This is to Certify Happiness

Hello and Happy Sunday!  I hope your day is running smoothly.  Today, I needed a quick card so I had a play with watercolors, Strathmore 500 Series Ready Cut paper, dimensional die cuts and background stamps.

I literally put this card together in minutes using snippets of things I had in my stash.  I started with a watercolor smooshing technqiues using Arteza Real Brush Markers.  I stamped over the dried background with Bo Bunny and Indigo Blu texture stamps using distress inks.  I found floral dimensional ephemera I had stashed in a drawer and used a large one for the focal.  For the sentiment, I used 2 snippets from the Tim Holtz Clipping sentiment pack.  

The card is now tucked away in an envelope, ready to be posted tomorrow.  Sometimes, I work better under pressure!  

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Avenue 613

Dare 2 B Artsy

All Sorts

Outlawz Festive Fridays

Corrosive Challenge

Classic Design Challenge

Art Journal Page - Sing Your Song

I've recently discovered Art Journaling (yeah..I know....I'm a little behind the trend) and have decided to start keeping one.  I enjoy mixed media and it seems the thing to do is keep an Art Journal to assist with the experimenting of different mediums and keep track of progress.  

Here is my first official Art Journal, the Strathmore Softcover 500 Series Mixed Media Art Journal: ( Dick Blick Art Products )

And here is my first official 2 page layout in my new Mixed Media Art Journal:

I had great fun creating the layout.  The bird image is from the Cricut Baby Shower cartridge, the birdhouse comes from the Cricut April Showers cartridge and the branch with flowers from the Cake Basics cartridge.  

I used acrylic paints for the background colors, white gesso with a piece of bubblewrap for the circle texture.  Ranger archival ink was used with an unbranded foliage stamp, with the border stamp from IndigoBlu (a Limor Webber Design) and the lettering stamps from Echo Park.  Mixed Medium Gel was used over the images to create a non-porous surface so details with archival pens could be used as well as sealing the entire layout.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you'll follow this blog and come back soon.

Donna

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I support the following challenges:  CardzTV Anything Goes Challenege #43, Crafty Creations Challenge #367 Anything Goes