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! =)