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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A masculine steampunk card for Altair Arts

This month at Altair Art blog we have a different style to challenge you - a steampunk style.

It's a little different, as most of the beautiful papers by Altair Arts are very meminine and soft in colors and designs. But there are some other papers, that you can use for a masculine/ steampunk project, plus some of the DT have made a soft version of the steampunk theme. Head over to the Altair Art blog to see all the fab creations by the DT.

I went all the way along with the theme and made a masculine mixedmedia steampunk card:

It is the first of some masculine/boyish cards I will be making in the next few weeks.

Here are some close-ups on the details:

I would like to enter it to the following challenges:
The paper Girls - masculine birthday.
Seize the Birthday - I didn't use the option of the topping, but still it's a birthday card.
Simonsays Wednesday challenge - Happy Birthday.
Pile it on - think small (I've used small cogs and metal embellishments)
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How to highlight a sentiment on your card - for Robin's Nest

Hello dears,

Today it's my turn on the Robin's Nest Blog, and this time I share a way to highlight a sentiment on your card with Robin's Nest dew drops.

Hop over to Chattering Robin's blog to see my 'how to'.

I've used my Feb Counterfeit Kit for this card, with Altair Art papers. I also made some splatters with Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays (Cotton Candy Pink, Chateau Rose, Envey With Green and Aloha Avocado).

Meanwhile, you can enjoy the close-ups:

I'm entering this card for the More Than Words mini challenge, which asked for the word "True":

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Learn from the kids - a lo

 

most wanted at CSI

This is a lo I've made for case file 237 at CSI:

The photo was taken on April 2016, on our visit at Disneyland in Paris. By that time, my boys have already introduced me to the world of the Superheros (Marvel, DCComics), and I was totaly swept away with this world. Something I've learned from my kids :).

My clues to solve the case were:

Scheme - all 5 colors.

Sketch by The Nifty Pixel - checked.

Evidence - grid pattern, stripes, labels & washi tape.

Testimony - I've documented something I've learned from my kids.

I've used my September Counterfeit Kit.

The background was made using 13@rt mist and TH distress ink, mixed and diluted with water, and a Kaisercraft stamp, with a grid pattern.

Here're some close-ups:

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Family! that's the whole story - CSI case file no. 231

After a very long period of absence, it is so good to join again with CSI! Love, love, love the case files and the ton of inspiration by the DT and the special investigators.

Here's no. 231 case file:

The clues I used to solve this case were:

Scheme - I've used all 5 colors

Evidence - solid white cardstock, stripes, twine, panctuation marks, stars, hearts.

Testimony - my journaling tells what was (and still is) my source of power, which helped me go through when my boy was diagnosed with cancer and got the chymotherapy.

This is what I wrote: "The family support, the legacy we inherited from our parents, these are the things that helped us to deal with your cancer disease. The way they stood by us, the love and comfort they gave me, were the source of my power to go through that rough period we had."

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Warm and cosy

We have a new sketch for you at Scrap Africa, sketch #40:

Isn't it just an awesome sketch?

Here's my take on this sketch:

I used products from 7 Dots, Thoughts Keeper collection by the talented Olda Heldwein, that I got as a giveaway, thank you Tusia Lech for your generousity!

I used 12x12 pp no. 2, and papers from the 6x6 pad, stamps and stickers - all from that fab collection. and I would like to enter it to 7 Dots' challenge, which is 'Warm and Cosy, just like my youngest's photo, taken when he was just a baby. Here's the inspiration circle from the challenge:

I also used modeling paste with some Perfect Pearls over The Crafter's Workshop stencil, and some modeling paste over a doily stencil. 

To go along with the warm and cosy theme, I also adhered felt flowers, made with Die-Namics dies. StudioFourteen40' flairs, splatters of mists, dew drops, micro beads, large rhinestones, sequins and die-cut doily - and my lo is finished.

There's a lot of 3-D in this lo, so it also goes fot the 3-D challenge, exercise #2 at the Mixed Media Place.

Here are some close-ups on the details:

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