Out with the Old and In with the New - Take 2

I'm still working on the concept of out with the old and in with the new here at present but rather than throw out the old, it's in my heart to be repurposing as much as I can. 

I have been painting over old paintings and my journal to kick start this year was made from a piece of cardboard that came perfect in size and already scored to have a spine, and big enough to fit Signatures of A3 Size Sheets of Water Color Paper.

To cover the outside of my journal I used the fabric of an old shirt and the inside was lined with some papers I handmade in 2017.  
My internal spine was cut from another piece of sturdy cardboard and I simply lined up and punched three holes at the top and bottom on this piece.  I then took a piece of red elasticized thread and weaved this through the holes to create four page holders in my journal.  By pulling this thread tightly they hold the pages in firmly but allow me to remove each piece to work on them separately meaning I don't get lots of fun creative inky mess on my journal and its covers.

You can see in the photos it holds the page I shared with you from my last post beautifully and because our post today is all about the heart I am doing a bit of a Throwback Thursday also showing you a Gel print I did some time ago where I used punched out heart shapes as a mask.  The other page was done taking inspiration from my frangipanis in flower.  I used my watercolor pencils (see the special offer and get a FREE watercolor tube Brush) and gelatos to do this.

I am loving that I am in my creative flow at present, I've been journaling and painting and even writing some haiku poetry of late also.  If you are looking for lots of product inspiration to get creative in 2019 then be sure to check out all the wonderful supplies here on the website.

Have you already found this New Year has you all inspired and ready to create?  I'd love to know.

Danie xx

Out with the Old and In with the New!

As the year draws to a close many of us find ourselves thinking about what New we want to bring into our lives for the following year.  It also means we could be looking at what we need to let go of to make way for the New.  For me, part of this thinking led me to a pile of papers I had been hoarding in my craft room for the past probably six or so months since I moved into a different space.

I like to repurpose and reuse where I can so sometimes I find it hard to part with things.  I found some offcuts from a project I shared here earlier in the year - gel press print papers I had used as backgrounds for some ATC Coins.  Anyhow, I decided to use the offcuts up and make an initial start for a 2019 journal.

Taking some A3 size watercolor paper that I often use to create signatures I folded this in half and began to punch squares out of my off cut papers and paste them down onto my page.

I ran out of enough paper to punch squares so the bottom of my page was torn strips and pieces of what was left.

Next I covered this entire gel press print layer with tissue to tone down the color.

Once dry I smeared some Distress Oxide ink over the top in three colors.

Having finished the background I then proceeded to do some stamping of Dream Catchers and made marks with some other stamps, I also punched out some tiny hearts from a dark pink scrap of paper.  My chosen sentiments are to encourage me to Dream and Live them Out in the Year to come.

So yes it was out with the old scraps and into the New Journal.

Anyhow it is back to the tidying up and clearing out.

Wishing you all a wonderful start to 2019.

Danie xx