Live life

Journalpage, inspired by Viva Las Vegastamps June Swap

Live life. 
Not war, but love is the answer.

My inspiration came from the words opposite/ above and below.

''the heavens & earth, above & below. Think tandem but opposite. Yin & Yang".

She's got Bette Davis eyes

For Viva Las Vegastamps April Challenge

The background is done with distress oxide cracked pistachio,broken china and water.
Several layers, in between drying with heattool.
When I was happy with it, I stamped the images; love that sheet !
Colouring is done with distress markers.

My inspiration came from the colours green, teal & white, and whimsical.

The inspiration image:

We'd like to inspire you with words like SPRING! flowers, doodles, buds, whimsical, patterns, checkerboard, stars, wings, Mary Vogel Lozinak, banners, green, teal, white, black and whatever else might strike your fancy from our image 

Who's bad

Viva Las Vegastamps Challenge March

The background is done with distress oxide wilted violet, cracked pistachio, broken china & faded jeans.

The inspiration:
Think of twilight & dusk, the northern lights, dancing and twinkling stars, beautiful skies in general and silhouettes against them. Trees, leaves, nature, animals, woods and more! We can't wait to see your inspiration

It's time for a different sound

It's time for a different sound, made for Art Journey Challenge #77 -  black,white & 1 colour

Celebrate family

CJS 2017 inspired by Rachel Greig

Had lots of fun creating this!

A little story

Viva Las Vegastamps!: Monthly Challenge - February

The inspiration board inspired me with colors, colors and colors.
And Banksy ofcourse :-)

Think of reds, oranges, greens, blues, pinks, purples... ALL the colors! Spray paint, art, graffiti, artists, surrealism, banksy, stripes, splatters, drips, dots and more. 

Crow

Crow views me askance, it is difficult to know what he is thinking....

I made a page in my art journal VivaLasVegastamps!: December Monthtly Challenge

I let the colours inspire me.

This was the inspiration moodboard:

We'd like to inspire you with frames, scallops, doodles, vintage tones, teal, gray, tan, white, black,Christmas, trees, WINTER, snowmen, squirrels, snow angels, Victorian, house, scenery, road, snowbanks, family & more!

Documented

Viva Las Vegastamps!: November Challenge :
My inspiration came from the words harlequin, background stamps, circles, yellow, browns, distressed.

We'd like to inspire you with words like gold, warm,  yellow, tans, browns, vintage, black and white, background stamps, doodles, harlequin, diamond, distressed, polka dots, swirls, circles, hearts, stripes and more!

Where is my mind?

Made for Stampotique Designers Challenge SDC 261 - Human with Animal Head.

Background is done with the gelliplate, paint & stencils.
Circles done with distress markers.
At the bottom grunge paste; when dry coloured with distress markers.

Reaching out for the stars

Stampotique Designers Challenge SDC 260 = Outer Space

I made a page in my art journal.

Used Dylusion inkspray postbox red & lemon zest, partly through a stencil, as background.

Wiped some ink off with a babywipe.

Then stamped the stars and hands.

Accents with a sharpie pen.

October

Art Journey Design-team: Challenge 72 = Numbers and Letters

I made a page in my Art journal
Background done with various paints (Distress & Acrylic)

Winter wishes

I made a journal page for VivaLasVegaStamps Challenge November.

Background with custom made distress inkpad, snowflakes with white gesso, accents with white & black gesso.

Holy... cow. It's November. Snow is flying around the country... people are buttoning up.. and we're ready to inspire you for our new Monthly Challenge!

Are you ready for icicles? snowflakes? wintery trees and warm snuggles?? We want to see your best WINTERY inspired pieces. Trees, blue, ice, pines, snow, snow angels, woodland creatures, falling snow, winter wishes and more!

Gesso

November challenge Katzelkraft - gesso -.

I made a journalpage.

Put a few colours of paint on the page and swiped white gesso over it in a thin layer.
Stamped the wall with black gesso & the cats with archival black ink.
Then added accents with various bottle lids using paint and white&black gesso.
Swiped white gesso through a stencil.
Butterflies are done with  paint through stencil.
'Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose'.

Fantasy

November challenge Art Journey Design-team - Fantasy -

Ik heb een journalpage gemaakt, heerlijk gespeeld met verf, inkt & gesso.
'Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living'.

March

Calendar for the month March for the Kathryn Wheel........

Artful Alphabet

The first page for the Artful Alphabet on the DutchArtJournal Yahoo Group.
A stands for Apple / Apothecary

Calendar page SDC#81

I am a little ahead on my calendarpages ;-)
Made this calendarpage for the month March for Stampotique Designers Challenge SDC81.

February

Calendarpage for the month February.

January

Calendarpage made for The Kathryn Wheel.

Uitdagingen met Carla - deel 6 -

Deze keer had mijn zus het thema bepaald - gebruik 1 of meerdere cirkels in je creatie -.
Wel, dit is het geworden.
My head is spinning de laatste tijd, druk druk druk en dat weerspiegelt deze pagina wel.