Belarus with Irina Mon

Wow I am just loving this virtual worl travel with the Scrap aux Puce team. What can I say, it<s fun trying out new techniques and discovering wonderful new artists.   This trip is to Belarus where we discover: Irina Mon  http://ryzhaya-rulya.blogspot.ca/   For this challenge, we had to make watercolor flowers. Here is my take on this challenge:  

 

Valerie did a great video on how to make the flowers, check out her video here (In french only, but you'll be able to figure it out) :

https://youtu.be/9JKsEziizCE 

    Here is one of the pages from Irina that I really loved:  

again... lost of inspiration... this project is so much fun...

Ukraine with Frau Muller

Ukraine, aplace that I have never been but I know is the host of many wonderful Mix-Media artists including :   Frau Muller (Natalia) her blog : http://fraumuller.blogspot.ca/   I've seen her work before on the 7 dots studio website, she is one of my favorites in the design team.   The challenge was to create a background using many layers of medium and also many layers of paper behind our picture.   Here is my take on the challenge using another picture from our family vacation in Riviera Maya in 2013:  

    So for this challenge I decided that I was making my background paper from scratch. Here are a few pictures to show my process:  

I started with white cardstock and added a layer of light medium thru a text stencil:

 

Then I started playing with my paints combining the, with Liquid Glazing medium:

 

I found that the 13 Arts paint is REALLY REALLY pigmented so I should have used more medium with it, It just would not come off with the baby wipes as normal acrylique paint would... so it was one of this OH WELL moments, let's deal with it and move on...

 

Oh yes... VERY VERY pigmented paint that just does not want to come off my fingers. Gotta love that Mix-Media manicure:

  Then I added the 2nd stencil with Finnabair white crackle paint thru a heart stencil:  

 

To my surprise when this was drying, the hearts were turning blue... did I mention that the paint was very pigmented? LOL

 

Then I just added some of the beige paint on with my fingers to create more momentum in the background with touches of the blue paint on certain ares to give the page more debth.

 

And then you just add the ornaments a litlle splatter of ink here and there, some stamping and you are done....

 

On my page you will find Cuts2luv badges, Creative Embelishments frame & title die-cuts, Prima flowers and I was ready to go...

 

Here is one of her pages that I really loved...

 

 

Thanks for the inspiration Scrap aux Puce Design Team & Frau Muller...

 

Hugs & Kisses

 

Belgium with Lilith

Step 3 of our Around the World project with Scrap aux Puces. This time, we visit an artist from Belgium, the country of my favorite beer ;0)   Her blog; http://lilithandscrap.blogspot.ca/

She lives in the south of the country and got into Scrapbooking when she decided to do her wedding album. She is also very passionate about phtography.   I loved one of here pages and just decided that I wanted to do a Scraplift. I had this picture of my youngest son Gabriel from our trip to Riviera Maya in 2013 that was just wainting to be put to paper and I just felt that the hand made journaling was just perfect for this page.   Here is my page:  

 

You guessed it... another batch of Cuts2Luv badges ...LOL..

 

Here is her page that was my inspiration, it's stunning:

 

 

Thanks for the inspiration Lilith !  

Holland with Sanderijn de Bruin

Holland, home of the tulips, windmills and Sanderijn de Bruin. What a beautiful discovery for our virtual trip Around The World with Scrap aux Puce team.   Sanderjim de Bruin : http://sanderijndebruin.blogspot.ca   Her pages are very soft with lots of mix-media, her daughter being her main subjet, she just makes stunning pages.   I love how she colors her Die-cuts, and that was the inspiration for my page:  

 

On this page you'll find Creative Embelishment die-cuts, Cuts2Luv badges and my new ornaments from Mimosa Embelishments.

 

you can find the products here:

Cuts2Luv 

Mimosa

Creative Embelishments

 

Now for her page.. I am in LOVE !!!!

 

 

 Thanks for the beautiful discovery from the Scrap Aux Puce team & Thanks Sanderjin for the inspiration !  

Switzerland with Wilma Voermans

With the Scrap aux puce Design Team, we are virtually traveling around the globe to discover new artist and getting inspiration from the work that they do.   The next trip is to Switzerland, I've been lucky to visit there a few times, just love that place and the people are just fantastic.   Wilma Voermans is a designer for Blue Fern Studios, Scrap of darkness, 7 dots studio, Deco Art et Limor Webber.
Her blog: http://swissdutchy8.blogspot.ca   The challenge by my friend Marie-France was to have 75% black ornaments (paint, flowers, die-cuts etc.) and all this without using a black background.   I just got new glasses and made this cute Selfie, so I thought it would make a great starting point. I have to say that it was a challenge to balance out... Sometimes the ornaments were not standing out correctly, but I do really like the end result. The paper is from Prima and already had the stamped image look it was perfect for the starting point.  

 

Here is another view of my orenements, you'll see the Cuts2Luv badge and the hand made paper flower using Tim Hotlz die, the black doily and I had theses glasses ornament that I painted to match the color of my new glasses:

 

On the other side, another Cuts2Luv badge, added a touch of grey and to balance out the glasses, I added this speach bubble in the same shade:

 

Here is one of Wilma's pieces:

 

 

She is certainly full of inspiration and I will certainly be looking out for more of her work.

 

Wishing you a great day !

 

Art Journal- Live your Dreams

A friend of mine had lent me her stencil that I had placed in my Art Journal almost 8  months ago without completing it... Last night, I was just inspired by a challenge where we needed to leave lots of white and add sprouts of colors. I kne it was time for me to tackle it once and for all.  

I just love this quote from Marianne Design.

 

It's just a perfect thought for 2016 don't you think?

 

And guess what... to day is my Birthday so Happy Birthday to me and this is my wish for 2016... to Live my Dreams.

   

Case file 189- Adorable

Already time for my 3rd and last case as a Special Investigator for the CSI blog.   I just loved the color and theme of this challenge. To be honnest, I am not big on taking pictures of my drinks and food so I needed a picture. Special Thanks goes out to my friend Caroline (Elliam) for providing me this pic. Also you'll find her brand new die-cut (Adorable) and badges.  

 

Here is the case file.

 

My Evidence: Food accent, enamel dots, String, Asteriks

 

My Testimony is written in a recipe format about how to create this wonderful Latte.

 

You like the badges and the die-cut, have a look at Caroline's Etsy store: Cuts2Luv

 

Miam... now I feel like going to get one...

 

Thanks again to the CSI team for the invitation to be Special Investigator, it's always a pleasure.

 

Have a great day !