'One of a kind' by Magdalena

Hello creative friends!

I always am very much inspired by the gorgeous mood boards our Olya creates for us. For the January challenge inspiration I've chosen to create a wintry layout with some hints of warmth.

Here is our lovely mood board:

I used 7 Dots Studio papers and tags from the "Yuletide" collection, some chipboard twigs from Scrapiniec and a vast array of dried natural elements. I played with the background using some crackle paste, doing some stamping and trying to get a few shades of plum colour using one colour paint. For the finishing touch I applied some snowflake paste here and there. 

'Believe' by Magdalena

Hello creative friends!

It's my turn to share my take on the December mood board challenge. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that you will start crafting soon after the Holiday break. This time I've chosen to alter a star shaped gift box.

I was inspired by the elements of our mood board and by the festive season itself.

I started with applying a coat of white gesso, some fantastic, festive chipboards and crackle and texture pastes.

'Lucky is a state of mind' by Magdalena

Hello creative souls!

I'm here today to share with you my take on the November mood board challenge. Beautiful, fall colours of our board inspired me to alter an old book cover, which I will later use as my new art journal.

I was mostly inspired by the colour palette, but also by the poetic and romantic feel of our board.

I started with applying a couple coats of white gesso on the book cover and gluing some pieces of lace in between the gesso layers.

 I applied white crackle paste randomly, dried my project and started adding some colour using rust and moss pastes diluted with water. 

"Specimens" by Magdalena

Hello creative souls!

Magdalena here to share my project inspired by the dark and mysterious October mood board. I loved  the strong colours of our board, but most of all it's subtle references to Halloween. That's why I have chosen to create a couple of disturbingly odd looking tags.

Here is our October mood board:

I started with some 7 Dots Studio paper from the "Garden Party" collection and added a bit of Lindy's mists and some stamping. I added some stencilling with a stencil and modelling paste, then I heat embossed it using a golden embossing powder.

My next step was to cut out small circles from the Photobooth pictures by Tim Holtz, to fit them into pendants and to cover them with the Crackle Accents in order to achieve this crackled glaze look.

September mood board by Magdalena

Hello Mixed Media & Art enthusiasts!

Magdalena here, with my first project as a member of this fabulous, creative team. I am super excited to be here and I can promise you guys, that I will do my best to keep you inspired during coming months.

Olya's mood boards are one of a kind: always beautiful, dreamy and truly inspirational. Please do join in the September challenge here.

I have chosen to alter an oval picture frame and as you can see on pictures, I have used a lot of embellishments. I have tried to refer to the concept of time travel, using a chipboard clock face and some gears, but my main focus was on keeping this project as feminine and dreamy as possible. This is why I've used some butterflies, flowers, metal doilies and leaves. I did some stamping and used a few Lindy's colours on the background. The frame itself and most of the embellishments were painted with black gesso and coloured with Alchemy waxes by Finnabair.