4 Art !

We hope you don't have any doubts why Art is so important in our lives. ;)
In case you needed some convincing, Riikka expresses it today ever so beautifully!

New year and new adventures!

For the first project for 2015 I wanted to do something colorful and I wanted it to be a layout. The last months of last year I did many altered projects or other mixed media works but what I feel I'm mostly a scrapbooker.

I started recording the lives of my two daughters but recently I have been doing more and more pages about myself or something more abstract. This page goes to that category - the title of the page is "4 Art".

The journaling talks about how making these crafts is my own time, it's a stress-reliever and a battery-charger. Creating keeps me going.

The photo on the page was taken during a workshop held by Alexis Toupet last spring in Paris event called Version Scrap. I also mention how this hobby is also a perfect reason (or an excuse) to travel - I love taking classes and learning new things.

 

I started the page by adding some patterned papers from 7 Dots Studio to the background and then I layered the photo and the embellishments on top. I added some stamping and a few touches of ink through a stencil.

But what I really wanted to incorporate to the page was paint from the Silks line so I added it onto the embellishments and also "framed" them with some shimmering paint.

To add a touch more sparkle to the page, I used the lovely blue glitters from Finnabair's Art Ingredients line.

Lastly, I took out the white Sharpie and doodled on top of the paint layer.

Keep sparkling and creating!

Wishing you a lovely start to the new year and lots of inspiration!

Materials from Mixed Media Place: