Today is full of possibilities - Art Journalling Page

Hey friends

My goal for 2020 was to step out of my comfort zone and 

try something new. I love all the art journal pages 

everyone creates but I haven't really done much. Those 

that know me well, know why. Art journalling is messy and 

I actually don't like getting my hands dirty.....well 

not so much dirty but painty!!! Oh my.... I'm not an anxious 

person but seeing photos of people with paint covered hands are 

more that I can handle, I really struggle. That is probably the 

main reason I haven't don't much in the way of art journalling. 

So......here we go. 

Oh and I did this page somehow with minimal mess to my 

hands and no I didn't wear gloves!!! HOORAY!!

First thing I did to my page was to lay some tissue paper down 

in a few areas using Monte Marte Gel Medium. I then stencilled 

using light moulding paste and the Hud Stencil.

I used a wet wipe and Lindys Magicals to apply some brown 

colour around the edges of my page and a little bit was 

wiped lightly over some of the page.

I stencilled using the Half Tone Stencil and some Colour Blast paste. The paste gave a nice shimmer to the stencilled circles.

I have die cut out three butterflies using old book paper 

and the Dainty Butterfly Large die. Then I have stamped 

Colour Wheel Love Stamp images and die cut using the

Texture 1 die. This die I cut up into smaller pieces 

and placed near my stamped images. Some washi tape was added then finally three small talk stickers from Tim Holtz Idea-ology.

I drew around the border of my page using a stabilo pencil and around the edges of the stickers with a black uni-ball pen.

So there you go.....the first page in my Art by Marlene journal.

See you again in a few weeks. Stay safe and happy crafting.

Tanya xx

Shaker Stars to brighten your day

Good morning 

Have you seen the new goodies that are at Paper Rose??

Lots of little bags of pretties for shaker cards. Yippee!!

So if you're wondering how to make a shaker card, they 

are actually quite simple to do.

You need to die cut out 4 or 5 of the same piece. I have used 

the new 18581 Striped Coverplate Pieced die. 

Glue together three of these coverplates. Then using tape, tape 

some strong plastic or acetate down on top of the third 

coverplate. You then tape down the final die cut coverplate 

on top of the plastic or acetate making sure it all 

matches up and you don't see any tape.

Turn the die cut over and sprinkle with 18915 Pastel Stars Shaker Mix. You don't need a lot because if it is too full they 

won't be able to move about easily. Tape the edge of the die 

cut coverplate and place your card on top pushing down firmly 

so that it seals well and you don't have any stars escaping.

I have then added some matching flowers to the card and a 

sentiment. For the sentiment I have stamped onto velum 

using 18825 Berry ink and a sentiment from the 

18490 Daisy Days stamp set.

Mothers Day

HELLO xx

Wishing those of you who are Mum's a very happy 

Mother Day for next weekend.

Unfortunately I haven't had my Mum with us for the past 

13 years and for the first time since I became a Mum 

almost 22 years ago, my babies are living and working in 

different states of Australia. I guess with the situation at the moment a lot of Mums will be celebrating differently this year. 

On this Mothers Day card I made, I have used paper from the 

18403 Grunge Textures Paper Collection as my background paper. 

The colour matched perfectly with the coloured stamped image. 

The stamp I have used is 17880 Beautiful Day. It was stamped 

onto card that was die cut using 16576 Stitched Rectangles die.

 I have painted the stamped image.

The sentiment was stamped using 18834 Black Hybrid Ink 

and 17976 Mothers Day Quotes stamp. The sentiment was die cut 

out using 17583 Banner 2 die. This was then raised on the card 

using foam tape. TO finish the card off I have add a few little Kaisercraft pearls to add some bling.