Words to Live By... A Mixed Media Journal Page

Hello to all you "My Sweet Earth" followers...SMILE.  Lynne here today to share with you a second journal page created by me this month featuring Susan K. Weckesser's Unity stamp "Sail Away".  I am Exploring My World with New Eyes this November and I find this stamp resonates with me on a very deep, personal level as I travel my life path this year.  Here is my project..

 and Here is my Interactive-Hidden Journalling... 

Now, if you would like to find out why this Unity Stamp Company "Sail Away" stamp resonates with me so deeply and why I always type "Art Journaling" in capitals, and how I created that hidden journaling, pop on over to my blog for more details and more photos... Smile

Lynne Mizera
for the Susan K. Weckesser Design Team

Products used on this project:

Susan K. Weckesser/Unity Stamp "Sail Away"

Stamper Anonymous Stencil Traveler

Idea-ology Tissue Wrap - Composer

Ranger Distress Paint - Salty Ocean

Sharpie Oil-based Paint pens

Sharpie ultra fine black marker

Sharpie White Water-based ultra fine pen

Duct Tape Brand patterned duct tape

Live in full color!

Hi everyone!!

Here Noe... How are you? I hope you had a fantastic entry into November month... I'll tell you a secret about me ... I love bright colors, convey me much joy ... So today I come with a notebook to write down all my thoughts , my projects and my memories ... A notebook that gives me, just looking, positive energy!

Another secret that I will tell you about me is that I love to do my own backgrounds for my projects, whether cards, LO's, mini albums, etc ... and this time would not be otherwise ... Let's do it!

The first step was to play with my inks and a roller to apply them on a piece of watercolor paper ... for this, I pulverized and mixed various inks and colors on an acetate sheet... Then, I inking my roller and applied it on paper.

I added textures with different embossing powders and some stamps on the sheet, without any order, leaving out creativity!

Finally, I cut sentiment of one of the fantastic papers designed for Susan, and I added them some relief outlining the contours with an embossing pen and gold embossing powders.

I had so much fun designing this project that I could not resist use my new notebook nothing more to finish !!

Products used:

Some close ups:

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Noe I.G.

Susan K.Weckesser DT Member.

Noe IG

Susan K. Weckesser DT Member

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Journal fun with Susan K Weckesser Stamps and Stencil

 Howdy! Peggy here, to show you my art journal page using Susan K Weckesser stamps and stencil.

Today I used "Journal doodles with a Heart" Stamps and I love them! there are 20 stamps in this package to help you journal. From flowers to leaves and sentiments too!  I also love that they come in a zip lock back for storage. This package has quality red rubber stamps that can be cling mounted.

The supplies used today are:
Susan K Weckesser Stamps Journal Doodles with a Heart
Susan K Weckesser Stencil
Journal
Lindy's Stamp Sprays
Spectrum Noir Markers
Gelly Roll Pens
Distress Inks

I used Lindy's sprays for the background and let it dry naturally.
Next I started with a fabulous stencil. I used Black distress inks with the stencil and made a border around my page.  I decided to make my own focal image and since my backyard on the ocean was full of salmon coming to spawn in the creek beside my house. I drew a salmon and doodled to my heart's content. I colored with spectrum noir markers and glued it down with glue.

 I stamped all over my page with "Journal Doodles with a Heart" stamps. I hope you enjoy my results! My doodles around my focal fish say "In my backyard Salmon are a plenty. My backyard where the bears come to eat the salmon and berries." and below reads Where The Rainforest Meets the Sea.

I hope you enjoyed today's journal page. Thanks for joining us! Check out the Susan K Weckesser Store. 

Mixed Media Scrapbook Page: Grumpy Chick

Hi all 

It's Katie here with another design team  post for the blog. 

I have a mixed media layout to share using the A Little Bit Washi stamp set, it's one of my favourites so I've had a good play with them. The theme of this month is exploring our backyard which over the summer had a few little visitors. I went into the shed to find a robin's nest wedged onto one of the shelves so I snapped a few pictures as it is wonderful to be so close to nature.

I love this stamp set because not only does it produce clean images that will stick to anything, The textures are brilliant and are versatile enough to use on any project.

For the base I used the Color Bust 12 x 12 sheet by Susan K Weckesser and I used a layer of texture paste before spritzing the background  with Inks In A Bottle Brazil Nut, Pumpkin and French Lavender to get an Earthy colour, I then took the Doodle Stencil and used white texture paste to create a few rows of flowers. I added some to the layers as well

I loved stamping over this canvas bunting by Prima which the Susan K Weckesser stamps work well with. Again I stuck with Earthy Autumn colours and used Colour Chemistry ink pads Spring Green, Golden Yellow and Fire Brick. I then threaded twine through the bunting and glued it all down.

For the flower I used plain cream card and stamped over the petals using the A Little Bit Washi stamp set and then I coloured in the circles with gold accents.

I called him grumpy chick after a friend pointed out his moody little face.

The stitching pattern is from the Grunge Fun stamp set which i stamped across the page along side the A Little Bit Washi stamps. 

Thank you for visiting

Exploring an Art Journal Page

Hello all you wonderful Blog Followers!  Lynne here today with my first design team post for the month of November.  This month our theme is "Exploring Our Backyard" and we will be using our Art Journals to share with you what we see around us as we explore our world with "new" eyes.  But I would like to take this one step further and I will be using this time to also explore new techniques and new products, as well as to try and use old products in new ways, because, to me, that is what Art Journaling is all about.  Here is the Art Journal Page I created:

This page was a week-long art journey, with me taking my time and layering and layering with no real outcome in mind, allowing myself to just DO whatever came into my mind with whatever products I wanted to use.

Taking all the pressure off myself to "make something pretty" or to achieve a final outcome allowed my Art Soul to fly free and allowed me to really explore Who I Am as an Artist, a Crafter, a Woman, a Beautiful Soul, a Child of God, a Human Being Residing on this Earth... See what I mean? (smile)

If you are interested in my Art Journey and want to see how what started as THIS page:
Turned into THIS page:

Please do Pop on over to MY BLOG and read all about it as well as hearing a bit about what I think Art Journaling is all about!  Thanks for stopping by today ((Hugs))

Lynne Mizera
for the Susan K. Weckesser Design Team

Products used on this project:
Susan K. Weckesser Unity Stamps "Sail Away" and "Journal Doodles with a Heart"
Close to my Heart Liquid Glass
Derwent Inktense Blocks 
Golden Fluid Acrylic Paint
Idea-ology Tissue Wrap - Composer
Ranger Archival Ink, Stickles and Liquid Pearls

Sharpie Oil Based Paint Pens
Sharpie Black Ultra Fine Point
UniBall Signo White Gel Pen

Christmas Love Campaign 2015

Hello!

I am SO excited to be starting the SEVENTH ANNUAL Christmas Love Campaign! I LOVE sharing love with all though around me through art and creativity. I LOVE doing this campaign with YOU!

So, what is The Christmas Love Campaign?

My Story:

The 'CLC' is a very dear event that I started seven years ago shortly after losing my father to cancer. My dad had lived a life of always doing kind things for ANYONE & EVERYONE. When he passed away suddenly I didn't know what I could do to continue spreading his kindness and love that he showed and gave everyone.. One day at a scrapbooking crop I noticed how kind scrapbookers can be to each other even though most of the time they are total strangers. I noticed that even happens on the internet. Crafters reaching out to other crafters with words of encouragement in hard times and in good times. After seeing this, I approached The Canadian Scrapbooker in the fall of 2009 and I asked Katharina Doyle and Jackie Ludlage if I could write an article for their magazine on a topic that was very important to me, entitled 'Scrap Matters'. It talked about the awesome power of arts, crafts, and scrapbooking and I asked people how they brightened other people’s day by being creative?

'Simple Acts of Creative Kindness is an such AWESOME TOOL!'

Last December, right before Christmas, the CLC touched my heart at a entirely new level! I thought it was my kidneys bothering me. I was also told in last June that my jaw and teeth were softening and that I would need reconstructive surgery…a big surgery that meant having my teeth replaced with implants and bone graft in my jaw. So, I figured my feeling not good was all that and a LOT of nerves too. So I went into hospital for what I thought was a simple surgery to have some of my kidney stones removed, however, it turned into a bladder biopsy that totally surprised me. I tried not to think about it . However my doctor called to chat. I guess it turns out that I had Bladder Cancer. The word CANCER, still echoes in my ears. Never saw that coming. I didn't even know that there was such a thing. He said that he was really surprised because I am so young.

Continued.......with update...

It has been almost a whole year since been diagnosed with Cancer. What a year it has been. It feel like it has only been a week or two but at the same time so much has happened. I am not Cancer free yet. I have a long road ahead of me. I am so grateful for the support that I have received from my friends, my fans, and my fellow arts. ART DOES HEAL!!! The cards, little notes, and artwork that I have received lift me up and make me feel like I can do anything!!

THIS IS WHERE IS NEED YOU!!

I want to create my little heart out because it is SO healing!!!! It really is! I want to create and I want to share some Christmas LOVE with as many people as I can! Please help me!!! PLEASE help me share some creative LOVE with neighbour , strangers, and the people around you!!!!

LET us SPREAD CREATIVE LOVE ALL AROUND THE WORLD!!!!

Let’s have an AWESOME 2015 Christmas Love Campaign!!!

You all mean the world to me! Let’s have some fun together!!! Invite everyone you know to join in with us! xo

SO here is what you do….

Grab an image and join us to share some love!

This year so far we have some awesome sponsors joining us to help us #craftuplove, including Fancy Pants, Clearsnap, Canadian Scrapbooker & Scrapbook & Cards Today.

This is going to be one amazing fun & event!

Hugs,

Susan xo

 

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In My Garden

Hello friends. Larissa here today using one of my new favorite stamp sets from Susan K Weckesser. This is In My Garden. 

I love the detail of each image. I stamped a few of the images on a piece of Kraft cardstock using Versamark ink. I then heat embossed using clear embossing powder.

I colored each image using my Prismacolor pencils and blended the color with OMS.

I love the way the color is sort of muted into the Kraft cardstock and that you can not see the harsh lines you would normally stamp with black ink. 

I used a few fall colors but you could use bright colors on a piece of light blue cardstock or even stamp these images with black ink on white cardstock. Oh the possibilities are endless.

Have a wonderful day friends.
Don't forget to check back to see what the amazing design team has made for you using Susan K Weckesser products.

Larissa Pittman