background 5/100

Background #5 started as a mop up page from a previous, so it had the blue and yellow already on it:

I added a pattern with this gorgous butterfly stamp and some more translucent colors:

I must say my bottle of medium for changing the opacity of colors has become one of my favorites suplies.
I already knew that layers was the key to a succesful background, but did it with too opaque paints and then you can have 10 layers but you'll only see the last one.

background #4/100

This background started with a piece of underpaper which had the print of a doiley:

So I added a border with doileys on which I added gilding wax and stamped a lace border top and bottom:

Next came out my trusty white acrylic paint:

and the urge to add gold embossed paisleys

which I toned down a bit with antiquing creme:

Loving this challenge so far, as it is doing exactly what I intended, to play every single day and whithout worrying about the outcome.

100 day project: backgrounds 2 and 3

It's day 3 of the challenge and I just love what I've created,

Luckily I'm still liking the subject I choose, backgrounds, I don't worry about the outcome because it is just a background, but in this case I think this is more a finished page. 

What did background #2 look like, well here it is

The project is forcing me to do what I want to do, create every day, doesn't matter what, but create.

WOYWW 410 - 100 day challenge

I must say my desk didn't see much action at all this past week and that due to a nasty infection, the only 4 walls I got to see were from my bedroom L
But I'm feeling much better now the antibiotics are kicking in and am ready to tackle my next project.

What is that project I hear you say?
Well, last week I mentioned  that I was contemplating blogging every day in order to up my creativity.
I got a lot of comments on how I was setting myself up for failure which is probably wright. 

Call it faith or what not but that same day Julie Fei Balzer  blogged about the 100 day project:

The only rule is to do something hands-on with your project during 100 days.

Why undertake such a project?

To grow a creative habit.

To exercise the right side of the brain – to expand your capacity for innovation, imagination, and problem solving.

To grow discipline and resilience by engaging in a regular practice of creativity for a period of 100 days.

To reinvigorate your creative life through exploration and permission to play for 100 days.

To discover the value of practice and how breakthroughs often happen by making a commitment and sticking to it.

To challenge a limiting belief about your creative nature.

To challenge a limiting belief about commitment.

I chose to do backgrounds as my project, these can be simple or intricate, I can choose to finish it of or not... 
but I need to get my hands inky again each and every single day for at least 100 days starting today.
Now all I need to do (besides getting my hands inky) is to figure out how Instagram works.

Here is background 1/100:

99 more to come, 
you can follow my progress on Instagram via the #butterfliecrafterbackgrounds
And of course I will be posting them here as well, probably weekly or so.

To see many more inspiring desk hop over to our host Julia over at Stamping Ground.

WOYWW 409

Hello,

Finally.

I did something creative yesterday, it has been too long, 

why?

I don't know.

Maybe I should set myself the challenge to blog every single day??

I'm not only showing you my journal page 

but also a shot from my desk as it is WOYWW (all details can be found here)

WOYWW 406

Hello,

It's that time of the week again where we all join in in the fun over at Julia's place.

The purpose is to show our desks (because people are by nature curious) and who knows maybe even inspire one another. 

Here is mine

I'm having fun using new stash I scored last week on a fair in Antwerp,

I'm creating a journal with kraft paper and bookrings I bought and the cover is well on its way

The background is made with a homemade stencil and some modelling paste, then I used my new Pebeo gilding waxes, doesn't it just look like metal??

Now I'm playing around with some embellishments, what do you think?

Still need to search for a focal image in the top left corner.

Last week I was busy with organizing my stamps and some of you were interested in my CD cases filing system and wanted some more info, so here we go:

 I just use empty CD cases (not the slim ones, and take out the black part)

These all get a number and are placed in a CD box.

I've also created a catalogue where I can flip through my collection, I've also added the numbers here so I can easily find the correct set.









It's still a work in progress and after last week I'm not sure anymore whether to unmount my wooden mounted stamps.
Time will tell.
Thx for stopping by and have a lovely week.

WOYWW 405

 Hello and welcome to my desk,

It is wednesday again so time to join in with the fun over at the Stamping Ground.
Can't believe it already has been 3 weeks since I blogged, my apologies.
Here 's my desk this week:

There is a stash of stamps, I'm currently organizing them, making a catalog and placing them in cd cases instead of in one big box, I've ordered some extra empty cd cases yesterday online. Once I'm done with these I will be tackling my woodmounted rubber stamps.

Also on my desk is my art journal,

I'm making some easter inspired spreads to turn into cards which I will be adding to my shop.

Have a nice day and thx for passing by.