My Art Journey Art Journal

Hello Crafty Friends!
I am in line today for a Mixed Media Tutorial over at STAMPlorations.

I had this idea of making my own art journal for a while. The idea is to have something where I can put ideas on canvas and record the materials used and observations made.

The whole book is made from scratch using canvas pieces, card, thick card, sketch paper and a coloured page from Color Blooms, I made a while ago using Brushos and Promarkers. Ribbons, sequins and glitter were pretty extras.

Here are a couple of photos of the finished front cover as a little teaser ...

and some of the inside too ...

There is a slideshow video detailing each one of the steps over on the STAMPlorations Blog or on my YouTube Channel here.

I am entering at:
Craft Stamper Make It Take It - Anything Goes
Mixed Media Monthly challenge #32 - Put a Stencil On It 
613 Avenue Create - Create something that features your favourite technique, mine is constructing my own books. I've made several over the years and this one is the largest so far

That's it from me for today. Have a lovely week!
hugs
Monika xxx


here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop, remember to apply my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA (not case sensitive) at check out for a 20% discount*** on their stamps, stencils and dies:

ARTplorations Stencils:
Big Bloom Factory, Art Splatters
 
STAMPlorations Stamps:
Big Bloom Factory, Mixed Media Grunge, Mixed Media Elements, Life In Full Color
   
Vignette: Celebrate Artsy, Bold Sentiments Journey and Create, Art Marks, Art Is
    
CUTplorations Dies:
Magical Word Die

Colouring Book:
Color Blooms


*** The personal discount coupon STAMPGIRLMONIKA works on already reduced items too, but can not be combined with any other coupon codes.

Practical Art

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's my turn today for a Mixed Media Tutorial over at STAMPlorations. I had been meaning to make a storage case for my tablet for quite some time now. Finally I bit the bullet and got on with it.

As I don't use the tablet for taking photos neither do I watch videos on it, I decided not to go for the inclusion of a camera hole. Neither was it necessary to use the case as a stand for watching videos or films. This made it a lot easier, and I opted for a simple sleeve design. Here it is from the front ....

If you want to know how I made it, pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog using the link here.

That's it from me for today, I shall be back after the Bank Holiday with more Inspiration, actually I have quite a few posts planned for next week.

Have a lovely Weekend!
hugs
Monika xxx

here is what I used:
ARTplorations Stencils:
Big Bloom Factory, Fearless
 

STAMPlorations Stamps:
Artsy Tribal Doodles, Mixed Media Elements