Art With No Boundaries April Ezine - Guest Artist

I'm again a guest artist at Art With No Boundaries and this time for the April issue! =)

This is what I made:

Babushka Surprise Card

I have had Little Babushka Nikita for some time and decided to make a card with her, I got idea to make it like a real Russian doll. =)

I first printed out three different sizes of Nikita, colored her with my promarkers and now came the hard part, how to get all three to show between each other.

I found some eyelet's from my stash and used my tool to make holes in the side of the upper and lower part of the two bigger Nikita's.

Then I added the eyelets and put them all together, so that if I pulled them to the side I could see first one below the other and then the last one was behind the others!

That was quite the trick to make it work and I'm happy it did.

I used a green patterned paper for the background and an orange cardstock for the card, added an orange flower in the upper corner with a half pearl to match the other colors!

I'm going to try this in some other form later on too, since it's fun to make new kind's of cards and surprise the people who get them! =)

Art with No Boundaries Ezine March Vol. 4 - Guest Artist

I made this as a Guest Artist entry in Art With No Boundaries Online Ezine March Vol. 4 and it's one of my favorites so far! Please go and check out all the other fantastic creations that Chris at CS Designs has made too!

My little asianbox

I found this little box with coasters at a flea market and thought it would be a good project for recycling! =)

I wasn't sure what to make of it, after I had given my mum all the coasters, so decided to check through my digis first.

When I found CS Designsbeautiful Anna Wong image I just had to print her out and color her with my promarkers.

Her hair got a brown color, the decorations in her hair are in green, yellow and red tones and a slight touch of pink on her lips.

Then back to the box, I have package of asian style napkins that are well used for crafting, so I cut out a piece and used my decoupage glue to add it to the lid of the box. Since the wood is so dark I had to add two layers of napkins and I really like how it turned out! 

I added Anna Wong with my trusty glue and then used a stamp pad to chalk the edges of the lid in champagne. To make sure it wouldn't come off I use a varnish spray and on the areas where it didn't work, I added some more decoupage glue.

I really like how it turned out and maybe I'll keep it or give it to a friend, haven't decided yet! =) 

Art With No Boundaries Ezine Vol. 3 - Guest Artist

I'm a Guest artist at Art With No Boundaries Ezine Vol.3 and this time with a Valentine card! =)

Giz Valentine

When I first saw Giz the cat I got this idea that he would look good on a Valentine, so I decided to see if that would work out. I first printed out Giz and colored him with my promarkers, so that he looked ready for Valentine in his striped top. 
Then I remembered the tutorial by Candy from the January's issue about changing the color of digital images and opened Word for Windows and managed to change the color of the Live, Love, Sing & Dance background from CS Designs to a red/brown color, which worked great as a background for Giz!

I choose a red cardstock as the card base and added the background with double sided tape, then added Giz with 3D foam that were leftovers from an earlier project. Something more was needed so I found some charms I bought earlier with double hearts and added a red ribbon with small dots to the charm and it's attached with a glue dot.  I had some leftover ribbon so that's what Giz is standing on. 
This was my first valentine this year and I'm happy with how the card turned out! 

Art With No Boundaries January Ezine... uselful tips! =)

Art With No Boundaries Ezine January's Issue

The new issue of Art With No Boundaries is out and there are a lot about Valentine here but also some new techniques and fun articles about embellishments and how to work with digital stamps!

The one article I liked a little more is "Wire, trinkets and charms" by Chris Stern, since it's about creating your own decorations/embellishments by using different kinds of wires and that they can be used for so many things, not only for looking good but also to hold paper onto a creation and make things stick together!
Why I like it is because I have a box with lot's of wire and now I can find some more use for the spare bit's and pieces I have saved! =)

I just have to say that I had good use of Candy's article about how to use MS Word to change the colors of digital stamps, lot's of great ideas and good step by step instructions there! =)

So don't forget to stop by and check out all the wonderful things that are in this issue! =)

Guest Artist at Art With No Boundaries Ezine Vol 2

I was asked if I wanted to be a Guest Artist at Art With No Boundaries Ezine for January, so I decided to accept and this is what I made for it! =)

Victorian Valentine Heart

I bought this heart in wood with silver coloring at a sale 2 years ago and left it in a drawer and found it when I was looking for something else just before christmas!
I realized that it would be perfect for a Valentine hanging, so decided to work with it!

The things I used for this is a wood heart, soft pink cardstock, promarkers, glitter pen, ribbon and glue!
The designs used from CS Designs are: Angel Face x 2, Victorian Deco Heart 1 and How do I love thee background.

I first printed out the background on soft pink cardstock and traced the heart so that I would get a good background fit inside the heart, next I glued the background to the back of the heart. After that I printed out the Angel Face and mirrored one of them, colored her in soft tones and added some silver in her eyes! I also colored the heart and cut out the rest of the designs and placed them inside the frame!
I added a ribbon on the back as a hanger with my gluegun! 

I'm happy with the how it turned out and think it will be a fantastic hanging for Valentine's Day!

This is the finished heart and below some close up on the details!

I'm going to add this into the following challenges:

Crafting for all seasons challenge blog: #43 Something new - new digis from CS Designs

Crafty Creations Challenge: #204 Something new - new digis from CS Designs

Frilly and funky challenge blog: Follow your muse - my muse was the heart I found in my stash + the digis I used. =)

Fresh Brewed Designs: Challenge 1 Anything goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty challenge blog: #109 Anything goes

Art With No Boundaries Ezine creation 2

Här kommer en av mina två återanvändna askar som jag gjorde om till Art With No Boundaries December Ezine! Här finns en länk till den engelska texten/the english text!            
En ask har innehållit hörlurar och den fick ett nytt utseende och jag fick användning av Angeline och ett snöflingecitat från CS Designs! =)

Så här kommer hörlureasken, den var perfekt då den har ett litet fönster! =)  

Jag började med att klä insidan av asken, sedan skrev jag ut citatet två gånger på ett vellumpapper med lite upphöjda snöflingor.

Ett av citaten hamnade i asken så att det syns genom fönstret, sedan fick jag mäta ett mönstrat papper så att jag skulle få en ruta i det för fönstret, det gick rätt så bra! Insåg att dubbelhäftande tejp är guld värd!=)

Sedan färglade jag Angeline x 2, klippte ut dem och fäste dem på asken, snöflingan som jag köpte som dekorationer för åt år sedan blev perfekt till asken och fästes med min lilla trogna limpistol!

Art With No Boundaries Ezine creation 1

Här kommer den första återvunna ramen jag gjorde för Art With No Boundaries nya Ezine, vill ni läsa om den på engelska (if you want to read about this in english, click on the link HERE). =)

Jag hittade en ram på en second hand affär och insåg att den hade potential att bli något med lite extra detaljer! =)

Så jag flyttade på lite saker, lade till snäckor (köpta när jag var lite) i olika former, ett citat: As deep as the ocean, från CS Designs, lite punchinella och små snäckskal från förra sommaren. =)

Art With No Boundaries = Ezine

Art With No Boundaries has changed from a challenge blog to an  "Expressive and Innovative Mixed Media Ezine for Paper Crafters, Collage and Assemblage Artists" and it went live just the other day! =)

I am one of the guest artists in this issue and I love the concept of an Ezine + there are so many wonderful craft ideas and inspirations to get with this! Since we are closing in on Christmas you might get some great idea for different crafts and some about how you can recycle those things you save and don't know what to make off! =)

There is also some prizes to be won, you can check out the interactive zone for more information! =)

Will post my project for the Ezine during the week! =)

Art With No Boundaries - Anything goes & Asian Inspired Part 2

Toda we are showing off some new Asian Inspired projects for the challenge at Art With No Boundaries, this time we got to use the gorgoeus Asian Designs from CS Designs that has both traditional Geishas and cool Harajuki Girls! =)

I used the dominos that the geishas and Harajuki girls are on to decorate a old artichoke tin can I saved from earlier! =)
 I really needed something at work to hold all my pens and give my desk a tidier look.
So I began with printing out the wonderful bamboo background on green paper, divided it into two pieces and added it to the tin with doublesided tape. Have learned that everything sticks better with the original paper left on the tin! =) Also added a green ribbon to the top and bottom of the can!
Then I used my promarkers and gel pens to color the dominos and added them with my glue onto the tin too! =)
I love this shiny new can that hold my pencils and brighten my desk! =)

On a sadder note, I'm leaving the DT at the end of September, I have had a blast working with Chris and the design team but need more time for me and my life right now! But I can always join in on the challenges, so will be back in some way or another! =)

AWNB - Anything Goes & Asian Inspired

A new week and a new theme this week at Art With No Boundaries - Anything Goes & Asian Inspired! =) We all got to choose an Asian design from CS Designs and I think we all choose something different too! =)

For my project I choose Asian Square Sakura/Cherry Blossom and printed her out four times, then colored her in lot's of different colors. Looked thru my papers and found a purple and white paper that I cut up into strips and added to a mirror I found in a second hand store this summer.
Then I glued the geishas onto it and now I have a stunning Asian style mirror! =)

I'm also adding this to the 2nd colorchallenge at Lady Anne's Paper Crafts!

Art With No Boundaries - Such a doll Part 2

It's now our second week of "Such a doll"  at Art With No Boundaries and this week we got to work with both the Funky Art Doll template and the new Sheriff template from CS Designs, that has been so much fun! =)

I have used the Sheriff template and the face from the Funky Art Doll to create this wonderful couple! =) 
I printed the faces on white paper and the bodyparts on different colored and patterned paper, so a lot of cutting and assembling, but that's part of the fun! =)
I used eyelets to connect the parts and also her hat! =)

The background is a canvas that I used art potch to attach a napkin on, it didn't exactly turn out as I hoped so it was a perfect background this fun couple, so a little recycling too! =)

Hop this can inspire you all to enter our challenge, for more details go to the blog! =)

Art With No Boundaries - Anything goes & Such a doll

Time for a new challenge at Art With No Boundaries Anything Goes + Such  a doll. 
The bonus round for this time is "Such a doll" and you have to have a doll of some kind on your creation, so not just a doll in a background paper, but as a singel piece doll! =)

We have been working with the new Funky Art dolls Chris at CS Designs has created and they will be in the store soon! =)

I made mine as a renaissance doll with eyelets for the joints, then added some gems, lace and ribbon! =)
The hat is made with parts of a flower I had in my stash! =) 

I cut out just two petals, glued them onto her head and then added a single petal to create some volume and glued that on between the others and finished it off with a little gem! 

The paper I used are from a Fairytale theme and have been in my stash for a long time so happy I could use it for this challenge! =)

Art With No Boundaries - Anything Goes & Rhythm of the sea part 2

Time for Part 2 of our Anything Goes and Rhythm of the sea challenges at Art With No Boundaries! =)

Anything goes can be whatever you want, but if you want a chance on the prize, use the Rhythm of the sea as your inspiration and add BR after your entry! =)

 

As usual we have worked with CS Designs fabulous images and for this challenge I used the Sea Nymph Round! =) 

I printed out two images and cut out the starfisk and raised them on  3D pillows, as I did with the image to make it stand out in front of the swirls and the sea background paper! =) Shaded the letters with a darker color to make them look like they are raised too! =)

Art With No Boundaries - Anything goes + Rhythm of the sea part1

A new month and our Anything Goes challenge, for the bonus round it's an ocean theme this time! =)

My card for the first week is made with the A friendly light sentiment from CS Designs, I printed out two images, colored one and then cut out the lighthouse on the second and colored it too!

I raised the second lighthouse up on 3D pillows, tore the edges around the sentiment and found a beach themed paper for the background! =) I added highlights to the lighthouse and the text white a white gel pen.

So please come and join us at Art With No Boundaries for this new round of challenges! =)