100 Days of ATCs (2023) – 5

Here I am with another batch of ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) from my 100 Day Project this year! I intended to write about these early last week, but I forgot about it. In this batch, I've used plain ATCs, as well as ATCs with bases that I'd prepped earlier from A4 sheets. I realize this…

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Bloom

Here's my very first spread in my 10x10cm (4x4") journal! I smooshed some acrylics onto the pages first, and then adhered gel-print scraps over parts of it. I followed this by brushing in some gesso and white acrylic. I then used some stamps with dye ink. For some of the stamps, I misted water before…

100 Days of ATCs (2023) – 3

Here's another round of ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) from my 100 Day Project - My family and I have been under the weather on and off, and my creative pursuits have also suffered consequently. I'm quite a bit behind on my ATCs, and I'm making them whenever the mood strikes. I hope I'll get back…

Change the World

[Challenge win: Top 3 at Mixed Media Lovers challenge][Challenge win: Top rocker at 613 Avenue Create challenge][Challenge win: Winner at 613 Avenue Create challenge][Challenge win: Rising Star at A Place To Start challenge] Here's a recent art journal spread of mine - I started this art journaling session by spreading out some dark acrylics on…

100 Days of ATCs (2023) – 2

Here's the next installment of my 100 Day Project, where I spend time on ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) for a hundred days - I was under the weather for a few days, so haven't spent time lately on my ATCs. (Or on any creative endeavor, really.) I feel better now, but haven't resumed my crafty…

Faces – 2

Continuing with my series of faces / portraits, here's another one I made a while back - I still don't have a style of my own, and it's fun to create these faces however I want to (or rather, to create them however they end up turning out. 😉 ) I don't create them as…

100 Days of ATCs (2023) – 1

So I'm doing The 100 Day Project this year. The last time I tried this was in 2019 when I was just getting into art journaling, and doing a 100 days of it helped a lot. This time, I'm making ATCs (Artist Trading Cards.) I've always liked ATCs but I haven't spent much time on…

You Are Sweet

[Challenge win: Top rocker at 613 Avenue Create challenge][Challenge win: Winner at 613 Avenue Create challenge] Here's an art journal page that I created recently - I started this page with some gel-printing fun. I'd already added negatives from a previous gel-printing session on a textured page, and now I used a stencil and acrylics…

Faces – 1

When it comes to using faces in my art journaling, I enjoy making abstract, distorted ones since they only need to roughly conform to the semantics of a human face. The proportions can be off, the lines can be haphazard, the coloring can be wacky--it still reminds me of a face, and it renders quickly…

You Are Enough

[Challenge win: Top rocker at 613 Avenue Create challenge][Challenge win: Designer spotlight at Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge] Looks like I can't have enough of this message these days. 🙂 Here's a recent art journal page of mine that reflects the sentiment - I started this spread by making a ghost print using my gel…