DECEMBER DAILY

 Happy Monday! I have a few fun travel notebook spreads I created into a fun December Daily Book. This was a challenge for me...but I think I made it work! I don't have too many pictures to create a December Daily because I've never created a December Daily mini. I have such a hard time scrapbooking holiday photos! I went through my photo albums and selected a few photos that would work for this month's theme.

I used lots of pretty papers, stickers, chipboard and journaling cards from the Nordica Collection. Love this collection. It's so pretty!

Totally loving the chipboard and sticker dots! They are so pretty clustered together on the photo.

For this layout, I went with the softer color palette. That floral print is lovely! I used a lace metal die to create the border at the top. And added a few chipboard pieces and clear stickers to pull the layout together. 

Lucky for me, Edward loves to decorate the Christmas Tree...me, not so much! But, I do love putting the presents underneath the tree for him. The presents look so pretty at night with Christmas lights on. I'm looking forward to having a tree this year. For the past two years, we have not had a tree since we went on a family vacation during the Christmas break. :)

I added the "favorite time" clear sticker onto the chipboard above the top photo and added the clear string of lights stickers across the middle of the layout. So cute!

This spread was so much fun... I love how this looks in just black and white. Something different...

I stamped the "happy MEMORIES" sentiment on the left side of the spread and then I stamped some snowflakes.

Are you participating in December Daily this year? Stop by the shop and grab a few items to help you document those special memories!

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EDWARD'S SHIRT

It's been hard this year...Edward spends the majority of his days on the computer...but one of the things he really enjoys is making t-shirts! He's quite the little artist. The other night he walked into my craft room and told me he wanted to make a shirt. My response was, "you know where everything is!" It looks like my craft room has become "our" craft room. And I love it! I'm so happy he loves to create beautiful art just like me.

Here are some pictures I took of him making his shirt. I really enjoyed watching him go through the process of creating a Sublimation project. If you want to learn more about this process, visit Artesrpix's Blog and store. Once you start, you won't want to stop. :) It's addicting, but fun! 

To begin, he printed out the images from the internet.

Here he is setting up the lightbox so that he can use a lightbox to color in the images...he has seen me do this multiple times... he just sat down and quietly watched me created things many nights...

He took his time and used his phone to see the graphics and colors...I am truly impressed...

Here's how the sublimation markers look was it came out of the heat press! SOOOOO FUN!

It was nigh time when I took this photo...not the best, but I wanted to take it while he was willing...

What do you think? Neat, huh? If you're looking for something to do with your ten year old... this is a great project!!

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MIXED MEDIA ART JOURNAL PAGES

Hi all! Happy Thanksgiving! I'm sharing a variety of mixed media pages I created in my art journal. For these pages, I used a variety of paint, ink, and lots of 6x6 stencils from The Crafter's Workshop. All of these pieces are so different...love that. To create the backgrounds, I used a gel plate! Still getting the hang of gel plating, but it's soooo cool!!

If you're interested in seeing how some of these pages came together, click here to see a tutorial on the Clique International blog. 

For this page, I used the gel plate and pulled the green, pink and purple colors onto the journaling page. Then I used the Light and Fluffy Modeling Paste from The Crafter's Workshop over the 6x6 stencil to create the patterns. Once the paste was completely dry, I used a gel medium to glue down the embellishments. Super simple and fun to make!

I used the Limited Kit, Bliss to create these fun mixed media pages. That lace trim is sooooo beautiful I didn't want to cut it... We still have a few acrylic paints from the Bliss Limited Edition as well.

These are the stencils I used on these journal pages in case you wanted to know.

TCW865S Asian Floral
TCW912S Wheat Stalks
TCW882S Fantasy Tile
TCW925S Nature's Circuitry
TCW861S Happy Dandelions
TCW923S Celestial Sun

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DO WHAT MAKES YOUR SOUL SHINE ART JOURNAL PAGE

Good morning! I'm super excited to share this art journaling page I created for The Crafter's Workshop. I used a little bit of everything. I created this piece one Friday night when it was nice and quiet with my iTunes blasting in the background. Seriously, I'm not sure where this came from... sometimes I impress myself when I just create... not worrying about what others might think.

Disclaimer: "The Crafter's Workshop provided me with some product to create this project. The opinions I share are soley my own."

I used the TCW810 Blooming Garden Stencil, TCW507 The Story, and TCW437 Texturized Stencil to create the background. These stencils created lots of beautiful texture and depth to my art journal page. I just love it.

I cut the butterfly die cut using my Silhouette Portrait then coated it in white gesso to prevent the butterfly from tearing once I applied all the mediums.

Love the strip of paper that says "do what makes your soul shine." I cut this sentiment from a die cut.

I used Platinum Modeling Paste to add some silver tones to the butterfly. The background was created with Clear Modeling Paste and TCW9058 Alphine ColorSparx. :) Isn't it beautiful? 

To see the process, step-by-step. Please visit The Crafter's Workshop! Also, I have a video I created to see how this beauty came together!

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COZY TIME TRAVEL NOTEBOOK SPREADS

Good morning! Nicole here. I have a few fun pages I created in my travel notebook using the Cozy Time Collection from Studio Forty. Every year, we go to the farm and make it a family day. And while I'm there, I like to take pictures. :) 

For the cover, I cut  a piece of the journaling card down so it would fit within the white box on the notebook. Then I added the strip of washi sticker along with the chipboard and clear "together" sticker. I created the tag using a metal die and fed the lace through the top of the tag to make the book more feminine.

I added a few stickers to the left-side of the page. Then I added the foam stickers from my stash because I needed some brown hearts. :) One can never have too many hearts! I cut the floral wreath from a journaling card to use as my journaling mat. Then I added the photos, stickers and chipboard. I didn't want to add too much stuff. I think this spread has just the right amount of embellishments.

If you didn't know, Studio Forty offers Travel Notebook Papers! They fit inside the notebook perfectly. I trimmed them down slightly so that I left a small white border around the pages, but that's just my preference. 

I added a few pieces of chipboard at the bottom and then tucked the sticker dot behind the photo so that the word "day" peeked out.

For this page, I used more sticker dots. They are totally fun and they made this spread more playful with my little nephew! I stamped "Weekend Vibes" on the right-side and added the little rainbow sticker dot. So perfect!

Have you tried scrapbooking with a Travel Notebook? I started last year and love it! Once you start playing with these books, you won't want to stop!

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HOLIDAY TAGS CREATED WITH ARTESPRIX PRODUCTS

Hello everyone!! Christmas is coming and I haven't even started shopping yet. I do this every year... put shopping off until the last minute. Don't ask why. It's not like I don't know what day it is each year...LOL. Any way, I can tell you that I have been working on a few fun holiday projects! So...my house will look pretty. :)

To Create this tag, you will need the following:

Artesrpix Maple Bag Tag

Artesprix Sublimation Ink-Black

Artesprix Gnomie Botanical and Original Sublimation Markers

Artesprix Acrylic Block

Heat Press or regular iron

Artesprix Heat Tape

Artesprix Acrylic Block

Artesprix Protective Paper Roll

Trinity Stamp's Holiday Tweets Stamp, Elephant Gift Stamp

Step by Step Instructions:

Step 1. To begin, I used the Maple Bag Tag as a template to trace on white cardstock using a pencil. 

Step 2. Next, I stamped Trinity Stamp's Holiday Tweets image onto the plain piece of paper using the Sublimation Ink pad. 

Step 3. I colored the images using the Original and Gnomie Botanical Sublimation Markers. For the sentiment, I used a lightbox to trace the sentiment backwards.*

Step 4. Tape the blank image facing up using the heat tape. As you can see, I am using both sides of this tag!

Step 5. Set your heat press to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and timer for 45 seconds. Make sure you place your project in your heat source image facing up. After your timer has completed, make sure to let your project cool down before touching it.

Don't forget to check out the variety of blanks in the shop. There are many different things you can create by hand using the Sublimation Markers, Ink, and Stamps along with our blanks! Click here to see all of Artesprix's products!

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