A tiny tag inside a tiny junk journal

Hello and welcome,

today I want to show you my interpretation of the August Challenge at Dina Wakleys Media Tribe on facebook.

It's the top of a tiny tag, inside my tiny junk journal. I've used Dina Wakley's Paint in colors Magenta, Lime and Turquoise. The rose is a cut out from a Magazine and the sentence is cut out from a old book ("The sea is never completely black", in Norwegian).

I will soon come back and show you more inside my tiny junk journal. Stay tuned! 

I wish you a wonderful and creative day.

Hugs, Anita

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#showusyourMEdia #rangerink

Litle doll in the frame be authentic one of a kind - A mechanical mixed media canvas

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today I want to show you a 3D mixed media canvas I've made. This was SO fun! A lot of layers and metallique. The paper Dolls is soften it up a bit. I really like the result and the play!

This is a canvas in size 17,5 x 23,5 cm. I have used a lot of embellishment that I have glued either with Soft Matte Gel or Glue Gun on my canvas first, 

then I paintet it all first with gesso

after gesso was dry I paintet all with Finnabairs acrylic Paint in metallique Emerald green and Deep waters.

Then I did some highlightning with white gesso for interest

I paintet the Prima resin frame with Finnabairs Paint in Opal Magic Violet-green first

I still think it was a bit too light so I used Lindy's spray in the color Baby Blue Eyes Aqua and sprayed a little here and there on the frame.

Now it looks better, and it's time to gather it all together on the canvas.

I painted some metal butterflies in the same color as the canvas and glue them down with glue gun.

The big butterfly is a butterfly that I have printed out from Pinterest, and used several layers of glossy accents, and then I have glued two small pieces of wire as antenna on the butterfly.

The Paper Dolls  in the frame is from Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Collection, the Words is quote chips from Tim Holtz.

The star and the number is Transparent Tiles, Alpha from Tim Holtz Idea-Ology.

The metal gear I do not know where comes from, I bought it on the internet a long time ago.

With this mixed media canvas I join the Challenge at:

Try it on Tuesday - Steampunk/Mechanical
Simon Says Stamp - Touchy Feely
Mixed Media Word - Anything Mixed media Goes


Thank you so much for visiting. Take care!

Hugs, Anita
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Rule of three - A Rubber Dance Challenge

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Today I want to show you a art journal page I made for the Challenge Reminder over at Rubber Dance blog today::

I made this just to inspire you to join the Rubber Dance May Challenge which is:

This is my big Dylusions Art Journal. I started out with some paint and stencils, then I piced up some pink gelli art Paint paper I did earlier, cut the paper into nine squares and stamped some image on each one of thesquares. Three with butterflies, three with hearts and three squares with flowers. Rule of three :-)

Here are some close ups:

Just because the background was so busy I would not do more of the squares then just stamp the butterflies, the hearts and the flowers with pink Archival Ink. On the word stamp "ART" and the  "doodling" stamps I've used stone grey Memento Ink.

I sew the squares on my page with my Ikea sewing machine 😊, just to get some cool and exciting details.

I stamped three flowers in the same colours as in the background, cut them out and glued them down with 3D glue pad on my page.

I had so much fun making this page, and the result turn out very nice I think. I hope I inspired you to join in on the Challenge over at Rubber Dance. You still have four days to join in. Just remember Rule of Three :-)

All the stamps I used on this page is from Rubber Dance. Below is a list of links to all the stamps I have used.

Background:

- Grungy Swirls

- Vintage Lace

In the squares:

- Textured Spring

- Textured Flowers

- Antique Botanicals

- I Heart Art

- Watercolor Xmas

- Butterfly Trio
- Solid Butterfly
- Art Defined
- 1row Textured Houses

Thank you for visiting. Take care and do not hesitate to give me a comment. I really appreciate that. You can also follow me - if you don't want to miss anything.

Hugs, Anita

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Art Journal spread with metalic paints and lots of stamps and texture

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I hope you had a wonderful and peaceful holdiday.

Yesterday I got a happy mail from Rubber Dance and I just had to test them out so here it is, my art journal spread using stamps from Rubber Dance:

This was so much fun that I think I will make another one, but with different paint and other stamps. Some close ups of details:

Stamps from Rubber Dance:
- Memoirs from the set Retro Beach
- Souvenir from the set Travel
- Love from the set Arty Hearty
- Timeless
- Butterflies from Antique Botanicals
- Script in the background from the set Travel
- Diamonds/Harlequin in the background
- Big Ben in the background from the set Travel

I have also another project going on and that is making a Junk Journal - and that is also much fun, but it takes a little longer so I do it in between other things :-) I will show you when I'm finish with the journal.

If you have any question about my art journal page, or others, please let me know, I will be happy to answer.

Have a wonderful and creative day! Thank you for visiting.

Hugs, Anita

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A litle birdie told me.....

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This is my newest Art Journal page, with some painting, stenciling, stamping and drawing.

I drew the bird on a written sheet, colored him with my Neocolor II and waterbrush, and cut him out and glue him down on my page.

The sentiment stamp is from Rubber Dance and the branch with leaves on it's my own design, homemade stamp. 

A little birdie told me that I need to start thinking more of myself and do more of what I love to do - crafting. So that is my promise to my self for the year 2016: make more art ♥

I hope you have a wonderful sunday! Take care and come back soon ♥

Hugs, Anita

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The ultimate Christmas house with a little twist

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I've been very busy lately, both with a few social dinners and family visits, but also accompanied my eldest daughter to the hospital for her monthly medicine. Getting the Multible Sclerosis (MS) medication that she must have take even a whole day at the hospital. A little stress for both mother and daughter. So while we sat there I thought hmmm it's almost Christmas, maybe I should show the stylish Christmas house that I have made in between battles.

And here it is - my christmashouse. I am very proud of the results ☺It was so much fun making this madhouse ☺

And here - just because I like you so much, is a step by step tut. of how I did this marvelous house:

I started with a canvas shaped like a house and gesso it

and took out my tim Holtz stencil called Holliday Knit and stenciled with red and green acrylic paint, like a panel on the house. 

the roof is made of watercolor paper in 100 lb, cut into a bunch of small round triangles, and painted with gold paint

then I find my Rubber Dance rubber stamps Giraffe, Deer and Pinecones and stamp them on a tag with Archival Black ink, then I collored them with Distress Ink and cut them out.

I painted with yellow and white in the windows to get the effect of lamplight from the inside of the house. I also stamp the girafe and deer in the window, just to gain a little shade

and here is the animals and the pinecones in color

I stamp the beautiful snowman with Distress ink on a tag

 I colored the hat with Distress ink

 and the rest of the snowman with promarker pens

I glued a lace ribbon at the transition between the wall and the roof before I glued all the tiles on the roof

I took the snow paint and pushed a litle snow on the roof,  window sills and bottom of the wall with a big brush

I glued some bling up under the eaves for icicle effect

and here is some close ups for my project

I am in on the Challenge with my christmashouse at:
Scrappiness - jul
Anything But Cute - its ornamental
Noor Design - Anything goes
Live and love crafts - Christmas Tic-Tac-Toe - glitter, snow

The snowman, deer, pinecones and giraffe is all Rubber Dance stamps, and you can buy them and other beautiful and fun stamps here.
Don't forget if you are shopping at Rubber Dance you can get 15% off with my code  Anita2015

I hope to see you soon again.
Now I will have a good time reading and enjoing my new book that finaly had arrive in my mailbox: The book from the beautiful and very creative Mimi Bondi

A very early happy face *LoL*

I'm sure I'm going to be very inspired and that I certainly is going to show you some of my creations inspired by Mimi Bondi here on my blog, so be sure to stay tuned.
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See you soon. Take care ♥ 

Hugs, Anita
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