Layout "Lisbeth" for the Canvas Corp Brands October Challenge

Hello dear followers, a warm welcome here on my blog!

Today I want to show you my take on the October Challenge "Books" over at Canvas Corp Brands.



Hallo liebe Blog Leser, willkommen auf meinem Blog!
Heute möchte ich euch meinen Beitrag zur Oktober Herausforderung "Bücher" bei Canvas Corp Brands zeigen.

If you want to see more details please visit the CCB blog. There you can find a link to my video tutorial too!

....................and of course there is plenty of time to join in with our challenge!
Here are some informations:
 To enter this challenge you need to link up your entry  Blog post, or post on Instagram, Facebook or Pinterest (link to the actual project – not the whole page) by using the linkytool below. You have until the end of November 5 to submit your project!  All submissions must have #ccbchallenge somewhere to be considered. Only 1 entry per person allowed. Are you a previous winner? That does NOT exclude you for winning again – please join in!!

We will invite the winner of the challenges to be our Guest Designer in December. This means that they will get a box filled with goodies from all 3 Canvas Corp Brands to play with.

Wenn ihr mehr Details sehen möchtet, hüpft doch rüber auf den CCB Blog. Da findet ihr auch einen Link zu meinem Video Tutorial!

......................und natürlich ist noch jede Menge Zeit für euch, bei unserer Challenge mit zu machen!
Hier ein paar Informationen:
Um bei dieser Challenge mit zu machen, verlinke deinen Beitrag: Blog post oder post auf Instagram, Facebook oder Pinterest. Verlinke das aktuelle Projekt - nicht die ganze Seite) mit dem linkytool unten. Du hast Zeit bis zum 5. November um teilzunehmen! Alle Beiträge müssen irgendwo #ccbchallenge haben um gültig zu sein. Nur 1 Beitrag pro Person ist erlaubt. Hast du schon früher einmal gewonnen? Das nimmt dich NICHT von einem erneuten Gewinn aus - nimm gerne wieder teil!

Der Gewinner der Challenge wird eingeladen unser Gast Designer im Dezember zu werden. Das bedeutet, du bekommst eine Schachtel, gefüllt mit Geschenken von allen 3 Canvas Corp Marken um damit zu spielen.

Steampunk Tear-off Calendar for 2017

Hello all, nice to have you here!

First day of the New Year - wow, it´s 2017 already! Can you believe this?

I wish you a happy New Year!

Fitting to it, I want to share with you my Steampunk Tear-off calendar I made for the January challenge over at Country View Challenges. This month the theme is "Anything goes"! Easy, right?

I hope, you will share your artwork with us. You can win a 20£ gift voucher for the shop, so try your luck!

Here you can see, how it looked before:

I put away the calender and the note pad...

and primed the board with Gesso. then I primed the surface with cracking paste primer and added, after that was dry, a thick layer of moss green cracking paste.Into the wet paste I pressed metal gears, mini clock parts, metal flowers and some other parts. I left it to dry completely. - Look at this cracks!

Now I painted the surface with lasur gel in ebony to bring out the cracks and make everything come together.

The access I wiped off with a paper towel

Into the wet lasur gel I sprinkled rust powder and added rust medium in brown, rusted red and yellow. I put out on my terrasse over night and let me surprise with the result next morning..... and I loved it! =)

Here you can see the real rusted panel. Meanwhile I prepared some chipboard gears and a diecut clockface (sizzix Bigz Die,Tim Holtz Weathered Clock). I painted them with DecoArt Acrylic fluids in Paynes Grey, Prussian Blue Hue, Phtalo Turquoise, Cobalt Teal Hue and Quinacridone Gold. On top I smeared some gilding wax, onto the panel too to make some pieces stand out more.

 Then I only had to put all pieces together. I used matte medium to make sure everything stays at it´s place. For some "bling" I added some "Say it in crystals" from Prima here and there - and ready!

Here are some close ups of my panel:

Now I wish you a very happy year ahead and hope, that you find time to join in our January challenge over at Country View Challenges!

I want to participate in following challenges;
http://mixedmediamojo.blogspot.de/2017/01/happy-new-year.html
http://rheddscreativespirit.blogspot.de/2017/01/januarys-challenge.html
http://thatscraftychallenges.blogspot.de/2016/12/anything-goes-2016-challenge.html
http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.de/2016/12/welcome-to-creative-artistes-challenge.html
http://avenue613.blogspot.de/2017/01/challenge-193-anything-goes-woptional.html

Halloween Family

Hello dear Blog friends,
today I want to share with you my second make for the "All Things Spooky" challenge over at Country View Challenges, the scary Halloween Family!

I took a brown envelope for my project and played along with some mediums and paints.
Here are the steps:

1. I prepared the envelope with clear Gesso to seal the paper. Inside the envelope I put some 

    strong cardboard for more stand.

 2. I mixed Matte Medium with DecoArt media fluid acrylics "Naphtol Red Light".

 3. To create texture I dabbed the mixture with a palette knife on top of the envelope

 4. While the paint/Gel was still wet I added a piece of black spider web I bought in a 1 € store.

 5. Now I mixed DecoArt media acrylics "Paynes Grey" and "Quinacridone Magenta" to get some
     purple color.

6. I dabbed it around the edges of the orange paint/gel. Then I took my heating tool to dry the
    paint and to create some bubbles (I love those bubbles ;-) )

 7. Now I matted my photo (from Gecko Galz) with some leftover paper on which I experimented
     with paints.

 8. Distress Ink around the distressed edges helped to fit it better to the background.

 9. Now some stamping for more interest.

10. Watered black and white Gesso, sprinkled all over the background, helps to come all parts 

      more together.

  11. I grabbed some clock parts from my collected items in my stash.

 12. I took some wire to frame the photo

 13. glued down all the bits and bobs

14. and added black Gesso and Quinacridone Gold on top all metal pieces to make them look a
     bit rusty.

15. Now I glued down a title and a spider hanging on a threat(from a 1 € store too) and dabbed
      some Interference Magenta on top of the spider and the title.

16. Last I glued down some flowers and leaves from my stash.

Well, very picture heavy I fear!
Thank you so much for dropping in here today! May be you want to join our challenge, there are some days left! You can win a 20£ voucher for the shop!

I want to join in the following challenges:
http://craftylifechallenges.blogspot.de/2016/10/october-2016-challenge.html
http://mixedmediamojo.blogspot.de/2016/10/its-time-to-get-spooky.html
http://mixedmediamc.blogspot.de/2016/10/mixed-media-monthly-challenge-29-mood_1.html

http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.de/2016/10/welcome-to-creative-artistes-challenge.html
http://frillyandfunkie.blogspot.de/2016/10/a-very-vintage-halloween.html
http://www.vintagejourney.com/2016/10/october-challenge-make-it-spooky.html

Steampunk Folder for Canvas Corp Brands

Hello all, nice to have you here today!
I recently made a new altered folder, using loads of paints and mists from Canvas Corp Brands.
To alter my chipboard cogs and gears I used the Naturally Aged Kit - Bronze Patina. Loved it! I also made a video tutorial, you can find it here.

Please visit the Canvas Corp Brands blog to see a step x step how I made it.

Here it is:
Front:

 Back:

Some close ups:

 I hope you like my folder and I appreciate your comments!

Thank you for your visit!

I want to join in following challenges:
http://mixedmediaworld.blogspot.de/2016/10/mmw19-assemblagealtered-art.html
http://sandee-and-amelie.blogspot.de/2016/10/october-2016-challenge-anything-goes.html
http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.de/2016/10/welcome-to-creative-artistes-challenge.html
http://rheddscreativespirit.blogspot.de/2016/10/october-challenge.html
http://alteredeclectics.blogspot.de/2016/10/october-challenge.html

Live Your Dreams

Hallo zusammen, schön, dass ihr bei mir hereinschaut!

Heute ist der erste September und das heißt, Zeit für eine neue Herausforderung bei Country View Challenge! Diesen Monat lautet das Thema: "Reise", ausgewählt von der talentierten Jennie.

Hello all, nice to have you here!

Today it´s the first of September and that means time for a new Challenge over at Country View Challenge! This month the theme is: "Travel", hosted by the talented Jennie.

 Als ich jung war, liebte ich es mit dem Motorrad zu verreisen. Ich fuhr zwar nie selber, ich war nur Beifahrerin, aber ich habe immer das Gefühl von Freiheit und von (ein klein wenig)  Abenteuer genossen ;-). Nun, diese Art von Urlaub möchte ich heute nicht mehr machen - es ist eine sehr spartanische Art des Reisens: zwei T-Shirts, ein Paar Hosen, ein Handtuch, Unterwäsche und eine Zahnbürste, das ist alles, was man einpacken kann. Ein kleines Zelt und eine Isomatte, mehr kannst du auf einem Motorrad nicht mitnehmen. Heute bevorzuge ich ein bisschen mehr Komfort, aber ich erinnere mich an diese Tagen mit einem Lächeln.

 When I was young, I loved to travel by motorbike. I never drove one myself, I only was a back-seat-driver, but nevertheless I always enjoyed the feeling of freedom and (a little bit of) adventure ;-). Well, this way of holidays is not the way I´d love to go today - it is a very unpretentious way of travelling: you only have space for two T-shirts, one pair of pants, a towel, underwear and a toothbrush, that´s it. A little tent and a sleeping pad, more you can´t carry on a motocycle. Nowadays I prefer a bit more comfort, but I remember these days with a smile.

Für meine Karte habe ich einige der Papiere von dem Papierset Correspondence von Tim Holtz verwendet. Ich habe das Hintergrundpapier mit ein paar Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists (Burnt Red, Olive Vine, Tattered Leather) besprüht. Das Motorrad (Stempel von LaBlanche) habe ich auf Stempelpapier gestempelt und mit DI (weathered wood, fired brick) eingefärbt. Die distressten Ränder des Papiers und des Stempelbilds habe ich noch mit DI ground espresso and abandoned coral coloriert. Zum Schluß noch einige Metallzahnräder und kleine Blüten als Verzierung und das wars.

For my card I used some of the papers from the Tim Holtz paper pad Correspondence and misted it a little bit with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists (Burnt Red, Olive Vine, Tattered Leather). I staped the motorcycle (LaBlanche) on a specialty stamping paper, colored it with DI (weathered wood, fired brick). The distressed edges of the paper and the stamped image I coloured with DI ground espresso and abandoned coral. The sentiment is a stamp from the Dovecraft Bohemian clear stamp set. Last I embellished the card with some metal gears and some tiny flowers.

Here are some close ups: 

Vielen Dank fürs Reinschauen und vielleicht macht ihr bei unserer Challenge mit, ihr könnt einen £ 20 Einkaufsgutschein bei Country View Crafts gewinnen.

Thank you for dropping by and I hope, you´ll join our challenge this month! You have the chance to win a £20 Country View Crafts voucher.