Sewing Circle - PaperArtsy

Hello again! Another day, another set of ATCs! But as you can see, these differ quite heavily from the ones I shared yesterday! 

This set is made for PaperArtsy and is a part of a new blog topic called "With 3 things". In this format three members of the design team are sent almost the same ingredients to create a little project with. The joy is in seeing how different the projects turn out - even with three same core ingredients! You can explore the posts with this topic (link).

My three things were a stamp set "Buttons 4", "Tall Heart" die and Fresco Finish Frosting Glace. The latter was a new product for me, but the little note with the parcel provided info that all it took to lit my imagination. The combination of "small" and a product that would turn plastic resemble sand-blasted glass let to see though ATCs. If you want to see how I made these, please visit the PaperArtsy blog (link) or my Instagram (link) as I will post a Reel there.

These ATCs are up for swaps and grabs as well. But I need to say that the PaperArtsy post went live yesterday and I offered them there, too, so the risk is that they are all gone. But in case you want to inquire one, please send me an email. Address is on the side bar there. 

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a pleasant day!

Materials: PaperArtsy, Ranger

Spring hopes and blooms - a set of ATCs

Moikka moi! It's a new week again and some new projects to be blogged! I'm starting this week with a set of ATCs.

These ladies make me think about flower power of the 70's. I also love the vibrant colors and the lush leaves. The focal points as well as the sticker leaves in the background are from a PET tape by My Indie Co. I bought a roll last year and have then gradually been using it. This is now the second set of ATCs with this imagery. 

For these cards I created the background using watercolors. I first added different green with 'wet on wet' and after those pools of color had dried, I then painted some leaf shapes on top. Not sure you can make out any of those in the finished cards, though! I used the watercolors also to create some blooms to be used as decorations. For those I took inspiration from this piece (link) I created after the lesson by Tiare Smith in One BADASS art journal. 

As usual, if you'd like to receive one of these or swap them, please let me know! 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Wishing you a wonderful day!

Materials: Prima Marketing, Tim Holtz, My Indie Co, Posca

...out of these my heart's own song I'll make - a mixed media canvas

Hello hello, it's Friday again! Today I'm sharing a textured canvas piece with you with a process video. 

I've been telling you how each year, when the spring comes, I start to have an urge for yellow. That was the case this year, too, but this time it lasted a shorter while than usual only to be replaced by a craving for green! I feel like I've been using more green during this spring that before! So, when thinking about what color to use for this piece, it ended up being green. 

What the green then caused, was to provoke the story. I went for this brown green tone and it started to look like mossy forest floor. Then the heart and the combo of the flowers and color started suddenly make sense and I named the piece "Out of these my heart's own song I'll make". That's a line from Eino Leino's, a Finnish poet's very known poem called "Nocturne". I can recite the first part of the poem by heart in Finnish. The poem talks about Finnish nature and how the speaker connects to it. He's stating items like "darkness of the woods", "scent of linnea borealis", and "shadows of the waters" to make his heart's song. 

If you want to see, how I made my own heart's song, please see the process video below.

As you could see from the video, I first left the heart "open" and didn't include anything inside. But in the end it looked too bare and like something was missing. I tried different things in it, but everything looked strange. Until I tried a gear; it looked OK, but even better when I broke a piece out of it. I assume it's the way the arch echoes the shape of the heart and also how there's more tension now that the circle is broken that made it work. What do you think? 

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a pleasant weekend! Oh, and I hope to see you tomorrow on the YouTube live! Ta ta for now! 

Materials:

Ranger - Distress Collage medium Matte

Prima Marketing - Art Basics Modeling paste

PaperArtsy - Fresco Finish acrylic paint Sand, Butter, Chalk, Magic Moss, Little Black Dress

A.B.Studio - ID-285 stencil

Prima Marketing - Finnabair stencil Gothic

Prima Marketing - Art Basics Heavy Body Gel

PaperArtsy - Infusions colored stains Olive Tree, Just Walnut

Prima Marketing - Art Alchemy fluid acrylic paint Avocado Green

wooden base

Finnabair Mechanicals metal embellishments

moulded elements using Finnabair silicone moulds

old spoon

old crocheted doily

old buttons, washers and other nick knacks

linen thread

white pearls

craft glue

palette knife, brush, scissors, water mister

Moonlight butterfly - a card

Hi there! Are you getting tired of butterfly cards? Can you get tired of them, I wonder? But anyhow, here's the third one I made when crafting a card for our goddaughter. The color scheme is the same as in the lacy one (link) we gave to her, but the design is much more streamlined and abstract. 

I painted the background using three PaperArtsy Fresco Finish colors and added a white circle on top. I also added some white splashes to tie the circle better to the background. Somehow that shape and color reminds me of the moon! To echo the contrast the butterfly has, I added a black watercolor pencil line around the circle. The decorations include the butterfly, a self-made fabric label sticker and word stickers in Finnish. They read "Look up and reach for the stars". 

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a splendid day! 

Materials: Stampers Anonymous, PaperArtsy, CC Hobby, Ranger

Embrace Imperfection - YouTube live announcement

Hello! It's a new week and new set of posts! While Easter caused some changes to the schedule, I'm now back to normal with posts on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, the last being a process video post. 

Today the post is about something happening later in the week as it's a YouTube live announcement post! This coming Saturday I'm re-creating this art journal spread - or at least something like it. As you can see from the main photo and the add below, I'm mainly using black and white. I also create tactile texture in a couple of ways as well as visual texture and pattern. 

As usual, I've listed the materials underneath the next photo. Links go to manufacturer sites. I hope you find the list handy, if you want to create along side or just check a stamp or a color.

Hope you can join me on Saturday! Thank you for stopping by today!

Materials: 

(links to manufacturer sites)

Finnabair art daily journal

Fabriano - Accademia 160g paper pack

Prima Marketing - Art Basics Heavy Gesso white

Prima Marketing - Art Basics Modeling paste

Ranger - Archival Ink Jet Black

PaperArtsy - ESA19 stamp set

Prima Marketing - Finnabair Gothic Book clear stamp

Posca - PC-1M white marker

A.B.Studio - White butterfly 12x12

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Chitchat sticker book TH92998

previously made papers - India ink bubbles and embossed, inked letters

self cut little rings and the left over

white cotton tape

India ink

tiny cardboard tube

brush tip markers

washi tape, wire

craft glue, double sided tape

scissors, paper cutter, stapler, brushes, palette knife, heat tool

It's a hat thing - a set of ATCs

Moikka moi! It's time for the first process video of April! I actually did this with the same batch as the March videos, so it may have the same problem with the sound as those. Hopefully the other April versions are OK! 

This time the video is out of some ATCs. I first make a master board, a big background using acrylic paints and cut that to smaller pieces. I add some doodling to the backgrounds using paint markers. The focal points consists of two elements - a stamped lady with a hat and a cut out birds from printable. Underneath is the process video, if you want to see how I made the set!

As you can see from the video, I first thought to add the bird to the left of the lady, perched on her shoulder, but the composition looked a lot better with more air to the direction of her gaze, so I moved the birds to her right. 

These cards were fun to make and I guess it's the spring that made them so colorful! The amount of light just screams for more colors! As always with my ATCs, these are available for swaps or just to be sent to a new home. If you would like one, please send me an email, address is on the sidebar. 

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a sunny weekend!

Materials:

Fabriano: Accademia 160g cardstock

PaperArtsy: Fresco Finish acrylic paint Butter, Baltic Blue, Caribbean Sea

PaperArtsy: LPM05 stamp, Pierrot 2 stamp set

Ranger: Archival Ink Jet Black

KateCrafts: Vintage Birds 1 printable

Ranger: Distress Ink Vintage Photo

Posca marker PC-1M white, blue, PC-3M lavender, apricot, PC-5M aqua green

brush tip markers

black cardstock

scissors, paper cutter, stamping tool, inking tool

double sided adhesive sheet

double sided tape, foam tape, craft glue

Rusty butterfly - a card

Heippa and welcome! Today I have a butterfly card in rust tones to share with you. 

You might remember a blue butterfly I shared some time ago (link). I actually made three cards with the same butterfly stamp where we, meaning my husband and me, could pick the one to be given to our goddaughter. Well, I have to be honest, I maybe was thinking more my colors with this one and colored the butterfly brown and added vintage details to the background, too. 

I started the background by adding some watercolor and ink there. I then layered a piece of corrugated cardboard, a torn piece of musical tones and an old postal stamp on top. I finished the card with a little greeting, the butterfly and a decorative pin to it.

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a pleasant day!

Materials: Stampers Anonymous, Ranger, PaperArtsy, Korttipaja, A.B.Studio