Our Favorites Mixed Media YouTube Hop - #ArtJournaling Edition

 

Hello friends! Where has summer gone?! I have just returned from a getaway with my hubs and I am part of an artful adventure... and all are invited to join me! 

It's been awhile and I'm so excited that I am participating in another YouTube hop -- "Our Favorites Mixed Media YouTube Hop - Art Journaling Edition", featuring twenty-two artists from around the world! If you missed my first adventure via YouTube CLICK HERE.

For the "Our Favorites Mixed Media YouTube Hop – Art Journaling Edition" I create an art journal page inspired by a quote from David Tennant of Doctor Who. This page is full of color, texture and timey-wimey techniques - I hope you enjoy! 

This hop would not be complete without prizes from our fabulous sponsors! See below for hop list and prize details! Don't wait to get hopping... The Our Favorites YouTube Hop Giveaway will have winners drawn on August 26th and announced on August 31st. Each video's description box will contain the list of artists and a link to your next stop... sit back, grab a snack and enjoy the Hop as you watch the videos! 

🔹️🔹️ To enter to win one of our amazing prizes you must  🔹️🔹️ 

1 - subscribe to each YouTube Channel 

2 -  like and leave a comment on each video (note: some have location restrictions for shipping, so please leave your country in your comments).

Spend the weekend on a creative binge and enter to win -- just view, subscribe, LIKE and comment on the each of the videos as you hop along!

 ** HOP LIST **

Laura Dame - Laura Mixed Media: https://youtu.be/QWyYaIl7rS8 

Susan M. Brown {sbartist}: https://youtu.be/ZG9MO5f5CR4 

Heather at the Kraaft Shaak: https://youtu.be/EJkjA5bfdXQ 

Aleksandra Mihelič: https://youtu.be/s2NTOmpO9IY 

Susana Magenheimer aka Randomartist222: https://youtu.be/X5MptcmXxds 

Denise Lush: https://youtu.be/koYodR08VsU 

Ilse Kleijer - IKmetliefde: https://youtu.be/qTY2hkDfMZs 

Nicole Watson: https://youtu.be/02_WDgr5NYY 

Melina Dahl - Minas kreativa: https://youtu.be/705vm6hbZAM 

Danielle Mack at A Painted Page: https://youtu.be/0iVyqK9g-iA 

Tania Ahmed: https://youtu.be/uDhX0F0unjo 

Kristin Van Valkenburgh: https://youtu.be/h0anDeLe7Tg 

Susanne Rose: https://youtu.be/C1DNUn9fNVU 

Alexa Doebler - Blue Woods Design: https://youtu.be/eAIPmKyopjQ 

Erin DeCoste - Happily We Go:https://youtu.be/9GilUrW1sxI 

Michelle Liptak-Mickelnay: https://youtu.be/ILRe3cVp7Q0 

Cat Kerr: https://youtu.be/Tyo4vU-1Khw 

Nuneka: https://youtu.be/onVQD4ACa14 

Tusia Lech: https://youtu.be/HVQOQCARCuU 

TandiArt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yNin... 

Connie Shaw - Sparksgirl Mixed Media: https://youtu.be/--KKbtZp6xY 

Studio Marielle Stolp: https://youtu.be/UbVV7aZmW0c 

** Our Favorites YouTube Hop Sponsors and Prizes ** 

• Blue Woods Design/That's Crafty UK - 2 sets of stamps designed by Blue Woods Design for That's Crafty UK 

• Joggles- 1 $25 gift certificate Grafix - 1 pack of clear and 1 pack of matte computer Grafix paper 

• Retro Cafe Art - $75 gift certificate 

• Susana Magenheimer - prize package ($25 value) 

• TCW - Stencil gift pack of (10) 6x6 NEW stencils retails for $60. 

• Pronty Crafts - A set of foam stamps and stencils by Dutch artist Julia Woning 

• Rubber Dance Stamps - €25 Grabbag of Stamps 

• Shawn Petite - 5 stencils of winners choice ($50 value) 

• Marabu Creative - prize pack 

• Michelle Liptak-Mickelnay - journal DecoArt - 2 prize packs 

• Kristin Van Valkenburgh - prize package 

• Kraaft Shaak - Mixed Media creation bundle - US only 

• Gelli Arts - $50 gift certificate 

• Nicole Watson - prize pack 

• Ilse Kleijer - prize pack (includes 2 AB studio stamps) 

• AB Studio - 3 stencil pack designed by Nuneka 

• Little Birdie - $25 gift voucher + shipping 

• TandiArt - DIY Fairy Art Kit 

• Susan M. Brown {sbartist} - prize package 

• ArtFoamies - 2 VOUCHERS FOR $50 EACH 

• Red Lead Paperworks - 3 prize packages - stamps, stencils, collage sheets 

• iStencils - $25 gift card to website 

• Brush Magazine - 2 winners: two ’bundles’ of 5 issues of the magazine - digital copies 

• 7 Dots Studio - prize pack 

SUPPLIES USED in my project for the "Our Favorites Mixed Media YouTube Hop - Art Journaling Edition": art journal • vintage book paper or color copy of book page • gesso/acrylic paint/glazing medium mixture • sticker letters • Stabilo Woody pencils {black, white, gold, silver, & purple} • Stabilo aqua pencils {black, white, red, yellow, blue} • Stencil Girl Stencils • The Crafter's Workshop stencil {Rebekkah Meier Designs} • Clear embossing powder • Blue Pigment ink • Faber Castell Black Pitt Brush pen • White Gelly Roll pen • EK Success Cutterbee scissors • Police Box Stamp {from vlvstamps.com} • glue stick • Punchinella {from Gauche Alchemy} • Ranger Distress Paints {Salty ocean, cracked pistachio, wilted violet, twisted citron, tarnished brass & salty ocean} • Golden Fluid Acrylic & High Flow Acrylic Paints {Green Gold & Indigo} • makeup sponge • pencils {black, white, red, yellow, blue • EK Success Honey Bee scissors • Ranger Dina Wakley White gesso with detail tip • paper towel • DIY mono printing plate made of Amazing Mold Rubber • water brush. 

**Giveaway is not endorsed by or affiliated with YouTube. All prizes are provided by individual artists or companies. No purchase necessary to win.

I hope you have a creative weekend and enjoy my WHOvian adventure in art journaling! :) Sb

Stirring Up Some #Cre8time Fun... making Altered Paint Sticks

What do creative friends do in their free time... daydream and think up fun swaps to have with each other. After the rousing success and enjoyment of the altered pinewood derby car challenge, my amazing creative friend Tina Walker decided it was time for another Cre8time challenge - this time a mail swap. Swap three for three. I created four so I could keep one for myself.

The OBJECT d'Arte would be Paint Sticks. You know we all have them, wood, utilitarian a reason to go to the hardware store LOL!

Washi... washi... washi - who else has hoards of this and can't get enough. On any given outing to a store with craft-like items, I seem to end up with more stashed in my purse. I have all of my tapes {that are not holiday themed} all organized by color in a metal tin with a clear window top {CLICK HERE to see more}. So how does one alter a recycled paint stir stick??! Any way possible! Well, my choice was to create a rainbow of washi and showcase a really great quote... plus use some measuring tape washi so that in a pinch, this inspiration stick can be used for measuring too. 

I wrapped the washi tape one strip and and color at a time around the stick - creating a colorful rainbow. When completely covered I burnished it down really good with a bone folder and lined across the length with a the measuring tape overlapped with a sparkly rainbow stripe. I punched the quote into my K and Co. Label maker {always loads of squeaky fun} and stapled the ends with my Tiny Attacher. Before I put the mini staples in, I smashed my label tape with it and got some really cool negative staple marks. On the backside, I reinforced and really tacked down the washi tapes with some seriously sticky aluminum tape.

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A whole group of artsy craftsy pals have joined in the fun { Tina Walker, Brianna Marshall, DeeDee Catron, Melissa Johnson, Michele Kosciolek, Sara Vukson, and me}.

Tina Walker! Here's a sneak peek. CLICK HERE to jump over to Tina's Blog to start at the beginning of our little hop. Here's some close-ups of my sticks.

I've added all the stops here for you via inLinkz. Click on the boxes below to jump to see the rest of these amazing Mixed Media Paint Sticks. Thanks for visiting - have a Happy Thursday :) Sb

An InLinkz Link-up

Some See a Weed... Some See a WISH for Anything But a Card Challenges No. 38

It's August third and I'm three posts in for the month... woo-hoo! I have lots of new creative adventures going on - today my "Thoughtful Abstractions" article leads off the Unruly PaperArts Steampunk Edition today {please CLICK HERE to jump over}.

The new Challenge... Anything But a Card Challenge #38 - "REPEATING MOTIFS" a.k.a. PATTERNS. Not necessarily Zentangle (or tangling), but that certainly falls under this category. Repeating Motifs, rather than patterns all apply here... you don't have to use Zentangle... so your muse is free to create! CLICK HERE to go see the rest of our fabulous design team's twist on this new challenge.

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Please share any current project you have created and JUST REMEMBER... create anything EXCEPT a card for this challenge. Please mention and LINK BACK to this challenge. ALSO - Please new projects only {no-backlinking}. :)

**A REMINDER** This Challenge will go through midnight August 23rd giving you 3 weeks to play along and ENJOY the creative process! We will share more of our Design Team's creations each Sunday to keep you inspired.

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For this challenge I created another page in my "quote" art journal featuring the quote "some see a weed, some see a wish". The newspaper blossom I came across in an envelopes of flowers received from a swap group I'm in {we swap papers, die cut shapes, buttons, ribbon and handmade flowers}. This was one of the gorgeous paper blossoms which looked like a dandelion to me - making it was a perfect match for my quote... and the perfect dimensional center for a giant bloom.

One of my fellow team-mates from the Amazing Crafting Products Creative Team practices the art of Zentangle and I'm always marking interesting tangles to try. I snapped a screen capture of this trumpet shape that peeked my interest {my apologies I'm trying to find the source to link back with official name}. I mounted the flower on a page with some overspray picked up in efforts of artsy cleanup and setoff repeating the pattern around and around with a Pigma Micron pen. I started out following the steps, but as I got going, I filled in and made adjustments as needed to keep it looking symmetrical {though it's anything but}. I'm a measuring, perfect-balance kind of gal and I found this process suprisingly FREE-ing.

I finished off with a couple of green paper leaves inked black with my dye ink pad {quick and easy} and filled in around them with some tangled embellishing. It's not perfect, in black and white and totally whimsical. I love it!

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Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you find a little time to do some creating. I look forward to seeing what you create {CLICK HERE to LINK UP your projects}.  :) Sb

Every Sunset Brings a Promise... Unscripted Sketches #252 and 5th Blogiversary Celebration

If you arrived here from Unruly Paper Arts...
CLICK HERE to jump to my "Teacups and Tiaras" Reader's Art Quest Inspiration

 
 

Good Morning! Today is Sketch-It Saturday and a special celebration with today's Unscripted Sketches #252. Today is Unscripted Sketches 5th Blogiversary - a momentous occasion. I happened upon Unscripted Sketches on twitter way back 5 years ago and have been a follower since WEEK Number ONE! I can't believe it... and now I'm part of this fabulous team here to inspire you each week. Today marks my 3rd anniversary as being part of Unscripted Design Team and I've come so far since my first post for sketch #101. For over a year now, I'm part of the team that's responsible for keeping this inspiration challenge blog going week to week. I invite you to come and join the weekly challenge.

I hope you will take time to visit Unscripted Sketches and check out each of our designers' pages for our 5th Blogiversary Celebration and your chance to win some blog candy, too!

I will be giving away a bottle full of crafty goodness to one commenter who answers this question... "what is your favorite way to utilize the weekly Unscripted Sketches?" I would love it if you also followed me via email or bloglovin' too. If you've never received a bottle of crafty goodies, you are in for a treat. I have a video on my YouTube Channel of a reveal of a bottle I received {CLICK HERE}.

Please CLICK HERE to jump
on over to the party!

Now for my project I'm sharing for the new Sketch #252. I have created a new page in my art quote journal and I took the liberty of using the sketch on the right hand side of my page, but also expanding it to a horizontal with room to add pix or momentos like a two-page spread. It's been a while since I've reached into by bag o' scraps and this page is using papers found there. With it being Springtime, my paper selections coordinate beautifully with my Martha Stewart floral border and anywhere flower punches.

This is the left side detail...

 

and this is the right side, using the sketch.

Now to modify this busy patterned paper. I'm not sure of the make {it may be Quick Quotes} but I have several scraps of this paper that has loads of quotes all over it. It's way too busy for my liking so I'm using my new besties in my daily travel tote... gelatos to quickly modify and highlight my quote. I'm so grateful to Rita Barakat for introducing these to me when we met at CHA in January.

I don't know why I held out for so long trying gelatos. In minutes, I toned down and turned this bright and busy paper into something more artistically me - giving a proper home to one of my favorite quotes... and a bonus - the pastel painted texture! I really have to say I am totally addicted to my Faber Castell Gelatos and I'm enjoying experimenting with them.

I layered this sheet on a yellow orange cardstock matte and repeated smudging of gelatos around the edges and the torn edge on the bottom. In the area where the negative punch shape is, I colored lighter shades of yellow to add a little dimension.

The final touch is layering some ribbon scraps {you know those pieces you save that are less than 12" but still long enough for something} and some various sticky back gems to balance the gem brad in my layered punch and painted Prima flower. I look forward to adding bits to this open space as I'm spring cleaning and getting my studio in order.

What is Sketch it Saturdays at Unscripted Sketches? Every Saturday morning a new sketch is posted for the week. Flip the sketch, rotate it… create a card, a scrapbook page, a wall hanging, digital, paper, fabric, paint, anything your imagination comes up with! There is no right or wrong way, as long as you are using the Unscripted sketch as the inspiration for your creation! And everyone is invited to join in the fun... and post your creation on their page via inlinkz for all the world to see!
 

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Thanks for dropping by today... I hope you join us! Have a fantastic weekend! Sb :)

No Need to SPARKLE... but I Will for Anything But a Card Challenges No. 33

Good Morning Everyone! Did you hear that it's National Craft Month and I'm happy to report that this is project # two for the month. I've been dabbling here and there and now I'm back to creative overload - my muse has awaken from her slumber.

It's a new month and a new challenge Number 33 beginning at Anything But a Card Challenges. CLICK HERE to check out the other design team projects today for some amazing inspiration!
 

The new Challenge... Anything But a Card Challenge #33 - the word "SPARKLE"!! What does the word sparkle represents to you? Sparkle can be a personality trait, or a physical appearance, or an attitude. You could be inspired with the written definition; go with a passage from a book or poem - or even quote a song... and of course we include going crazy with bling!

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sparkle
ˈspɑːk(ə)l/
verb
verb: sparkle; 3rd person present: sparkles; past tense: sparkled; past participle: sparkled; gerund or present participle: sparkling.

1. shine brightly with flashes of light.
"her earrings sparkled as she turned her head"
synonyms: glitter, glint, glisten, twinkle, flicker, flash, blink, wink, shimmer, dance, shine, gleam, glow;

2. be vivacious and witty.
"after a glass of wine, she began to sparkle"
synonyms: be lively, be vivacious, be animated, be ebullient, be exuberant, be bubbly, be effervescent, be sparkling, be witty, be brilliant, be enthusiastic, be full of life, brilliant, dazzling, scintillating, coruscating, exciting, exhilarating, stimulating, invigorating, vivacious, effervescent, lively, vibrant, animated, ebullient, bright, witty, clever.
"a sparkling performance"
antonyms: boring, dull, pedestrian { these don't sound too sparkly ;) }

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Please share any current project you have created and JUST REMEMBER... create anything EXCEPT a card for this challenge. Please mention and LINK BACK to this challenge. ALSO - Please new projects only {no-backlinking}. :)

**A REMINDER** This Challenge will go through midnight March 22nd giving you 3 weeks to play along and ENJOY the creative process! We will share more of our Design Team's creations each Sunday to keep you inspired.

I'm determined to use my stash and this challenge sent me on the hunt. I have a stack of My Minds Eye glittered Christmas paper - many patterns are in traditional Christmas colors, but have patterns that could be used for anything. This floral background is the one I settled on. I had this section of embroidered tulle - it was shimmery with just a little bit of sparkle... a perfect element to give some "POP" to my background garden. I cut the embroidered parts out of the tulle and glued it to my page using Aleene's Fabric Adhesive.

After stamping my quote onto my background paper, I added some detailing with Sakura Gelli Stardust Pens {more sparkle}, and inked the edges. I generously applied glue stick to the back and adhered into my black-paged Art Quote Journal. I finished around the edges with a rubbing of black shimmery dew drop ink and also a smudging of black gelato. 

A "SPARKLE" of Inspiration...

I'm so happy how this page come out and the quote is so motivational. Who'd have thought it all started from a piece of patterned Christmas paper!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day!  :) Sb

Art Journaling with some Mischievous Monkeys for Unscripted Sketches #244

Happy Thursday! My apologies for not posting quite so much lately. Yes I am still creating... just at a more leisurely pace. I'm also taking some classes and learning some new things. These first two months have flown past and it's already time for the annual street painting festival I participate in this weekend.

Today I'm sharing my Sketch-It Saturday project featuring Unscripted Sketches #244... a UFO that I started last year at a workshop I attended taught by Dyan Reaveley {CLICK HERE to see my previous pages}. WOW - that was nearly a year ago now. But in my Dylusions journal I have many pages started and some new pages made in a workshop with Dina Wakley.

This art journal page was already sprayed with several colors of Dylusions Sprays and stamped with some of Dyan's stamps using stazon ink... a nice starting point. When I saw this week's sketch I knew it was time to break in my swinging monkeys stamp {I've had it for years and it's never been kissed}. This worked out perfectly. I stamped my monkeys and then created faux branches using some torn strips of crumpled black cardstock. I started off tracing letters using an old-school letter stencil and a blue gelli stardust pen for my quote that I thought was a perfect match for my mischievous monkey clan. By the time I got to "disorderly" I ran out of space and I had to freehand the rest... and I ran out of room for "discoveries" {it is there underneath some gelatos and painted book paper with the word printed out from my label maker}. Works like a charm and my word is equally accented to go with "disorderly".

For the remaining accent on the sketch, I stamped a tree frog onto green mulberry paper; mounted it on aluminum tape for stability and added some color with pens and markers. I added some depth to the forest with my new friends - GELATOS - and the scene just came to life. The lime margarita is my favorite color, just translucent enough to let the dylusions spray shine right through.

What is Sketch it Saturdays at Unscripted Sketches? Every Saturday morning a new sketch is posted for the week. Flip the sketch, rotate it… create a card, a scrapbook page, a wall hanging, digital, paper, fabric, paint, anything your imagination comes up with! There is no right or wrong way, as long as you are using the Unscripted sketch as the inspiration for your creation! And everyone is invited to join in the fun... and post your creation on their page via inlinkz for all the world to see!

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Thanks for dropping by today... have a wonderful day!  Sb :)

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Throwback Thursday Post - Art Journal Page that fits Anything But a Card Challenges No. 31

Happy New Year everyone! I didn't even realize I hadn't posting anything here this year and now in the blink of an eye January is halfway gone already.

I have been quite the busy bee these past couple of weeks. I just returned from CHA in Anaheim, CA where I was demonstrating with my fellow creatives in the Amazing Crafting Products Booth. I also landed in CA as a brand new member of the CHA Designer Section, something I have been working towards for the past year. 

This quote is something I had come across some time ago from an altered book round robin I had worked on. I loved it so much I jotted it down for use in my own art quote journal. I love collecting quotes and I find them a source of motivation and inspiration.

This quote just makes me laugh out loud with a good ol' fashioned belly laugh!

The current Anything But a Card Challenges No. 31 is Balance... and I thought I would share this again as a reminder for myself. I will have a BRAND NEW piece to share this Sunday for week #3 of the challenge.

Supplies: Image of lady from an Altered Pages Digital Collage Sheet; a painted vintage book page; Glitz patterned paper; tulle; Caran D'Ache watercolor crayons, black acrylic paint; and punchinella {used as a mask}.

What have you been up to lately? I would love to catch up!

Sb :)

"You Do NOT Have To..." Art Journal Play with Unscripted Sketches No. 223 and Craft Stamper's Take It Make It Challenge

It's finally the weekend and I promised myself I wouldn't do anything else until I shared my newest page in my art journal using today's new Sketch-It Saturday with Unscripted Sketches #223. It's the middle of September already and can you believe I haven't made one single Christmas card yet {yikes}!

I also wanted to take part in current Craft Stamper's Take It Make It Challenge which calls for using acetate. So I used old recycled film negative strips as my acetate substrate and stamped on it.

This first thing I did was print out a bunch of quotes collected from facebook and other social media saved on my iPhone with my ZINK Happy 2" square photo printer. I got it about a month or so ago on HSN and I haven't played with it too much because the app is really a bit of a pain to use on my iPhone {and it doesn't help matters that my touch screen has some dead areas}. But for this purpose it was perfect and I have about 2 dozen quotes ready to go... and best part - they are already stickers!!!

The base was a monoprint painted paper leftover from my Amazing No Gelatin Rubber Plate play. I punched it to match my journal using a square fiskars punch. I sprayed a 6" stencil {Flower Quarter TCW369} with black pearly mist and a bit of water over some blank journal pages {I'm not wasting one drop of this precious pearly mist}; then turned the painted stencil over and burnished it down on my page to give the positive of the stencil. It was a little bold so I misted the page with water in areas and blotted with blank cardstock until it was toned down to my liking {this is result after 3 or 4 sprays and blottings}.

The sentiment is from www.bravegirlsclub.com - a source of daily inspiration. I peeled off the backing, smudged the edges with black StazOn ink and stuck it onto a scrap of similar colored monoprint paper. I added a few blue and green colored staples to the corners and added some 3D foam dots to the back. This is layered on top of recycled film negatives that I stamped a grungy chevron border from Viva Las VegaStamps!; joined to my page with same blue and green staples. The section at the bottom is glued on with Diamond Glaze, then I dripped some by accident on top of it... so I dipped a paperclip into my bottle and flicked some more drips around {see top pix}. I'm happy - it's done and now I can get on with other crafty goodness for the weekend! There's still a little time to enter the Craft Stamper's Take It Make It Challenge too.

What is Sketch it Saturdays at Unscripted Sketches? Every Saturday morning a new sketch is posted for the week. Flip the sketch, rotate it… create a card, a scrapbook page, a wall hanging, digital, paper, fabric, paint, anything your imagination comes up with! There is no right or wrong way, as long as you are using the Unscripted sketch as the inspiration for your creation! And everyone is invited to join in the fun... and post your creation on their page via inlinkz for all the world to see!

Thanks for dropping by. I have so many projects I haven't posted... and slowly I'm getting everything scanned and typed up to share. I hope you have a great weekend!
:) Sb