Time To Bloom: A practical perspective In Art Journaling

Hello my fellow creatives!

Welcome to INSPIRE!

I wanted to share with you a link to my latest personal project, an art journal collage, inspired by the lovely 

Marta Lapkowska- a.k.a. "Maremi's Small Art".

For years I have admired her work, her artistry, her LOVE for creativity, and she has inspired many projects  that I have created.

And as I have been following her, I have learned that creativity doesn't have to be difficult. If something is not working the way you had pictured, take it a different direction and just go with it.

I am kind of a "3D" crafter of sorts, altering objects is a great love, and I have always seemed to struggle with card making, and art journaling. 

With this latest art journal entry, I am feeling more confident that this too, I can do!

So, here is the link to my YouTube channel, where you can see how this collage came together.

Products featured in this project are from:

Canvas Corp Brands/Tattered Angels

https://shop.canvascorpbrands.com/pages/tattered-angels

ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever

https://scraperfect.com

 And a host of Ranger/Tim Holtz products as well, purchased through various retailers.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I hope that this post and project, INSPIRES you too!

Until next time......

Live a Creative Life!

Old Fashion Inspired Christmas Gift Trio With Canvas Corp Brands

Hello Creatives!

Welcome to INSPIRE!

Just wanted to pop in and share the link 

to my final Christmas project this Holiday Season.

I created this lovely, vintage inspired Farmhouse 

Christmas Trio, using the 

Farmhouse Christmas Collection from Canvas Corp Brands.

http://blog.canvascorpbrands.com/vintage-farmhouse-christmas-gift-trio/

Follow the link under the photo

to see the details!

Visit the Canvas Corp Brands shop to purchase this collection, and for many more fabulous products including Tattered Angels, 7gypsies, Brutus Monroe & more,

visit here:

https://shop.canvascorpbrands.com

Thanks for visiting today!

And Merry Christmas to you!!!!

A Christmas Blog Hop With Beautiful Farmhouse Inspired Ornaments

Hello Creative Friends!

Welcome to INSPIRE!

Today I want to share with you my recent Christmas creative project, BEAUTIFUL Farmhouse Inspired Ornaments created with products from Canvas Corp Brands, and from my own craft stash.

I want to share with you, that this is also part of a 

Christmas Blog Hop, featuring a host of FABULOUS

artists from the CCB Creative Crew!

Be sure to follow to the end of the of this post, and follow each link to find more inspiration!

My ornaments were totally inspired by the 

Farmhouse Christmas Collection Papers 

by Canvas Corp.

https://shop.canvascorpbrands.com/products/farmhouse-christmas-paper-collection

This collection is nostalgic of vintage farm Christmas's. Just full of delight!

I decided to use acrylic flat round ornaments I purchased at Walmart as my base.

Using the black & white variety of paper, images from from two separate designs for the inside of the ornaments.

The first,I chose a farmhouse truck. I cut out the truck design, cropped the corners slightly to give a rounded edge, and gently rolled the image to place inside the ornament.

Using tweezers, I adjusted it to fit snuggly.

I then added faux snow, and a bit of fine white glitter for shimmer.

I glued the silver cap into place after filling the ornament, and added a remnant fabric piece as a ribbon, some Christmas greenery and pearls to complete the ornament.

I followed the same steps in creating the second ornament, that featured a sentiment from another Farmhouse Collection Paper, adding a tiny red ribbon, and shimmering snow flakes and pearls to the inside of the second ornament. 

Each ornament took only moments to create, and look elegant, with a vintage farmhouse twist.

What inspiration! And so very easy to do!

And now for even more inspiration!

Click on the following names, hop to their blogs, to see more BEAUTIFUL projects created by very talented artists!

Betz Golden

Mary Cat

Karla Yungwirth

Karen Jiles

Ava Gavoski

Thanks so much for visiting today!

Please visit again soon!

Be Blessed!