Hello again, it has been a while (ages, more like it…). I
hadn’t planned for such a long break, but well – life happened, you know how it
is… But here I am, stretching my creative mind\fingers again and hoping to
share some of my ideas with you.
I usually don’t share things from my shop, but lately my mixed
media experiments made their way there and I thought some of you might be
interested in the process, so here we are!
Today I’m sharing my latest launch: journals.
They are basically altered notebooks and I just LOVE making
them! There are endless possibilities and each one comes out completely different.
There’s Night Shimmer, that has a lot of texture and
dimension and a dreamy quality thanks to the metallic gleam and sleepy moon.
The cat lover in me (oh, about 120%...) melts before this
curious kitty, and I do love the colourful background, makes me think of the
Cheshire Cat, even if it looks completely different from the familiar imagery.
The Golden Mandala journal has lovely texture and metallic sheen.
Though it may not seem so, all the elements on the cover are paper, it’s amazing
what die cutting and paint can do.
Vintage Rust is… well, rusty. I love the texture on this
one, and the colours, there are so many layers I’m not sure I remember them all...
It was so much fun making the little closure belt, it went through a LOT to get
that used look... LOL
And finally – Faery Dance. I’m not a glitter girl, but a
magic journal needs some glimmer, it’s the rules. The background texture was
created with a mixture of glitter paste and paints, and I have to admit I
really love the result. It subdues the glitter a bit, giving it a dreamy
quality, but there’s still enough shine coming through and it catches the light
beautifully, changing colour in different angles. I tried to catch it on camera
a million times, but no luck… The leafy frame is a die cut and I like the fact
that the shape can be understood as an opening in the greenery or a magical
mirror showing the little fairies enjoying the night.
I used a whole selection of products: Distress Oxide inks,
Finnabair waxes and molds, Nuvo pastes, dies from Tonic, Tim Holtz and Birch
Press Design, some stamps from Visible Image and Hero Arts, among others. The list is quite long, but I’d be happy to give
more details if you’d like.
One of my favorite things about making these journals is thinking how people would fill them: notes from lectures? Bullet journal? Art journal? Poems? Dreams? Recipes? Memories?
I do love a pretty notebook. It gives a special air to whatever you write inside, even if some of it are shopping lists... ;)
Till next time
xx
