My scrappin' life

Crew Member Saturday With Andrea

Hello there and welcome to Crew Member Saturday! Can you believe it is already September, wow, time flies! First Saturday of the month so here's another guest designer post! 

Today we have Andrea who created some lovely colourful tags using lots of layers. And you know I love layers, right?! Also she did something that freaks out a lot of people but that I would totally do (and have done)! Check it out :)

 

 

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Hi Andrea here!

I made these two tags by doing something that is quite terrifying: cutting up a perfectly good stamp!  While it was a scary move, I do believe in making products match whatever purpose YOU have in mind and that’s what I did with this project.

I started with a piece of Strathmore Mixed Media paper that I glued pieces of an old book page onto.  I also had some great Washi tape that I stuck on.

Next I slathered on layers of acrylic paint with a palette knife.

 

To keep the colors from being too out of control, I covered most of the page with a layer of white acrylic paint.

 

I sprayed on some acrylic ink in bright pink and turquoise and let it dry.

 

I cut two tag shapes out of my background page using a die-cutting machine and tag dies.

 

Using embossing ink, I stamped the tags with the lovely Background with Circles stamp, then I sprinkled white embossing powder on them and heat-set them.

 

And now the crazy part!  I took the fabulous Stitched Mixed Media Background stamp and cut it into strips!  I did this because I adore the patterns and designs and thought they’d look great in individual strips, too.  And I figured I could always stick them back together for the whole stamp look.

 

 

I chose a few of my freshly-cut “stamp strips” and stamped them onto my tags then heat-embossed them with black powder to make them stand out.  I also used an image from the I Heart Washi Tape stamp set.

 

I added a little square of patterned paper to reinforce the hole at the top of the tag and topped it off with a Christmas ornament hook.

 

To finish off my tags, I glued on some poetry sentiments that I cut out of an old book.

Products used in this project:

Andrea

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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Make sure to drop by every Wednesday and every first Saturday of the month for ongoing inspiration by my fabulous Crew!

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Andrea

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Crew Member Wednesday With Linda

Hi everyone! Welcome to another Crew Member Wednesday. Today Linda is sharing some tea bag art with you! Don't you think these are super cute and fun?! Check out the video to see her process :)

 

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Hello !

This month I want to share a video where I try out the popular Teabag Art. And I can confirm to say that it is fun and can be addictive. I did it on green tea bags and the good smell from the used bags is an extra bonus while creating.

Here is the link to the process video, enjoy

 

Products used in this project:

 

Linda

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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Make sure to drop by every Wednesday and every first Saturday of the month for ongoing inspiration by my fabulous Crew!

We would love to see your creations on Birgit's Mixed Media Art Crew Facebook page so if you created something inspired by one of the Crew Members or using any of my products then please share!

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Crew Member Wednesday With Hermien

Hello! It's Crew member Wednesday again!! 

Today Hermien is here with another set of lovely cards. What a beautiful collection!!

 

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August already, time flies! In this post I’ll show you my second set of cards I made out of the same sheet of painted watercolour paper, see my previous post for the technique, very simple, less clean because I manage to spread paint all over, even únder my apron…arggg..

 

 

The pinky background was spoiled with this big flower, the‘awesome’tekst and some ripped washitape.

 

 

On the second card also only two stamps, those nice feathers and the same text..thats it! Hope you get inspired!

 

 

Products used for this project:

 

 

Hermien

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Crew Member Wednesday With Karin

Hello! Welcome to Crew Member Wednesday. Karin is here today using my newest "For The Love Of Layers" stencil and she created a beautiful layered art journal spread with it! 

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I recently added an incredibly cool stencil from Birgit to my stash and had to use it on this Art Journal spread.

First I made a colorful background with some paint and on top of that I used the stencil with black water-resistant ink.

Then I applied some color accents with a white pen and some acrylic markers.

Because stamping on a busy background is rather difficult, I stamped the tulips on a white paper. I colored the parts I wanted to use with ecoline markers. And cut them out and applied the tulips to the background.

Finally I added a text to it. It is in Dutch and it means something like "When you let go of control, the most beautiful things happen".

Products used in this project:

 

Karin

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Crew Member Saturday With Revlie

Hi there! It's the first Saturday of the month again and that means that one of my Guest Crew Members is here to inspire you! Today it's Revlie with a beautiful art journal page in awesome colors. I love the effect of modelling paste and watercolours and also the way Revlie used a leaf mask to create a flower!

 

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hi! Revlie from the Netherlands! I am honored to be part of Birgit’s Art Crew as a Guest Designer and I’ll make a new project every 3 months!

 

I have found this cute, easy & stunning technique while using a stencil, modeling paste & watercolors! YES watercolors! when you use your stencil when the watercolors are still wet, it gives a stunning color effect to the modeling paste! Watch my video to see how easy it is :)

 

 

Products used in this project:

 

other: watercolor by Jane Davenport, white cardstock Bazzill Basics, pencil, da vinci watercolor brush nr. 3 (to write the title), da vinci watercolor brush nr. 12, tacky glue, Art Journal Revlie, black pen, white posca pen

Revlie

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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Make sure to drop by every Wednesday and every first Saturday of the month for ongoing inspiration by my fabulous Crew!

We would love to see your creations on Birgit's Mixed Media Art Crew Facebook page so if you created something inspired by one of the Crew Members or using any of my products then please share!

Also, if you don't want to miss a thing... follow our new Instagram feed: Birgit's Mixed Media Art Crew!

 

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hi! Revlie from the Netherlands! I am honored to be part of Birgit’s Art Crew as a Guest Designer and I’ll make a new project every 3 months!

 

I have found this cute, easy & stunning technique while using a stencil, modeling paste & watercolors! YES watercolors! when you use your stencil when the watercolors are still wet, it gives a stunning color effect to the modeling paste! Watch my video to see how easy it is :)

 

 

Products used in this project:

 

other: watercolor by Jane Davenport, white cardstock Bazzill Basics, pencil, da vinci watercolor brush nr. 3 (to write the title), da vinci watercolor brush nr. 12, tacky glue, Art Journal Revlie, black pen, white posca pen

Revlie

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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Make sure to drop by every Wednesday and every first Saturday of the month for ongoing inspiration by my fabulous Crew!

We would love to see your creations on Birgit's Mixed Media Art Crew Facebook page so if you created something inspired by one of the Crew Members or using any of my products then please share!

Also, if you don't want to miss a thing... follow our new Instagram feed: Birgit's Mixed Media Art Crew!

 

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hi! Revlie from the Netherlands! I am honored to be part of Birgit’s Art Crew as a Guest Designer and I’ll make a new project every 3 months!

 

I have found this cute, easy & stunning technique while using a stencil, modeling paste & watercolors! YES watercolors! when you use your stencil when the watercolors are still wet, it gives a stunning color effect to the modeling paste! Watch my video to see how easy it is :)

 

 

Products used in this project:

 

other: watercolor by Jane Davenport, white cardstock Bazzill Basics, pencil, da vinci watercolor brush nr. 3 (to write the title), da vinci watercolor brush nr. 12, tacky glue, Art Journal Revlie, black pen, white posca pen

Revlie

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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Make sure to drop by every Wednesday and every first Saturday of the month for ongoing inspiration by my fabulous Crew!

We would love to see your creations on Birgit's Mixed Media Art Crew Facebook page so if you created something inspired by one of the Crew Members or using any of my products then please share!

Also, if you don't want to miss a thing... follow our new Instagram feed: Birgit's Mixed Media Art Crew!

 

Crew Member Wednesday With Karen

Hi there! It's Crew Member Wednesday again and today we have Karen who is sharing a simple but fun way to create lovely journaling cards. I love how these turned out, clean and simple but beautiful!

 

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Hi everyone! It’s time for another Crew Member Wednesday and I’m making these great little journaling cards which are perfect to add into your art journal, planner, diary… whatever you’d like really! I’m using a super easy masking technique as well to make a really lovely layered look.

 

I’m using the “Life is pretty awesome” stamp set and I picked out the middle sized flower and I cut down some card stock to 3” x 4” and I stamped the flower onto a post it note so that I would have a “mask” that I can easily reposition. My post it note had lines on it as it was the first ones I had to hand, you can use any one for this or even some paper if you don’t have a post it note.

 

 

I cut around the edges of the post it mask and set it to one side. I then took my staz on ink pad in black and stamped the image off the edge of my journaling card. I wanted to create a border like effect around the edges of my cards.

 

 

Once I had one image stamped I added my mask over the top and stamped again. This means that you can create the effect of the flowers being “layered” one behind the other.

 

 

I kept going right along the edge of the card and created some others, varying the direction and the pattern that I created.

 

 

I went in with my micron marker to add in some lines for my journaling to go on to. You can totally use a ruler for this part if you would like but I really liked the free hand, slightly squiggly lines that I drew for my cards.

 

 

I then went in with some of my watercolor crayons to add in some colors to the journaling cards that I had made. I kept it simple with a few light washes and layers. I left one blank so if I wanted to add in a different color to match a page I could!

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and it inspires you to either make some cards of your own or give the masking technique a try!

 

 

Product used in this project:

Karen

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Crew Member Wednesday With Linda

Hi everyone! Welcome to another Crew Member Wednesday. Linda is here today sharing how she created some beautiful wrapping paper using and old brown bag and her Gelli Arts® gel printing plate! Now who wouldn't love to get such a beautiful package in the mail?!!

 

 

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Hello !

There is nothing like receiving and giving happy mail, don’t you agree? And if the parcel or letter I receive is decorated it really makes my day. I love it when a creative friend put some extra effort in decorating the letter or parcel. This time it is my turn to return this gesture.  A dear friend of mine had her birthday late June and I managed to get this parcel on its way in time for her day.

Here is the video on how a made the wrapping paper. The paper I’m using is a recycled heavy duty paper bag.

 

And some detail pictures:

Products used in this project:

Linda

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Crew Member Wednesday With Hermien

Hello and welcome to Crew Member Wednesday!! 

Today it's Hermien's turn and she made some lovely cards in bright yellow and magenta, such a gorgeous color combination! She's sharing her process here with you!

 

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It took a while to get into the inspirational mood, in fact it took so long I even dared to think that the creativity had stayed at my old home and that it was there to stay... but nonsense of course!

I made a few cards I liked (but not a lot ;-)) and then I decided to get my fingers dirty and to paint over the background was the answer. And this is the result.

 

First I made a background by randomly spreading paint with an old creditcard, dabbing paint through those beautiful masks and stamping the text before cutting the (300gr watercolour) paper into 6 squares.

Then I used some favorite 'Birgit' stamps and embossed those on top followed by (finger) painting around the embossed print.

Very simple but effective!

The flowers even looked like a small painting, so no extra's were added.

The hearts did get some washi tape and the 'awsome' stamp to make it complete.

I hope you like them as much as I do (or is this only a feeling of relieve after my creative melt down??? ☺☺☺)

Products used to create these cards:

Hermien

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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

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Hermien

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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

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Crew Member Wednesday With Karin

Hello! Welcome to Crew Member Wednesday. Today we have Karin with an explosion of color. I totally love the idea of die cutting circles out of these papers with so many patterns and details and colors. Karin made some beautiful cards with them but just imagine what more you can do with them, like using them in your art journal! 

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Hello, it's Karin here!

Because I'm almost out of cards, I decided to make some.

First I made two inked backgrounds (A4) and used a lot of different stamps on it.

I edited the stamped prints with markers and a white pen and I also applied some nice glitter to the backgrounds using WOW! FabFoil. I added some accents with a mask.

Then I punched everything in circles with a circle punch and glued the circles on a firm piece of paper. I cut the paper into squares and at last I glued the squares onto green cardstock.

Products used in this project:

Karin

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Crew Member Wednesday With Karen

Hi there! It's Crew Member Wednesday again and today we have Karen who is sharing a beautiful, colourful, abstract spread in her altered book journal. I think it is a totally cool idea using an old book as a journal like this!! Check out the video to see Karen's process.

 

 

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Hi everyone! It’s time for another Crew Member Wednesday and I’m creating again in my altered book junk journal.

 

I wanted to create a floral themed spread in my book to celebrate the summer we finally have begun! I used the tiny scribble marks contained in the Mirror of the soul stamp set to add doodle marks to the spread. I think this stamp set is one of my favorites from Birgit because it contains so many different elements that are so versatile.

 

I hope that you enjoy my video tutorial and get inspired to pull out your own journals and give this “black out” technique a try!

 

 

Products used for this project:

    

 

Karen

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