AmiraInOz

Hi everyone, So happy to be bringing you the first layout in my new collaboration with my fellow design team member Suzanne Johnston . Suzanne and I are doing a collaboration this year where we are working in an art journal for as long as it takes to fill it and then sending each other the finished journal at the end. We are sending each other an envelope full of die-cuts and inspirational items as prompts for layouts. The art journal that I am working in is one I made myself and if you are interesting in making one, please check out my DIY tutorial HERE . From the prompts, I selected the clippings of musical paper which I reconfigured as houses. From there, I went onto Design Seeds and picked out this color palette. I then gathered all my acrylic paints and supplies ... and started mixing. I think I got pretty close to the correct colors :) Next it was time to decide on the colors for the background and this is what I w...

Hello crafty friends, I am so excited to start this Gorjuss 'Mini' Art Journal 2018. I will be working in my DIY watercolor art journal. I have a tutorial for you if you want to make one yourself. Check it out HERE For the January layout I decided to use the No.11 You brought me love Gorjuss Mini stamp by Santoro. I stamped her out twice and coloured her in with my Koi Sakura watercolors. Next, I used my Grand Alder die to die-cut a tree out of watercolor paper which I then painted with watercolors.  Next, I created a gradient sky with my watercolors using an ombre technique. Watch my process video to see how that turned out (link below). Next, I found this perfect quote from the Tim Holtz "phrases" sticker book. And lastly, a few puffy hearts go on as embellishments and the whole layout is complete. Here are some pictures :) From this angle, you can see that the squirrel (and the girl) are popped up ...

So excited to be taking part in the #take5art journal challenge for 2018. I found this challenge when I came across Heba's YT Channel My Little Journal and was so inspired that I contacted Kyra Pace from Simply Creative Kyra  who hosts this challenge and asked if I could play along and she said YES! So here I am!! The journal I am working in is this blue and green watercolor art journal I made out of watercolor paper. If you want to make your own, I have a DIY video for you HERE This months challenge prompts are : * modeling paste * 3 stamps * text paper * Feather * Use Gesso through a stencil So because the feather was involved, I consulted by Color Almanac Vol 3 by Design Seeds and was attracted to this color scheme. Check out my video process which I will leave a link to below. I really enjoyed creating the modeling paste. It created amazing texture through this Kaisercraft stencil. You can also see some of the text I ad...

Hello Crafty friends, I am starting my watercolor art journal 2018 series today! I chose to work in a traveler's notebook insert I made myself out of water color paper. If you want to make one yourself too and join in the adventure, check out the tutorial HERE . My color palette today is a combination of yellows, oranges and a touch of red. I also told myself that I was not allowed black and must leave white space. I broke both those rules within the first 5 minutes LOL So as I was editing my video, I realised I essentially added 5 layers to my layout and they are: Layer 1- Add Watercolor Layer 2- Add Collage Layer 3- Add Acrylic Paint Layer 4- Add Stencil and Stamps Layer 5- Doodling and Borders My collage element was this beautiful ephemera pack from Kaiser Craft "Golden Grove" collection. I felt this represented my word for the year which is 'EVOLVE'. I really enjoyed this p...

Dear Friends & Crafters, I promised myself that I would do more art journaling in 2018 and decided to create a # so that at the end of the year, I can look back and see how much art journaling I did! To get ready for this watercolour adventure, I have made some watercolour art journals which I hope you will join me in making in the hope that you too will be be inspired to get some art journaling done. The first video shows how I make 2 watercolor art journals out of 2 x A3 watercolor papers. You can find the link for that HERE The second video shows how I make watercolor art journals in TN size. You can find the link for that HERE So which ever size inspires you, go ahead and make your own and get ready for some gorgeous art journaling in 2018. xxAmira

Dearest Friends and Crafters, The New Year is HERE and I am SO excited! It's good to be alive and I feel refreshed and rearing to start it all over again- bigger and better. My word for 2018 is EVOLVE and I am planning to take all my goals and dreams to the next level this year so I thought it was a perfect word to encompass it all. I am so excited to be returning to Creative Team at Aunty Vera Scrap & Craft in 2018. I plan on art journaling a whole lot in 2018 and so I've made the #mywatercolorartjournal2018 I have several series starting on my YT Channel - watch out for announcements soon! I am also excited to be involved in some collaborations with some very talented Youtubers.  These girls seriously inspire and motivate me to be my better self and I could not be more happy to be working along side them in the Creative Team as well as being awesome FB friends. ~ Lolly from  Lolly Palooza ~ Suzanne Johnston So many w...