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Thursday, February 25, 2010

HANDmade

Handmade artsy stuff!! By....july.....

dangling lantern-like earrings, made from polymer clay


'yummy' mini cakes keychains made from polymer clay

'irresistable mini chocolates' accordian style album made from polymer clay

 
'choker stlyle, necklaces
pendants made from polymer clay
handmade 'unique' elongated notebooks

handmade buttons.....
for my 'handmade' journals....
and talk about journals, here's my latest entry.....
entitled 'thank you.....'
Thank you God, for this 'creative' gift........
and a big Thank you to my friend Regina, whose helping me to sell my Handmade artsy stuff!! I truly appreciate your help and kindness...
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to keep" - Scott Adams
Thank you for dropping by my blog! Luv : July ;-)

Thursday, February 18, 2010

When you have EXTRAs.....Think "RE-use or RE-cycle"

I've been keeping this extra fabric (bought from Ikea) from my 4th journal that i made, and not wanting to waste it, i decided to make a 'mini' journal!!

but, this time, i did some 'sewing' on it

already did some doodling, and also prep some of the pages with gesso and acrylics, just in case i wanna 'travel' with my mini journal
 
so instead of using ribbon to 'wrap' around it, i sew an elastic band to close the mini journal
 
really, really, fun and easy to make a personalised journal! i gave a 'tutorial' on how to make a journal to my friend Regina, and she got addicted!!!
and then, what about extra scraps/stripes of papers??? what did i make?
please DON'T throw them away!!
Here's what you can do.....(mixed-media cards)
glue/collage them on a cardstock (any size, any colour) and start 'playing', you can do so many things with all the extra scraps/stripes of pattern papers that you have
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also a great way to use up all the 'tiny bits' of die-cut cardstocks (if you dunno where to put them in your layout!)
Oh yes! my Art journal entries....
from my 'painting' journal, this one's entitled "neighbours"
because i love my neighbours too!
i'll be back again, with more artsy stuff.
Take care! Ta-Ta....;-)

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

What i do when i feel stress???

MAKE ART!!! Anyway, just finished uploading 2 vids on my YT channel, thought you might wanna see it.


here's what you see when you open the card


the next vid, is how i make my mosaic using polymer clay inspired by Laurie Mika (of course!)

Hope you're inspired! Hugzzz : July ;-)

Friday, February 5, 2010

Art Journal updates and more ....

Helloooooo everyone!!! So, its Friday today, I AM SO TIRED!! Age's catching up (i guess!!) But that will not stop me from creating ART....(heees...)
First, about my latest entries

"my comfort zone"


i layered and glued 3 doilies, and cut the middle....

"i wanna know..."

just gotta add some pearls on her crown

This entry's from my 'painting' journal. Remember this....?
 the background.....(before)

i did some doodling....(after)

"inspire"

This is my altered 'Scrap A Tag' from Laines
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After (front)

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closer look...
sewed the edges and embellished it with charms

and something about polymer clay
i borrowed this book from the library, and tried some of the techniques. it was really easy and fun coz its not like the milliefiore techniques. just choose the colour of your clay, condition it, and then start stamping and painting, mixed-media style!!!
i did these 'mixed-media' mosaic using polymer clay, the techniques shown clearly in the book, by Laurie Mika were easy to follow....fun!!
 

a 'mixed-media' polymer clay tag! how fun was that! gotta try this again sometime.
Have a creative and fun weekend!
TA-TA!!!;-D