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Winter Magic

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My page today was inspired by a tiny snowperson that we found on a windowsill in Prague. The snowperson was so cute and magical that I created this page to remember discovering them (smile!).

To see how it all came together, please check out this short video, which is about a minute long. Here’s the link to my YouTube channel Let’s Art Journal so, if you wish, you can like this video and subscribe to my channel.

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This tutorial shows the essentials of how I created this art journal page taking a step-by-step approach that I used using Distress Paint, acrylic paint, Stamperia paper, recycled white tissue paper, Liquitex matte gel medium, Tim Holtz Ephemera and Thinlits, Stamperia Rub-ons, Finnabair stamp, Ranger Archival Ink, Studio Light chipboard wording, markers, gel pen, Crafter’s Companion glue tape pen and Liquitex acrylic ink.

Here’s the cute snowperson that we found whilst exploring a new area of Prague, it had snowed that day but not settled on the ground, so it was so magical to see them sitting on this windowsill (smile!).

As it was cold, we enjoyed some delicious Beef Noodle soup at a local Brewery; this soup is cooked with beef broth and tender beef, lots of vegetables, and thin egg noodles. As T Stands for Tuesday, I’m also sharing my gingerbread beer from Andělský Brewery, which was the favourite beer of our trip – Happy T Day!

Thanks so much for joining me today. If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.

Happy and creative wishes! x

Seasonal Wishes

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It wouldn’t be Christmas without using my favourite Merry Moose Thinlits by Tim Holtz, so inspired by the Christmas trees, architecture and decorations that we saw when we visited Prague recently … here’s Merry Moose celebrating the holiday season one snowy starry night (smile!).

I hope you have a lovely Christmas and wishing you a very Happy New Year!

I started by recycling some tissue papers sticking them in place using a glue stick and Liquitex matte gel medium; for the sky I used starry tissue paper and for the foreground white tissue paper which I scrunched up to add some snowy texture. Next I added the moon using a stencil/template set, stencilling white acrylic paint and then when dry, I stamped some texture over the top using Hickory Smoke Distress Ink. I stamped the houses and trees along the horizon line using Black Soot Distress Ink and added some of the same ink to the sky and foreground using a baby wipe; a special thank you to Vicki for the stamp, which she kindly sent me some years ago. Then I used a brayer to add some white gesso over the page. The Christmas tree was recycled and fussy cut from an old Christmas card and then I added my die cut Merry Moose; which I heat embossed using Antique Gold Stampendous Enamel Powder and Gold Ranger Embossing Powder. To finish, I added the parcel stickers and splattered the page with white acrylic paint for a snowy effect.

We often visit Prague this time of year, I find myself very thankful for all the wonderful memories we have of our time there. This is the Old Town Square where you’ll find an amazing Christmas market and buildings of various architectural styles. The Gothic church in the centre is Church of Our Lady before Týn and is a well-known landmark.

Prague is a magical place especially when it snows (smile!).

As T Stands for Tuesday, I’m sharing these pretty kitty cat mugs that we saw in one of the many florist shops in Prague; I automatically thought of Bleubeard & Elizabeth when I saw them. I’m saying a big hello and welcome to the T Gang and wishing you all a very Happy T Day this Christmastime!

Hoping that you are all staying safe and well, Merry Christmas and wishing you peace, health and happiness for 2025! x

Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.

Challenges

Art Journal Journey which is being hosted this month by the lovely Sharon from That Girl Fritchey, who has chosen Snow as her theme so I’m joining with my snowy scene.

‘Tis the season

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With Christmas nearly upon us, here’s a cute Christmas card that I created for a very dear member of my family (smile!).

To see how this card came together, please check out this short video, which is just over 30 seconds long. Here’s the link to my YouTube channel Let’s Art Journal so, if you wish, you can like this video and subscribe to my channel.

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This tutorial shows the essentials of how I created this art journal page taking a step-by-step approach that I used using Christmas Cuties design paper pads from The Paper Boutique, white linen card stock, snowflake die cuts, Sizzix Thinlits die cuts, glue tape and marker pens.

This was a fun card to make – have you created any Christmas cards yet?

I hope that you’re staying safe and well! x

Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.

Vintage Christmas Panels

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It’s time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday, which for the next two weeks is Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.

For this challenge, I’m sharing this Santa Claus from a series of vintage Christmas designed panels; these could be attached to a card, joined together to create a journal or just displayed as they are – I just can’t decide, what do you think?

I had fun creating a few of these, using different ephemera and wording for each one.

This joy to the world design features a little robin …

… and this Toy Shop design features a rocking horse (smile!).

To see how I created these panels, please check out this short video, which is under a minute long; it shows the Toy Shop design featuring a rocking horse and at the end you’ll also see the other designs, featuring Santa Claus and another featuring a robin, that I created using the same approach (smile!).

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This tutorial shows the essentials of how I created a 6×4″ panel and takes a step-by-step approach and shows the mixed media that I used. This included: white card stock; Liquitex matte gel medium; Tim Holtz Collage Paper, Distress Inks, Mini Mister, Sizzix Thinlits sets, Fabric washi tape and sticker book; mixed media paper; Pébéo white gesso; die cuts; Docrafts ephemera; Crafter’s Companion glue tape pens and a UniPin marker pen.

Also here’s the link to my YouTube channel Let’s Art Journal, where you can like this video and subscribe to my channel should you wish.

For more inspiration please pop over to Try it on Tuesday to see the wonderful creations from our Guest Designer and the rest of my Design Teamies.

I hope that you’re staying safe and well!

Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you. Happy and creative wishes! x

Autumn Greetings

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Autumn Greetings (smile!), here’s a mixed media page celebrating the colours of Autumn. As Winter seems to be upon us, here in the UK, I thought I’d create a page as a last hurrah to Autumn.

To see how my mixed media page came together, please check out my short YouTube video which is only a minute long; here’s the link to my YouTube channel Let’s Art Journal so, if you wish, you can like this video and subscribe to my channel.

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This tutorial shows the essentials of how I created this art journal page taking a step-by-step approach that I used using papers, ink, matte gel medium, marker pen, stamps, acrylic inks, ephemera, Thinlits die cut and glue tape.

I hope that you’re staying safe and well! x

Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.

Sparkle

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It’s time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday, which for the next two weeks is Sparkle All The Way.

I had so much fun creating this sparkle page and as I’m not a tidy crafter I’m going to be finding sparkles everywhere over the next couple of months (smile!).

To see how very sparkly this mixed media page is, and how it all came together, please check out my short YouTube video which is just over a couple of minutes long; it shows the essentials of how I created this page taking a step-by-step approach and showing you the mixed media that I used.

I hope you enjoyed seeing how this page came together; here’s the link to my YouTube channel Let’s Art Journal so, if you wish, you can like this video and subscribe to my channel.

For more inspiration please pop over to Try it on Tuesday to see the sparkly creations from our Guest Designer and the rest of my Design Teamies.

Stay safe and well! x

Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.

Hello Pumpkin

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It’s pumpkin season and as I love everything pumpkin I created this mixed media page – Hello Pumpkin (smile!).

To see how my mixed media page came together, please check out my short YouTube video which is only a minute long; here’s the link to my YouTube channel Let’s Art Journal so, if you wish, you can like this video and subscribe to my channel.

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This tutorial shows the essentials of how I created this art journal page taking a step-by-step approach that I used using white gesso, a marker pen, a napkin (from my dear friend, Erika), matte gel medium, inks, ephemera, glue tape, Thinlits die cuts, Liquitex acrylic inks and a gel pen.

Taking pride of place on our dining room table is this fabulous sign that we bought from a local home store, we just couldn’t resist (smile!).

As T Stands For Tuesday, I’m sharing this Hello Pumpkin mug that we saw in the same local home store which I just managed to resist buying (smile!) – wishing you all a very Happy T Day!

Stay safe and well! x

Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.

Happiness

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It’s the first Friday of the month, so it’s time for our new challenge at the Creative Artiste Challenge Blog, which as always is Anything Mixed Media Goes.

As it’s November, I reflect on things I’m thankful for, which always makes me happy; so today I’m sharing a happiness page and one of my favourite wood effect techniques using Distress Inks and matte gel medium (smile!).

To see the wood effect technique and how this mixed media page came together, please check out my short YouTube video which is just over a couple of minutes long.

This tutorial shows the essentials of how I created this art journal page taking a step-by-step approach and showing you the mixed media that I used. Here’s the link to my YouTube channel Let’s Art Journal, where you can like this video and subscribe to my channel should you wish.

For more inspiration please check out the amazing creations from our Guest Designer and my fellow Design Team members over at Creative Artiste too. All you need to do is to use three different mediums on your projects to join our mixed media challenge; I hope you are inspired to join us, it would be lovely to see you there!

Stay safe and well!

Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you. Happy and creative wishes! x

Purple Mushroom Halloween Card

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It’s Halloween next week, so here’s a card that I created for a dear friend who celebrates (smile!).

To see how my mixed media page came together, please check out my short YouTube video which is under a minute long; here’s the link to my YouTube channel Let’s Art Journal so, if you wish, you can like this video and subscribe to my channel.

This tutorial shows the essentials of how I created this 4″x4″ Halloween card taking a step-by-step approach that I used using an old Halloween paper pad, ephemera, white cardstock, Thinlits die cuts, inks, glue tape, acrylic inks, a gel pen and fine line marker.

Happy Halloween to those who celebrate!

Stay safe and well! x

Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you.

Hocus Pocus Cats

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As it’s October, I’ve created another Halloween inspired mixed media page, this time with some mischievous cats flying on their broomstick (smile!).

Don’t forget that there’s still another week to join our Halloween challenge over at Try it on Tuesday too.

To see how my mixed media page came together, please check out this short YouTube video which is just a minute long.

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This tutorial shows the essentials of how I created this art journal page taking a step-by-step approach that I used using Brushos, stamping, heat embossing, Thinlits die cuts, Kraft Cardstock, matte gel medium, glue tape, gems and Liquitex acrylic inks.

Here’s the link to my YouTube channel Let’s Art Journal, where you can like this video and subscribe to my channel should you wish.

I hope that you’re staying safe and well!

Thanks for joining me today! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you. Happy and creative wishes! x

Challenges

I’m so pleased to join Alison/Craftytrog with her theme of Autumn Colours and Inspiration over at Art Journal Journey with my autumnal inspired page.