Lisa Bakker

Hi Friends! I'm here today to share a quick page in one of my cheap dollar store note books. I started out by gluing two pages together with a UGU glue stick. While that dried I cut out Old style key cutouts  by Shnibblybits  into white card stock. I then took Aleene's glue and adhered them to the page, once that was done I covered everything in white Liquitex gesso. I then added Lindy's South Shore Sand to the entire background, I then focused Screamin' Banshee Black to the perimeter of the keys using the dip tube to isolate the colour. I used a bit of water from my spray bottle to help it travel along. All the keys were outlined with a pencil to pop them out of the background. I then outlined the words and my page with black archival ink. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you like what I've created! Lisa :)

Hi Friends! I'm here today with another blog post. Any art journaler, scrapbooker, crafter, and artist can tell you that they have stacks of projects on the go, I am no exception! I probably have as many WIP (work in progress) projects as I have completed ones, my enthusiasm is always greater then the amount of free time I have. My goal this month will be to finish a WIP page for every new one I start and hopefully finish, haha! Another goal I have is to use use up a bunch of my ephemera horde. I think that when I start a project and start looking into some options I often get overwhelmed and then quickly retreat because it becomes too stressful. I'm hoping that if I remove some of my obstacles I can create more projects in less time, here's hoping!! I started this double page spread at the end of August simply by stamping a script stamp with black archival ink onto white tissue paper. I tore up the sheet and adhered it randomly with Mod Podge, sealing the top. I then...

Hello Friends, Another early morning today resulted in a quick layout. Why you ask would I get up between 4-6am? Because I'm crazy! Haha, just kidding, because I have two small kids! Should I be getting more sleep? Yes, probably, but then I'd never get to create!  Most of my projects start out in the early morning hours, while the coffee is fresh and hot and most importantly everyone else is sleeping! This time for me is very important as having a creative outlet has been and is very therapeutic. I have carved out my own little space in my house that is all mine and has everything in it that I love. Today is Thanksgiving here in Canada and I often have time to reflect on things during the early morning hours, today is no different. I'm using my 5.5" x 8.5" Strathmore mixed media workbook. I started by applying gesso by Golden. While cleaning my desk I came across a napkin that I had been using to sop up excess ink with and wanted to use that for thi...

Hi Friends! Christmas came early for me yesterday, I purchased myself a 24 piece set of Derwent Inktense pencils! I've been eyeing them for about a year now and when a shopping trip was due and the 55% off coupon from Michales arrived in my email, it was like the stars aligned, and it was time! So this morning at 6am, I snuck down to my art space and tried them out. I always have a stack of journal pages in various states of completion sitting on my desk, so I chose one that already had Shnibblybits   Hexagon Bordered Cutout  that was cut out at a quarter of the original size. This has to be one of my favourite cut files, it really is so diverse and is such a great configuration! It had been glued down to some dollar store journal pages with Aleene's glue. It also had random script stamping in black archival ink and everything was covered in white Liquitex gesso. The page was sprayed previously with Lindy's Treasure Island Aqua and that's how it sat until today. I...

Hi Friends! I'm posting today with another completed journal page. I've been quite productive lately as the weather has changed and we've been spending more time inside. This journal page started out by collaging a few papers from my stash, old book pages that were previously stamped with script, and tissue paper in which was stamped with Illustrated botanicals stamps by Tim holtz. I also stamped the Tim Holtz butterflies from the Flutter set directly to the page, I should of stamped them to the tissue first then attached to the page. The thing about finely detailed stamps is they really need a flat even surface and they didn't turn out as crisp as I would of liked. Once I was happy with the configuration I sealed the entire page with Mod Poge. I chose a Shnibblybits stencil in Harlequin pattern  to add with Dina Wakley's black gesso randomly to the page using a makeup sponge. I also used a ledger stamp from Tim Holtz Documented stamp set with black archi...