My scrappin' life

Creative JumpStart 2019 Is Here!!! :)

I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be participating again as an artist in Creative JumpStart (CJS) 2019, run for the 8^th year by Nathalie Kalbach. If you're not familiar with CJS, it's a one-of-a-kind online event to kick your creativity into high gear in January 2019. 

Learn techniques, discover new materials, and connect with other artists and crafters. 

Throughout January participants get access to 31 downloadable videos from 31 featured artists. I'm proud to be one of those artists, called “JumpStarters.” See for yourself:

Head on over to Nathalie's site to sign up and for more details:

You get 31 videos - over 5 hours worth of video content -  for just $40 (USD) if you sign up by November 26 2018 11:59 pm EST. Afterwards it will be $45USD until November 30th 2018, and $50USD until December 31st 2018, before it goes to its normal sale price of $60USD on January 1st 2019. 

So what are you are waiting for? Sign up HERE for an amazingly inspiring month to kick of your creative year!!

I would love to see you there :D

Crew member Wednesday With Karen

Hi everyone! It's Crew Member Wednesday and today we have Karen who made a beautiful pencil case in bright and happy colors. So easy to do but such an awesome result!

 

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Welcome everyone to another team tuesday from me, Karen! This month I was a little stuck for an idea so I decided to procrastinate and tidy up my stash a little. I was very glad that I did because I found this little paper pencil case that was perfect for altering.

I hope you enjoy the tutorial I made for you showing how I created this perfect pencil case for my pens that always seem to be lying around everywhere!

 

Products 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!

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

 

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 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 happy pink art journal page. Do you love to doodle but can't always find the right pattern? Then Revlie has the perfect solution for you!

 

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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 love to doodle but sometimes it’s just hard to come up with new doodle ideas, and maybe you are not sure where to start! But I’ve found a perfect little & very easy solution for that! You can doodle over a stamp! Yes. That easy! Simply trace over and make a beautiful art journal page!

Here you can watch my video. The trick is to use a bit of the same color ink while stamping, as the background is. That way, you can hardly see the stamp, but your beautiful pencil or pen lines will stand out. I have used a bit darker magenta color so my white ink will look gorgeous!

 

 products used in this project:

 

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 love to doodle but sometimes it’s just hard to come up with new doodle ideas, and maybe you are not sure where to start! But I’ve found a perfect little & very easy solution for that! You can doodle over a stamp! Yes. That easy! Simply trace over and make a beautiful art journal page!

Here you can watch my video. The trick is to use a bit of the same color ink while stamping, as the background is. That way, you can hardly see the stamp, but your beautiful pencil or pen lines will stand out. I have used a bit darker magenta color so my white ink will look gorgeous!

 

 products used in this project:

 

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 love to doodle but sometimes it’s just hard to come up with new doodle ideas, and maybe you are not sure where to start! But I’ve found a perfect little & very easy solution for that! You can doodle over a stamp! Yes. That easy! Simply trace over and make a beautiful art journal page!

Here you can watch my video. The trick is to use a bit of the same color ink while stamping, as the background is. That way, you can hardly see the stamp, but your beautiful pencil or pen lines will stand out. I have used a bit darker magenta color so my white ink will look gorgeous!

 

 products used in this project:

 

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!

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 Linda

Hi everyone! Welcome to another Crew Member Wednesday. Today we have Linda with an amazing, fun and colourful art journal spread. I think her creatures are really cool! Check out the video to see her process :)

 

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Hello !

Today I want to share a fun art journal project I’ve made. I was inspired by the big eye stamp Birgit have created and had to use it for a creature, some way or another. This is the result, fishes and other creatures in a fantasy water tank. Enjoy!

 

Products used to create these pages:

     
             

 

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!

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 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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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 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 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!

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 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

*****

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!

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 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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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 Femke

Hello! It's Crew Member Saturday and Femke is sharing a beautiful mixed media layout with you today! As always Femke is showing that mixed media and scrapbooking are a match made in heaven!!

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Hello creatives,

It’s been a while since the last time I was on for a project, but here I am again. The last two times I made an Art journal Scrapbooking page. But this time I did an oldschool 12x12 Scrapbooking page. And this time I did a Scraplift. For people that are not familiar with this term, here’s a definition of the word scraplifting: “The act of taking someone else's scrapbook art and copying it or slightly modifying it into your own creation”. So that’s what I did. I took this Scrapbook page:

The original can be found here.

And this is what I made of it:

And some details of my project:

Here's a video of my process:

And if you like to make your own creation of this scraplift, please tag me on Instagram or facebook to show me what you’ve made!

 Thanks again. I hope I inspired you!

Want to see more of my work: http://instagram.com/femkekokke

Products used in this project:

 

Femke

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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!