My scrappin' life

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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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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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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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!

 

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 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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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

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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 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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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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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!!

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!

 

 

Hermien

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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 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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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

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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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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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Crew Member Wednesday With Linda

Hi everyone! Welcome to another Crew Member Wednesday. Today we have Linda sharing a beautiful birthday card filled with awesome texture and layers! How wonderful would it be to get such a beautiful card in the mail on your birthday?!

 

 

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Inspired by all the flowers in the gardens around where I live I made this card. It is made for a dear friend who is over average excited when it comes to flowers, especially in her own garden. I’ve used some of Carabelle Studio fantastic flower and leaf stamps, designed by Birgit. I’m using various embossing mediums and also playing with some cool pigments.

 

Watch my process video to see how this was made:

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!

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Crew Member Wednesday With Hermien

Hello! It's Crew member Wednesday!! 

Today Hermien is here with a lovely home decor project. How fun to have tea from such a nice, personalised tray!!

 

 

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This time I stamped on a tray I bought for our new home. It was a bargain and after a while it was clear why: the bottom of the tray wasn't painted, it was a piece of paper. Spilled coffee/tea are not best friends ☺

But paper and stamps..hmmm!

I liked the distressed look, so I decided to make something in the same colors hoping to keep this distressed look.

So I randomly applied some gesso and then I  grabbed those pretty leaves masks and my bottle chalky gray paint.

And of course I used some of Birgit's stamps. I lightly stamped the images trying to keep it all a little distressed.

I finished the tray by adding two layers of gel medium hoping this will keep it all water (tea-coffee) proof!

 

Ready for some tea?

See you next month!

Products used in this project:

    

Hermien

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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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