onsdag 31 januari 2018

Love the Season, mixed media wall hanging with video tutorial - DT-work for That´s Crafty

Hi!

I have a video tutorial for you today, showing how I made this mixed media 
wall hanging using That´s Crafty products.


Late summer/autumn

Winter

Spring/early summer


You´ll find the video on That´s Crafty YouTube channel HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today, and hope to see you soon again!
xx Melina

lördag 27 januari 2018

Emotions in shapes, art journal spread for France Papillon Alad/Asaw challenge

Hi!

It´s the end of this week and time to reveal my finished spread of the prompt "Emotions in shapes".
Welcome over HERE to France´s blog to read about next week´s prompt and to see our projects.


Thanks for stopping by today, and hope to see you back soon!
xx Melina

torsdag 25 januari 2018

Explore, mixed media tag - France Papillon Butterfly Squad CT

Hello!

Today I have a full step-by-step tutorial for you over at the blog of France Papillon.
This is my first personal blog post as a member of her Butterfly Squad creative team. 
Welcome over HERE to find it!


Thanks for stopping by today, and hope to see you back soon!
xx Melina

tisdag 23 januari 2018

Dare, art journal spread with video tutorial

Hi!

I´m over at the Rubber Dance blog today with a little art journaling inspiration for you. 
You´ll find the details and the video tutorial HERE.




As always you get free shipping at Rubber Dance with coupon code MDFreeShip
on orders over 15 Euro!

Thanks for stopping by today, and hope you´ll enjoy the video!
xx Melina


måndag 22 januari 2018

Create Art - fabric art journal cover

Hi!

A while ago I started journaling on loose pages and thought I should bind them into a journal when they where all done. Well, I changed my mind. I wanted them to be in one place now, but I wanted to be able to take the pages out to work on and then put back. So, I made myself this Midori style fabric cover. First time I made something like this and I made it really easy for myself! I didn´t measure anything. The fabric is just one layer of cotton fabric from an old pillow case.


I started by laying down one of my watercolour papers (A4 size) open flat on the fabric and just cut around it leaving a boarder for about 1-2 cm. I distressed the edges of the fabric a bit, I didn´t want it to look neat. I made 5 holes with my crop-a-dile (just measuring with my eyes) and attached eyelets.
I covered both sides with white gesso.


First layer of paint using That´s Crafty Multi surface paints diluted with water. 
I dried each colour before adding the next.


I did some stenciling using That´s Crafty Dinky stencils and paints one shade lighter 
than the base colours. They appear darker though because they are not diluted with water.


I stamped one of the flowers from Rubber Dance Crazy Flowers 1 stamp set using Archival ink.
I used acrylic markers from Panduro and Posca pens for some doodling and mark making.


I stamped Free yourself and Make art from Rubber Dance Artist Plate stamp set and 
did some more doodling.
I threaded elastic string through the eyelets two rounds. That left me with 4 strings on the inside to attach my signatures to.


I used one of Tim Holtz quote chips, punched two holes with my crop-a-dile and attached to the string that will act as closure of the journal. 





Here´s the back of my journal.


I had so much fun creating this, just playing and not worrying about making it perfect :)


Thanks for stopping by today! 
I´m back tomorrow with an art journal spread with a video tutorial.
xx Melina



måndag 15 januari 2018

Nature´s Faces - art journal spread featuring new That´s Crafty stamps, with video tutorial

Hello!

Today I´m sharing an art journal spread featuring the new 
That´s Crafty stamp sets "Nature´s Faces" set 1 and 2. 


I have a video tutorial for you, and you can find all products used mentioned in the video. 
You´ll find the video HERE on That´s Crafty YouTube channel.


To have a look at all the stamps on the two stamp sets "Nature´s Faces", 
you´ll find set 1 HERE and set 2 HERE.


Designing new stamps is great fun, but always a little nervous on the release day!
Hope you´ll like them :)

Thanks for stopping by today!
xx Melina

Art journal page with video tutorial, Rubber Dance January Colour Challenge

Hello!

I want to remind you there is a new Challenge up at Rubber Dance!
The challenge has one colour part and one theme part. The colours of the month you can see below. The theme for the month is Vintage. Get inspired by one of them or both!

I created this art journal page with inspiration from the colours and the picture of the January challenge. I have a video tutorial for you showing the whole process.




You´ll find the video on my YouTube channel HERE.
Challenge rules and more inspiration from my teamies at the Rubber Dance blog HERE.
Hope you´ll join us!

Rubber Dance stamps:

As always you can use the coupon code MDFreeShip at Rubber Dance for free shipping 
world wide on orders over 15 Euro

Thank you so much for stopping by today, and hope to see you soon again!
xx Melina

fredag 12 januari 2018

Free yourself, art journal spread with video tutorial

Hi!

I have a video tutorial to share with you over at the Rubber Dance blog today.
Welcome over HERE to find it!


Free shipping world wide with coupon code MDFreeShip at Rubber Dance 
on orders over 15 Euro.

Thanks for stopping by today, and hope to see you soon again!
xx Melina

torsdag 11 januari 2018

Follow your ART, art journal page with video tutorial

Hi!

I have a new video up on my YouTube channel today. I made this journal page a while ago
and have not had the time to share until now.


You´ll find the video HERE
I´ll be adding a lot of new video´s now in the near future, 
so make sure you subscribe to my channel if you don´t want to miss them ;)
Hope you´ll enjoy!

Stamps from Rubber Dance and That´s Crafty.

Thanks for stopping by today, and hope to see you soon again!
xx Melina

onsdag 10 januari 2018

The power of you, mixed media wall hanging with a step-by-step tutorial - DT-work for That´s Crafty

Hello!

This is a mixed media art panel I made a while back for That´s Crafty ODS on Hochanda.
I have a step-by-step tutorial for you over at That´s Crafty blog today.
Hope to see you there!


Thanks for stopping by today, and hope to see you soon again!
xx Melina

Mixed media ATCs

Hello!

Today I would like to share some ATCs I made using some brand new stamps 
from Illusionary Artists designed by France Papillon.
Mediums from DecoArt.





Today is the release day of these stamps and many more! For the full reveal and all information,
please visit France´s blog HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today, hope to see you back soon!
xx Melina

fredag 5 januari 2018

Mixed media card - Craft Stamper "Take It Make It" January Challenge

Hello!

This card is my first make for the Craft Stamper "Take It, Make It" blog challenge team.
I had so much fun making this card, and I have a little description for you.


I started to play with Brushos on watercolour paper.


Once dry, I applied a layer of That´s Crafty 3D gloss gel through a 
That´s Crafty stencil (TC8019) and left to dry on it´s own. I then went in with 
slightly diluted white gesso and painted the whole surface. I whiped the gesso off from the raised 
parts with a baby whipe before totally dry. Here I was so in love with this background 
I didn´t know how to continue ;)


I thought I should keep it quite simple and let the backgrund speak on this card.
I used the stamp set "Butterfly Trio" from Rubber Dance, heat embossed them, 
cut them out and added to my card.



You can find the Craft Stamper challenge HERE. Hope you´ll join us!

Thank you for stopping by today, and hope to see you soon again!
xx Melina

måndag 1 januari 2018

Shiny! Art journal spread - process video

Hello!

Today I share a process video of this Merry Magpie AJ spread.
You´ll find it on my YouTube channel HERE.



I used Multi surface Metallic paints from That´s Crafty on the diamonds.


You´ll find the Rubber Dance stamp set HERE.
Free shipping on orders over 15Euro at Rubber Dance with coupon code MDFreeShip.

Thanks for stopping by today!
xx Melina