My scrappin' life

Workshop Gel Printing In Mijn Studio - 22/23 Juni

Op vrijdag 22 en zaterdag 23 juni a.s. geef ik in mijn studio in Winsum (Gn.) een workshop gel printing technieken.

Tijdens deze workshop gaan we in een klein groepje (max. 9 deelnemers) aan de slag met een aantal technieken met misschien niet zo voor de hand liggende producten zoals stempelinkt, water-oplosbare krijtjes, oliekrijtjes en alcoholinkt. Ook leer je alle ins-and-outs van het transfer printen met tijdschriften en boeken en werk je met de nieuwste stencils en art printing plates van Carabelle Studio.

Je print op labels van 8x16cm waar je aan het eind van de dag een leuk tag albumpje van maakt.

Plaats: Winsum (Gn.)

Tijd: 10.00-17.00 uur

Prijs: € 72,50 inclusief alle materialen, koffie, thee, snacks en lunch.

Wat neem je mee? Helemaal niks! In mijn studio zijn alle materialen aanwezig die je nodig hebt :)

Verwen jezelf met deze volledig verzorgde workshop en geniet van een heerlijk dagje uit!

Voor opgave mail je naar [email protected]

Crew Member Saturday With DeeDee!

It's the first Saturday of the month, which means we have a guest crew member post today! 

DeeDee made this amazing little accordeon book. Look at all that gorgeous texture! Love it!!

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Hello again Birgit Fans ^_^ I'm just as excited if not MORE excited to share with you today as I was in January... I LOVE THIS PROJECT. First... here's a sneak peek ;) 

 

 

How delightful does that look??  I was already sold on the technique to make these amazing textures... but now I'm SUPER sold on how I USED them.

 

To start with I gathered some super sturdy water color paper and trimmed it down to a 3x4 inch size. I keep a stack of these babies close by for any sort of playing around or experimenting I might find myself wanting to do. I'm even doing my #the100dayproject challenge on them! They're small enough to work with quickly, while being big enough to DO things on. I used some Blick modeling paste and applied it in a VERY thick manner using my Catalyst tool. The layer was easily 1/8 inch thick. Then I heated the surface of the modeling paste thoroughly with a heat tool. I wanted the inside of the layer to remain pliable, while hardening the top layer. Once achieved, I took Birgit's Background with Circles XXL stamp and stamped it right into the paste. I did all 3 cards at once, because the stamp is SO BIG it easily stretched across all 3. Then I left the cards to dry. 

 

 

After the cards were completely cured I came in with some acrylic paint & had a play. I chose a gorgeous raspberry purple, a dark gray & a warm bone color. I applied the paint & heat dry. Then I brushed over the texture with some gesso. This technique highlights all of the raised surface of the rubber stamp... because I used the stamp in a relief type of application, the texture is actually the NEGATIVE space of the stamp. 

 

 

Then I stitched together some watercolor paper in an accordion style layout. I sewed 2 of the 3 modeling paste cards to the "covers" of the accordion... which yielded me a GORGEOUS little art journal! 

 

 

I realized the journal had a bit of "poof" to it, so I stitched a piece of muslin to the front & back. It ties on both sides to keep my little book perfectly closed. YAY! I can't wait to play inside this book... I also KNOW that the cover is not done enough for me... but it's such a fabulous starting off point.. I just can't even. I'm SO giddy!

 

 

Thanks for joining me today :) Visit my instagram page to see the journal operate! 

 

Stamp used in this project:

Other supplies:
Canson Watercolor Paper, Blick Artists Modeling Paste, Amsterdam Acrylics, Liquitex Gesso, Muslin (or similar 100% cotton fabric, natural)

 

DeeDee

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Crew Member Wednesday With Hermien

It's Crew Member Wednesday again and today Hermien is showing how she turned a brochure she received in the mail into a lovely little art journal! How cool is that?!!

 

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Hellooo!

This is our last month in our house, we are moving in april! Facebook knows about these plans because there are lots of advertisements for new furniture popping up and thats why I choose a little interieur decorating flyer I received in my IRL maibox to turn into a small journal.

I like to show you how to make this and what you can do with one background technique.

At first I removed the staples and pages and gessoed the whole cover roughly, dried and used an old creditcard to spread some paint. Then I glued some washi tape and stamped the “flower” on top and at the bottom (later on I decided to emboss the bottom one, and to cover up the top one with a shiny piece of chocolate wrapping).

 

Time for those lovely tulips! I heat embossed the stamp on the front and back and started painting (front) turkois around the tulips and “flower” so the tulips pop a little extra..at the back I only outlined the tulips with a charcoal pencil to make them pop a little more..

I made new holes in the pages and cover and found a matching piece of ribbon (my sister gave me because she knows those are my favorite colors ☺)  the pages are ready for some journalling!

....now time to choose wich one you like the most!

 

Products used for this project:

 

Have fun creating!

Hermien

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Crew Member Saturday With Revlie

Hi there! It's the first Saturday of the month (can't believe it's February already!) and that means that one of my Guest Crew Members is here to inspire you! Today it's Revlie with a gorgeous little booklet. I am in LOVE with Revlie's little books and her use of color and this one is no exception. And ohhhh those cute little butterflies made from Fimo clay.... Watch the video to see how she made them. Enjoy!

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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’ve had this Fimo Clay lying on my desk, which is actually my daughters ;), and I figured it would be fun to A) use it as an embellishment and B) use Birgits’ stamps on it! and the butterfly stamps from the set “Je connais une fleur” were just perfect for that!

 

So here’s a fun little video how I made these clay butterfly embellishments & a cute and quick mini-album! Have fun creating!

products used in this project:

other:
fimo clay, watercolor by Winsor & Newton, black pen, sticky back canvas Ranger, white cardstock Bazzill Basics, wood veneer, embelisshements Studio Calico, sequins, stamping ink Stazon, white ecoline by Royal Talens.

Revlie

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Crew Member Wednesday With Karin

Hello!! It's Crew member Wednesday already again! Today Karin has a lovely colourful little harmonica book for you jam packed with a variety of my newest stamp sets. Wouldn't this make a beautiful Christmas card?

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I made a harmonica folded booklet using 2 colors of paint, a little bit gesso (because I ran out of white paint), and some acrylic paint markers. And I added some details with a white pen. It turned out a bit christmassy and I guess that’s because of the colors and the time of year.. :)

Products used in this project:

  

Karin

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Crew Member Wednesday With Linda

Welcome to another Crew Member Wednesday! Today we have Linda who is sharing a wonderful handmade travel journal! Don't you just love the colors she used?!!

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Hello there !

Imagine a world where only love and no hate excist?

Today I have a handmade travelalbum to share with you. I’ve used a mix of designpapers and mixedmediapaper which I decorated with gelliprint and stamping. The cover is cut to 25x20cm where 2cm on the right is scored to overlap the font of the album. The pages inside is cut to 22x20cm and folded in two. To lock the book I used two circles of paper with splitbinders connected to the cover. Use any kind of string around the circles to close it.

Front of the minialbum

The front is decorated with various layers of cut-outs where I’ve added stamping and gelliprints. The orange flower I stamped on the tag with orange ink and embossed with clear embossing. The cover itself has layers with gelliprints and a layer of vailing on top. In the picture below you can clearly see the vailing on the back of the cover.

This is the inside of the cover. Here I’ve collaged a vintage map on the gellibackground, and the diecut heart covers the splitbinder from the lock.

On these two pages you can clearly see the mix of design papers and gelliprint paper. I’ve also used stamps to create extra decoration. The panels are measured to fit the pictures I will use on these pages.

Gelliprint page with stamping on, ready for pictures, journaling and memory items from the trip.

 

I’ve used stamps on a ghostprint page to create an interesting journal page.

Sadly, the cool effect of white embossing on white paper doesn’t show too well on the picture, but it sure makes a great effect on the real page.

Products used in this project:

    
 

Thank you for watching!

Linda

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Crew Member Wednesday With Hermien

Welcome to a new episode of Crew member Wednesday! Today it's Hermien's turn. Do you remember the fabulous little book she made last month? Today she is showing you how she has finished the insides of the cover with lovely colors and doodles.

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Good morning/evening everyone!

This month's the theme is hide and seek.. .I hope you find something inspiring in my post! Have fun!

My inspiration this month was Birgit's new workshop, called The Finger Painted Doodle Book. The name says it all, this workshop is all about finger painting and doodling. (Birgit will be teaching this class on December 3rd at De Scrapheap in Sprang Capelle, click here for more information)

I loved the colors she used and tried to use this technique (the finger painting and a little doodling) at the inside of the cover of the little book I made previously for BMMAC. Click here to see that post!

First I removed the inserts from the cover which was easy as the book was put together using elastic bands.

I started with my favorite color turquoise and made big circles, I added pink, yellow and white, later on I added some black.

I stamped, stencilled and doodled until I was happy with the result.

Then I placed the inserts back inside the cover.

Next month I will show you how I finished some more pages in my booklet!

Products used in this project:

       

 

Hermien

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Crew Member Wednesday With Hermien

Hello! Today's Crew Member project is a cute, colourful little mini journal made by Hermien. Such a clever idea to use hair bands to bind the little book and I love the stitching to around the pages!!

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The theme of this month is For the love of color and I decided to make a small booklet from gelli prints.

I unwrapped my Gelli Arts® minis and used stamps on the small square, carefully pressing down en lifting up, I like the effect it gave! Also used stencils (triangle and flowers) ... those colors..♥♥♥

The paper I used to clean my brayer seemed made to be the cover of my booklet...! I cut two pieces and glued them back to back for extra sturdiness. I made 2 folds to create a spine so I could insert some pages (made far to many :-) ) The gelli prints were cut into small squares and then glued onto black rectangle sheets of cardstock (2 on both sides so each sheet holds 4 prints). Then I folded the black sheets in the middle creating 2 pages for my little book.

I cut the words from a magazine and made the word COLOR from my pile of die cut letters. The heart stamps was embossed with black embossing powder.  I used some washi tape to cover the spine. Than took my gelpen and wrote color names on the front.. The sewing machine did its work making a outline.

For the back of the cover I took a stencil and black distress ink and rubbed with a make up sponge. Then I took (my newest♥) stamp set from Carabelle by Birgit and embossed those beautiful circles at the other side.

I colored in some little details with my orange and white gelpen and wrote the same words as on the front cover. Then I took the folded pages and used hair bands to bind the book (this will be handy when I want to stamp, paint or scribble on the pages, I can simply remove them and put them back after finishing).

And finished!

Products used for this project:

       

Hope you enjoyed!

Hermien

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The Finger Painted Doodle Book - A New Workshop

OK then! Here it is! A brand new workshop!

Kick off will be in my own studio in Winsum, September 9.

And I will also come to Wijchen (Gelderland) on September 23.

In this workshop you will create a little book/journal with finger painted backgrounds, so you should not be afraid of getting your hands dirty :)

When the book is ready I will show you several ways you can use the backgrounds to doodle on. Join me for this fun, colourful and relaxing workshop!

Saturday, September 9

Where: My Studio in Winsum (Groningen)

Time: 10.00-16.00h

Price: € 70,= including all materials, drinks, snacks and lunch.

To sign up email me at [email protected]

Only 8 places available!

 

Saturday, September 23

Where: Wijchen (Gelderland)

Time: 10.00-16.00h

Price: € 70,= including all materials, drinks, snacks and lunch.

To sign up email me at [email protected]

Only 12 places available!

    

I would love to welcome you in one of my classes!

 

Mega Chunky Gelli Printed Art Journal - Flip Through

I've done a lot of gelli printing lately, made some video's, did some blog posts and taught some workshops.

The result is that I ended up with a huge pile of lovely gelli prints, all A5 size, and I decided to bind them together again to get another colorful gelli printed art journal. This time I wanted it to be a really thick and chunky book so I used 80 pages and I LOVE how it turned out!

And here is a little video flipping through the whole journal and showing some colorful yumminess :)

 

Wondering how the journal was bound together? Go to this earlier blog post for instructions.

Wishing you a wonderful and creative weekend!

Love,