After quite some time, I'm back. I did do some creative things in the past weeks. For example, I've totally changed my living room and bedroom. I'm already in love with it, but it is not done yet. So, I won't show you just yet.
What I do want to share with you is the cover of my art journal. I got inspired by the video by Drew. He made this awesome album cover. My art journals (I have two; a small one and a medium one) were still bare. I decided to start with the small one (this is the one I don't use that often), 'cause I didn't know how it would turn out to be.
In retrospect I'm totally in love with it and I can't wait to do my medium journal as well. :D Most of all, I love that I finally was able to use a lot of stuff I have but never use. And of course the dimension is amazing!
To create this cover I used Multi medium matte by Ranger, gesso and several bottles of Glimmer mist. The materials I put on it are: paper flowers, jute, lace, twine, a doily, wood veneer stars, lots of bling and thickers.
Have a great week and remember to enjoy the little things!
Love,
Marjan
When I was browsing through my folder of inspirational pictures, I found a great painting. I was so in love with it, that I decided to recreate it. I don't know whose work it is, but I want to thank this person for the upportunity to explore the possibilities of water colour paint without having to think about what to create. I'm sorry that I can't really give credit to the creator. Without further ado, here is the painting.
I know it's not perfect at all, but I do like it. Next time I'll try to make my very own painting instead of have an existing painting as a basis.
I've also made a canvas out of the last page of my art journal. I liked it so much, that I recreated it on a canvas. I didn't photograph it yet, so you'll see it next time.
Have a good week and count your blessings.
Love,
Marjan
A week ago, after I posted my last blog post, I created another page in my art journal. I couldn't make a good picture of it then because it was dark. But now I did make some pictures of it.
I've got it displayed in my living room, 'cause I love the quote that's on it and it helps me to stay positive.
And I also made a card for mother. She wanted to send a woman who is in the hospital a handmade card and asked me to make it. So, I did. It's not very original, but it's okay.
I wish you all a lovely, relaxed week!
Love,
Marjan
First of all I wish you all a very happy new year. I hope you'll have a lovely year with a lot of love, health and creativity.
After quite a long period I'm back with some creations I made in the last few weeks. Although things got even worse in the last couple of weeks, I still made a few things to clear my head.
The first thing I want to show you are these balls. I had some styropor balls and wanted to make something with it. Because I'm changing my living room, I wanted to introduce the colour grey into it. That's because I love grey! It's my new favourite colour!
It is very easy to make these balls. All you have to do is put some glue on them and cover them with thread. I made two for decoration and also one to put in the Christmas tree.
Next up is a page in my art journal. I love it 'cause it reflects my feelings at that time. I used a TCW mask for it and sprayed some glimmer mist on it. I painted the border with acrylic paint and used several stamps. Finally I cut some rain drops and glued them beneath the clouds. The quote I got from Pinterest.
Then I've got two cards to share with. One of them is for friends who bought a new house and the other one is for a friend who had her birthday.
I saw this great concept on Pinterest. When you put non-sanded grout in your paint, you get chalkboard paint. Since I was going to paint the wall in my living room grey, I thought it would give a nice effect to do that. But first I tried to draw with some chalk on my wall as it was. And you know what? It worked anyway, 'cause the wall is structured. So, no need for grout. ;)
Hopefully I'll be having more time to get creative and I'll show you again once I have done so. Have a lovely week!
Love,
Marjan
It's been a while since my last post. Sorry for that. But I've had (and still am in) a tough period in my life. I won't tell everything about it, but I just thought you should know. I feel really lucky that I have my creativity to express my feelings.
In the last post I told you about a news paper bag I've made. Now I want to share you the pictures of it. I used it to hold gifts for the newborn baby of my collegue.
The brother of the baby thought the bag was amazing and used it to go on a holiday to Vlieland. ;) It was so cute.
A few weeks ago I also told you about the Kreadoe, a Dutch hobby convention. It was a lovely day with two of my best friends. Also a much needed day. Thanks girls!
I bought a lot of new things that day. I made a picture with my phone of all the stuff that evening. It's quite dark, but maybe you can see something.
We also did a lovely workshop @ Mjam Taart! We made a cookie on a stick. I still have it and I don't plan to eat it. I just like the look of it. :D Here is the result.
That was it for today. I've also created a new page in my art journal today, but it's too dark to take a good picture of it. You'll see it next time.
Take care.
Love,
Marjan
I've told you about it already, but didn't show you yet. I've created a new layout (like 2 weeks ago already) and finished a art journal page this week. Now I've photographed them and want to share them with you.
First up is the layout. It's a picture of a friend of mine. We went to the zoo together last summer. I love this picture of her with a sheep.
I used some modelling paste and mixed it with some grey paint. I smeared it on through a TCW mask. I love the texture! I kept the layout quite basic. I just sprayed some glimmer mist on it, added a sticker with date, some thickers for the title and wrote some journaling.
I saw some cool drawings/paintings by some great artists on YouTube and I thought: Let's try that some time. I wanted to start easily. So, I kind of copied the drawing by one of those artist. Now I feel so stupid, because I don't remember who it was. If anyone knows, please let me know.
One of the artists I adore is Leilani Joy. I absolutely adore her Alice in Wonderland paintings. I am going to try some of that to in the future.
But for now, this art journal page. I first drew the girl. Then I coloured it with some pencels (which are rather crappy I found out...) and then I used some water colour. I also used this for the background. Then I used some masks to give some interest to the hair and the background. For the background I also used some stamps and put some torn peaces of book paper on it with multi medium matte. I really loved making this!
I also wanted to share a picture of a news paper bag I made to put my gifts in for the baby I visited yesterday. But the sd card doesn't really do what I want it to do. So, I'll show you that some other time. Have a good weekend!
Love,
Marjan
Before I'm going to show you my last art journal page and layout, I wanted to show you Octo. I just finished him and I'm already in love. :D Such a shame that I have to give him away tomorrow... But he'll be in good hands.
In one of the pictures you can already see him next to the birth announcement of his new friend: Abel. I'll be visiting my collegue to see her newborn baby and I also wanted to give them a homemade gift. So, Octo was born. ;)
He was so easy to make. All you need is a sock, some padding and some felt. I hope Abel will enjoy his new toy!
Love,
Marjan
