This life is pretty amazing

The minute I saw the colors at TGIF, I thought of a beach scene:

I think this colors combo is so dreamy!

I used two distress inks (scattered straw and tumbled glass), and a ranger's archival ink (tea rose) to create the background. Then I die cut a stitched rectangle.

I'm not sure how, but in the end I didn't go on a beach scene, rather preferred to stay with a powerful statement (TH Stampers Anonymous stamp), inked with ranger's archival ink (jet black).

I added some butterlies (Kaisercraft stamps) as a whimsical element, again with the black ink.

I adhered the pannel to a folded vanilla cs basis, and that's it.

I would like to enter it to the 'Precious' challenge at Time Out challenge blog, as life is something very precious, and hence my inspiration for this card.

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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

This life is pretty amazing - art journal

Hello dear crafty friends, 

Lindy's Gang has a beautiful subtle color challenge this month, which I really like, so I've made an art journal, using their awesome products.

I started by giving a good coat of white gesso, and then added some texture with modeling paste and a stencil:

Next, I added Mad Hatter Mint spray, dilluted it with water:

I wanted another shade of green, so I added Aloha Avocado spray, and againg dilluted it with water:

Now it's time for some stamping, with different shades of gray and black inks, using Finnabair's stamps and 49 and Market Pascale's stamp:

Stamping a sentiment, using Stamper Anonymous Tim Holtz stamp, with Ranger's Arcival ink Jet Black:

I die cut some leaves from a watercolor paper, and heat embossed it with Merry Go Round ep:

I also die cut some more leaves and colored them with Pop Rock Purple flat spray, and stamped some flowers with gray ink:

Then I made my design with all those colored die cuts:

I also die cut other shape of leaves, and heat embossed them with Silver Moon Sapphire ep:

Splattering around with Magnolia Magenta Gold shimmer spray, adhering dew drops and enamel dots for the flowers center, and adding some silver micro beads, then doodling a frame all around:

And that's the final result:

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