AmiraInOz

Hi everyone, As soon as I saw the cute critters in Photoplay's  'Wild Love ' paper collection, I knew that I had to make cards that featured them. I really wanted to make mixed media cards using the extras I picked up along with the core products (see my unboxing). So I grabbed these and my Ranger  Distress Oxides  as well as the  journaling cards     and the  sticker sheet   as main elements. One more element that I used to make the card front was this  Letter It card stock  from Ranger. I am delighted that it held up to mixed media and stamping use! Mixed Media Technique 1 - Stencilling and Distress Oxide For this card, I used the Kaisercraft stencil and 4 colors of Distress Oxide on the card stock (which I trimmed to 4" wide) : - Iced Spruce, - Salty Ocean, - Picked Raspberry, - Peacock Feathers, I then fussy cut the journaling card with the cute bear and attached that to the ...

Hi Everyone, I have finished one of my watercolor journals from last year and I just needed to go finish it off by working on the cover so that's what I'm sharing with you today.  I love the combination of yellow (fossilised amber and wild honey) with the peacock feathers Distress Oxides in the mixed media background. The stamp I used was Kaisercraft's 'Scrap Studio'. A paper doll (Tim Holtz) as the focal element plus a few pieces of ephemera from Echo Park's 'Just be You' die cuts which give this piece it's title. I also decided to do a little cluster of lace and ribbon overplayed with a butterfly in the bottom right corner which turned out so lovely in combination with her dress and the sentiment. Here is the front cover : And the back cover: It came together very quickly and Im so happy to be packaging this little journal off and sending it to it's new owner - shhhh it's surpris...

Hi everyone, Today I am bringing you a Middle Eastern theme art journal layout using this beautiful die I recently bought from SU called Night in Bethlehem. The background was done using a mixture of Dandelion and Moroccan inks from Momento Luxe as well as some Distress Oxides ( Spiced Marmalade , Wild Honey and Abandoned Coral). I then added some ink through stencils as well as some texture paste through stencils to achieve a textured background. Next, I cut the die out of both black and white card stock. For the white card stock,  I used Lindy's Stamp Gang Moon Shadow Mist - Van Dyke Sepia to give the houses a weathered brown look and then stamped a crackle effect using the Kaisercraft stamp Crackle. To achieve the Sahara sand effect at the bottom, I used Seth Apter's Baked Texture in Ancient Amber and adhered it using glycerol (to replace my embossing pad which is rather dry and would not work well with this thick embossing pow...

Hi everyone, I am playing along with the It's a Brand New Day/ Coffee theme over at Aunty Vera Scrap and Craft . I found this cute coffee shop dimensional stickers from one of Aunty Vera's kits from last year and decided to build a story around it. This is your usual coffee spot in the 'burbs where good friends meet to catch up and exchange significant news since they had last seen each other.  It is situated just across from a park so when you look out of the window or sit in the back courtyard you see the beautiful blue sky and hear the lovely leaves rustle in the trees.  You have to agree that a good drink (be it coffee or tea- I love both) is better with friends. I felt like the letters needed to stand out more but didn't do as good a job with the shading. Next time, I'll use one of my charcoal pencils and not just my gel pen to do a quick job. You can find the process video  HERE Wishing you all a lovely da...

Hi everyone, It's October and predictably, I have decided on a Halloween theme for my Gorjuss Mini Art Journal October spread. The stamp I chose this month is No.49 - Piracy and I teamed her up with Stamp No.50 Jar of Hearts  and Stamp No. 3 The Pretend Friend. Yes! 3 stamps this month!! The background technique this month is a technique called Paint Resist. I used both the following stencils, one with black acrylic paint and one with white. To achieve this look. I then reached for this Thinlets Die by Sizzix called Trick or treat,  and in combination with a few pieces of ephemera from an older Tim Holtz Halloween kit, I was able to achieve a ver y spooky Trick or Treat scene that reminded me of that 1984 Stephen King horror movie - Children of the Corn. Here is the final layout. You can catch the process video HERE Thank you for stopping by today and happy halloween cra...

Hi everyone, I am so excited to share Chapter 4 of the Flora Rose story with you all today.  In chapter 4, we learn more about what Flora studied at the Academy and what she plans to do with her skills now that she has settled back into the swing of life at Fort St. George.   Chapter 4 also sees the introduction of yet another male character in Flora's life- one she takes an instant dislike to but it's not that easy as he is introduced to her by none other than her father and he turns out to be the Captain of the Guard of the garrison.  You can catch Chapter 4 HERE And now, lets get this thought process started!! I start the video off by showing you my art journal- it has now come back to me after 3 rounds and you can see what the other girls have added to my art journal. So we all worked in our own books for Round 1- this was my page. I then sent my book over to Jane whose character is Emilie and this was her contribution for Ro...