mini art journal |page 1

Hello and wellcome back to my blog!

Today I'm sharing the first page of my new mini art journal 

I created with ColourArte products with a VIDEO tutorial.

Actually it's a mini sketch book which I decided to use as an art journal.

 I think it is very cute that it fits in my pocket, don't you think?

:)

ColourArte Products

Primary Elements

Honey Amber 

Blue Grass

Sunflower

Coral Berry

Rose Gold

Fuzzy Paech

Radiant Gels: Copper Pearls

Silks: Rustic Rose, Rusty Mauve

*Background stamp by Finnabair 
*Stickers by 7 Dots Studio

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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...

Thank you for visiting!

Have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia

Complexity and Simplicity

Happy September!

Our new challenge at Scraps N Pieces is up!

"Opposites Attract"

My art journal page is about Complexity and Simplicity.

I tried to include in one page two different styles...

For this project I used ColourArte products (Primary Elements, H2Os, Silks and Vivids) to color it

and Finnabair Art Basics Products (White Heavy Gesso and Modeling Paste), stencils and stamps.

Chipboard pieces by 2Crafty Chipboard.

You can find a journal like this at The Journal Shop.

The butterflies are handmade by me :)

So, I hope I see your creation at Scraps N Pieces blog, 

for a chance to win a beautiful collection by Crafty Impressions.

You can create any type of project as long as it's relative with our theme

 "Opposites Attract"

for example black-white, male-female, day-night, past-present, etc.

Thank you for visiting,

have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia

Denim Journal introdution and my page for Prima

 Hello dear friends!

Today I want to introduce you to my new addiction, 

the DENIM JOURNAL designed by Finnabair!

I made the first page the very day I got it and as I was so excited about it, I couldn't kept myself to stop, so I decided to decorate it a little bit and fill all these cute pockets with my art supplies :)

Starting from the left to right: 

The pocket at the left side of the journal is big enough to fit the Silicone Brushes, as well many other supplies like thread, wire, scraps, envelopes, little bags with art ingredients and anything else you can think of!

The plastic pocket sheet has the same size (7x9") with the rest of the pages (I folded it in half to look better in the photo above) and is perfect to store all your scraps, photos, paper embellishments, stickers, chipboards and more. I currently filled it with Finnabair's Ephemera. 

The  big thick denim sheet (10x9") is the last page of the journal, and I love how it extends, as it' s wider than the rest of the pages. I stitched some buttons and mechanicals to have them in stand by and pinned a couple of needles. Of course I' ll fill the rest of the page over time :)

The five holes at the right side of the journal are perfect for keeping brushes, pens, pencils, scissors, etc.

So, that was all with my decorations and storing in my Denim journal :)

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Let's focus on my art journal page I created for my Prima guest spot. 

My project is based at new Finnabair recipe...

Rust Pastes+ Resist Canvas + Crackle Pastes + Art Alchemy Paints = a spectacular Finnabair recipe! 

...and here it is...

"Winners are not those who never fail,

but those who never quite"

The project is based on this beautiful Mechanical Butterfly which I broke in two pieces by mistake.

I got upset but just for a while. 

Then I thought: let's make a page with this broken butterfly, it will be a challenge, but I like challenging myself ! 

And so I did :)

 I chose this inspiring quote because I think it fits perfectly with the broken wing.

You just have to keep going, even your wing is broken...

I cut this beautiful Resist Canvas 'Honeycomb' in the size of the journal's pages,

punched the holes and eyelets with the cropadile and started working.

I scratched with my nails the edges all around the canvas and with a paint brush I added some amount of Clear Sculpture Medium to seal these spots and make sure they will not fray in the future.

 Then I used the Black Gesso to create some circles as the focal point of the page.

I also applied the White Crackle Paste here and there with the Silicon Brush (I love this brush, it's perfect for this technique) and let it dry outside naturally. It took about an hour.

When it was dry I played with the Art Alchemy Acrylic Paints.

I painted here and there with a paintbrush and sprayed some water on them to create a watercolor effect. Then I glued all the metal embellishments with the Clear Sculpture Medium and while it was wet I spread some Bronze Micro Beads and Black Glass Glitter.

I used all three colors of the Rust Paste Set to paint all the metal embellishments and some other spots and as a final touch I made some splashes with the Black Gesso and stamped with a couple of stamps here and there.

I really enjoyed creating this page and that was only the start!

I'm going to fill this Journal like crazy :)

***for full supplies list and links on the Prima online store please visit this post.

Thank you for visiting,

have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia

'Lucky 13' - tiny canvas with video

Hello dear friends!

Today I'm hosting the Finnabair blog with a small project,

my third tiny canvas, with a video tutorial.

They say that 13 is an unlucky number. But what if we could define our own luck, stop being superstitious (I never was or will be, that's for sure) and decide to take chances even from things we never believed we could and even more at the end number 13 would be a lucky number? 

Well, today's project is not about number 13, it's about being optimistic, take risks and create our own luck!

I was really in a pleasant mood when I was creating this project and I think this mood shows up in the final result. I wanted to use bright colors that make me happy and what would fit better than the beautiful combinations of blue, pink, yellow and green of the Alchemy Acrylic Paints?

I painted everything with all these beautiful colors, even the metallic embellishments like this cute Mechanical Butterfly and the frond part of an old hand-watch I  had in my stash.

Before I glue down the watch I filled it with different Art Ingredients like the Art Stones and Mini Art Stones (I so love these stuff!) and Bronze Micro Beads. Then I used 3D Gloss Gel to glue it on the canvas and make sure it won't go anywhere!

I used my Silicon Brush to apply different texture pastes and create an interesting textured background...

To make it even more cute I used Jump Rings to hang some trinkets like this cute tassel, Roman Numbers (which actually is number 10 and number 3:), a gear and the title I made from a 7Dots Studio sticker.

Here is my video with all the process. I hope you will enjoy it and get some ideas on how to create your own lucky piece of art.

***You can find a list of supplies in this post - Just scroll down ;)

Thank you for visiting,

have a lovely crafty weekend!

xxx

Athanasia

Art journal page 'A Happy Day' - video tutorial

Dear friends

Today I'm sharing my first project as a video creator for ColourArte.

I'm very happy to be staying for second term in this amazing team.

For the next six months I'll be sharing 2 projects a month with video tutorials,

so stay tuned! 

I hope you will enjoy the video and get inspired!

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

To create this art journal page I got inspired by a layout I created last year. It is one of my favorite works of mine. Here is my blog post for more details.

Thank you for visiting,

have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia

art journal page #10 - Explore

Happy Sunday dear friends!

Today I'm sharing some fun techniques at my art journal for ColourArte.

For this projects I used:

ColourArte products

• H2Os Shimmering Watercolors: Guatemalan Green, Summer Breeze, Pink Azalea, Spiced Pumpkin, Hopeful Honeysuckle 
• Radiant Gels: Guatemalan Green,Vavoom Red, Coral Berry

Other products:

• rice paper
• grey embossing powder
• glue inkpad
• black inkpad
• thread
• butterfly stamp
• Finnabair background Stamps
• Finnabair Alpha Stencil
• 2Crafty Chipboard circle panel
• craft glue

So, let's get started!

1. Place the stencil and apply with a spatula all three colors of 3D Radiant Gels. Let it dry.

2. Spray water in the H2Os jars and wait about 5 minutes. Glue the chipboard pieces and use a paintbrush to paint with the Twinkling Watercolors. Spray some water to help the paint flow and let it dry.

 3. Use  the rice paper, embossing powder and glue inkpad to make a butterfly embellishment. Glue it down with some thread with the craft glue.

4. Use the background stamps all over the page and glue your title. 

 During the process my little helper -7 y.o. Maria- followed the steps and made her own page at her journal. Isn't that cute? I really enjoyed her company and sharing with her all the fun :)

Here is mine :)

I hope you got some ideas and learned new fun techniques!

Maybe you will share the fun of creating with your kids too :)

Have a lovely crafty day!