Art Tuesday.. Like really ??.. I am thrilled!!

Lately I have just been over the MOON.. crying, joyful, happy as can be.. it never seems to stop

you would think I am pregnant or something..haha.. NOT ,( that would just freak my husband out.. and my tubes are tied so no chance of that ever happening...)  it has been an emotional ride.. so here I am getting

a little personal about these babies..  For such a long time I wanted to do something creative, but

not knowing how to actually get to the place where I could get my babies out there..

My babies... you are probably thinking.. is this girl nuts..

My babies.. meaning my stamp designs..

you know you submit.. and submit.. but it takes time to really get the hang of what might

be seen.. well this year has been so awesome for me.. I let go of my images.. and then

every month I see one pop out in these kits.. I am overjoyed with excitement.. every time

I get them in the mail it is like they are coming home to me.. I know that must sound strange.

they are only stamps.. but I put so much thought and love into them, that they are actually part of me.

A part that I want seen and I want to share with all of you... I am so blessed to have Unity by my side. I just hope you like these as much as I do!!

So first off.. no more gushy stuff...

This kit was only released yesterday..

 The new S.M.A.K. kit.. " me documented"

I am showing off my layout on the Unity Blog today.. so go check it all out..

here is just a sample of what I did..  

Now this kit is made up of images by Unity Artista's Joslyn Nielson and Myself... yippee..

The images I made are the film strip, the typewriter keys and the documented sentiments in the typewriter script the rest are brilliantly made my Joslyn..

 I think Angela picked some amazing images for this kit.

.. I was thinking I would love to use the script images  for my Project Life

 and in December for my December Daily.  So if you are doing those projects these will be used

alot.. for those things.. also loving that you can do so many layouts of yourself.. To document

how you live your life today for your family to cherish later in life.  I so love that!!

I am also thrilled about this baby that came out this month in the

 Unity March KOM..

I have a thing for banners and was thrilled to see my image in this months kit with 2 more images.. and a couple of sentiments..  here is a sneak of this one..

 all the details are also on the Unity Blog today.

here is the kit.. my images were the door, the 3 balloons and the banners..

 I just love this kit so much!!

Well it is nice to see my babies come home to Mama.. I will tell you , I do cherish every one of them.

I hope to document them in a layout to show my kids.. " hey, look what Mommy did" at the ripe age of 47...  see it is never too late in life to have a dream and go for it..

Hope you have a chance to grab these kits and show me what you have done with them..

I am pinning my creations that everyone has done on my Pinterest boards.. so if you

have made something using my images.. just link it in the comments so i can pin you..

I am so inspired by your comments and can't wait for more stamps to come out..

I will share as soon as they do..

Happy Tuesday,

Angie

xoxo  

Art Tuesday.. for the Craft Area..

This past weekend, my hubby made me something I have been dreaming of

for quite some time.. A craft table..

this is him and Alex outside cutting all the wood and building my table..

here is the first look at what it will look like..

we finished building it all on Sunday.

  by the end of Sunday night it was painted, varnished and ready for my morning where I set it all up.

Here is it from looking into my room.. I am in love with it.. Thanks to my uber wonderful crafty handymen.. Roger and Alex.

did I also tell you he treated me to the new iPad...

i am feeling spoiled by him.. grateful for everything he does for me..

I also got a fun new app called adobe idea's thanks to Claudine Hellmuth for telling me the name.. and even thought this is not a greatly sketched image.. I think it is fun..

 Hope you have a wonderful day

hugs,

Angie

xoxo

Art Tuesday.. pretty WILD!!

Hello, it has been a long time since I did a post.. due to being sick on and off for a month..

I am happy to say I am a little better.

 I joined the ART of Wild Abandonment. An online class from the teachings

of Junelle Jacobson and Christy Tomlinson.. I am so excited that this class has started.

the first thing I did was make some books.. using sketch Art paper and Watercolour paper.. I eventually will make one using Acrylic paper as well.. The sketch Art one I am sure to be

using alot..so I have a ton of pages in there.

once I am finished I will decorate the cover.. for now I am going to leave it just plain.

So looking at all the instructional videos late last night

I came up with 3 sketches and 6 mini sketches..

Here they are..

now using some watercolours.. I have a pallet of blocks and pencils.. I think I am gearing more towards the pencils.. well for at least more of the images.

Here is my colouring.. It is harder to work on the sketch paper , so today I am going to do some on watercolour paper to see the difference.

I think you can still sign up for this class.. so if you want to join me that would be so much fun..

Have a great Tuesday

Hugs,

Angie

xoxo

ART Tuesday.. showing some Unity stamps, yippee!!

Okay.. from Sketch Art Tuesday to ART Tuesday..

 cause I do more than just sketch Art and I want to share all I do..

 Now for the past week or two I have been busy making images for Unity.. some are handdrawn.. some are digital.. some are ideas hand drawn and them made digital.. it is a process.. I find that when I do a hand drawn image it is easier.. I know my subject and it is nice to see my hand strokes in my design..  Now if you have been on Facebook on the Unity or my pages.. you would have seen quite a few of my new images...

NOW this one is one that is going on this week..

it is called Unity Stamp of the Week..

it is a weekly membership where you get

one fabulous stamp delivered to you mail box

every week.. happy mail everyweek.. i love it!!

 and one of my hand drawn images is the featured stamp.. 

Love lives here..

Also for March I have a few stamps in the Unity  March Kit of the Month...

This will be revealed March 1st on the Unity Website..

here are the  2 sneak peeks..

I am really excited about these two images.. they make me happy!!

and also the SMAK kit.. for all you lovers of Scrapbooking, Mixed Media, ART.. cards and more!!

this is one of my Favourite kits.. see the heart.. I made that one.

. and Lesley Langdon and Joslyn Nielson are also featured in this kit.. LOVE it!!

 So even though I have not got anything to really show you sketch wise.. I have these images that

I made & are going to be in stamp form.. now that is the ultimate DREAM come true..

Stay tuned cause I am hoping to have more coming out this year.. I am in a good place

and the Sketch Art is really helping me grow as an artist.. I can't wait for you to see

more images coming in the next few months. well, fingers crossed and all!!

To find out more about.... the Stamp of the Week...  click HERE

for the SMAK kit of the MONTH...click HERE

Unity Kit of the MONTH .. click HERE

Come back on Thursday where I will have these images coloured in and ready to show off!!

thanks for stopping by today..

hugs,

Angie

xoxo

Sketch Art.. more like some Mixed Media FUN!!

Today was not so much about Sketch Art.. I had a fun day with my friend Tina.

We were together to do a Canvas project.. it was her first time doing one so it was

fun to do it together..

this is us cutting our papers out for our canvases

We were using some Helmar decoupage, Unity Stamps, K&Company papers.

here is mine a tiny 4x4 canvas. I really like this size!

Tina did a 8x11 size canvas.. loving that paper and that cute Unity cat!!

This is what we finished up with.. using some Faber Castell gelato's , big brush artist pitt pens for details..  I just love them both.. on mine I added some fun Christy Tomlinson background stamps from Unity.. Love them alot!!

This is us.. all happy with what we actually did today.. it was nice to get together and actually finish

a project.. we usually get to talking and cruise the internet..so today was very productive..

This year we hope to get together and do different projects.

It is always more fun when you have a partner that shares your passion. I am lucky to have her!!

So now Sketch Art.. but Art just the same.. I will be sharing lots of different type of Art. I don't want to just do one thing for this post..

I hope you don't mind.. it is all good in the end , right!!??

I wanted to give a shout out to my sweet friend Dawn.. for always being such a great supporter of all my art. hugs to you today Dawn from me!!  xx

products used, K&Company papers, avery tags, acrylic pains, fabercastell gelato's and pitt pens, Helmar Decoupage, Unity stamps ( christytomlinson), pallet inks, black pernament ink pen  

Have a great day,

thanks for visiting.

hugs,

Angie

xoxo

Sketch Art Tuesday..

Tuesday... and today I am under the weather.. stuffed up but will post you something I found on Pinterest yesterday.. I tried it and just love what I did!!

I have always been  a fan of how you can draw someone's eyes. they make it look so real. But ,I for one could never make a real eye.. it is way too difficult in my opinion.. So when I came across this photo tutorial on Pinterest.. well I just had to try it.. and yes, it works!! just follow the photo directions..

 here is the sketch I did..

 here is the photo tutorial I found..

my thanks to duitang.com for

giving such wonderful directions.

http://pinterest.com/pin/121949102379762942/ 

you can enlarge the photo or just head on over to pinterest .. the link is above. and give it a try!!

Now being sick.. my hubby went out this morning and got some meds from the store.. and in the bag

was also this cake.. a-dora-ble!! I think he loves me!!

Hope you all have a great day, stay healthy.. I am hoping this goes away by Thursday!!

wish me luck!!

Hugs,

Angie

Sketch Art Tuesday!!

So we are already at the end of the month.. wow last day I should say.. I can't believe how fast it is just going by!! Today is the last of my month's Sketch Art Tuesday Theme.. "flowers".

 We will see what sparks for next month's theme.. not sure yet.. but I know I will have some hearts floating around!! February is the month of "LOVE"

So this is my sketch for today..

Using most of what I used this month..

some  pastel pencils from Faber Castell

some glitter nailpolish, and copics.. a combination of all three.

for this piece of Art I didn't want to stay in the lines of my design.

so applying the pan pastel pencils I applied the colour just like using

a crayon and with my fingers in a circular motion , I moved the

colour all around the image..

It almost has a glow effect and stands out from the whiteness of the background.

I did the same thing with the little bird on the ground..

I hope you are enjoying these Sketch Art Tuesday's . It is something different for me and I love

sharing my Art with you.. it is totally my style.

on another note.. anyone joining the class over at Christy Tomlinson's  blog.

it is by one of my Favourite people Junelle Jacobson. It is all about sketch Art and using

the everyday to inspire you.. I am all signed up and can't wait

for March to get here.. you can find all the detail here!!

I am looking forward to learning more about Sketch Art.. and will be posting my projects once the class starts.. yippee for learning. I just can't wait to get started. Hope you join me!!

See you all next week for more

Sketch Art Tuesday and another FUN month!!

Hugs,

Angie 

Sketch Art Tuesday.. on a Wednesday!

Hello everyone, sorry for the delay.. but it was such a busy Tuesday

I was busy doing a video for Unity TV.. that I will post on Friday.. and life happens.

So I am doing Sketch Art Tuesday on a Wednesday!!.

I thought I would do this after the kids were asleep.. but then..haha I fell asleep.. and

was wide awake at 3:30 am.. figures!!

So here I was painting and doing my post..

Today I am going the opposite way.. and doing a art journaling page.

I usally do it this way.. where I start with a blank canvas ( or page)

paint and then sketch!

Today it is all about Poppies..

I just love Poppies!!

My most favourite colour is turquoise ( aqua) , any shade of this blue!!

I start by covering my page with this colour.. this is a shiny paint so you will see

some shine to it!!

 then with some green acrylic paint I put down some lines... not perfect lines!!

Now comes the red.. just wavy circles.. and some wonky small oval shapes..

I do this in three layers.. drying with my heat gun the first 2 times and letting it dry naturally the third... you will see if you use the heat gun you will get some bubbly parts.. I like those parts best..it give it texture!

This is it dry!

Now the fun part of sketching my poppies.. I just go with the flow of the paint.. adding some layers to the petals so it doesn't look flat!

for the insides of the flowers. I used my Faber Castell Big Brush artist pen in black to fill in the centers.. this drys quick !

here is a different angle of my piece.. I added some white gelato Faber Castell to the background.. so the texture of the paint stood out more.. this is the effect of the heat gun.. nothing else.. love that!

the added white is actually a Martha Stewart opaque marker.. it goes on like paint.. and it gave me the perfect with dotted accents.

here is the finished Art Journaling page..

I wanted it simple.. just like my life..

the life I love.. thanks to my hubby!!

So try sketching this way in your Art journal..

 put the paint down first..

keep it simple ,

 use all your favourite colours..

 and see where it takes you

.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!!

Hugs

Angie

Sketch Art Tuesday... tag art!

Happy Tuesday..

Welcomr to another Sketch Art Tuesday.. with me!! Angie Blom

 I am not going to do a big post today.. only because I have a video..

 and it is long.. and I am sorry but I didn't want to leave anything out of it..

so no editting.. you will even hear me cough.. giggle.. but it will show you the process from the beginning to end.. of this project.

 So if you can bare it out.. grab a coffee, your lunch and enjoy.. 

Here is what I made today.. just a simple sketch of a daily flower with some hearts..stamped texture

and for the glossy, glittery, star effect.. NAIL POLISH!!!!

here is the you tube video.. from start to finish.

Have a great Day...

hugs,

Angie..

see you next Tuesday !!

Sketch Art Tuesdays.. week 2

Hello and good morning..

 I was so happy about last weeks response to my

Sketch Art Tuesday ( HERE).

This month's theme is Flowers.. cause I for one can't get enough of them.

I also have one of my talented friends joining me this week.

Lisa Arana- dahlhouse designs

We are both going to show you some cards using this

weeks sketch that I drew and made it into a digital stamp.

here is my sketch.. not fine tuned but wait till you see the finished drawing.

Now this week I wanted to use my copics.. I just love all the details you get when blending your copic colours and it is also good practice for me.. still learning!!

Here is my card.. using the tulip sketch ART.. I love it!!

 I know.. but you better like what you draw!!

When using digital.. I either use my photo shop illustrator, then I can make the image what ever size I want.. or I just use my photo settings and print them off in either 3.5 x5 or wallet size!!

For this design I choose the 3.5 x 5 and printed 4 of them off.. on my home ink jet printer

I have a Brother MFC-5890CN, I just love that it prints and I don't have to heat set it.

So I print one for colouring as practice.. and  then another ., for the one I want to use on my card...

Using my spellbinders die, I diecut the shape and lightly distressed the image

before colouring it up with my copics. 

 If you are not a colour er or paper piece person..

 this image looks great just black and white. with the touch of distressed in in the background.

I wanted to use the shape of the diecut for one side of my card.. so I trimmed with my scissors the shape and really like the look it gave me.. I might be doing this one again!!

that beautiful lace on the side is from

 Creating is Fun.. Martha's Zibbet shop !!

Now once a month I will be giving away a digital image.. and today is the day for my first one..

here is the image!! I can't wait to see what you will create using this..

 I made it a Birthday Wishes image.. seeing that we can not have enough Birthday cards..

I would love to see what you make .. so if you do happen to make something using this image

please link up your creations in the comments.. I would love to come and check it out..

 and of course leave some love!!

Angie Blom Sketch Art Designs..

Tulip Birthday Wishes..

Now to get this image.. just right click on the image and save it to your computer

then print it off the way you like.

Now if you could please go and check out what

 Lisa Arana

 has done with my image today..

here is her sneak peek.. doesn't it look amazing!!

 thanks for coming by and I hope you really like what I made for today..

Next week we are going to be doing some fun stuff using Nail Polish!! Yes, I said Nail Polish!!

and I will have a new image to share..  I am going to just  LOVE Tuesdays.. hope you will too!!

hugs,

Angie

If you want to see more of my Sketch Art Tuesdays.. just follow my

blog not to miss out on any details..

thanks xx