Mindful

Hi how is everyone going? I here today to  share another one of the... well I suppose you can call it a series, using colouring sheet background and black and white stamped images.

I love this style of art journal because you really can play with the background and go nuts with your colours and stencils then ground it with your black and white images. 

And by adding a little black drop shadows you can blend the bright with the dark. 

If your interested in learning this style of art journal (Western Australian based) pop me a message on my facebook page here

https://www.facebook.com/rikki.graziani

Or here:

https://www.facebook.com/JustToObsessed

 Till next time have a creative day

Rikki G 

xxxxx

Pondering

Good morning how are you? I am finding little bouts of creative ideas... I will spend a day stamping and fussy cutting then put it away for another day. The next day I might spend some time colouring in an object then cut it out and set it aside.

Then when I am ready to create then I have all my elements to finish a page in my journal. This is helpful when you have limited time or limited mojo.

Hope you find some creative time 

Rikki G

xxxxxxx

 

Let your dreams .....

Hello how are you going? I am here to share with you a labour of love. This art journal page took a massive 9 plus hours to complete and to be honest I still want to go and fiddle with the 

page by adding on more pencil work and more hidden details. 

I love this art journal page and it evolved from making a pencil case,which is a gift, so rather than lose track of my work it was a great way to replicate the art work into my book.

ArtHouseWhimsy

Check out the amazing images to start the base of your page.

Till next time have a creative day

Rikki G

xxxx

 

Every leaf.... For Bee Arty

 Hi, see I  told you  I would try and make some effort. Today I  am sharing with you my take on this  months Bee Arty Monthly challenge. Who doesnt like a challenge you have the whole month of October  to join us here  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.1893624661135267&type=3

t's that time again Ladies! Here is the challenge for October (have you entered your September challenge???).

I love this time of year and the blueberries just look delicious! This could also be a great halloween themed layout too.

Get scrapping and show us your creations for a chance to win a $30 voucher!

Have fun and good luck!

So  heres my take on this months challenge.

 Bee Arty Products used:

1928 Fragment & Text - Clear Stamp Set

https://beearty.com.au/collections/stamps/products/1928-fragment-text-clear-stamp-set

Garden- A4 Stencil

https://beearty.com.au/collections/stencils/products/garden-a4-stencil 

Radiant - A5 Stencil

https://beearty.com.au/collections/stencils/products/radient-a5-stencil

Perfect Petals - Clear Stamp Set

https://beearty.com.au/collections/stamps/products/perfect-petals-clear-stamp-set

Till next time have a creative day

Rikki G

MIA.....

 Good morning how are you? Long time no speak lol ahhhh what can I say, life has been happening and with that the mojo stopped flowing.... A lot has happened that is for sure lets see if I can fill you in a little bit we started the  New year off with a new addition into the house with a new Golden Retriever puppy and let me say Maverick has kept us on our toes. We also have said goodbye to our beloved Jax, and we still continue to miss our big smiley Staffy Lab and its a hole that will never be filled. 

Our new house (3yrs old) need all the walls to be grinded out because of cracking and then repainted so that meant everything had to be moved out and lived with, let me tell you it wasnt very inspiring for the creative endeavours, but it did mean that my studio had an overhaul and a clean out and more organisation..... I am I the only one that finds if things are disorganised that I cant create?

So all the art mojo has been on holiday and I think it was a little bit of burnout, the joys of also being in my 40s means my brain has decided to go on hold and just motivation in general. 

So I am going to try and start the creative again and will be sharing some of my works, and they are a little bit different as I have started the Art Journal journey and just start to get back to playing with paints and colouring in hope to make some art works for my walls ( this is still a bit off I think).

So hopefully I will get to sharing and creating again more frequently. 

Todays share is from  a recent art journal  class that I have started running from home we gather once a month so if  your interested pm my  facebook page and I  will get in contact with you https://www.facebook.com/JustToObsessed/

Till next time have a creative day

Rikki G

You Will.... for Bee Arty

  Good afternoon how are you all ? Its been a while.... got to love computers blue screens of death... to kill mojo and creative sharing. Now comes the task of getting back into the groove and reinstalling everything that was on the computer ... arrggghhhh !! 

But enough of that its time to share my lastest creation using a little bit of ink.... in combination with Bee Arty stamps and stencils.

I used the Bee Arty Fushsia Fantasy Stamp set. I stamped in an archive in first then went over with a white gel pen this also allowed me to add dots and highlight the leaves in my background.

For the background I used the Bee Arty Sunrays A4 stencil.

If you add glass cabochons, they high light different details in your background. 

Sunrays - A4 Stencil

Fuchsia Fantasy - Clear Stamp Set

White Cardstock

Till next time have a creative day.

You Stole My Heart for Dusty Attic

Firstly I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas from my Family to yours I hope you spend the time doing what you love to do and time with your closest people. 

So because its Christmas morning here in Australia, I will do a very quick post sharing my last layout of the year for Dusty Attic, and what a year it has been I hope I have inspired you this year with all the amazing Dusty Attic Chipboard.

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Love Gnomes

Clouds #6

Flower Buds #1

Mini Pumpkins

You Stole My Heart

All you need to do is add your take of the challenge into the comments section on the Dusty FANattics Facebook page HERE for your chance to win one of two amazing $50 Credits to choose any. 

Good Luck and have fun creating.