Palm Sunday Journal Entry ~ 13 Arts

Hey there, 13 Arts fans! 

This week we are featuring Watercolors over on the 13 Arts Blog. 

Today I'm sharing something a bit personal. 

Although I've long been a daily Bible reader, I've only recently began doing art journaling in one of my Bibles. This is the Ilustrating Bible which is spiral bound and has 4 inch margins. So, lots of room for journaling, a bit of drawing and napkinizing sometimes. 

For this projects, I've just used the 13 Arts Watercolors after using clear gesso to prime the page. I am certainly not an artist in the sense of being able to draw objects. However, after experiencing this last Palm Sunday via LiveStream only, I missed being with my normal faith friends and felt the need to journal about Palm Sunday. I thought a Palm Branch might be "fairly easy" to draw.




I've used watercolors from both the Watercolor set 16 pans - set of watercolors as well as the Mini Watercolor set, Down Under. My markers are from Illustrated Faith.
I highlighted some key verses about Christ's entry in to Jerusalem in a pretty blue/gray from the Down Under mini collection.




Here I've just added some details with a myriad of green, yellow, brown and white.

Thanks for coming by today and letting me share something different from my norm.
I hope you will visit the 13 Arts Blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with watercolors.

Sandi




13 Arts Products used:

Clear Gesso

Watercolor set 16 pans - set of watercolors
Mini Watercolor set, Down Under

Watercolor Brush Circular 4 mm

"Dream" layout ~ 13 Arts Solo Post

Hello, 13 Arts friends! 

Sandi Clarkson here with you today sharing my newest layout created with a mix of new products along with some older. 

I was originally going to scrap a photo of a sweet "Joey," so I reached for some of the new Down Under collection. But as I got to work, I decided to scrap a sweet photo of a couple of the granddaughters. 

My base paper is the Ayer Rock paper, Down Under and was prepped with clear gesso. Before moving on, I added some depth by using the Circle of Life Stencil with some black StazOn ink and added the circular dots randomly around the page. 

Next I added some texture in line with my planned focal area using the Wallpaper Stencil and Modeling Paste. When that was dry, I added some preliminary color with a wet towel and some  Light Turquoise Chalk Mist. My photo was mounted on a paper from the Down Under Paper Pad A6 and corrugated cardboard.

Then I moved on to some chipboard elements, most notably the birdcages from the Rosalie chipboard 12x12 which I painted with the gray color from the Down Under mini-watercolor set, gray. I really love the way they turned out! Additionally, I used a Creative Embellishments border chipboard, painted it brown with the Dark Brown Chalk Mist and placed that vertically under my focal area. 

Beneath my photo, I've also used some mesh ribbon from my Christmas supplies. The florals were also from my own stash but they worked great because they are tan and turquoise! If you have some ecru or tan flowers just add some turquoise and yours will be similar. 

I cut out the sheep from the Outback paper, Down Under and added them under the title which is from the Speaking of Which eco cardstock. 

A couple of finishing touches were to use my water brush and add more Light Turquoise Chalk Mist around the focal area. To complete my work, I splashed some Turquoise Splash!.

Products used: 

Ayer Rock paper, Down Under

Down Under Paper Pad A6

Outback paper, Down Under

Rosalie chipboard 12x12

Speaking of Which eco cardstock

Grungy Walls Ephemera pack

Clear Gesso

Modeling Paste

Gel medium

Circle of Life Stencil

Wallpaper Stencil

Down Under mini-watercolor set, gray

Light Turquoise Chalk Mist

Turquoise Splash!

Dark Brown Chalk Mist

Watercolor Brush, circular 8mm

Florals, CE chipboard & ribbon, stash

That's it from me today. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Sandi

Christmas in April ~ Creative Embellishments!

Hello, crafty friends! 

Sandi here with you today sharing a "Christmas in April" project. 

I know ... you've never heard of Christmas in April. 

Well, neither have I but the deal is that I asked Nicolle late last year if she could design some "moose" chipboard similar to some cute moose ornaments that I purchased from the local craft store. After a few delays, they are cut, assembled and ready for Christmas 2020. 

I've been doing a woodland theme the past 2 years and am figuring that I will do the same this Christmas because they are neutral and oh, so cute! 

Each Moose set has 2 pieces in it, so I've actually used 2 sets. 

You'll need one set for each moose that you create if you glue them together as I did. Of course, you can also use them as single pieces for other projects. 

I first painted both sides of each chipboard with antique white craft paint. When that was dry, I used the Distressed Crackle Stamp and black ink to give the moose some character. 

After the stamping was done, I coated them with Honey Medium for shine and sprinkled them with 13 Arts iridescent glitter. As you can imagine, my whole house now sparkles! Ha! 

Next, I glued two moose pieces together, only gluing the head portion (not the antlers) and along the top of the back of the moose. I used a canvas stretcher to hold and separate the lower body and legs. 

I decided that the moose looked a little too plain, so I added some bits from the Pine Cone Clusters and  adhered them around the neck. For one of them, I added a painted jingle bell from the Antlers set. 

A twine bow was added on each. 

After they were good and dry, I used my crop-o-dile to make a small hole where I could run some twine to create an ornament hanger. 

As you can see, I split one of the Pine Cone Clusters into 2 pieces and used the foliage portion on this guy. 

Each moose has an unembellished side but you could decorate it also if you wished. 

I've included this photo to show you how the antlers are bent and separated for a more realistic appearance. 

Here is a photo of the canvas stretcher which I used temporarily between the two pieces until everything was good and dry. You could actually leave it if you wished, in which case, you might want to paint it or use something fancier. 

That's it for today! 

Thanks for coming by. 

See you next time. 

Sandi

Creative Embellishments products used: 

Chipboard:

Moose (2 packages)

Pine Cone Clusters

Antlers

Stamp:

Distressed Crackle Stamp

Sympathy Cards with Sandi Clarkson

Hello,  scrappy friends! 

Sandi here today with a new project for Creative Embellishments. 

Awhile back, I asked Nicolle if she could design a set of Sympathy Card "sentiments" for those times when we need to send a card to a friend or loved one. 

Sympathy Cards don't seem to get a lot of attention in the craft industry but I think we all know from experience that it is comforting to receive something tangible to acknowledge our loss.  It is evidence that someone is thinking of you during your difficult time. 

Here is the design she created called Sympathy Word Set with suggested sentiments given by our Design Team:

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For today I've created 2 Sympathy Cards .. one super elegant and one very simple and with a little more of a masculine vibe. 

So, let's check them out! 

This first one is my usual oversized, modified teepee card that takes me hourssssss.  I literally have to reinvent the wheel every time I create one even though I have a sample on hand with instructions, lol!  This time around was a tad faster but the first trial went in the trash when I adhered my papers wrong. 

The Sympathy Word Set was the only Creative Embellishments product that I used although I wish I had used one of their birdcages as seen HERE.  As far as elements to use on sympathy cards,     Flowers are always nice as are Butterflies and Birds. For men, you might choose something more masculine like Gears or Screws, Bolts, Nuts, Washers. 

My Deepest Sympathy chipboard was simply stained with walnut ink and then dabbed with gesso and a tiny bit of Icicle Stickles to blend with the flowers. 

I've included a couple of photos of the inside and the back of the card. My papers are all from the new 13 Arts Rosalie collection. 

And here is the back of the teepee card. 

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Here is the second card which was SOOO simple to create! 

It is just a white card base plus 2 pieces of patterned paper from the 13 Arts Travel the World collection and two pieces of chipboard: Condolences from the Sympathy Word Set and a section of chipboard lace from the Lace Border 6. They are both stained with walnut ink. 

A couple of flat backed pearls and it was done! 

It doesn't get much easier than that~! 

I originally created this card to be vertical but decided that it photographed better horizontally. I thought I would share it both ways to inspire your creative process. 

Here is a close-up of the chipboard. 

That's it for today. 

You still have about 10 days to play along with our March Challenge. 

I hope you can find time to play along and perhaps win some awesome Creative Embellishments product! 

See you next time! 

Creative Embellishments products used: 

Sympathy Word Set

Lace Border 6

13 Arts Papers: 

Collection "Rosalie"

Collection "Travel the world"

Creative Embellishments April Challenge

Hello, Creative Embellishments fans! 

Sandi here with you today sharing my project for the April Challenge .. this time a whimsical layout featuring a stock photo that is all about flowers! 

My inspiration came from the all the spring colors in the photo as well as the flower images. I had saved this stock photo of a girl wearing a wire nest of flowers. It is so fanciful and perfect for a fun layout. 

There is tons of CE product on this one as well as all papers and medium being from 13 Arts. 

I wanted something to cluster around my photos and remembered the chipboard Birdhouses that I've been hoarding. I lightly inked them and had them ready to tuck around my photo. Then I remembered having a partially finished Berry Frame 4 that I painted green and placed under my photo for floral interest. After doing those 2 items, I inked a banner from the Banners set and used it as a base for my title which I created using the wood veneer Typewriter Keys and spelling Spring. Of course, a few florals had to be tucked in, right? 

Here is a side view for dimension. 

Of course, before adhering anything I added some texture with modeling paster pushed through the Art Stencil. I think this stencil is best reserved for inks and mists as the paste smeared a bit. Then I added 13 Arts water ink in Olive for color. 

The mason jars in the Challenge photo reminded me of the Chinese Lantern Set 2 that I had in my stash. I painted those and then decorated a bit with florals. 

I also included some grass from the Grass Set, painted it and paired it with a bee from the Bumblebees set. 

I love how everything turned out although it took me several days to finish. I must admit I was sidelined by all the bad news but finally focused on my new found free time and finished! 

Here is the Challenge image: 

We hope that you can find time to play along! 

See you next time. 

Creative Embellishments products used: 

Chipboard: 

Birdhouses

Chinese Lantern Set 2

Berry Frame 4

Banners

Grass Set

Stencil:
Art Stencil
Wood Veneer: 
Typewriter Keys
Bumblebees