My scrappin' life

Crew Member Wednesday With Linda

Hi everyone! Welcome to another Crew Member Wednesday. Today Linda is sharing how she created beautiful stickers and used the left over sticker paper to create some lovely cards! Check out the video to see her process :)

 

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Hello !

Today I want to share a fun project. I got some label stickers from a dear friend of mine in various papers and shapes. The ones I’ve used in this project where glossy and circle shapes. After I did the sticker sheet I was so inspired that I had to use the leftover sticky paper and make some cards.

Here is a video showing how I created this project :)

Enjoy!

Products used in this project:

  

 

 

Linda

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Crew Member Wednesday With Hermien

Hello! It's Crew member Wednesday again!! 

Today Hermien is here with another set of beautiful cards. What a great idea of her to make the new trend fit her kind of projects!!!

 

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Hi, it's Hermien here :)

It's almost impossible not to hear about the new trend in stamping: the ATCoins! The samples made me happy so I made some for BMMAC! Because I am not a person who loves to trade and collect I turned the first 3 coins into little cards –>what else ☺

I started by stamping and stencilling on a piece of watercolorpaper, added some extra paint and then punched out circles.

I wanted a little more color so I stamped a variety of stamps onto red painted paper and cut them out after which I applied them to the circles.

I used the A5 Circles Background to stamp a background on some cards and glued the ATCoins on top.

Products used in this project:

        

Hermien

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Crew Member Saturday With Karin

Maybe you noticed that we missed a Crew Member Wednesday this week, in stead we have a Crew Member Saturday today.

Karin is sharing some lovely tags using a lot of color and a variety of stamps and art printing plates. Check out the short video to see how she build these up using gelli prints and cut out images. I love all the layers!

 

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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 an awesome way of creating your own collage papers. Whenever you want to keep it easy but want to do something creative this is the perfect thing to do!!

 

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Hi again everyone! It’s Karen here again for another Crew Member Wednesday post for Birgit!

I don’t know about you but there are so many times when I want to sit down and create but I just don’t know what to make. This could be because I am simply out of ideas or my brain is just too tired! When this happens I love to sit down and make some collage background sheets for myself, they’re a lot of fun.

I simply pull out scraps of printed papers, tissue papers and whatever debris is lying around on my desk and get gluing. You don’t need to pay too much attention to what goes where because you will be cutting the whole thing up to use in pieces and backgrounds anyway!

I just copy the finished result on my color printer and then get ripping and sticking into my journal. The pages make great starting points for your journals. I’ve made a video which is a pretty easy one to follow so grab your scraps and a glass of something nice and make along with me.

 

Product used in the project:

 

Karen

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Hi there! It's Crew Member Wednesday again and today we have Karen who is sharing an awesome way of creating your own collage papers. Whenever you want to keep it easy but want to do something creative this is the perfect thing to do!!

 

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Hi again everyone! It’s Karen here again for another Crew Member Wednesday post for Birgit!

I don’t know about you but there are so many times when I want to sit down and create but I just don’t know what to make. This could be because I am simply out of ideas or my brain is just too tired! When this happens I love to sit down and make some collage background sheets for myself, they’re a lot of fun.

I simply pull out scraps of printed papers, tissue papers and whatever debris is lying around on my desk and get gluing. You don’t need to pay too much attention to what goes where because you will be cutting the whole thing up to use in pieces and backgrounds anyway!

I just copy the finished result on my color printer and then get ripping and sticking into my journal. The pages make great starting points for your journals. I’ve made a video which is a pretty easy one to follow so grab your scraps and a glass of something nice and make along with me.

 

Product used in the project:

 

Karen

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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!

 

Hi there! It's Crew Member Wednesday again and today we have Karen who is sharing an awesome way of creating your own collage papers. Whenever you want to keep it easy but want to do something creative this is the perfect thing to do!!

 

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Hi again everyone! It’s Karen here again for another Crew Member Wednesday post for Birgit!

I don’t know about you but there are so many times when I want to sit down and create but I just don’t know what to make. This could be because I am simply out of ideas or my brain is just too tired! When this happens I love to sit down and make some collage background sheets for myself, they’re a lot of fun.

I simply pull out scraps of printed papers, tissue papers and whatever debris is lying around on my desk and get gluing. You don’t need to pay too much attention to what goes where because you will be cutting the whole thing up to use in pieces and backgrounds anyway!

I just copy the finished result on my color printer and then get ripping and sticking into my journal. The pages make great starting points for your journals. I’ve made a video which is a pretty easy one to follow so grab your scraps and a glass of something nice and make along with me.

 

Product used in the project:

 

Karen

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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 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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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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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!

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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

*****

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 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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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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