13 arts: art book

Sunday, 27 December 2020

End of Summer layout with Sandi Clarkson

Hello, 13 Arts friends and fans!

Sandi Clarkson here with you today sharing my most recent project for 13 Arts featuring the 13 Arts End of Summer collection. Although I am still actually knee-deep in Christmas preparations at the moment, I had an idea in mind for scrapping this sweet photo of my young granddaughter Marianne playing in the leaves. So, I'm mixing in some Fall along with the Christmas season.

Let's look at today's project, shall we?

As usual I prepared my paper with clear gesso before moving on to stenciling with the new Stencil Vintage letter, END OF SUMMER and 13 Arts modeling paste.

Then it was a matter of adding papers from the End of Summer A6 paper pad for my focal point and to serve as photo matting. I added lots of corrugated cardboard between my layers for dimensional and to enable me to tuck in my embellishments.

I adore the gorgeous rust and cream sunflowers in this End of Summer Ephemera Pack. So, I added with abandon as I wanted a very full look. Also, we now have the wonderful Art Book, vol 1 for fussy cutting even more images.

I also used some of the chipboard from the collection for further embellishing.

When my composition was nearly finished, I added both Brown Water Ink as well as Yellow Amber Water Ink (links below) to make the focal area more dominant. As an additional layer, you can see that I also used some ecru Sisal from 13 Arts.

I finished the layout with some splattering of watered down 13 Arts White Gesso.

The butterflies from the End of Summer Ephemera pack are bright and beautiful. I just had to use a few for whimsy and to brighten things up. Also, the new Badges are so fun to tuck in amongst your layers.

I hope that this will inspire you to create and make use of your 13 Arts products.

Below is a list of products used in case you need to shop:

13 Arts products used:

End of Summer A6 paper pad

End of Summer Ephemera Pack

Daydreaming paper, End of Summer

ART BOOK vol. 1 8x8" Paper pad

Stickers A4 END OF SUMMER

End of Summer chipboard

Stencil Vintage letter, END OF SUMMER

Badge set, 6 pcs, 25mm

Yellow Amber Water Ink

Sisal floristic hair ecru 37-40 gr

Silicone Brush 50 mm

Splash Brush

4mm round Watercolor Brush

Thank you for stopping by today!

See you next time,

Sandi

Thursday, 19 November 2020

Birthady cards with Bella by Monika Januszewska-Rosik

Witajcie! Tym razem przygotowałam dla Was dwie kartki urodzinowe z wykorzystaniem kolekcji Bella, która jest moim zdaniem niezwykle kobieca.

Hello! This time I have prepared two birthday cards for you using the Bella collection, which in my opinion is extremely feminine.

Gdy tworzę kartki, lubię myśleć o osobie, dla której powstają. Pierwsza z nich powstała dla mojej przyjaciółki, która bardzo lubi podróże. Elementy wycięte z Art Booka oraz Ephemery pozwoliły mi na uzyskanie przestrzennej kompozycji. Jak widzicie Bellę możemy z powodzeniem łączyć z elementami z kolekcji Travel the World.

When I create cards, I like to think about the person they are created for. The first one was created for my friend who likes traveling very much. Elements cut from the Art Book and Ephemera allowed me to obtain a spatial composition. As you can see Bella can be successfully combined with elements from the Travel the World collection.

Tu Bella w nieco energiczniejszej odsłonie. Kartka powstała dla mojej mamy pasjonatki kwiatów doniczkowych, róż i wszystkiego co zielone. Tłem kartki jest mozaika z kafelków wyciętych z Art Booka, podklejonych na kosteczkach dystansowych.

This is Bella in a slightly more energetic version. The card was created for my mother, who is passionate about potted flowers, roses and everything green. The background of the card is a mosaic of tiles cut from Art Book, glued on distance pads.