Take 5 Art Journal Collaboration - Joy

I'm back with another fun #take5art collaboration with the lovely and talented bunch of ladies on YouTube. You can find links to their channels in the video description.

Our prompts for November were:
- tissue paper
- post it notes
- stencil
- stamping
- stickers

And yes, you read that correctly... we had to use post its or sticky notes in our journal. I don't use post its regularly and had to dig through a couple of drawers and found these flower shaped ones. I don't even remember getting it but I thought the shape would be a bit more interesting than the regular squares.

I also did something a little different with this page. I usually use a Moleskine sketchbook for my art journaling but that thing was getting quite chunky and hard to close although I've only used 10 pages. I've been meaning to use more layers and I knew my notebook wouldn't cut it. So I finally unearthed a Project Life 6x8 folder that I got in the US during a sale. I don't do Project Life and used the folder to house my art journal instead.

I like the 6x8 size too. And I love that I can do more layering without worrying about the notebook not closing. I will definitely experiment with more dimensional elements in the future. And oh, the post its were quite well disguised I think. In the end, the page turned out all right :-)

YouTube Channel: PlannerBug

Direct link to video: Take 5 Art Collaboration - Joy

Starry Gold Christmas Card

I'm really putting this deer die from a Maggie Holmes set through its paces this holiday season. I just love how interesting it looks on a card especially against an interesting background. I'm entering both the Simon Says Stamp challenges again (links below).

I achieved the background by sponging gold acrylic paint through a Tim Holtz stencil on a black cardstock. I think I have to do more of this because I love the effect of gold against a dark background. I also splattered a tiny bit of gold Heidi Swapp Color Shine.

The gold foam stars were cut out from the Simon Says Stamp Stacked Stars die. I layered a torn up bit from a doily and some twine on the back of the deer.

Challenges:

• Simon Says: Star Light Star Bright
• Simon Says: Anything Goes

Colourful Joy Christmas Card

I was feeling a little experimental and thought of creating my own Christmas patterned paper with Distress Oxide inks. I punched out a couple of snowflake and tree shapes and basically just used the negative space as stencils. I wanted a fun and colourful background so I pretty much used nearly every colour of the rainbow.

I also added subtle gold stencilled stars and irregular yellow splotches. The word "joy" and sentiment are from the Hero Arts Joy Stamp and Cut set that I got from JoAnn's when I visited the States in April. This card measures 3.5 x 4.75 inches, which seems to be my new favourite size. It's quite a bit smaller than the standard A2 card size.

I will continue to churn out more holiday themed cards until I start sending them out next week. This is by far my favourite season to make cards and tags :-)

Take 5 Art Journal Collaboration - Learning to Fly

I'm back with another #take5art journal challenge with the ladies (links to their channels can be found in the video description) and this time around, we basically had free reign over what we want to use as long as they are the oldest or old supplies from our stash.



Hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching. Please be sure to use the hashtag #take5art and tag me on YouTube or Instagram to notify me that you're participating as well. It would be so much fun if more people joined in :-)

Take 5 Art Journal Collaboration - Nothing Is Impossible

I've really enjoyed participating in the #take5art challenge / collaboration on YouTube and it's been a blast coming up with different pages based on the prompts given by Kyra.

Prompts for August:
- text paper (paper containing text or fonts)
- napkins
- use packaging to apply media
- white
- yellow



I hope you enjoy watching the video and let me know should you have any feedback or suggestions.

Mixed Media Crazy Bird Birthday Card

One of my favourite crafty things to do is to play with Distress Paints and today I thought of incorporating the card I've made for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge into a mixed media series that I'm doing on my channel. Do check out the video at the end of this post.

I'm really pleased with how the card turned out and all the different techniques I applied to the Distress Paints. I especially love the mixed media backgrounds I worked on and the Tim Holtz Crazy Birds stamp set was pretty cute too. I only have 3 of those birds in my set. It was one of those "made for Michaels" (or was it JoAnns?) sets that came with the coordinating dies too.

 

This is probably one of the cutest cards I've made :-)

Hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching!

Channel: PlannerBug
Direct link to video: Distress Paints Birthday Card | Mixed Media Techniques

Distress Stains Part 2 - Mixed Media Techniques

Hello, everyone! I'm running a mixed media series on my channel and am starting off with the Tim Holtz Distress Stains in a three-part series. I am a huge fan of all things Tim Holtz and absolutely love his Distress line.

 

I hope you enjoyed the video and gained some little tips on how to use this fantastic product!

YouTube: PlannerBug
Direct link to video: Distress Stains Part 2 - Mixed Media Techniques

Distress Stains Part 1 - Mixed Media Techniques

Hello, everyone! I'm running a mixed media series on my channel and am starting off with the Tim Holtz Distress Stains in a three-part series. I am a huge fan of all things Tim Holtz and absolutely love his Distress line.

 

I hope you enjoyed the video and gained some little tips on how to use this fantastic product!

YouTube: PlannerBug
Direct link to video: Distress Stains Part 1 | Mixed Media Techniques

Dad Is the Best Card

With Father's Day coming up in the weekend, there's no better card to make for both the Simon Says Stamp Monday and Wednesday Challenges with the theme "masculine cards".

I really like the Tim Holtz Retro Circles embossing folder and how the Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Gold looks against a textured black cardstock. I decided to keep the card somewhat simple with just a couple of stars and alphabet diecuts from a Lawn Fawn set.

Overall, I like the card and I don't do "masculine" themes very often. I usually tend to lean towards softer, more feminine colors or pastels but I think doing something a little different is quite fun and challenges your creativity.

Moleskine Mixed Media Art Journal

I finally broke out the large Moleskine sketchbook to use as an art journal, mostly to do mixed media stuff in it. I bought the sketchbook 3 years ago but never got around to using it. After watching Heba's video (more information on my video) where she did a "Take 5 Art Journal Challenge" with a couple of other folks, I thought I'd whip out my sketchbook and play along too.

I also wanted to use the Distress Oxide inks that I received from Blitsy a few weeks' ago.



Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the video and let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.
Thanks for watching and see you again!

YouTube Channel: PlannerBug TV
Direct Link to video: Moleskine Mixed Media Art Journal - Do Not Create Limits