40 Days of ... Art - Day 36 - Tag

Hi Guys,

You probably think I abandoned you, let me assure you I didn't, but sadly I got my share of the flue season that is still going around here. So the 40 days were a bit on suspend. But the last 5 days are here starting today. 

And to start a tag that kind of is representing my mood today. 

Thank you for reading my blog. 

Caroline

40 Days of ... Art - Day 10 - G45 mini tray

Hello,

With some leftovers from my Graphic 45 Couture Collection paper I made an altered tray. It is kept fairly simple because I really want to use it. 

To use it I just need to add some epoxy gel or a few codes of clear varnish to protect the paper.

The quote is so nice, it would be an ideal tray for when you want to serve a cup of tea.

 What would you like to see me make? Anyone has requests?

Have a nice weekend.

Caroline

Mirror Mirror on the wall...

Hello everyone,

 

Mirror Mirror on the wall... what accessories will I put on today.

Well I kind of like to have my mirror and my accessories close together so I mad this little beauty.

 On this mirror I can put the earrings I want to have quick on hands very easily.

And as a women you are entitled to want some changes now and then, so the embellishments are  interchangeable, every piece can go on any place, how cool is that.

 Thank you for reading my blog.

Creative Jump Start 2012 - Louise Nelson

Louise Nelson her Jump Start inspired me to the following page.

Creative Jump Start 2012 - Nathalie Kalbach

The first page is an fight the resistance page, and I must say that even though I'm not a full time artist, I have moments that the resist-factor is playing too. When you had a long day at work and you say 'oh no not today...' and the next day you make just the same excuse. So the resist video spoke a lot to me. 

The video about Street art made me think about the graffiti that I see every day when I commute to work in the train. It is graffiti or even just paint on the grey concrete railway bridges, no beautiful designs, just raw text, names, emotions...

Creative Jump Start 2012 - Anna Björklund

A very inspiring Jump start about curves and repeating the same pattern again. 

I had a lot of fun playing around with it.

Creative Jump Start 2012 - Karen Grunberg

The Jump Start Tip from Karen Grunberg was about sitting @ your desk and getting your stuff out and starting to craft. 

So I got my Claudine Helmutt Studio Paints out and dit the background, I was so happy playing around with those paints again, and I totally love the effect of the background. Then I stamped it all over with this tiny rose stamp I had laying around on my craftdesk.  It gave this really fun looking wall paper effect. 

I found this cool picture in a magazine that I just had to use. And I finished it off with some basic prima flowers and some glass beads. 

I'm so glad with the result, I just adore it.

Creative Jump Start 2012 - Catherine Scanlon

The Jump Start of Catherine Scanlon was about Art Journaling, and that Inspired me to make this page. I may add some picture later on but as I don't have one that I feel should go at the page at this moment I'll leave it like that.

Creative Jump Start 2012 - Carmen Sanchez

 In January I did the Creative Jump Start, or rather I started, because I lost track pretty soon.

But now I'm picking up and continue with the project. I had some things made that weren't photographed, so I took care and will post them here the coming time.

This is what I made of the technique Carmen Sanchez showed. I had so much fun executing it. 

12 tags of 2012 - April

Ok, as you all know I follow the 12 tags of 2012 series by Tim Holtz. I always try to make the tag, with the materials I have at my disposal.

My April tag was a bit of a struggle as I was very nervous for the technique that Tim used. I didn't cut out a shape like Tim did, as I have all this grungeboard shapes that I bought a long time ago that are unused, and i found it the perfect moment to bring it out.
The tag has a very obvious twist of my own and I like it a lot.

12 tags of 2012 - february...

So who of you didn't hear of Tim Holtz new 12 tags of... I'm so exciting that he's doing them all year long, It will give me so much more joy all year long than just very concentrated in December.
Here is my February tag.

Halloween

Halloween got me inspired. I made a canvas like I did @ make and take with Tanya Watts at Hobby Farm. I only used a bigger canvas (20 cm x 20 cm), distress ink, graphic 45 paper, prima flowers and a spider. This is what I made off it.