Vibrant Christmas card

Hello, crafty friends and visitors!

MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of you who celebrate today!

I am back with another Christmas card but this time it's a 'vintage meets vibrant' kind of a card. 

Here is what I created.

Vintage Christmas card

Hi, crafty friends and visitors!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

I am here today to share with you my vintage Christmas card and here it is.

Secret Santa at Anything But Cute

Hello, everyone!

I hope you are well and have a wonderful time!

I can't believe Christmas is just around the corner! For me, this is the most wonderful time of year, a time to share with family and friends!

We decided to have a Secret Santa exchange on the Anything But Cute Design Team this year! How fun is that?

We all love to get a lovely surprise at Christmas, right?

I would like to share what I sent and what I received!

I created a Christmas card for my lovely blog friend and a teamie, a super talented Niki! 

She loves rustic glam so I decided to go in that direction in creating a card for her and this is the result.

Dylusions Christmas Card Tutorial

Hello, everyone!

Most of you are busy creating your Christmas cards, tags, gift bags, etc.
Today is my turn to bring you an Inspirational post at Stamps and Stencils. I decided to show you how to create the Dyan Reaveley's style Christmas card from start to finish.

Please head over to Stamps and Stencils blog to check out my tutorial. You can also read my short 'Oops story' at the end of the tutorail there :)

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving lovely comments! I read and appreciate each and every one of them!

Hugs! Branka xx

Nostalgic Christmas Window

Hi, friends!

Our new challenge has just started today at Stamps and Stencils! 

Toni is hostessing the challenge this month and she has chosen the theme 'Christmas Wishes'.

Here is how she describes her challenge theme:

Ahhhh! Christmas, like it or lump it, it rolls around every year and seems to arrive faster than ever. If you celebrate Christmas, it's likely that you'll be making cards, gift tags, decorations or even creating your own wrapping paper. My Christmas Wish is to see some of the creative things you make, in order to spread a little seasonal love to your families and friends. My only request is that you include some stamping or stenciling or even both!

***

I was inspired to create a Christmas nostalgic window for this wonderful challenge theme.

Christmas Ornament Card

Hello, everyone!

I am back to share with you my Christmas Ornament card I created for my GDT spot at Crafty Boots Challenges blog and I am really thrilled and honored to be a guest designer today at this amazing challenge blog!

I was so inspired by their wonderful challenge theme 'See the Wood for the Trees' and this is what I came up with.

Altered Handbag

Hello, everyone!

I hope you are all safe and well and have a wonderful day!

I am back today to share with you my first project using the sun printed fabric.

I was asked a while ago to 'do something' to cover the logo on the simple shoulder school handbag. 

That 'do something' I understood as Anything goes like project tee hee :)

I put my thinking hat on and this is what I came up with.

Faux Rust Card

Hi, crafty friends!

I am sharing with you a mixed media card I made for my wonderful blog friend and a super talented teamie Autumn for her birthday!

I decided to use a faux rust technique with some of my favourite dies and to create my own patterned paper as a background. 

Here is what I came up with.

Rustic Glam challenge at Anything But Cute

Hi, crafty friends!

I am back today to share with you my project I created for our new challenge at Anything But Cute! 

Our lovely and talented Niki is hostessing the challenge this month and she has chosen the theme 'Rustic Glam'!

Here is what I made for the challenge inspiration:

Christmas Gift Bag

Hello, everyone!

I am here today to announce that our new challenge at Stamps and Stencils has just started!

Cec is hostessing the challenge this month and she has chosen the theme 'Tag, Bags and Boxes'.

She describes her challenge theme this way:

 With Christmas coming up and the gift buying underway, we are going to need something to wrap them in.  Let's make some mixed media tags, bags & boxes that will be as treasured by the recipient as the gift itself.  Don't forget to include some stamping or stenciling.

***

I have decided to create a Christmas gift bag and here is what I came up with:

Mixed Media Altered Book

Hi, crafty friends!

I am back today to share with you my project I created for our new challenge at Stamps and Stencils. 

Our wonderful Autumn is hostessing the challenge and she has chosen the theme 'Elements of Nature'. 

This is how she describes her challenge theme:

Whether you are inspired by the glorious world around us with the changing seasons, or tempted to use elements of nature in your art work, this month we'd love to see your nature inspired entries.  Anything goes as long as you include a natural element in your art which can be either either stamped or an actual item ! As always you need to include stamping or stenciling. 

***

I love using natural elements in mixed media projects and I decided to alter a book being inspired by this amazing challenge theme. 

The final result looks like this:

Jeans Birthday Card

Hello, my friends!

I am back again :) with a mixed media card I created for my dear wonderful friend and a teamie Pamellia for her birthday which is today :)

Happy Birthday, my sweet friend!

An Autumn Day Abstract Mixed Media Canvas

Hi, crafty friends!

I hope you are all doing well enjoying the colors of this beautiful season!

I am here today to share with you my abstract mixed media project I created for our new challenge at Anything But Cute! 

Our dear and lovely Autumn is hostessing the challenge this month and she has chosen the theme 'An Autumn Day'! 

I really enjoyed the colors of this beautiful season and I was inspired to create an abstract mixed media canvas for this wonderful challenge theme. 

This is what I came up with.

Boho Style Birthday Card

Hello, everyone!

I hope you are all doing fine!

I am back today with a Boho style card I created for my dear blog friend  Samra from Paper Talk With Samra for her Birthday. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMRA!

Faux Rust Technique

Hello, friends!

I hope you are all safe and well!

Today is my turn to bring you an Inspirational post at Stamps and Stencils and I've decided to show you how to achive some awesome faux rust effect in a quick, cheap and easy to do way.

So, if you like to use rust in your projects as much as I do then head over to Stamps and Stencils and check out my tutorial.
I hope you are going to love this wonderful technique!

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving lovely comments! I read and appreciate each and every one of them!

Hugs! Branka xx

Friendship art journal page

Hello, friends!

I hope you are all doing fine! 

It's time for our new challenge at Anything But Cute mixed media challenge blog and I am hostessing the challenge this month. I have chosen the theme 'Friendship'.

I believe that friendship is one of the most important things in our life and that everyone needs a good friend to count on. We all have at least one really good friend who we love and cherish. So, this challenge theme is dedicated to our lovely friends.

Dogs are man's best friend. They are simply awesome and do all of the little things that put smiles on our faces. They give you love, support, understanding and most of all they are loyal. I decided to create an art journal page about our pet friends and I used an old book as an art journal for my project. 

Here is what I created.

Autumn Leaves Art Journal Page

Hello, everyone!

It's September already and it's time for a new challenge at Stamps and Stencils.

Our hostess for this month is Rachel and she has chosen the theme 'The Colors of Autumn'!

This is how she describes her challenge theme:

Reds, oranges, golds and browns - use these in a mixed media creation. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

I was inspired by Rachel's awesome theme to create an Autumn art journal page and here is what I came up with.

Mixed Media Altered Brush

Hello, crafty friends!

Today I am thrilled to join Frilly and Funkie as a guest designer for their 'Floral Infatuation!' challenge with host Nancy Dynes! 

She describes her challenge theme this way:

Create any type of vintage or shabby chic project with flowers as a focal point.

As soon as I saw the challenge theme I was so inspired to alter a paint brush I got from a hardware store some time ago and here is what I came up with.

Shabby Garden Altered Clock

Hello, everyone!

I am here today to share with you my new project I created for our August challenge at Anything But Cute. 

Our lovely and super talented Lisa is hostessing the challenge and she has chosen the theme 'Shabby Garden Mood Board'.

I was so inspired by beautiful colors of her amazing mood board to alter the clock in shabby style and here is what I came up with.

Wings of Time art journal page

Hi, crafty friends!

I am back today with a new project to share with you. 

I created an art journal page for a new challenge at Stamps and Stencils. 

Our hostess for this month is lovely Sue and she has chosen the theme 'Time To Take Flight'!.

Here is my art journal page I created for this challenge. 

Monochromatic Mixed Media canvas

Hi, friends!

I hope you are all safe and well and I have a new project to share with you today!

I am delighted to be invited to guest design on the A Vintage Journey blog for their current challenge hosted by amazing and lovely Tracy and this is what I came up with, inspired by her awesome Monochromatic theme!

Tic Tac Toe at Stamps and Stencils

Hi, crafty friends!

I am here today to share my new project with you.
Our new challenge has just started at Stamps and Stencils today and our lovely Toni has chosen the theme Tic Tac Toe.
Here is what I created for this challenge.

Summertime Fun at Anything But Cute

Hello, friends!

I hope you are all safe and well enjoying your summertime! 

I am happy to announce our new challenge at Anything But Cute today! Our hostess for this month's challenge is lovely and wonderful Anne who has chosen the theme 'Summertime Fun'!

Here is my mixed media jumbo tag I created for this awesome challenge.

Birds Crazy Tag

Hello, everyone!

Just a quick post today to share with you a mixed media tag I created using my favourite Dylusions paints. 

The Birds and The Bees at Anything But Cute

Hello, everyone!

I am here today to announce our June challenge at Anything But Cute!

Our lovely and super talented Niki has chosen the theme 'The Birds and The Bees' and this is what I came up with.

Floral Frenzy at Stamps and Stencils

Hi, friends!

I hope you are all safe and well!

I am back today with my new art journal page I created for our Floral Frenzy challenge at Stamps and Stencils!

Here is how our lovely Ruth describes her challenge theme:

Hopefully it's sizzling June....when beautiful blooms burst into life. Whether they're stamped, stencilled or handmade we want to see flowers as the main focus of your mixed media project. 

I decided to use my handmade black art journal, my Dylusions paints and Tim Holtz mixed media die and here is what I came up with.

Watercolor Background tutorial

Hi, crafty friends!

Today is my turn to bring you an inpirational post at Stamps and Stencils and I decided to show you how to create an artistics watercolor background without using watercolors.

I hope you are going to love this easy way to achieve a stunning watercolor look for your projects!

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving lovely comments! I read and appreciate each and every one of them!

Hugs! Branka xx

Fragile Heart reverse canvas using Decoart products

Hi, crafty friends!
I hope you are all safe and well and have a wonderful crafty time!
I am here today to share with you my very first project for the Decoart Blogger Outreach Program.

First, I would like to thank the Decoart for accepting me and for sending me their amazing products for me to play with! A dream come true!

Here is what I came up with.

A Tag and a Mini Canvas Magnet for a Friend

Hi, friends!

Just a quick post today to share with you a mixed media tag and a mini canvas magnet I created for my lovely blog friend, a wonderful teamie and a super talented Niki from  Pawsitively Creative, for her birthday.

I wanted to make something vibrant and I decided to make a tag rather than a regular card. 

This is what I came up with.

I used my Dylusions paints, my Amsterdam neon paints, some stencils (Dylusions, TCW, Tim Holtz), Dina Wakley stamp, a pice of canvas, my Inktense pencils and some yarn. I also included some sewing. I added a pink pompom trim and a vintage button for some interest.

Since Niki loves stempunk style, I decide to create a mini canvas magnet using some cogs, a pice of a vintage German paper, a vintage music notes sheet and I put some melted bees wax on top.

That's it for today.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving lovely comments! I read and appreciate each and every one of them!

Hugs! Branka xx

Challenges:
Altered Eclectics - May challenge
Country View Challenges - Use A Stencil
Eclectic Ellapu - May challenge
We Love 2 Create - Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Anniversary challenge at Anything But Cute

Hi, everyone!

I have some wonderful news to share with you today! It's our first anniversary at Anything But Cute mixed media challenge blog and I am so excited! I can't believe I was a member of such a fantastic design team for a whole year! How awesome is that!

As we celebrate our First Anniversary at Anything But Cute, we want you to celebrate what you do best...mixed media! This is your chance to do it your way, in your favourite style...so pull out those inks and paints and show us what you're made of! You can make anything you want, in any theme you want and any style you want, just as long as it has some mixed media products on it and no cute images. HAVE FUN!

I wanted to celebrate my style and our first anniversary with this colorful handmade canvas art journal. 

Tag Book - Think Pink

Hello, crafty friends!

It's my turn to host the challenge at Stamps and Stencils and I have chosen the theme 'Think Pink'!

 For this challenge we would love to see a mixed media project that has some pink in it somewhere! The possibilities are endless! Don't forget to include some stamping or stencilling or both in your mixed media project! We can't wait to see what you create!   

I decided to create a mixed media tag book using vibrant colors, hand dyed fabrics and a lot od sewing.

This is what I came up with.

Altered Spoon - Trash To Treasure

Hi, crafty friends!

I am back again to share with you my project I created for our new challenge at Stamps and Stencils! 

Our lovely Autumn  has chosen the challenge theme for this month -'Trash To Treasure'.

Here is how she describes her challenge theme:

Don't we all love a good upcycled project?  This month we'd love to see how you take something that you'd normally discard and give it new life in your art.  Whether it's glamorized boxes, Styrofoam turned into a stamp, packaging that's been die cut, or another altered idea you have.  Bring on your best mixed media repurposing!  We can't wait to see what you come up!  Don't forget to use stamps or stencils in your project.

I decided to alter an old spoon I've got from a thrift shop years ago and here is what I came up with:

Earth Day challenge at Anything But Cute

Hello, friends! 

I hope you are safe and well and have a wonderful day!

It's time for a new challenge at Anything But Cute and our lovely Samra has chosen the theme 'Earth Day'!

As soon as I saw Samra's beautiful mood board I was so inspired by those blue and green tones and that awesome butterfly to create my mixed media mini canvas and here is the result:

Altered wood chopping board

Hello, my lovelies!

I hope you are all safe and well! 

I love to use corrugated cardboard in my creations, as well as some metal elements (especially with rust or patina effect) and lace. Some times ago, my husband has bought a few small wooden chopping boards and we have never actually used them...until now. I decided to alter one of these since the tag looking shape was just perfect for my idea. 

Here is the result:

Attitude - art journal spread and some wonderful news

Hello, my friends!
I hope you are all well and safe!

I like to play with vibrant colours lately and here is another art journal page I created using some of my Dylusions paints, my DecoArt Americana paints, Dylusions stamps and stencils/masks. 

I also used my TCW stencils and my Molotow acrylic markers. 

I hope you like it! 

Now, I am so excited to share my wonderful news with you - I have been accepted into the DecoArt Blogger Outreach Program! 

Thank you DecoArt, I am so thrilled to be a member of your amazing team! 

Can't wait to get my first box of goodies to play with such super cool products! 

I am so excited to get to help promote these fantastic products since I am a big fan of DecoArt! 

Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving lovely comments! I read and appreciate each and every one of them! 

Hugs!

Branka x

Anything But Cute Mixed Media Blog - challenge #11

Hello, my friends!

I am here today to announce that our March challenge at Anything But Cute mixed media challenge blog has just started! I am your hostess this month and I chose the theme 'Crazy For Colours'!

Spring is coming! A time of the year that brings amazingly beautiful vibrant colours! This is what inspired me to choose the theme for this challenge.

To celebrate the springtime, we would like you to crate a mixed media project using vibrant colours! 

It can be a tag, a card, an art journal page or anything else! Just be sure it's vibrant! It's time to go 'crazy' with colours!

I have created a vibrant flowery art journal page and really went messy :) 

Spring Is In The Air - reverse canvas

Hi, friends! 

It's March already and it's time for our new challenge at Stamps and Stencils challenge blog! 

Our hostess for this month's challenge is Rachel who has chosen the theme

'Spring is in the Air'!

Here is how she describes her challenge theme:

 I want you to think about what the coming of spring means to you? Is it a colour burst, or maybe flowers? Whatever it is I would like you to show

us in a mixed media piece including stamping or stencilling or both! Looking forward to seeing what
you come up with!

I like the springtime when birds are coming back to build up their nests and I was inspired to create my vintage reverse canvas. 

Bleeding Tissue Paper technique - tutorial

Hi, friends!

Just a quick post to let you know that by reader request I have made a tutorial about the Bleeding Tissue Paper technique and I am sharing it with you HERE at Stamps and Stencils, today!

I hope you will enjoy my tutorial about this fun and easy to use technique! 

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving lovely comments! I read and appreciate each and every one of them!

Hugs! Branka x

Vintage art journal page

Hello, my friends!

I hope you are all well and safe! 

I was inspired by some vintage laces that I got from my Mom to create a Finnabair style vintage art journal page. I decided to use my old book as an art journal and started to build up my layers.

I used my Liquitex modeling paste mixed with some acrylic paints and my Tim Holtz lace stencil on the previously gessoed background. Then I started to layer my vintage laces, some burlap, handmade fabric flowers, my rose trim, some paper flowers, vintage buttons, beads and some gems.

Paper Art Doll Birthday card

Happy Valentine's, crafty friends! 

I hope you are all well and safe! 

Another paper art doll but this time not a vintage one. It's a Dylusional gipsy one. 

I created this fun card for my lovely blog friend, a super talented artist and a wonderful teamie Sara Emily for her Birthday. 

I wanted to create something funny to make her smile :) so I used vibrant colours and created that paper doll using my Dylusions stamps.

Love - art journal page

Hi, friends!

I hope you are all doing well! 

I was inspired by amazing Creative Carte Blanche to play with bleeding tissue paper technique, which is new to me. Since I couldn't find that paper here in Croatia, I tried to use my crepe papers instead. I was so happy with the result and here's the art journal page I created using the 'bleeding tissue paper' technique.

I did this page pretty quick, probably in an hour or so. I started with the background using my crepe paper in some vibrant colours, a cup of water and a watercolour flat brush. 

When my background was completely dry I started to draw those primitive characters using my Stabilo all pencil in black. I also used my Faber Castell pitt pen (S) in black to draw my letters. 

I outlined my drawings and my letters and I applied my watercolours outside those lines. That awesome crepe paper background is visible only inside the outlined images. 

I also used my fluorescent oil pastels, my Chinese markers, my Stabilo woody pencils, some bits I created using Dylusions inks, my small heart punch and a Tim's heart thinlits die. 

I had a lot of fun creating this! 

Thank you for visiting my blog and for leaving all your lovely comments! I read and appreciate each and every one of them!

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

Branka xxx

Challenges:

Country View Challenges - Make Your Own Background

Try It On Tuesday - A Fine Romance

Eclectic Ellapu - Pink Team - Love Actually - Anything To Do With Love challenge

Mixed Media Place - Creative Gym #16 - New Beginnings...

Moo Mania - Hearts

Winter Wonderland challenge blog - Have A Heart

Anything But Cute Mixed Media Challenge Blog - challenge #10

Hello, my friends!
It's time for another challenge at Anything But Cute mixed media challenge blog! 
The hostess for this challenge is our lovely and super talented Sara Emily who has chosen the theme 'Grungy Love'!

To celebrate St. Valentine's Day, we would like to see you make a Grungy Valentine's project for your sweetheart!  It can be a card, tag, or anything else you might give a loved one to show them how much you care. Just be sure it's grungy!

I came up with this grungy cardboard Valentine card I created for my husband. Since I used a lot of stuff from my hubby's workshop bench I hope he is going to like it haha!

Stamps and Stencils February challenge

Hello, my crafty friends! 

I am here today to announce that our February challenge has just started at Stamps and Stencils! 

Our hostess Sue has chosen the theme 'Splatter, Spritz, Smoosh'!  

Here is the description:

What can be better that getting messy in your craft room, so for this challenge it's time to get out those sprays, paints and inks and really get messy ! We want to see splattering, spritzing and smooshing! Just remember to include either some stamping or stencilling. 

I was inspired to create a tea bag art journal page and here is the final result:

Gelli Plate Art Journal page

Hello, my friends!

I love playing with my Gelli plate! It's so much fun! I also love my Dylusions art journals and this time I decided to use my small one. I pulled out my Amsterdam acrylic paints, my acrylic paint markers, fluorescent oil pastels, my Stabilo All pencil in black and my black and white Sharpies and started to play. 

Here is what I created:

Stamps And Stencils January challenge

Hello, my crafty friends!

The new challenge starts today at Stamps And Stencils and our hostess Cec has chosen the theme 'Oh So Blue'! 

She describes in this way:

This time of year it is easy to start feeling blue now that the festivities surrounding Christmas are over and winter is making its presence known with less sun and more miserable weather so instead of giving in to it let's celebrate blue.  Create a primarily blue mixed media project that includes some stamping and/or stenciling.  You may add one other colour to your creation but it must be mostly blue.

This is my first challenge as a new member of the Stamps And Stencils DT and I am so excited.

I decided to create a mixed media card in vintage style and here is what I came up with:

Anything But Cute Mixed Media Challenge Blog - Challenge #9

Happy New Year, my friends!

Can you believe it's 2016 already! I hope you had a wonderful winter holidays time! 

I am here today to announce our first challenge for 2016 at Anything But Cute and 

our fabulous Anne has chosen the theme Ring out the Old, Bring in the New!

To celebrate the New Year, we would like you to create a mixed media card or project using something 'new'. Perhaps you got some fabulous new craft item for Christmas or you have something new that you have not used yet - just remember to tell us what the new item is!

I created a vintage looking art journal page using some of my new art supplies I've got for Christmas. 

Here is the final result :)