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Numbers

Jackie’s challenge at Stampotique designers challenge blog is to use numbers in our creation. As I am a an art journal freak, I made for you a spread with numbers: I worked in my altered book for a change. As … Continue reading

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Black with some colours

I guess I am in love with black and metallic colours, oh yeah and recycling. I had a 6×6 canvas and a few found objects that I wanted to give a new life, here is the result: Would you like … Continue reading

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Natural Nautical take one

Did you know that Tattered Angels has an inspirational colour palette every week? This week it is Natural Nautical! Here is my home decor piece for that palette. It is a wooden heart, that first I painted white with High Impact … Continue reading

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Painted journal cover

Here we go, my journal cover is dry, finally I could put the rings back, tadaah: I used corrugated cartoon as the covers and first I applied a layer of white gesso, and some texture paste via a stencil. As … Continue reading

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Ring out the old, ring in the new

I am honoured to be invited as Creative Guide for today at Vintage Journey. When I read Alfred Tennyson words it jingled a new year resolution into my ears. I just had to create a small canvas, that I can hang on … Continue reading

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The countdown – day 8, 7 and 6

De Craftorij in the Netherlands has a fantastic end year celebration, a countdown of 10 days, when we can play around, get ideas. Yes, this time it was a three day countdown at once. We could learn how to create a little … Continue reading

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Light

Our days are still getting shorter. There is more lights needed. I live in the city and I just love looking out the window after sundown, and that is pretty early lately. I love watching all that flickering little lights … Continue reading

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My winter heart

As we go on in the magical month of December, I decided to create a cardboard piece called “my winter heart”. I was again just playing around, letting my mojo lead me, using whatever came into my hand and here … Continue reading

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Words of wisdom

Albert Einstein said: The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. So knowledge or imagination? Could we have knowledge without imagination? Could we reach beyond our limits if we don’t have enough imagination? Doubt it. I was inspired … Continue reading

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…revealing to my charmed sight…

This time I was inspired by a beautiful poem from Anne Brontë: “I love the silent hour of night, For blissful dreams may then arise, Revealing to my charmed sight What may not bless my waking eyes.” So reading this line … Continue reading

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