AmiraInOz

 Hi everyone, When I first opened this kit, a crazy thought ran in my head!! And that thought was - Wouldn't it be awesome if I could collage shoes with these superhero papers? I felt brave enough to give it a try! So, I skipped out to K-mart and bought canvas shoes.  The first thing I needed to do was make a 1:1 mixture of PVA glue and water. Next, I unlaced my shoes and scrunched up some magazine and stuffed it into my shoe so that the canvas was stretched taut. Next, I cut out pieces of the scrapbooking paper that I thought would look good on the shoes. Then I started adding them on. When it came to the front of the shoe, I snipped along the curve to allow the paper to curve nicely with the curve of the shoe. At times, I used my bone folder to work it in and at times I used my nails. I also applied the collage to the tongue of the shoe. Once both shoes were collaged on both sides, I allowed them to dry f...

Hi everyone, I am so excited to announce that I have joined the #take5 art journal collaboration team!! Yaaayy!!!  This is my first official video (have played along before though so am very familiar and in love with this group of ladies).  I had so much fun with Kyra's prompts which this month were: - Butterflies,  - Circles,  - Collage, - Handwritten quote,  - Blue If you are inspired to play along, please do and share your project with the hashtag #take5art Let me know in the comment section below, I'd love to watch your video and get you added to that month's playlist. You can watch the process video HERE Don’t forget to check out all the other amazing ladies! Thank you so much for watching!!! xx Amira ***

Hello everyone, So glad to be getting to this Art Journal Swap with my awesome friend Suzanne Johnson . This is my second layout in our book. You can find the first layout HERE The prompt for this layout are the bird die-cuts Suzanne sent me. I started off by collaging pieces of paper from my scraps using Modpodge, followed by a layer of gesso. Next came a layer of watercolors, followed by another layer of white acrylic paint softened with a wet cloth. From there, I fussy cut some flowers out of an old G45 collection of floral paper. I then set about stencilling leaves and stems and inking the edges and applying script stamping all over to make the pieces more cohesive. Next it was time for the die-cut birds. I coloured them in using my watercolors and then added them to the piece. The quote came from the G45 scrap paper I used. I finished off the edges with some Nuvo gold glimmer paste. You can watch the e...

Hello and Welcome Dear Reader, Firstly, my apologies for being a bit late with posting my May Tag!! It's not that I'm lazy. HONEST! I've just had A LOT on my plate lately. But I promise you, everything is slowly coming down to "acceptable crazy" levels rather than "all-out crazy busy". On with the show...here is Tim's Tag for May: I knew as soon as I saw this tag that my grandmother's passport picture, that I have had in my drawer not knowing what to do with it, was going to be the feature item here. I also loved the idea of having a fabric tag..this was going to be a GOOD ONE!! Here is how mine turned out: I would say this month's tag was more a collage type- use-up- your- bits- and-pieces tag than an actual learning- a- new- technique tag. But Im ok with that!! I have drawers of bits and bobs!! Just a closer look at my beautiful Nanna...Rest In Peace darling Nanna..we will be together soon God- Willing..... ...