Mixed media art journal page - Journey

Hello crafty friends, Einat Kessler here with a new post! I love creating art journals and I always try to have a theme on my pages. This page was inspired by SKW little house stamp. It reminded me of those little houses you see from a high mountain or an airplane and that led me to think about what a journey it would be to climb all the way up.

I started with creating a blue background for the sky. I used two tones of blue Gelatos with a little water and applied them on the paper with a baby wipe. After it was dry I created the mountain with layers of tissue paper.

I added more texture with dimensional paint and stencils, both on the mountain and on the sky. I also drew a few white clouds with an oil pastel. I drew a winding path on the mountain as well.

Then I stamped the house a few times on a piece of white cardstock. I colored the houses with Gelatos and then cut them out. I added them to my page with a little gel medium. Finally I cut an image of me from an old photo and glued it to the top of the mountain. I added the quote with some stamps and black permanent ink.

It's fun and inspire to art journal. You should try it!

Have fun creating!
Einat

Let your spirit shine through

Hello crafty friends! Einat Kessler here with a new art journal page to inspire you. The reason I love art journaling is because there are no limits...there is no photo to dictate the mood of the page, or the colors and embellishments. In art journaling you can pour your heart out on the paper...
This page is all about shining through the darkness.

I started with coloring my page with dark color sprays. Then I added another layer of dark color with a dark brown Gelatos. Finally to complete the dark background I added black stamping.

I created tares in the paper and glued it to the next page in the art journal. I mad sure I didn't apply glue near the tears so I can later tuck things under them.

I cut different sizes of colorful flowers from SKW patterned paper and tucked them under the tears. Then I added my journaling with a white pen. I also added doodling to enhance the contrast of the happy flowers and the journaling compared to the dark background.

Don't be scared to pour your heart on a paper it'll free your soul!

Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

Hans Christian Andersen

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Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

Hans Christian Andersen

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"Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."

Hans Christian Andersen

Have fun creating!
Einat

Time Capsule

I recently lost my grandmother, so I decided to create an art piece in her honor. I created a time capsule with an old photo of my grandmother with her two twin daughters my mom and my aunt.

I created it from a making tape roll that reminded me of a clock's shape. I covered it with SKW patterned papers on the inside and out and also created the backing of the capsule.
I stamped the little SKW house stamp on white cardstock with archival brown ink. Then I covered the roof with clock's parts to compliment the time capsule theme. I colored the rest of the house with colored pencils. I cut it out and attached it to the capsule with a folded piece of cardstock.

I added felt green trees and my grandmother's photo which I cut.

I created grass by using double sided tape and green flower soft. Then I added embellishments like the picket fence which was sprayed with a copper spray, chipboard bicycle and chipboard birds on the top. I finished the capsule with colorful flowers.

This was fun and sad to create but I'm really happy with the result.

Have fun creating!
Einat

"Home is where the heart is" canvas

Hello dear friends, Einat Kessler here with a mixed media canvas. Directly from the CHA show I wanted to share with you the project from the amazing workshop Susan and I taught at the show.

Start with a 6"X6" canvas and paint it with teal, yellow and green acrylic paints. water your brush and blend the colors to create a more uniform background. Then add patterns using the ever so fun Susan's stencil using distress ink and a blending tool.

Stamp the house stamp on white cardstock and then color it with Pan Pastels. I like to use a baby wipe as my brush. it has a really nice wash effect and you have more control of the areas you color.

Color some white paper flowers in the same technique. Stamp the canvas with some washi tape stamps from the "A little bit washi" stamp set and a sun from the "Fly away" stamp set. Use permanent ink so it will stay on the canvas and not smear.

 

Cut some flowers and butterflies from the Beautiful Daydreams patterned paper and write the title on a white cardstock. Assemble your canvas, adding the house and all the embellishments. Add little swirls using the number 9 on the stencil in different directions. To finish the canvas add some distress ink and Pan Pastel to all the edges of the canvas.

Have fun creating!
Einat

Live in full color art journal page

Hello dear Susan Weckesser fans! Einat Kessler here with a fun project to brighten your wintery days!



I love creating art journal pages. I have a journal book that I create pages in, try new techniques, inspire myself and basically have lots of fun! This is not only my happy place but it's a place I can go crazy and whimsical.

I recently got the "Little bit Washi" stamp set and immediately fell in love with it. I knew right away what I wanted to do with it...an art journal page of course!

I started by coloring my page with Pan Pastels and baby wipes. It's a really cool technique that has a wash effect to it. Then I stamped all over the page with different colors creating a whimsical collage pattern. I also added patterns from Susan's fun stencil.

I cut the sentiment from the Live in Color tags patterned paper, distressed it and went over it with a little Pan Pastels. I adhered it to the center of the page. To finish my page I added a doodled frame with a black pen.

Now I have a really colorful, happy and inspiring page to encourage me when ever I need!

Have fun Creating!
Einat

Let it Snow double frame

Hello crafty friends, Einat Kessler here with a project to warm your hands ! Now that winter is here and some places are already snowy and white you probably have fun photos of playing in the snow, building snowman or making snow angels. Here is a great idea to display these photos in a double chipboard frame!

Start with stamping a piece of thick transparency with a snowman from the Let it Snow set. Use a permanent ink like StazOn to make sure it will not smear. Emboss the snowman with white embossing powder. I used an embossing markers to make sure I only emboss the inside of the snowman and not cover the black outline. Cut around the snowman shape.

Stamp two clouds as well. I embossed one cloud with teal, grey and sparkle embossing powders and covered the other one with white paper.

Then cover the bottom of the chipboard frame with cheese cloth to create your snow.

Add a little light blue color with color spray or Pan Pastels.

Adhere the snowman and clouds on the frame and add rhinestones.

to finish the frame stamp Let it Snow on the frame. Stamp the sentiment from the same set on a white piece of cardstock and cut it in a cloud shape. Adhere it to the frame.

Now all you need to do is go outside, have fun and take a picture of it!

Have fun creating!
Einat

Let it SNOW!

Hello crafty friends! Einat Kessler here with a new fun and easy project.
I always say I was born in the wrong place. I love my country but not the weather, the summer is too long and the winter is barely winter in North American or European terms...it rains, it gets a little cold but that's basically it. We only get snow on one mountain, which is a tourist attraction that you have to drive 3 hours to get to and try to have fun with too many people around you.

So...to encourage myself I created a cute card that I'm going to put on my work desk to help me imagine a snowy winter...

This card is very easy to make. First stamp the cute and amazing One of a kind winter by Susan Weckesser on a white cardstock. Make sure to use StazOn ink so it will not smear. Then color it with water colors or Copics. Cut it in a square or a round shape. I used Spellbinders Nestabilities. Then cut from different papers more shapes each one a little larger than the other. Adhere all the layers and add a title and a little bling!

Now all I have to do is look at my card and imagine....

Have fun Creating!
Einat

Faith

Hi dear crafty friends! Einat Kessler here with a new project to inspire you.
This week we are celebrating Hanukkah, the holiday of light and faith. Many of my non Jewish friends have been asking me what exactly is this holiday? Well...it's a miraculous story of faith, courage and light.

The best way to tell this story is first to share with you a card I made that summarize everything you need to know. 8 burning candles and the word faith are Hanukkah in a nut shell. I created this card from bright patterned paper which I then colored with Pan Pastels in fiery colors: yellow, orange and red. Before coloring I cut 8 candles out of kraft cardstock and layered them on my card as a mask. Then I colored around them creating a white candles image.

Then I colored the cardstock candles with the same colors. I added the word faith from Susan Weckesser's Painted Sentiments stamp set and the number 8 with Susan Weckesser stencil.
I adhered the candles to the card with 3D foam tape and my card was ready!

How does the card tell the story of Hanukkah you ask? Well...here's the story...

In 175 BCE, Antiochus invaded Judea.  The second temple in Jerusalem was looted and services stopped, Judaism was outlawed. Antiochus ordered an altar to Zeus erected in the Temple. He banned circumcision and ordered pigs to be sacrificed at the altar of the temple. Antiochus's actions provoked a large-scale revolt. The Jewish revolt was successful. The Temple was liberated and rededicated, it was cleansed, a new altar was built in place of the polluted one and new holy vessels were made. Olive oil was needed for the menorah in the Temple, which was required to burn throughout the night every night. The story goes that there was only enough oil to burn for one day, yet it burned for eight days, the time needed to prepare a fresh supply of oil for the menorah. An eight-day festival was declared to commemorate this miracle - Hanukkah!

Without Faith the revolt could not have succeeded, the temple would not have been freed and God would not have given the Jews the miracle of the oil. This holiday of light was created because of the faith that darkness can be overcome!

Thanks for stopping by
Have fun creating!
Einat

Hand-Made SnowGlobe

Hello Crafty friends! Einat Kessler here with a special project created for our Hand-Made Christmas Celebration with the Christmas Love Campaign.

 I had this project in mind for a long time and I finally got the perfect chance!

A hand made snow globe!

It's actually very easy to create.

First you need to find a glass or plastic jar. I reused an old pickles jar I had (why not give the gift of recycling to our planet too right?). Paint the lid with your choice of color, I used red of course.

When the lid is dry you can start adhering your embellishments.

For my main embellishment I used the cute snow man from the "Let it snow" stamp set by Susan Weckesser. I stamped a thick transparency with Stazon black ink and cut it around the image.

Then I adhered it to the lid.

Make sure you use a silicon water resistant adhesive to glue down all your embellishments.

Also make sure to use only plastic embellishments because metal will rust in the water.

The next step is to fill the jar with distilled water, but not all the way live about half an inch of air.

Add glycerin (you can get it in any drug store) which will give the water the right consistency so the "snow" will fall slowly when you shake the globe. Add glitter and close the lid. I recommend putting the silicone glue around the inside of the lid before you close it so it will be completely sealed.

My photo is a little blurry because of the water but you can see the glitter floating around. I also added diamond glaze and let it drip to mimic a window with frozen water on it.

I added a colorful bow made from May Art ribbons on the top and it was done!

I hope you'll be inspired to create a snow globe as a Christmas gift for someone you love!

HAND-MADE CHRISTMAS CONTEST

To start off this wonderful year 5th year of the Christmas Love Campaign, we are having a Hand-made Christmas Contest. 

What you have to do: 

*Follow along during our Hand-made Christmas event from November 2 - November 16, 2013 at Susan K Weckesser Inc blog 

*Like the Christmas Love Campaign Facebook page ---> HERE. 

*Make your own Hand-Made gift. (it can be something you designed yourself or if you want try something that the designers have created please go ahead and have fun and do that!) 

*Take a picture and post it on our facebook page. Or if you have Instagram post it there and tag it #craftuplove , #christmaslovecampaign & #susankweckesserinc so I see it! You can find me @ [SUSANKWECKESSER] on Instagram, so come follow me and I would LOVE to follow you! So much fun! 

*Give your gift to a neighbour or stranger to make them smile! SPREAD THE LOVE! 

*Come back to our Hand-Made Christmas post and let us know that you have crafted up some love and you will be entered to win a awesome prize pack from the above sponsors. The prize will include lots of goodies so you can craft up more love! How awesome is that! You have until November 17, 2013 at midnight MST to enter. Have fun! 

COME & JOIN US!

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Have fun creating!
Einat

Spooooky House

Hello Susan Weckesser fans! Einat Kessler here with a fun project for Halloween.
The first time I saw the Happy Homestead house stamp I knew it would be great for a Halloween project. It has that whimsical look that can easily be turned into spooky with a few creepy embellishments.

I started with covering a wooden frame with orange cardstock and distressed it a little with distress ink. I stamped the house on black cardstock and embossing it with white embossing powder. Then I added a little orange color and some shimmer with orange perfect pearls. I hand painted bricks with a silver pen. I added a piece of cheese cloth on the roof.

Then I added some fun Halloween embellishments: an embossed skeleton, a hand painted and cut coffin, a hand cut "crazy" pumpkin and a witch on a broom stick.
On the corner I created a spider's web from cheese cloth and added crawling spiders. From behind the frame I added a peeking ghost.

on the upper corner I hand wrote BOO! and added two eye on the "O".
Now all you need to do is add your spooky photo!

Have fun creating!

Einat Kessler
Susan K. Weckesser DT member

Moments Layout

Hello dear crafty friends Einat Kessler here with a special project for our Want2Scrap & Susan K. Weckesser week! This is a collaboration between two great companies so I decided to create a layout which is sort of a collaboration too. The layout has the photos of my mom and her twin sister...sort of collaboration right?

You can see how to create this layout step by step in this video tutorial.


I started with the Beautiful Daydreams paper by Susan Weckesser. I wanted to create a scene layout with a meadow, flowers and a little house.

First, I had to cut out the flowers so they won't be covered by the cheese cloth. Then I used the Happy Homestead stamp by Susan K. Weckesser, a cheese cloth for my meadow and the beautiful Want2Scrap Designer Embellies, which I double embossed, to create the scene.

I added Want2Scrap Moments title and my layout was finished!

Have fun creating!
Einat