Reach The Beach

Hello lovely readers, July and August are our Summer Special Challenge at

SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges

and there is plenty of time to join us.

What is not more beautiful to stand by the blue sea looking

at the horizon. I always think of the blue sky, warm air

with a light breeze, light summer food with fruit from the sea.

 This year we are not leaving, with all the strange things that have happened,

my husband and I have managed well we have not been sick

and our supermarket has delivered food to the door. We are very grateful

I am very fond of fluid acrylic because they can be used as watercolor,

so here you see what colors I have used, very diluted.

I have used:

DecoArt media Fluid Acrylics:

Cobalt Teal Hue, Cerulean Blue, Yellow Oxide and English Red Oxide

Americana Decou-Page Matte

Lots of ephemera and as the bottom of my tag laid a napkin divided into three

where one of these is glued on and used as watercolor paper.

As the last I sewed around the edges with black thread.

We vill love to see you at 

SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges come and join us.

I wish you all a wonderful summer with many creative projects
here from Copenhagen, Denmark
Hugs, Susan

The universal creativity

Dear readers

If there is anything that I really appreciate, it is to be able to sit down

at my desk to experiment and create a project, use colors and papers.

I feel very grateful that I have the opportunity.

Today I used my black journal from Ranger.

I have used:

DecoArt Media Modeling Paste/White Gesso

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Quinacridone Burnt Orange,

Paynes Grey and Cobalt Teal Hue

DecoArt Media Metallic Lustre Brilliant Turquoise

Gear from Tando Creative

There is a new challenge at SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges

on June 1st - come and join us, we will be glad to see you

Designer Paper, stencil and bling

Come join us and we will be glad to

see you at SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges

I hope all is well and you will have a creative month.

Hugs, Susan

Bug's Tale

I love old and weathered wood, the sun is shining and

warming my body, it is soon summer and I will

be dancing with my species companions.

Come and play with us at SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges

I have used:

DecoArt Crafter's Acrylic Christmas red

DecoArt Media: Crackle Paint, Matte Medium, Black Gesso and

Antiqning Cream Medium Grey

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics: Paynes Grey, Cobalt Turquoise hue,

English Red Oxide, Yellow Oxide and Quinacridone Gold

Tando Creative Technique Tags and Industrial Elements 

Dried branches with flowers hanging close to my path this vinter.

Hope to see you at SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges

Have a creative and crafting month, and stay safe.

Hugs, Susan

A Journal Page - Author's letter

Come play with us at SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges.

We look forward to seeing you

My female author is on research in Paris, this city that exudes

vintage and steampunk style,

so the old typewriter was packed and brought along on the journey.

I have used:

DecoArt Media Gesso White

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Raw Umber, Sap Green, Titan Buff,

Quinacridone Burnt Orange, Quinacridone Gold

DecoArt Crafter's Acrylic Citrus Green

There is nothing to sit at the Vitorian hotel, and write in the journal about all the

experiences seen during this trip.

See all the local attractions such as museums and churches that she loves.

We must always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.

(E.B. White)

I have also used: 

Tim Holtz dies and stamps, gears, frame, stamps, Archival ink, brayer and quote.

Come play with us at SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges. 

We will love to see you.

Have a great March for all the creative stuff you may have.

Hugs, Susan

A Bird Song

February 2020 where we have a new Challenge at

SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges

Then we have come to the month of great love,

where birds and all the other animals start thinking about settling down.

And who does not look forward to a little light and love.

I have used: DecoArt Media Black and White Gesso

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics: Titan Buff, Quinacridone Gold,

Quinacridone Burnt Orange

I have also used:

wrapping paper, watercolor paper, quote chips,

embossing folder, thread, cardboard,

kraft metallic, twine, dies and sewing machine

Phew, I really had trouble with the photographing of this card,

I found a shoe box and some daylight lamp LOL, then it got better.

We will love to see you

so come over and play with us at SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges

Have a nice creative month, many hugs from me.

Susan

Let the dream come true

Welcome to another year at SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges.

I think it must be a very special year with the numbers 2020 and my word for

the year is intuition. To use my intuition, and to use my first thought that comes to me.

Dreams are amazing, they fly off at great speed and I'm lucky if I can write them

down when I wake up in the morning.

I have used:

DecoArt Media Black Gesso, Crackle Paint

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics: Cobalt Teal Hue, Titan Buff,

Quinacridone Burnt Orange, Quinacridone Gold

Tando Creative: Masks Cogs and Tags

I've used steel wire for my dragonfly, tissue paper for the wings,

watercolor paper and my typewriter.

I wish everyone a Happy New Year.

May it be a fantastic creative 2020 for us all.

Come play with us at

SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges

Hugs, Susan

Words and Numbers at Art Journal Journey

Welcome to Yvonne Aka Meggymay who is the new host at Art Journal Journey. 

The month of December is difficult where everything has to go into a higher whole.

I love the city light and I have to learn how to take it easy.

That is why I think of nature and especially the forest where there is silence.

Unfortunately I got too much fixatif sprayed on my drawing so it is a bit fuzzy.

I hope you can see my opinion anyway. (LOL)

I wish all my readers good holidays and may you come well into the new year 2020.

Hugs, Susan

Link to:**ART*JOURNAL*JOURNEY*

A*J*J - "Fruit & Veggies" November 2019

In Art Journal Journey this month of November, it is Rike that

hosts a new topic "Fruit & Veggies"   

The first thing that struck me was the apple. I love big juicy apples.

 I think this quote fits well and that it tells me not to give up.

 Last weekend I was with an old colleague at a fair in Frederica that had knit and

various things for hobby, paper and lots of inks.

There I found these beautiful chalk from Mønsklint produced here

in Denmark and the beautiful box made of recycled wood.

These are fine earth tones and these are the ones I have used in my drawing.

I wish you all a fantastic November

Hugs, Susan

Link to: *Art*Journal*Journey*

Three Times Swimming

Remember that SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges run for 2 months,

November and December. We hope you will come at play with us.

I came across a nice quote or reminder how to get the nicest dinner and I'm thinking of New Year's Eve. It is a tadition with fish this evening here in Denmark.

I love Andy Skinner's Forssils stamps and I wanted to use DecoArt's fluid acrylics

as a watercolor to make them vibrant and I think they

became beautiful in these colors.

I have used: DecoArt media Fluid Acrylics: Cobalt teal hue, Cadmium orange hue,

Quinacridone burnt orange, Dioxazine purple.

Stamps ASCRS11 AS Forssils

Creative Expressions, Andy Skinner Transfers

Black embossing powder

Mini gear dies, Watercolorpaper and black pen.

The card background I have used is my brayer to mix orange,

brown and some purple to get rust color

We hope you will come at play with us at

SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges

I wish you all creative and active months and wonderful holidays

until we see each other again. Hugs, Susan

Edgar Allan Poe - With Love

Welcome to SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges in October.

 I imagined it was E.A. Poe's book telling his poem about the raven

coming and knocking on his door. His love for the mysterious and macabre,

E.A. Poe has always sent icings through my entire body,

when I read his short stories.

My cardboard book is 10x15 cm.

I've really been playing around with lots of paste and crackle paint,

using my spatula and my fingers to create layers and depth.

In some places I have also used sandpaper 

I have used: DecoArt medium Crackle paste, Modeling paste. Crakle paint.

DecoArt medium Fluid Acrylics Translucent White,

Translucent Yellow iron oxide,

Cerulean blue, Titan buff, Quinacridone Gold,

Quinacridone burnt orange and Paynes grey.

DecoArt medium Antiquing cream Carbon black.

TandoCreative Industrial Elements, Andy Skinner

Thin metal and letter punch for metal used for the front. Old book paper, stamps,

jet ink printer used for Poe's photo, pen, cardboard book, acetate and rubons.

Transfer of photos to a prepared acrylic background.

Drawn with black charcoal pencil, Quote: Edgar Allan Poe.

The inspiration I got from a course at Wanderlust with Kat Kerr.

It was hard to photograph and I hope you, my good reader can get a small

impression of how my layers sit in the book.

I send a big October greeting to all of you and hope to see you at

SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges

Hugs, Susan