My scrappin' life

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 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!

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 Revlie

 Hi there! It's the first Saturday of the month 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 some of my favourite colors. I think it is pretty smart how she combined my masks with watercolor. Watch her video for detailed instructions. 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!

Using watercolors with a stencil can be very challenging, but it is going to be very easy, if you first outline your stencil with a pencil. This is a quick & easy but mostly fun way to use your stencil differently! Have fun creating!

 

 

  

Mask used in this project:

other:
watercolor by Winsor & Newton, watercolor by Jane Davenport, white cardstock Bazzill Basics, pencil, da vinci watercolor brush nr. 0, da vinci watercolor brush nr. 3 (to write the title), da vinci watercolor brush nr. 12 (for the drops), 4art artists watercolor brush nr. 1, green gelato (spearmint), mixed media Art Journal A4 Strathmore, tacky glue

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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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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Crew Member Wednesday With Marsha

Hello! It's Crew Member Wednesday again and today it's Marsha's turn with a really cool holiday season project! I am totally in love with her colourful stars and the best part is they are super easy to make! And why not use hearts or flags to create a birthday banner? Have fun creating your own eye catching banner!

 

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Hi there! It’s Marsha Valk here today with a project that will add a dash of mixed media to your holiday decor.

This month the theme is ‘Imagine a World Where…’ And that got me I thinking: the holiday season is approaching fast (or maybe it has already started for you). Your creative playtime could be limited over the next couple of weeks.

 Now imagine a world where... you could sneak in a bit of mixed media me-time whilst working on holiday decorations!

Prep:

The cardboard stars I used were pre-cut and came in a sheet, but you can easily cut them yourself from a cardboard box.

I suggest painting the cardboard panel first so you can cut the stars out of the painted board.

Step 1:

Apply (random) patches of paint all over the cardboard. Keep your colour palette limited to just cool or just warm colours and try not to overthink this step.

Step 2:

Add a layer of stencilled images. Switch from cool to warm or from warm to cool colours, depending on what you used in step 1.

Step 3:

Add a third layer by making paint marks with a brush or paint markers.

Step 4:

Cut the stars (or remove them from the pre-cut sheet).

Step 5:

Stamp one or more images onto each star using embossing ink.

Sprinkle white embossing powder on top, tap off the excess powder and heat set with a heat tool.

 Step 6:

Attach string to each of the stars and find them a beautiful place to shine!

 

Products used in this project:

   

Happy Wednesday!

Marsha

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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Make sure to drop by every Wednesday for ongoing inspiration from 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!

Crew Member Wednesday With Karin

Hello there! It's Crew Member Wednesday and today we have Karin who created a beautiful page with the theme "Image a world where..."  And what would be better than to combine that quote with John Lennon and my "All you need is love" stamp set? 

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Imagine a world where...

The first word of the prompt -> Imagine -> made me think about John Lennon. And John Lennon sang a lot about peace and love. That's why I decided to use the "All You Need is Love" stamp set. I looked on the internet for a picture of him and I found this picture of John Lennon and his love (the picture is not of a good quality, but I used it anyway).

 

1. First I brayered 2 colors of fluid ink on a journal page
2. Then I cut out a picture
3. After that I made a background using the flower template and some black ink
4. The fourth step was adding the next layer with the triangle template and white paint
5. Then I moved the cut out image about the page to figure out the right spot to glue it down
6. The last step was making marks and stamping some flowers at the bottum and wrote a bit around the pictures

 

 

Products used in this project:

   

Karin

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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Make sure to drop by every Wednesday 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!

Crew Member Wednesday With Karin

It's Crew member Wednesday again and it's Karin's turn. This month she created some beautiful cards. I love the colors and how the combine with the lovely shiny gold!

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For the love of layers..

Hi, It's Karin here!

 I didn’t know what I was going to make, but I just started and I ended with a bunch of cards!

A few days earlier I tore two pieces of paper out of an advertising brochure, because I liked the colors and today I used them in my background.

I started with applying the torn pieces of paper from the advertising on a piece of cardstock. Then I used a mask with white gesso and another mask with black gesso.

Then I added some more color to it, using turquoise ink. I decided to make some marks with gold paint and I also splattered some white ink on top.

At this point I decided to cut the paper in squares and make cards out of them.

As a finishing touch I added the little hearts.

Products used in this project:

 

Karin

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Make sure to drop by every Wednesday 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!

Crew Member Wednesday With Linda

Hi there and welcome to Crew member Wednesday again :) Today we have a beautiful post by Linda who made a hide and seek journal with loads of pockets. You just HAVE to watch the video to see a flip through, it's amazing! I just love the abstract painting in black and white combined with the brown craft paper! 

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Hello there !

On this month theme Hide and Seek, I’ve made an art journal book recycling various brown paper bags and envelopes. All the natural pockets from the bags and envelopes are perfect for hiding notes, pictures and other papers you want to keep. The book cover is made out of cardboard, you could use a cereal box or similar type of cardboard. I’ve decorated it, using some of the techniques learned from an online class with Jane Davies this summer.

Here is the book I’ve made

In the video you can see how I made the spine, put the book together and of course decorated some of the inside.

 

Backgrounds ready for whenever I need them.

Here you can see one of the side pockets, almost all pages have one pocket either in the top or on the side.

Products used for this project:

       

Hopefully this inspired you to create your own book with lots of pockets to hide stuff in.

Linda

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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Make sure to drop by every Wednesday 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!

 

Crew Member Wednesday With Marsha!

Hello! It's Crew Member Wednesday again and today it's Marsha's turn with a colourful art journal spread. This month's theme was alphabet soup and I love how Marsha used scraps of text paper from a magazine as a base for her pages!

 

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Hi there! It’s Marsha Valk here today, sharing a colourful art journal page!

 

The theme this month is Alphabet Soup, so I decided to start by tearing loads of letters and words out of magazines and pasting them into my art journal using matte medium.

 

Once the collage was dry, I added one coat of white gesso on top and covered the page with acrylic paint in yellow and pink shades.

 

Next, I stencilled another layer with white, light blue and green acrylic paint and I also stamped a couple of circles from the ‘Scribbled Leafs & Textured Circles’ set using three shades of waterproof stamping ink.

 

Some of the original collage was still shining through, and I traced random words and letters with pencil and paint marker.

 

I also added words and phrases from a couple of Birgit’s stamp sets with black waterproof ink.

 

The Mixed Media Flowers were first stamped on pattern paper (for dressmaking) and then adhered to the page with matte medium.

 

I painted around the flowers with white, yellow and pink acrylic paint, to make them blend into the page.

 

The next step was to add doodling, more stamping, more stencilling, more marks and at last some lyrics to finish it off.

 

 Products used in this project:

              

 

Other: Magazines, Matte medium, Gesso, Acrylic paint, StazOn, Paint marker, Watercolour brush pen, Pencil

Happy Wednesday!

Marsha

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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Make sure to drop by every Wednesday 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!

 

Crew Member Wednesday With Karin

Hello there! It's Crew member Wednesday already again and today Karin is back with one of her beautiful colourful art journal pages. Oh my, look at all the little details here! Follow along with Karin as explains how she created this spread.

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Hello, Karin here! 

 I love to create colorful pages in my Art Journal and I want to share with you how I created this one:

First I stamped the flowers on a piece of paper and cut them out.

Then I colored them with ink.

 I scraped some pink paint over the pages in my journal using a (bank)card.

I made some colored background paper using my Gelli Arts® gel printing plate and silk paper.

Because I love some texture on my pages I wrinkled the silk paper.

I tore the paper in pieces and I glued it on the white parts in my journal.

Then I gave it a white wash with some paint and made some marks with a background stamp.

After that I apllied some black texture paste through a stencil.

I also stamped some branches over the pages and colored them with a white pen.

I glued the cut out flowers on my background, used a white pen to add details and finally I sprinkled some gold ecoline over the pages and added the quote.

Products used for this project:

       

Karin

Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Make sure to drop by every Wednesday 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!

A Colourful Weekend At North East Art Workshops In The UK And Another One Coming Up In October!

Last weekend I have been teaching at North East Art Workshops run by Sue Tucker. It was my 3rd time over there and I loved going back.

What I really like about going to the same place to teach a couple of times is that you get to know some of the people there and it is so nice to see them again and spend time with them! And people coming back to my workshops over and over is the best reward I can get! That means they must have liked the previous workshop :)

OK, no long stories here, just a bunch of pictures to give you an impression of the workshops and all the beautiful work that was made by my awesome students using Carabelle Studio stamps and stencils, Gelli Arts® gel printing plates and DecoArt® Media products.

Day 1, All Mixed Up Art Journal Workshop. Collages made with gelli printed papers.

 

 

Day 2: Gelli Printing Techniques 2.0. 

A big thank you to Sue, Debbie, Leroy, Kassa and Rae and everyone who attended!!

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If you are interested in taking a workshop with me in the UK then check out "Color Crush Retreat" in Coventry, UK in October.

I am co-teaching this 3-day art journal workshop with my sweet and mega talented friend Nathalie Kalbach from the US. And with co-teaching I mean that we are teaching the same class at the same time!

This means that you will get different approaches to the same techniques showing there is no right or wrong way. You will start with a stack of white paper and go home with an art journal filled with color and techniques!

For more info and to sign up visit North East Art Workshops or message Sue Tucker.

 Nathalie and I would love to have you in our class!!

 

 Check out the blogs from Carabelle Studio, Gelli Arts® and DecoArt® for awesome inspiration!