tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64154418453402253232024-02-20T16:44:02.289-08:00My Crafty PlaceMy Crafty PlaceBhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-15158120624430838922015-09-16T19:21:00.000-07:002015-09-16T19:21:56.214-07:00Bird of BeautyHello there!
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It's Spring here now in Australia. After months of hibernating at home, my hubby asked us to go out and enjoy the sun. At first, I am hesitant as I really don't like going out, yes I am a boring person to be with but that's me. I love being at home. I don't want to let my loving hubby down so we said yes. He told me that I could bring my painting stuff which made me feel so excited. I remember the page I printed out not long ago and been wanting to paint on it. I brought my paper and so my gelatos, water color pencils and water color pan.
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I am so glad painting outside. It's a different feeling and atmosphere. Wish we could do this often.
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Page I had with me ready to be painted on
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Hubby taking photo of me while I am enjoying what I am doing.
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First I tried using the water color pan but since I gessoed my paper, It didn't work. So happy with my gelatos because it's like magic on my gessoed paper, so as my aquarell art-grip color pencil. The color pencil is best when you dip directly onto the water then straight to the paper (in my opinion).
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My finished piece. Only used my phone so wasn't able to capture the true color.
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Thanks for looking!
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xoxo</p>
Vanessa
Bhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-9279197756067330802015-09-13T23:48:00.000-07:002015-09-13T23:48:59.361-07:00Bird collageHi,
This morning, I was busy with my usual household chores. Clean the table, wash the dishes, fold dried clothes and wash laundy. While waiting for the washing machine to finish, I thought that it would be good to do some artwork. I wasn't able to take photo of each step this time because every now and then I would attend onto something.
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My first layer though was just playing with water color and putting down shapes. I let it dry and not happy as usual, so I put down another layer using my gelatos. I color block most of the areas. Drew my vase, add a collage and the rest is history. Hope you like my finished piece.
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Thanks for looking!
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VanessaBhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-86536860806631064182015-09-10T18:13:00.000-07:002015-09-10T18:13:03.926-07:00Make overHello there!
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Today I just want to share with you an old mixed media painting I did on a 9"x12" watercolor paper. This is an entry for Hero Art's Makeover Challenge. It's actually fun to do. Most of the time, once I did something, I wouldn't dare touch it anymore no matter what the outcome is. This time around, it gave me the confidence that it is ok to just re-do it and not to be afraid of experimenting. The most important thing I learned from this challenge is that once you made something you think that is not good, you don't need to throw it away because you can always wait for the right time and just do something out of it again.
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My old mixed media project (I honestly don't know why I kept it??? I really don't like how it turned out)
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I covered most part of it. I just left a few images that I think I can start to work on with.
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The stamps that I used.
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The final product which I think is way much better from the original.
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Thank you for looking!
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xoxo
Vanessa
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It feels like forever from the last time I posted something here. Honestly, my hubby made me a website and been posting there. Sadly, we need to be relocated so for those of you who knows how stressful it is to be relocated from one country to another, you fully understand how difficult it is. The good news is that I am set with my new table which my hubby bought and assembled just last weekend. Not really back to normal as most of my stuffs need to be sold out and some were sent back to Philippines. I have with me my favorite ones of course. Really have to force my hubby that some are not for sale for they are my treasures.
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Now that I am back to creating, I need to find inspiration here and there. Luckily, I still have time to join in to Design Memory Craft September Challenge.
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This months challenge is to use something you already have. I remember having the canvas bag which I got from buying books. Hope you will like what I did with it.
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The materials I used for creating this project
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I drew my image on the canvas
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I painted it using Gelato. I color it straight to the image on the canvass and grab my wet brush to activate it. I dip my Faber-Castell Art GRIP Aquarelle Watercolor Pencil in my jar and painted some parts of my image.
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I used my Pitt Brush Pen to write the words live, love and create
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My finished artwork :)
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Hope I inspire you into doing something creative today. Thank you.
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</p>VanessaBhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-55078052730856001692014-04-23T17:50:00.000-07:002014-04-23T17:50:34.702-07:00Happy Easter! Hi Everyone,
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Happy Easter(belated)!
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Wew! It's been 13 months since my last post here. The longest so far. Why? Well, we've all had our down times and last year has been ours. Not so as I know that things happens for a reason and only God knows what the reason is. Ok, for why? Our tenant, needed his place so we have to pack up and move. It's hard to get a place here in Singapore so we just rented a room and all my scrapbooking materials were sent back to Philippines. So yeah there it is, I am left with just stencils and some stamps and the rest were all gone. But since I am a housewife and we are just renting a room now, I still need to have something to do or else I would lose my mind. So, I started painting, in which I only needed paints and brushes and maybe stencils and stamps. My very supportive and loving husband let me have those of course.
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I miss joining challenges and all. Oh but my life is not so boring though because I was volunteering at my sons school teaching arts and crafts. So that made my life still busy and creative at some point.
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If you are thinking why am I blogging now, oh well I came across Prima on FB showing the challenges and oh how I've missed it. You guys should know how I love Prima and last 2012 was very good year for me as almost monthly my pages are chosen. So anyway, I looked at my cupboards, drawers and everything to see if there is a chance, even a tiny weeny chance that there are some flowers left so I can join in the fun. Voila! I found that I still have 8 flowers left and some metal trinkets and so I am joining. I had a hard time in a way doing this as I've never touch flowers or embellishment in a long time. I need to brush up my skills.
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Ok so this is this months <a href="http://prima.typepad.com/prima/2014/04/aprils-challenges-are-ready-for-you.html">Prima</a> pallette:
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This is my take. It's not so fancy as I really don't have flowers anymore but I promise, I did my best. Hope you like it.
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Thank you for your time looking! Hope I can join in the next months challenges as I really miss it. Anyways, I will be going back to Philippines in June and probable will dig in the boxes we've sent and get some flowers so that once I am back here in Singapore in July I can join in again. Bye for now and hope to post more.
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Bhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-79504610339682738592013-03-27T02:37:00.000-07:002013-03-27T02:47:44.616-07:00Happy EasterI know, it is only Holy Wednesday but I want to share with you what I prepared for Sunday. Well, while my son is taking his nap, I decided to make something for him on Easter Sunday. I am sure that he will love this bottle full of egg and chocolate goodies.
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I am also entering this on the following challenges: <a href="http://www.thetwineryblog.com/2013/03/the-twinery-challenge-its-banner-day.html">The Twinery</a> , <a href="http://prima.typepad.com/prima/2013/03/march-bap-ppp.html">PRIMA March PPP</a> and <a href="http://blog.ribboncarousel.com/2013/03/rcc78-spring-is-in-air.html">RCC78...Spring is in the air.</a>
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<center><b>Easter Bottle Goodies</b></center>
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<center><i>Materials used: Baker's Twine (The Twinery); Patterned Papers (Prima Marketing); Alpha Sticker (Prima Marketing); MT's (Prima); Bottle (Daiso); Chocolate Egg (Wonka)</i></center>
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Thank you for your time looking and Happy Easter to all!
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xoxo,<br>
Vanessa
Bhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-11240518949172989402013-03-22T03:38:00.000-07:002013-03-27T03:14:24.761-07:00Hey...Enjoy LifeHi everyone! Just want to share with you the mini-album I made this afternoon. I still can't continue carving my stamps as I am banned from doing so. I accidentally cut my thumb hahaha... My hubby told me that if I cut it again, he won't let me carve anymore so I need to behave myself from now and focus not to hurt myself.
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I hope you enjoyed looking through my album. Thank you for looking and have a great day!
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xoxo,<br>
Vanessa
Bhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-57780214716079109772013-03-21T00:22:00.001-07:002013-03-21T00:22:51.373-07:00LoveSecond round of challenge for the month of March at <a href="http://www.thetwineryblog.com/2013/03/the-twinery-challenge-its-banner-day.html">The Twinery</a>. And today's challenge is:
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I've thought of making a layout for this project.
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<b>Materials used</b>: <i>Pattterned Paper(Prima); Bakers twine (The Twinery); Stamps ( Banner -Glitz; Chevron and arrows - own handcarved stamps); Flowers (Prima); Adhesive (Express-IT double sided tape) and Ink ( Ranger)</i>
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Thank you for looking!
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VanessaBhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-35856856152387884522013-03-12T21:55:00.001-07:002013-03-13T05:42:41.836-07:00Celebrate Simplicity Good morning! Last night, I received my prize from <a href="http://designmemorycraft.typepad.com/">Faber-Castell</a>. I am supposed to received just 2 packs of Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils, but to my surprised, they added Gelatos into it. They are so kind and generous. I am truly thankful as I can't find gelatos here in Singapore. Even if I try to order it in Amazon, they won't let me check out with those items. Anyways, with my excitement I tried it out right away. I just made a simple mixed-media canvass just to try out my Gelatos :)
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1) First, I gather the materials that I would be needing in my small project.
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2) I cut out my scrap papers to fit in to my canvass (5.5" x 7.1").
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3)After adhering my scraps to my canvass, I gesso-ed it.
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4) Using my fingers, I smudge some acrylic colors to my collage.
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5) I cut out an image of a person from book.
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6) I brushed water to my handcarved stamps, then smudge the Gelatos into it and stamp my image directly to my collage.
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7) I draw the hair using a marker and color it with my Gelatos.
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8) Added a few stamps images (my hand carved stamps), doodle some words and add a bit of stickers.
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Finished Product. Hope you like it.
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Thank you for your time looking and have a great day!
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xoxo,<br>
VanessaBhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-21111995364303501962013-03-11T19:39:00.000-07:002013-03-11T19:42:40.007-07:00The Twinery Challenge - Chevron & GreenGood morning! I had a great sleep last night. I would say that my day was complete because I am able to do my house chores, scrap, attend to my son and hubby and posted here at my blog. And I can't even believed myself that I am posting again.
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Just now, I made a card that I would like to enter at <a href="http://www.thetwineryblog.com/">The Twinery</a>. This is my first time entering at their challenge and hoping to send more in the future.
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Simply use the theme and create something using baker's twine...share their badge on your blog and, most importantly -
HAVE FUN!
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<center> Theme: Chevron and Green</center>
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Here's my take:
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1) Firts I prepared all the materials that I am going to use: Twine(The Twinery - Seaweed); Stamps (Hero Arts, my own handcarved chevron stamp)
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2)I Stamped my images into a white cardstock and colored the flower using Faber-Castell watercoulour pencil.
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3) I poked the sides of my chevron image and stitched it using my twinery seaweed.
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4) I wrapped the sides of the card using The Twinery -Seaweed.
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5) I used my Jillibean chevron paper as the main card and used a gate fold. I attached the other side of my mini card to the other side of the card.
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6) The finished product
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Hope you like it and thank you for looking!
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xoxo,<br>
VanessaBhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-36470354351564762992013-03-11T07:01:00.000-07:002013-03-11T07:01:27.140-07:00True Friends Hi there! I know I just posted something about my new hobby and here I am again. I know, when I am busy, It's taking me months to post here and when I am in the mood I can post as many as I want. But of course I won't do that... haha! Anyways, this one is different from the previous post so I decided to separate them. I like to share the mini-album I made using Carta Bella Paper - True Friends collection. I won this collection from Carta Bella when I did my altered mail box. Thank you for your time looking!
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I hope you like it and thank you for visiting.
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xoxo, <br>
VanessaBhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-81320979146394726992013-03-11T06:49:00.000-07:002013-03-11T06:49:22.888-07:00Handcarved stampsHello! I just want to share my new hobby. Yes! I have an addition to my crafts... handcarved stamps. I tried it on to some small erasers and all I can say is that I love doing it. I thought I just want to try it but nope, it's part of me now and I don't think I would stop. I would share a few of my creation and will share the rest later on. Happy looking!
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VanessaBhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-56405160488235402302013-03-07T05:46:00.000-08:002013-03-07T05:46:28.355-08:00Take the challenge - March 2013Good day everyone! The challenge for this month at Faber-Castell is about making something you don't make everyday. It's interesting as I am trying to do a lot of things lately. It is really challenging on my part. After thinking hard of what it is that I don't make everyday, I came up with 3 things.
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1) This is the first time I would tear/destroy/cut from a pocket book. I treasure my books and never imagine myself tearing it. But when we moved house, my hubby threw all of it and I asked him to leave just 1 book for me to use. So, now is the time to use it.
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2) When I am using my watercolour pencil, I would color first my image and use a wet brush for it to turn into watercolour. This time, I dipped the nib/point of my watercolour pencil directly to the water and color the image.
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3) This is the first time I will make a coaster.
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Thank you for your time looking and have a great day!
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Bhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-17749917773938574822013-02-26T18:33:00.001-08:002013-03-22T04:43:03.712-07:00Tattered floral challenge…if there's a wheel there's a wayGood day everyone! The post that I am going to share with you now is for <a href="http://timholtz.com/tattered-floral-challenge/">Tim Holtz tattered floral challenge</a>. I have a confession to make before showing you how I did my project on this one. Again, to remind everyone that we are moving house in 2 days time. We packed most of my craft materials and send 95% of them to the Philippines. Papers, embellishments, paints, mists, stamps, ink stamps, tools, Big Shot, dies and name it. Anyways, there is this page on FB that I would buy stuffs for scrapbook and 2 weeks ago I asked her to reserve for me 3 dies (<i>tattered floral, fanciful flight & love struck</i>). Last Monday I saw this challenge post from Tim Holtz and contacted her If I can get my dies this Thursday and begged her if I can use her big shot for me to use the dies that I would buy from her (<i>They have a shop and the one I bought are the opened ones which they used for samples</i>). After a couple of hours, I can't wait for her response, and actually while typing this she still hasn't replied yet. As the saying goes, <b>if there's a wheel, there's a way</b>. I used to work at scrapbooking shop here in Singapore and those times we would play with the dies that we have. I remember to have some cut-outs of tattered florals and ta-da I found it. I have cut it from paper, felt and chipboard. Sadly the felt and the paper that I used was an off-color and not sure what to do with it. So, I traced my chipboard and cut it out manually using scissors. I hope this does not disqualify me from the challenge hahaha. Honestly, I love how it turned out and would love to do more to give as a gift to my nieces. I hope they would love it as much as I do.
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<i> I traced my chipboards to shrink plastic, cut it, punch holes and heat it up using my heat gun. I used Adirondack alcohol inks to color the cut-out pieces and let them dry. Then I try to find some old and unused jewelry that I can used to make my very own jewelry. I color the bracelet using Adirondack alcohol ink to mix with my beautiful flower.</i>
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<b><center>Earrings</center></b>
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I hope you love them because I really do. Thank you so much for looking and have a great day! If you have time you can visit Tim Holz Blog and join in the fun.
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VanessaBhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-36473408053632175202013-02-26T17:24:00.000-08:002013-03-08T19:08:12.125-08:00A little birdie told meGood day everyone! I am so happy to share with you that my post about Nostalgia won! Yippeee! I know there were 2 of them. The one with the book, feather and ink bottle won.
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Another thing that I would like to share are my recent creations. Even though we're busy with packing because in just 2 days time, we would be moving house, I am still able to craft.
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If you've been visiting my blog lately you would have noticed that I'd been using this particular stamp... Newsprint bird from Hero Arts. I just love that stamp. Take note, I didn't buy that stamp. It's my prize from winning at Hero Arts challenge.
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I would like to share with you a mixed media canvass I made. It is for <a href="http://prima.typepad.com/prima/2013/02/februarys-bap-ppp.html">Prima Marketing</a> February PPP challenge and <a href="http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/february-2013-contest-details/">Hero Arts</a> February challenge. I hope you will like it.
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Materials used: Canvass (Daiso); Patterned Paper (Prima); Stamp (Prima, Hero Arts); Paints-background (Kaiser); Color-flower-hair and headband (Faber-Castell Watercolour); flowers (Prima); MT's (Prima)
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Thank you for looking and have a great day!
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VanessaBhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-90691573679565367422013-02-10T19:00:00.000-08:002013-02-10T19:00:19.454-08:00TweetheartGood day everyone! Not really for me because my son is sick. We woke up so early today. I fed him and gave him his medicine. While he was resting, I sat beside him and made a card. It's for my hubby on Valentines day but he has seen it already ha-ha. Anyways, I hope you'll like it as much as I do.
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<center> <b>Materials used</b>:<i> Adhesive (UHU, double sided tape); Stamp ( Hero Arts); Patterned Paper ( My Mind's Eye - Stella Rose, Prima); Cardstock ( American Crafts ); Watercolour Pencil ( Faber-Castell); Marker ( Zig); Misc.: Lace</i> </center>
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VanessaBhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-32678073729515809432013-02-10T03:22:00.000-08:002013-02-20T00:24:27.872-08:00Nostalgia - I miss youHi! I know, I just posted something about Nostalgia a few hours ago. Now I am posting something about it again. Just what I said in the earlier post, I am having so much fun in doing this one. This time, I used a water color pencil. I can't get enough of using different kinds of mediums. Why I never used them when I was young? Why only now that I am already on my 30's. Well, it only proves that you're never too old to try something new.
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<center>1) Feathers are on trends right now so I decided to draw my feather and ink bottle with a book.</center>
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<center>2) I color it using <a href="http://designmemorycraft.typepad.com/design-memory-craft/2013/02/faber-castell-take-the-challenge-with-mou-february-2013.html">Faber-Castell Watercolour Pencils</a></center>
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<center>3) I used a wet brush to dissolve the pencil color into brilliant water color.</center>
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<center>4) I added some stamp images from <a href="http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/">Hero Arts Stamp</a> and stick some doily to finish my art.</center>
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Thank you for looking and have a great day!
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VanessaBhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-23576589216064472932013-02-09T23:06:00.000-08:002013-02-09T23:06:58.860-08:00NostalgiaHappy Chinese New Year to all! Today, I just want to share a page I made on my art journal. I had fun doing this one. It didn't make me think at all. No rules, nothing to follow... Just what I am feeling while doing it.
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<center>Materials : <a href="http://designmemorycraft.typepad.com/design-memory-craft/2013/02/faber-castell-take-the-challenge-with-mou-february-2013.html#comments">Faber-Castell Oil Pastel</a> </center>
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<center><b>Nostalgic</b> -<i> 1) unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons.
-2) A bittesweet longing for things, persons of the past.</i></center>
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VanessaBhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-62553425281174009972013-02-05T05:04:00.000-08:002013-02-05T05:04:32.493-08:00Art Journal PagesGood day! Time flies so fast... it's already February. I didn't notice it because we were so busy. I know I always say that I am busy but I really am. Only this time not about my crafting. It's because we were looking for a place to stay. The owner's son will use the unit, so yeah, this is not good news at all. We will send 95% of my things (scrapbooking stuffs) in Philippines. I've only left with some paints, papers and my notebooks. I won't be able to make scrapbook pages that much anymore. I decided that I would continue doing my art journal, and that is what I am going to share with you guys today. I made a few pages already after my first and I am happy with the outcome for a first timer.
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VanessaBhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-78292221208042727392013-01-09T20:29:00.000-08:002013-01-09T20:49:22.332-08:00My First "Art Journal" - DANCEHappy new year! How did you celebrate your Christmas and New year? Any resolution? Me, I had a wonderful time with our family back in Manila. We did a lot of things in a span of 2 weeks. Resolution, hmmm not that I really have. But for all I know I promise myself to finish my Art Journal. Yes, I started my art journal and that's what I wanted to share with everyone. My sister gave me 3 of her past Starbucks planner which she didn't use at all... so it is still brand new in a way. Well, I decided to use those as my "Art Journal". Hope you will like what you will see... thanks!
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<Center> First, put gesso on your planner/notebook... let it dry. </center>
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<center> Using Oil Pastel ( I used Faber-Castell), color the gesso-ed pages of your planner/notebook.</center>
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<center> Put gesso on top of your colored pages.</center>
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<center> If you are not satisfy with your current background, color it again(repeat the process), until you achieve the color background that you want.</center>
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<center> Prepare other material that you wish to add on your journal. It can be stamp images, embellies or magazine/paper cut-outs. Here, I used a stamp image from <a href="http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/january-2013-contest-details/">Hero Arts</a> </center>
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<center> Here, I punch out a cloud (Fiskar puncher) on a patterned paper (<a href="http://prima.typepad.com">Prima</a>) and color it with oil pastel (<a href="http://designmemorycraft.typepad.com/design-memory-craft/2013/01/january-take-the-challenge-with-mou.html">Faber-Castell</a>) and Gesso-ed it (Studio).</center>
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VanessaBhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-13516748386752737132012-12-23T01:00:00.000-08:002012-12-23T01:00:00.947-08:00Handmade PouchGood day! Today, I will share with you my masterpiece! Yes, it is my masterpiece as I made it all by hand. It took me 2 days to finish it and a total of 10 hours. If only I have a sewing machine :( Anyways, I am still proud of my work as this is the first time I made something like this. It is really out of my comfort zone ( same with the choker necklace), for I am a scrapbooker, not a painter, not a jewelry maker and not a pouch maker. I know, I am trying it all. But what can I do, crafting is so fun. Anyways, below are the steps on how I did my pouch. I used my spellbinder dies to be able to make this project. Happy looking!
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<center> Position your dies on your felt and roll it to your machine. I used 2 colors of felt (blue and purple). Cut total of 16 doily shapes.</center>
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<center> Use a smaller die to cut a shape to be put on the center of your big doily. Repeat step 1</center>
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<center> Position the small cut-out on top of the big cut-out. </center>
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<center> Stitch the 2 cut-outs together. Alternate the colors. </center>
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<center> Draw a square on the big doily/circle cut-out. </center>
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<center> Start stitching two big doilies/circles, following the line. </center>
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<center> Stitch a total of 8 doilies. Two rows, 4 on each row. Make sure you have two sets. </center>
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<center> Cut a rectangle shape that when you fold would be the same size of your stitched doily. </center>
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<center> Cut another rectangle shape, this time just 1/3 of the width of your first rectangle. </center>
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<center> Attach the 2 rectangles by stitching it together and connect/stich the sides. </center>
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<center> Stich the end of thin rectangle :) </center>
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<center> On the end of the rectange, position the zipper. </center>
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<center> Stitch the zipper. </center>
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<center> Attach the doily on each side of the pouch. Stitch both sides and below. The top part would be left open to serve as a pocket. </center>
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<center> My Handmade Pouch :) </center>
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Thank you for your time looking and I hope that I inspire you once again :) Happy crafting!
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xoxo,<br>
Vanessa
Bhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-14633006907700601292012-12-22T01:00:00.000-08:002012-12-21T18:47:41.378-08:00Choker necklaceGood morning! Today, I would like to share with you a necklace I made out of paper and felt. Why these materials? Well, these are the available ones I have and I know that I need to make use of it. I hope you like it...
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<center>Apply gesso on the felt</center>
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<center>After applying gesso, stick the paper on it.</center>
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<center>Position the dies on the felt side and roll it to your machine. I used my Spellbinder dies to make my nacklace. Aren't they beautiful? :)</center>
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<center>After rolling it to the machine, you will have the cut out pc ( you have to roll it a few times for it to comes out, otherwise you will have to help it by cutting using scissors)</center>
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<center>Position the cut-outs according to the design that you want.</center>
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<center>Punch holes to the connectors and put eyelets on it. Start connecting it using the jump rings.</center>
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<center>Prepare your ribbon or chains to make a necklace.</center>
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<center>You can get a pendant of unused brooch to add to your necklace. This flower is an earing.</center>
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<center>Connect the ribbon or chain and the center piece for your necklace.</center>
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<center>Add some beads or crystals.</center>
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<center>Finish product.</center>
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Bhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-69352255435916222122012-12-13T18:33:00.000-08:002012-12-14T05:11:58.565-08:00OrnamentsGood morning! Whew, I didn't notice how long it has been since I last posted. Not that I'd been lazy again. The truth was I was busy with so many things including my crafts. I did quite well last October and November creating. I tried painting and for a newbie I would say that I did a good job. Well, who else would love my work? Of course me! I am my first fan, ha ha ha :)) But seriously, it was so fun. Scrapbooking, drawing, painting, crafting, and I did my first necklace. Oh yeah, I am trying it all that I really have no time to blog. Though of course I would love you to see what I did. But will post them a bit later. Maybe you are thinking what made me post this time? Well, yesterday morning ( Dec. 12, 2012), I was browsing at <a href="http://crate.typepad.com/cratepaper/2012/12/tis-the-season-to-be-crafty-on-behalf-of-the-many-holiday-festivities-that-are-common-place-this-time-of-year-were.html">Crate Paper blog</a> and I saw their challenge about making ornaments. I was so inspired that I haven't thought of doing my own for our Christmas deco. So right away, I grabbed all my available materials and did what's exactly on my mind upon hearing the word "ornament".
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<i>Papers - Crate Paper, Stickers - Crate Paper, Ribbons - Prima & American Crafts,
Round Styrofoam,
Tissue paper tube,
Wire,
Chipboard (for the wings) and
Thread/floss</i>
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VanessaBhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-59522085816531687882012-10-10T05:23:00.000-07:002012-10-10T05:25:07.850-07:00AdventureI am really loving mixed media nowadays. They are so free and easy to do. You can just grab anything from your stash and tada! You have one art that is one of a kind. The one I am going to share with you now is another project I made which I will enter at <a href="http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.sg/2012/10/fabulous-friday-challenge-doilies.html">Frosted Design </a>challenge... Doily - this is my third take for that challenge as I honestly loving doilies as well.
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<center>doily</center>
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Vanessa
Bhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066719795315724048noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415441845340225323.post-62749789863443158742012-10-09T18:20:00.000-07:002012-10-09T20:25:09.181-07:00She enjoyed the simple thingsHello! Today I just want to share some of the mixed media I made. Have fun looking and thanks!
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Entering <a href="http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.sg/2012/10/fabulous-friday-challenge-doilies.html">Frosted Design </a>- Doilies
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