Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

I just wanted to take a few minutes to wish all of you a very 

Merry Christmas & a happy, healthy & crafty 2018.

I have an art journal page page I created to celebrate the season -

 I used the Home For The Holidays Paper Pack from Wild Whisper Designs.

I absolutely love the pattern paper from Wild Whisper. It's heavy weight makes it
durable for mixed media which I love. Each pack come with 6 sheets of double sided paper and the designs are fresh and unique.

Look below for a complete list of products I used to create this page.

Click below to watch how I created this page:

Watch for more inspiration from me for Wild Whisper as I will joining their 2018 Design Team.

Products Used:
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Wild Whisper Designs:
Home For The Holidays Paper Pack

Home For The Holidays Stamp Set

Creativity......an art journal page

Welcome back! 

I am still on a roll with creating pages in my calculus textbook art journal.

This page is full of colours and layers. I created while away at a 4-day retreat and the 

Silhouette Script stencil from Crafters Workshop and the Tim Holtz Motivation stamp from Stampers Anonymous I used were borrowed from another crafter.

I started by dry brushing some gesso over the pages and letting it dry. The first 3 paint colours were applied with a brayer. I then added some contrasting colours with a few different stencils & some random stamping with archival ink.

I stamped the sentiment on some tissue paper with black Archival Ink before applying with some matte medium. I used paint to stencil a chevron pattern over the edges of the tissue paper to help it blend into the background.

I used black Dylusions paint for the 6x6 Silhouette Script stencil.

This was pretty fun to create and I love all the bright colours and how they layered together.

Be The Rainbow....art journal

Welcome to my blog! You came on a great day - I have an art journal entry to share.

This one started with a quote - Be The Rainbow In Someone Else's Cloud.

This is my mantra every day.

I started by directly applying the ink by running the Distress Oxide ink pads horizontally across both pages. I spritzed with some water while drying with my heat tool. Pretty simple and really fast.

Next I took a brand new to me Silhouette & Mask Stencil from Dyan Reaveley & Ranger. I love these! They are so versatile and so much fun.
I used the stencil on the left page and layered the images. Then I used the largest sized mask on the right page and applied black Dylusions paint over the entire page.

I stamped my sentiment on the right hand page by using Versamark black ink over the image and Distress Oxide ink over the black paint. I absolutely love how these inks show up over the the dark background.

I finished off my pages by using my Dylusions white paint pen to outline the figures and drawing some lines around the page on the right side.

All The D's ~ Dashing Daylen

Hello! I am back today with another mixed media canvas I created 

using chipboard letters from my stash. This canvas features a selfie photo I 'stole' from my son's Facebook page. He's my youngest and this past fall went off to college to pursue his dream of becoming a graphic artist/character designer. Check out his artist page on facebook to follow his journey and to see some of his art - Daylen Chupik ~ Artist.

Here is my finished  canvas ~ 

First I started with an 8x10 canvas and adhered my chipboard down with matte medium

then covering it the entire thing in 3 coats of gesso.

Once everything was dried, I started spraying my canvas with Dylusions Sprays ~

Fresh Lime, Dirty Martini, Polished Jade.

Once the sprays were dry I used my Black Marble Distress Paint & blending tool with a couple different layering stencils to add some random patterns & added some Peeled Paint & Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink. The copper splatters are irRESISTible Texture Spray from Imagine Crafts.

At this point, I realized that the letters of my son's name needed a little help to pop off the dark canvas background so I took a white fine point Sharpie Paint Pen and traced around them. I also used this pen to add some white splatters to help break up the darkness of the canvas.

To help 'frame' the canvas I added some more Black Marble Distress Paint with a blending tool

 to the sides and edges of the canvas.

Now on to my focal point ~ the photo was a selfie I took off my son's Facebook page. I downloaded it and did some editing in PicMonkey before printing it off on linen cardstock.

I used the Lattice Framework Die from Sizzix with the new Leather Paper Sheets also from Sizzix.

I added some Burnt Copper Leaves & Hammered Metal Embossing Powder from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies  to add a rusty metallic feel to the lattice.

 The anchor piece for my photo was some cardboard that I roughly torn up to be a little bit larger that my photo & dry brushed some black gesso over.

Here is a close-up photo of the lattice die with the embossing powders from Emerald Creek.

These powders are so delicious! I love every single one I have ever tried. Be sure to check out

the Emerald Creek store for these and so much more!

Once again ~ the final project. I enjoyed making these much and using up so many chipboard letters that I am also making more! One for me, my husband, our dog, a family one.....so many ideas!

All The B's - Being Beautiful Breanna

Hello! I'm back this week with an idea that I have had going

around in my head for some time. When I was cleaning/organizing/purging my

craft room a few months ago I realized that I had accumulated quite quite a lovely collection

of chipboard & grungeboard alphabets. It was time to start using these.

This is what I decided to do ~~~

I started with an 8x10 canvas and my collection of alphabets.

I first went through and spelled out my daughters name then pulled out all the B's.

I figured out the layout then using matte medium adhered them all down to the canvas. I then covered the entire canvas in the matte medium. I let this dry completely then applied 3 coats of white gesso.

I was finally ready to add my colours -

Dylusion's Sprays in Pure Sunshine, Squeezed Orange & Funky Fushia.

I love these colours together! So bright & sunny.

Next I added some Distress Ink in similiar colours just to help the letters pop a bit.

I also added some patterns using my layering stencils.

Lastly it was time to add a bit of grunge with my Hickory Smoke Distress Crayon along the edges and around the letters.

It was time for a few embellishments - 

I kept the embellishments pretty simple. 

Thanks to my craft bestie Nicole Wright for letting me browse her impressive die collection - thats where I found the new Rolled Flower Die from Sizzix by Eileen Hull.

I cut the die cut in half stapled it back together in the shape you see here and using the blunt end of a paint brush shaped the petals. Before adhering to my frame I added a bit of Hickory Smoke 

Distress Ink to the edges.

submitted to the following challenges:

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - June Challenge

Many Thanks!

Ever since the weather turned nice I have had a hard time staying in my craft room.

I just want to be outside enjoying the sun, warm temps. My garden needed some well deserved attention and the patio was screaming for the planters to be filled with flowers.

I did manage to sit down and make a few Thank You cards for my daughter to give to her co-workers

at the lab she is finishing her practicum up at. It felt good to get messy & I may just find myself back in the craft room again today. It is delightfully sunny outside though. ;)

Here is one of the finished cards ~ you'll just have to stick around until the end of this post to see the other three.

I started with my favourite 140lb cold press watercolour paper,

Peacock Feathers Distress Spray & a floral stencil (Sorry, I have no idea what company it is from. Its an oldie but a goodie).

After spraying the stain I gave it a quick 2 spritzes of mist before flipping the stencil over onto a second piece of watercolour paper and rolling my paper towel over it.

I repeated the same technique on 2 more pieces of watercolour paper but used Wilted Violet

Distress Spray & Tim Holtz Gothic Layering Stencil.

I inked the edges of all the cards using the coordinating Distress Inks & my round blending tool

Next I added some random stamping before applying some Dylusion Paint through a stencil with some blending foam.

All that was left to do was to add my sentiment and emboss it with fine detail embossing powders.

Thank you Dyan!

After taking a couple of weeks off to recharge I am ready to start creating again.

I couldn't think of a better way to jump-start the creative juices

than to be in the presence of the fabulous Dyan Reaveley.

Dyan was guest instructor at Scrap Addicts in Edmonton this past weekend.

She taught 4 classes over 2 days. I took 2 classes and that's my greatest 

regret ~ I should have taken all four!

I had so much inky fun making pages using some of Dyan's techniques.

Her Dylusion's sprays are gorgeous!

My favourite part of the weekend was learning how to make & add 

pockets and nteractive features in an art journal.

It is going to be so much fun incorporating these techniques into my 

own art journal, canvases & tags!

Thanks you, Dyan!

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