product and get different shades of the color, only by adding water. So purple and pink were both from the purple shimmers - from the bold to the mute shades.

This layout was also inspired by April challenge at More Than Words - Everyday plus Bugs/birds:

We have a new 'everyday' now, not like we used to have. At this chaotic and challenging period, every day I need to find my balance from the begining, remember to breathe, relax. I often do this when I walk with my dog in the early mornings.

Here're some close-ups on the details:

I wish you all good health.

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If you can dream it - you can do it (art journal)

Honourable Mention

at More Than Words

November 2019

This is a new page in my art journal notebook, for two challenges.

The 1st - More Than Words challenge - success plus a key:

When I look back, I realize that the most successful things in my life were things I dreamt about, and then made them happen. So for me 'if you can dream it, you can do it' is the key to success. I also adhered a small key next to the message, to make it stand as my say.

The 2nd challenge is the color challenge from Lindy's Gang blog, with this beautiful color palette:

Here're some close-ups on the details:

Lindy's products I've used:

Starburst sprays: Opal Sea Oats, Drop Dead Gorgeous Green, Shabby Turbine Teal.

Moon Shadow Mist: Buccaneer Bronze.

Flat Magical: Caribbean Cruise set (Luscious Lime)

Shakers: Gutten Tag Teal.

Embossing powders: Brutwrust Brown, Spring Leaf Chartreuse, Gutten Tag Teal.

Other products:

Prima Finnabair art basics: gesso clear, gesso white, soft matte gel.

Prima Finnabair extravgance: patina effect paste blue.

Prima Finnabair Art Daily stamps: Dream without fear set.

Stampers Anonymous TH stamps: mini motivation set.

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Ranger's inks: archival ink jet black, embossing ink clear.

VersaFine inks: smoky gray, toffee

The Phantom of the Opera - art journal

An art journal I've made, inspired by two challenges:

The 1st from More Than Words, which asked for a costume and a black background:

My inspiration was the musical The Phantom of the Opera, the first musical I've ever seen, years ago.

I was facinated to the act, could hardly breath, and the music! a fantastic show.

The lyrics of the theme song, captured me- evil and good, combined in one, it's here, it's there, inside my mind....

The 2nd challenge was from SnipArt, with this beautiful moodboard:

Once again - the contradiction between darkness and light, evil and good.

I started by covering a piece of watercolor paper with Finnabair's balck gesso, then I applyed Finnabair's soft matte gel through TH mini stencil. While the gel was still wet, I sprinkled Lindy's Ceasar's Gold ep and heat embossed it.

I die cut geometric shapes and heat embossed it with Lindy's Terra Cotta Rust ep. 

I die cut some leaves in two shapes and heat embossed them with LIndy's Tannenbaum Green Gold ep and Starbright Gold Green ep.

I glued everything with the soft matte gell and added the sentiments.

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Together Forever - CSI case file no. 297

Happy October to you all, and a Happy New Year to all my Jewish friends - Shanah Tova!

CSI did it again, with an amazing case file:

I really loved the colors and the inspiration photo.

Can you feel the autumn atmosphere?

I scrapped a photo of me and my youngest, on our autumn vacation in London, a few years ago.

I used all 5 colors and from the evidence I took: stripes, chevrons, arrows, flowers, leaves, twigs, triangles, metal dies, a wreath design, woodgrain, architectural elements (well, the Tower of London is just behind us in the photo) and stamps.

As for the testimony - my journaling is on a circular spot and I wrote about how much fun we had on our autumn vacation.

I started by applying Finnabair clear gesso to the background, and then made splatters all over with several Lindy's sprays (Cape Cod Coral, Fuzzy Navel Peach, Milk Chocolate Brown, Clam Bake Beige and Frosty Forest Green).

Next I stamped here and there, using 49 and Market Pascale's writings stamp, with  Ranger's Library Green archival ink.

All the chipboards I've used are from Creative Embellishments, and I gave them a good coat of Finnabair's white gesso.

I colored the  large leaves with Lindy's Ponderosa Pines Olive, and then heat embossed here and there with Lindy's Oakleaf Olive ep. I just love the goldish touch it gave to the leaves!

The small leaves were colored with Lindy's Lederhosen Laurel shaker.

The wreath was heat embossed with two Lindy's ep -Brutwurst Brown  and Byzantine Bronze. I gave 3 coats of the ep.

The title was heat embossed with Lindy's Orange Creamsicle ep, again with 3 coats.

I backed the photo with pp from a beautiful 6X6 pad 'Bornt to Be Free' by WhiteRus. The patterns have arrows, chevrons and stripes. I distressed all adges.

I felt something is missing in the lower part of the design, so I addes a large piece of lace, and I love the softness it gives to the whole page.

I die cut some twigs and colored them with Lindy's Ponderosa Pine Olive spray.

I adhered some flowers and blooms and two tiny arrows. 

For the final touch - splatters of dilluted white gesso.

I'm all up for autumn!

I would like to enter this layout for the October challenge at Creative Embellishments, with this beautiful moodboard, and the twist of adding some lace:

I was inspired by the autumn feeling, especially the two right photos on the buttom, and by the beautiful lace photo.
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#Beautiful - mixed media layout

DT fav at Splasy Mix challenge

September 2019

For this layout, I was inspired by two challenges.

The 1st one is Lindy's Gang September challenge:

The 2nd is September challenge at Splashy Mix Challenge:

Such a fabulous color combo! you can take it to verious options, and mine is the industrial one.

The papers (13@rts and Craft O'Clock) are from my September Counterfeit kit.

Lindy's products that I've used:

Sprays: Sweet Violet Purple Teal, Urban Amethyst, Hi Maintenance Mgenta, Grab a Guy Gold.

Magicals - Pineapple Paradise from Caribbean Cruise set.

Shaker - Magnolia Magenta Gold.

Embossing powders - Midnight Sapphire, King Midas Gold and Sunset Yellow Orange.

Here're some close-ups on the details:

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Smile & enjoy today - a card

A card I've made, inspired by some challenges and inspiration moodboards. It's all in pastel colors, with some nautical elements.

Lindy's Gang challenge for August gave this beautiful pastel palette:

From Lindy's products I've used:

Sprays: Cotton Candy Pink, Opal Sea Oats, Azure Sea Asters, South Shore Sand, Cafe' ou Lait, Tilt-a-Wheel Teal, Tawny Turquoise Vintage.

Shakers - Oom Pah Pah Pink, Alpine Ice Rose.

Magical - Caribbean Blue from the Caribbean Cruise magical flat set.

Another inspiration came from More Than Words mini challenge:

The last challenge was a local one, held by the talented Sharon Burla-Ziv, which is 'Under the Sea'.

Here're some close-ups:

Other materials I've used:

Prima/Finnabair - heave gesso white, 3D gloss gel, acrylic paint metallique light patina, patina effect paste blue, snowflake paste, mega art stones, mini art stones.

Tim Holtz- mini stecnil set 30, Ideology words stickers.

Creative Embellisments - fishnet stamp.

Versafine - mini ink cube toffee.

Molds and real seashells - from my stash.

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