Layout "Make a Wish" - DT project for ARTastic

Hello everybody, nice to have you here!

Today I want to share my layout for the November Challenge over at ARTastic challenge blog with you.

This month the inspiration comes from  Poncho Army  and is called Landing. The CRITERIA is: Use a BLACK background.

I was inspired by the bold colors of the bird and used the blue of him on the background and, fitting to my photo, pink.

Here are some steps:

First I brayered acrylic paints in blue tones and pink tones on the background. Then I did some stamping and heat embossed them with EP in white, pink and blue-green (not very much visible, but it gives a wonderful shimmer =) ). Then I stamped some more patterns with Distress Oxides and Archival ink in blue (again hard to see ;-) )

Now I layered my photo with cardstock in blue and pink and distressed pieces of gauze. To make them more matching I colored them with some pink mist.

Next I heat embossed some chipboard pieces with pink and cranberry embossing powder. 

Then I put everything together, added a stamped sentiment and some flowers - and that´s it!

Now I hope you will join in with our challenge this month!

Thank you for your visit!

Happy Summer! - DT Project for ARTastic

Hello all!

Unbelievable - it´s September! 

The first of the month means a new challenge over at ARTastic. And this month it´s my turn to donate a little prize for a random winner.

This month the artwork from Peter Graham - Monaco Coast is there for your inspiration. If you want to know a little bit more from the artist, hop over to the ARTastic blog.

The criteria this month is: Use Paint!

May be you know, that I started painting faces this year and it was a great opportunity to make a new page in my "faces" art journal. I wanted to create a real summery page.

I took this reference photo, I found somewhere in the www.

At September 8th I´ll be back at the ARTastic blog, where I will show you some ways to use acrylic paint, so I hope to see you there again!

Thank you for your visit and have a wonderful week!

Black and White + One - DT - LO for ARTastic

Hello dear friends,

here is my layout for the ARTastic challenge this month. 

We have the fabulous artwork from  Joshua Miels this month for your inspiration. To find out more about him, please hop over to the blog. 

For the challenge this month we want you to use Black and White PLUS One (any colour)!

Here is my take:

And this is what I did:

 First I gathered the photo, I wanted to use, and some papers from my stash - well, I didn´t use the right one and instead of the black one I took two tags from my stash. 

Zuerst habe ich mir meine Papiere und das Photo, das ich verwenden wollte zusammengesucht - na gut, ich habe das rechte nicht benutzt und statt des schwarzen Papiers habe ich zwei Tags verwendet.

 First I layered my photo with some torn paper, the edges I distressed with black Archival Ink. The tags are from some bought clothes (I always keep some of them in my stash. They are sturdy and some of them are really pretty!)

Zuerst habe ich mein Photo mit gerissenen Papierstücken unterlegt. Die Ränder wurden mit schwarzer Archival Ink abgetönt. Die beiden Anhänger sind Schilder von Kleidern, die beim Einkauf dort hängen (ich hebe einige immer auf, oftmals sehen die sehr hübsch aus und sind meist aus stabiler Pappe!)

 Next I stamped and embossed the area round the place I wanted to put the photo later. I used embossing ink and black embossing powder from Lindy´s Stamp Gang.

Als nächstes habe ich rund um das Areal, wo später mein Photo hinkommt, gestempelt und embosssed. Ich habe ein Embossing Stempelkissen mit schwarzem Embossingpulver (LSG) verwendet.

 Now some "Bling" =)

Dann ein wenig Glitzer =)

 To imitate the scribbly effect from the artwork a little bit, I did some more stamping.

Um den "Kritzeleffekt" des Kunstwerks ein wenig nachzuempfinden habe ich noch etwas mehr gestempelt.

 Now I added only a hint of color here and there and glued down my words and the acetate butterfly - and that´s it!

Danach habe ich noch ein klein wenig Farbe hier und dort ergänzt und die Wortsticker und den Folienschmetterling aufgeklebt - und das wars!

Here some close ups:

I hope I could inspire you a little bit and you will find time to join in with our challenge at ARTastic this month!

Ich hoffe, ich konnte euch ein wenig inspirieren und ihr macht bei unserer Herausforderung bei ARTastic diesen Monat mit!

Thank you for stopping by and have a nice week!

Vielen Dank fürs Vorbeischauen und noch eine schöne Woche!

Altered stand - DT work for ARTastic

Hello all,

for my second post today I want to show you my take on the ARTastic June challenge. This time I made an altered stand.

The beautiful picture for inspiration this month is from Ethel Spowers - The Kite and the

CRITERIA - VINTAGE style OR featuring CHILDREN (or for an extra challenge combine both).

Well, I combinde both and the muted colors are good for some extra inspiration =).

This is what I did:

I bought this little stand in a dollar store. It was a little bit broken and I only payed 0,10€, what means nearly nothing!

I sanded the broken edges and painted them with white acrylic paint. Then I only covered the whole piece with some iridecent pearl acrylic paint in green/gold from pentart - it gives an amazing shimmer! Then I added some Lasur gel to tone it down a little bit and to add a vintage look. 

For the decoration I matted a vintage picture and framed it. I glued down some small branches, some chipboards, fibres, moss and small flowers for embellishing - that´s all!

I hope, you like it as much as I do =)

I´m looking forward to seeing your beautiful creations for our challenge over at ARTastic challenges this month! There is also a prize to win, so don´t miss joining in with!

Flower Layout - DT work for ARTastic

Hello and a beautiful first of May!

May is the month of flowers, weddings and mothers day, so our challenge over at ARTastic want you to make something with flowers! 

For your inspiration we have a beautiful painting from Michael Sass - The Garden.

More about him and his artwork you can find on the ARTastic blog!

Hallo zusammen und einen schönen ersten Mai Feiertag!

Der Wonnemonat Mai steht für Hochzeiten, Blumen und den Muttertag, deshalb wollen wir bei unserer Herausforderung bei ARTastic diesmal auch Blumen sehen!

Für eure Inspiration haben wir dieses schöne Gemäälde von Michael Sass - The Garden.

Auf dem Blog von ARTastic könnt ihr mehr über den Künstler erfahren.

Here is my take on the challenge:

Hier ist mein Layout für die Challenge:

And some close ups:

Und noch ein paar Detailaufnahmen:

That´s it for today! I hope, you´ll find time to join in with us this month!

Thank you for your visit!

Das war´s für heute! Ich hoffe, ihr findet Zeit um bei unserer Challenge mitzumachen!

Danke für euren Besuch!

Layout "Art" - DT Project for ARTastic

Hello all, 

it´s the first of April and there is a new challenge at ARTastic!

For your inspiration there is a painting from Kenneth MacQueen - Wild Poppies.

If you want to know more about the artist, hop over to the blog, there you´ll find interesting informations!

Now to our challenge. You can use the picture as an inpiration, may be the watercoloring, maybe the shades of grey, the flowers - whatever you like.

The only requested criteria is:  POPS OF RED on your page

This is my take on the challenge:

I was inspired by the watercoloring. I took a photo from my stash, I wanted to use for ages. Now it was the perfect one for the challenge!

I glued paper stripes on a cardstock and painted the surface with white Gesso. Then I placed the photo and drew a face matching to the eye.

I fixed the pencil drawing with some fixative spray.

Now I took some of my ecoline liquid watercolors and painted the face. Then I matted the photo and glued it down.

I took some flower stamps from PaperArtsy, stamped them with Distress Ink in weathered wood and colored them with Pastel pencils. I wrote the word "Art" with a black water soluble pencil and activated it with some water.

 I shaded the edges with Distress Ink black soot.

I decided, to leave the layout as it is and didn´t use any embellishments.

Here are some close ups

Now I hope, that you will find time to join in our challenge this month!

Thank you for dropping in today.

I want to participate in following challenges:
http://craftylifechallenges.blogspot.de/2017/03/get-messy.html
http://blog.emeraldcreek.org/2017/03/splatter-some-fun-march-dare-pt2.html
http://mixedmediaworld.blogspot.de/2017/03/mmw23-anything-mixed-media-goes-with.html

http://mixedmediaplace.blogspot.de/2017/03/march-challenge_20.html
I was inspired by the quote and colors. ART always sets my soul on fire =))

Layout "Special Moment" - DT-Work for ARTastic

Hallo zusammen, schön, dass ihr bei mir hereinschaut

Heute ist schon der erste März - Zeit für eine neue Herausforderung bei ARTastic!

Diesen Monat haben wir wieder einen tollen Künstler für euch, William Rose, und das ist eins seiner Bilder: An image of November

Wenn ihr auf dem Blog vorbeischaut, könnt ihr ein wenig mehr über ihn erfahren.

Aber nun zur Herausforderung. Diesmal müsst ihr eine Schablone benutzen! Einfach, was? 

Also versucht doch mal euer Glück und macht mit!

Hello everybody and a warm welcome to my blog!

Today it is the first of March - time for a new challenge over at ARTastic!

This month we have a wonderful artist for you, William Rose, and this is one of his pictures: An image of November.

 If you want to find out more about him and his artwork, hop over to the blog.

But now let´s come to our challenge. We ask you to use a stencil! Easy, huh?

So grab your stash and join in our challenge!

Hier ist mein layout:

This is my layout. 

Die Linien im Bild des Künstlers haben mich inspiriert. Also klebte ich zuerst einige Papierstreifen auf den Hintergrund und benutzte anschließend eine Schablone von 13arts, "shapes", um mit Modelliercreme weitere Linien zu schaffen. Danach habe ich den Hintergrund bestempelt - viele Stempel ;-). Danach kam Farbe ins Spiel (Lindy´s Stamp Gang Flat Fabios und Starburst). Danach noch einmal der Einnstatz von Schablonen, zwei ganz neue von Tim Holtz (Trellis Layering Stencil and Floral Layering Stencil), einmal mit Distress Ink und die andere mit weißem Gesso. Nun war der Mittelpunkt dran. Ich finde die Arbeiten von Monika Huculack ganz toll, so habe ich versucht mich ein wenig an ihrem Stil zu orientieren. Damit das Ganze noch ein wenig Schimmer bekommt, habe ich noch Inka Gold in gold und lila, etwas Goldflitter und Goldfaden hinzugefügt. Auch einige Metallverzierungen durften nicht fehlen. Zum Schluß noch ein paar Blümchen, eine Metallplakette und den Wortstreifen aufkleben, das wars.

I wanted to create some lines, inspired by the lines from the reference picture. So first I glued a couple of paperstripes to the background and used a stencil called "shapes" from 13arts and modeling paste. Then I did some stamping - a lot of stamping ;-). Then I added color (Lindy´s Stamp Gang flat fabios and Starburst sprays) and did some more stencilling with two of the brand new Tim Holtz stencils (TRELLIS and FLORAL) with DI and white Gesso. Now I built the vocal point, As I love the work of Monika Huculack, I tried to create my layout layering a bit like she does. For some brightness I painted some Inka Gold in gold and purple, added some golden threat, some gold flitter and metal embellishments. At last I added some small flowers, a metal planque and a word stripe.

Hier noch ein paar Nahaufnahmen:
Here some close ups:

An folgenden Herausforderungen möchte ich teilnehmen:

I want to join in following challenges:

http://mixedmediaandart.blogspot.de/2017/02/february-challenge.html

http://mixedmediawarriors.blogspot.de/2017/03/wyzwanie-14-mmw-wiosenny-moodboard.html

Inspiration from the middle and right pictures in the second row and the colors.







http://mixedmediaworld.blogspot.de/2017/02/mmw22-anything-mixed-media-goes.html