'Happiness' is ... (Art Journal spread with Decoart yummies)

(as close as I can get to the feeling):

Again, lots of yummie Decoart products:

fluid acrylics

metallic silver, green gold, Diarylide Yellow, Cadmium Orange Hue, Carbon Black, Hansa Yellow Light, Cobalt Teal Hue, Quinacridone Gold, Pyrrole Red

and interference:

Gold, Green 

metallic lustre: Orange Flicker, Majestic Purple, Gold Rush

weathered wood, crackle paint, gesso, matte medium, varnish ultra matte, triple thick

Thanks soo very much for stopping by and having a peek,
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

another Art Journal spread

in my handmade  'Badass Journal' - with more Decoart goodies:

 

Products involved:

white gesso

matte medium

misters turquoise and blue

paints

fluid acrylics quin gold, payne's grey, titan buff, phtalo turquoise

dazzling metallics teal

two step crackle

ultra matte varnish

Thanks so much for having a look, have a great weekend.
Hugs, Suzanne xx

Journal spread with Decoart goodies

Today I'm sharing an Art Journal spread I did as part of an online workshop I joined. It's called One Badass Art Journal and it's run and offered by the wonderful Tiare Smith.

The decoart products I used:

Thank you ever so much for stopping by.
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

itsy bitsy ...

Hi all ...
I have the honour to have been accepted as a member of the blogger outreach program (see sidebar) and for this spider thingy I used almost exclusively products from the most awesome range of decoart yummieness:

forgot to add the Metallic Lustre black shimmer, which I used to highlight the texture of the spider. It's made with a technique Sir Andy is sharing in his 'outcast' workshop.

and some crackle

Also it's been a while since I joined the challenge on the Haunted Design House blog.
This time it's 'naughty corner' and I hope my little spider fits it :-D There are most definitely corners and I can assure you the spider can be very naughty and evil LOL

Thanks so much for stopping by and having a look.
Have a great day everyone.
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

workshop retreat and other inspirations

Hi all, a warm hello to those who are still visiting :-) I'm so happy to see you here.
As it is - and will be at least for the rest of the year - (you and) I will have to settle for occasional posts and comments only further on. Family- and the rest of everyday life has become a struggle for me for quite some time and I/we need lots of time and patience.
Of course I'll do my share for my favourite design team from the de stempelwinkel blog but I have no clue how regularly I'll be able to share something else on my blog.

That said, I wanted to tell you about last Saturday, Oct. 25th.
I've been to Ede/NL, home of one of my favourite shops: de Craftorij. Lia and her busy and invaluable team had organized a craft retreat for Saturday and Sunday. I decided to join Andy Skinner's workshop. He shared some of his gorgeous timeworn techniques, using examples of wallhangers with a base from foam board. It's great stuff to work on :-)
This is what I did with all those yummieh fluid paints, embellishments, and loads of other terrific stuff Andy provided us with:

It was - once more - an overwhelming experience to join one of Andy's workshops and I just can't thank Lia and her team enough to keep cooperating with him and thus giving me and all the other enthusastic fans :-) the chance to learn from this great artist! :-D As I got to know him - well, the little bit I did *g* - Andy is a fun, patient, relaxed, down to earth .... kind of guy and I enjoy participating in his artistic skills an awful lot.
So, enough sweet talk, just take the chance to experience for yourself, you won't be disappointed.
I just relished working more or less concentrated (good thing you didn't see me, my cluelessness, and my mess LOL) in a relaxed atmosphere with so many talented ladies and without feeling the need to talk nonstop. I'm looking forward to the next time.

I also met and talked to some stunningly gifted and interesting ladies too, of course.
It would be unfair to name some and others not, so I'm just mentioning Miranda Bosch-Thurlings, who just released her first Art Journal book and who is rightly proud of it :-) It contains many many tipps and examples as well as comprehensible steps and explanations to start art journaling right away. Congrats, Miranda! Very well done.

Following one of her youtube tuts I painted a mobile case these days:

This, too, was lots of fun to do and I'm sure it won't be the last piece I made. Sadly I can't find anything suitable to treat like this around here at home just now ...

That's it so far.
Thanks so much for paying a visit and your patience with me ... hopefully :-)
Hugs, Suzanne xxx