Thoughts of a day | art journaling

 Hello dear friends!

Today I'm sharing an art journal page I created last night.

I was playing with my watercolors creating abstract shapes and shades.

It was so fun and relaxing not thinking what to do... just painting.

When my page was dry I looked at the shapes and let my imagination fly.

I started doodling with only a black pen and here is the result!

All these beautiful designs appeared in front of me, coming of nowhere.

What an unexpected surprise really!

At the end I added a piece of thread to connect the mother with daughter.

List of supplies (really short:)

watercolors

black pen

watercolor paper

a piece of thread

*watercolors H2Os by ColourArte

Thank you for visiting

Have a lovely crafty day!

 

xxx

Athanasia

Cute sad bird - Art Journal page

Hello dear friends!

Today I'm sharing a project I created inspired by Tamara Laporte (Willowing).

I'm a subscriber in her You tube channel and when I saw her tutorial I got so inspired that I went straight to my desk and made my own version of this cute fairy bird with the sad face and these amazing bright colors.

I just love it!

I tried to follow all the steps of the tutorial even though I didn't have the supplies Tamara used (watercolor pens and pencils) for this project and I think I turned out pretty well.

I used the H2Os watercolors by ColourArte I had in my stash, a black pen

and 7 Dots Studio stickers. 

Thanks to this bird, I also decided to start a new Journal 30x40cm 

which is the biggest journal I ever had lol.

This journal will be only for watercolor projects :)

Here is my VIDEO on how I creted this page.

I hope you will enjoy the process as much as I did.

Supplies list

- Art journal 30x40cm

- H2Os watercolors:

Te Quiero Rosa

Voliente

African Jade

Sky Blue

Autumn Skies

Douglas Fir

Guatemalan Green

Midori Melon

Lemondrop

Daffodi

Siam White
- Gelatos set of 4

- 7 Dots Studio Verano Azul collection

- Black permanent pen

 - Archival Ink

- text stamp by Finnabair

Thank you for visiting!

Don't forget to check out Willowing's channel!

Have a lovely crafty day.

xxx

Athanasia

mini art journal |Your Voice is my fav Sound

Hi! I'm back with another colorful art journal page 

full of ColourArte products and also a VIDEO tutorial.

ColourArte products

H2Os

 Guatemalan Green

 Wild Blue Berry

 Tahitian Blue

 Yellow Rose

 Pink Azalea

 Luv U Pink

Silks

Black Ice

...

I hope you will enjoy my video and get inspired! 

Don't forget to leave me a comment, 

as well give me thumbs up and subscribe on my You Tube channel  :)

Thank you for visiting!

Have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia

Think Pink - art journal page for Breast Cancer Awareness

Dear friends

October is the month of Breast Cancer Awareness. 

Being healthy is the most significant value in our lives, as well being strong, having courage and being positive whenever difficulties enter our lives. 

Today's project is dedicated to this sensitive and so important issue.

You can watch my process in my VIDEO I made especially for you.  

ColourArte products I used in this project

Radiant Gels: Blue Pearls
H2Os: Raspberry Wine, Guatemalan Green, Pink Crocus
Vivids: Pink Azalea, True Silver
Clear Glaze Medium

I hope you will enjoy my video and get inspired! 

Don't forget to leave me a comment, 

as well give me thumbs up and subscribe on my You Tube channel  :)

details...

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For more inspiration you can see these two projects I created last year for this important cause.

love yourself - art journal page

Spread the hope - Layout for Breast Cancer Awareness

(with video tutorial)

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Thank you for visiting,

I wish you all a happy life full of health!

Stay positive, think pink <3

xxx

Athanasia

Textured background with Radiant Gel and Vivids

Hello :)

Just a quick post today, a couple of ATCs with a video tutorial

I created with amazing ColourArte products.

In this video I will show how to create an amazing textured background 

with a  Radiant Gel - 3D paint in no time!

I hope you will enjoy it with the process and get inspired! 

Don't forget to leave me a comment, as well give me thumbs up on my You Tube channel  :)

ColourArte products I used for this project

H2O: Siam White

Vivid Ultra Metallic- Ginger Peach, 

Vivid Ultra Metallic- African Jade
Primary Elements - "Mermaid" France Papillon Series: 

Nutmeg, Ocean Wave, Guatamalan Green & Copper Pearl.

Radiant Gel - Copper Pearl

The Solution

Thank you for visiting,

have a lovely crafty day!

xxx 

Athanasia

Xmas ATCs

Hello, hello!
Today I'm sharing my first Christmas project for this year
for Mixed Media Place Creative Gym!

This month challenge is host by our amazing and talented Tusia! 
Create a Xmas card, tag or ATC (only small forms are allowed).

I wanted to make some Christmas ATCs  for 6 special scrappy friends of mine and this challenge was the great opportunity to make the decision and get started working! 

I had these craft chipboards in my stash for a long time waiting for the right moment to transform into art pieces. They are only 2,5x3,5" and that was a challenge for me to work with so small areas.

I used papers, tags and stickers from the 7 Dots Studio Yuletide collection, a Christmas collection perfect for seasonal projects.

I placed all six of them on my craft desk and started working. First I used gold and red embossing powder with stamps to create a beautiful base to work on it.

Then I glued all the embellishments and worked with H2Os watercolors and a paintbrush on several spots.  I also painted the chipboard pieces and the flowers with them.

 Last thing to do was to make a shiny glue with 3D Gloss Gel and gold glitter. 3D Gloss Gel dries clear, so I wanted a little bit of sparkle to be shown on the finished project, that's why I added the gold glitter. I used it to glue some Art Ingredients like gold Glass Glitter and ruby Glass Beads, pretty Christmas colors, don't you think? :)

***you can find supplies list here

(Just scroll down to find my project)

So, will you play with us at Mixed Media Place?

I can't wait to see your small form projects!

Thank you for visiting,

have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia 

Enjoy every moment

Hello dear friends!

Today I'm sharing a fun and colorful layout I created for 2Crafty Chipboard.

I had this cute photo with my daughter playing and painting at school, 

so I wanted to make a cute and playful page.

I chose from the Word Circles Set 1 the words 'smile', 'happy' and 'today' - they are so cute for this page and I love how they look in the composition!

I also used a butterfly and a doodle frame.

I order to alter my chipboard pieces, I used watercolor paints H2Os and I painted them with a paintbrush.

For the circle words I also spread some embossing powder here and there to make it look even more interesting. I really love the result!

For the doodle frame I used the same colors I used on the rest of the chipboard pieces.

I cut it in half and placed the two parts in different spots to make the page look more funky. 

2Crafty chipboards on this project:

Word Circles Set 1

Doodled Frames

Marianne's Butterflies

    

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With this page I'm entering the challenge at My-Scrap.Ru  with this beautiful sketch:

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I hope you got some inspiration  and ideas on how to alter your chipboards with watercolors!
For more inspiration, you can visit the 2 Crafty blog  and the 2Crafty store if you are interested to buy their beautiful chipboards.
Thank you for visiting, have a lovely crafty day!
xxx Athanasia