Tag Archives: found objects

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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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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The world under the sea

It is time for Stampotique, isn’t it? Are you ready to dive under the sea with me? Corrie at Stampotique designer’s challenge asked us to use a painted background. So I painted a spread in my altered book: I just … Continue reading

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Why stop dreaming?

Yes, actually why stop dreaming? Dreaming colourful dreams… the more colourful it is the better it is. What do you dream about? Some of us climb rainbows, others chill out next to a beautiful waterfall… me, well I am on … Continue reading

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Just be yourself

Today I was journaling, and what came into my mind that there’s nothing more important than ‘be yourself’, well actually just be yourself in the crowd! I am not going to lecture for long, I just show you what I … Continue reading

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Be creative, be unique and be strong

I think I am still in my resolution period. If you ask me what I would like to do in 2015, my answer is: “be creative, be unique and be strong“. I need to remind myself to my aims and … Continue reading

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Brrrr… cold

And it’s Stampotique Tuesday with Coby by De Craftorij. This time she asked us to create around the theme: cold. So here is my take on cold: I used a gelli print made on tissue wrap as background in my … Continue reading

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Fly through your pathway

Imagination is the golden pathway to everywhere – said Terence McKenna and what better way to give wings to your fantasy to fly through your pathway, to take a journey and to land right at your destination. That’s what came into … 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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