Goodbye from Jyoti

Witajcie serdecznie!
To mój ostatni, pożegnalny post w 3rd Eye. Dziękuję za możliwość bycia częścią tego wspaniałego zespołu i za to, że miałam (i mam) możliwość używania moich ukochanych - zawłaszcza tych okrągłych, mandalowych -  stempelków. Kocham je wszystkie, ale jako najczęściej używany wybrałam ten:

I ja również dziękuję za zaproszenie! I za ten wspólny, kreatywny czas...
Ściskam ciepło! Jyoti:**

Goodbye from AgnieszkaD

Witam Was serdecznie w moim ostatnim poście na blogu 3rd Eye. Sześć miesięcy pracy w fantastycznym teamie Dryszki już za mną, aż trudno uwierzyć jak szybko mija czas. Po raz kolejny miałam możliwość pracować z bardzo zdolnymi i kreatywnymi osobami, dziękuje Wam dziewczyny i Tobie Dryszko za tę możliwość!
Na zdjęciu jest ze mną stempel "I like you". Bardzo polubiłam stemplowane te napisy, choć spośród wielu fantastycznych produktów 3rd Eye naprawdę trudno mi jest wybrać tylko jeden.

Hello to all of you in my last blog post 3rd Eye. Six months of work in a fantastic  team behind me, it's hard to believe how quickly time passes. Once again, I had the opportunity to work with a very talented and creative people, thank you girls and you Drycha for this opportunity!
It was really hard for me to pick just one of many fantastic products from 3rd Eye. On the picture with me is "I like you" stamp, I very liked these stamped words.

I kartka z tym stemplem:
And card with this stamp:

Użyłam:/I used:
 

Dziękuję wszystkim za ten wspaniały czas!
Thank you everyone for a wonderful time! 
AgnieszkaD

Goodbye from Riikka

Riikka here today to say "Goodbye"! This is my last post to 3rd Eye blog. It has been an amazing time to share projects here and hopefully inspiring you with them. Like I wrote into the card I made for this post - best time ever. I'm grateful for being on the team and getting to play with the 3rd Eye goodies. 

For the goodbye posts Karolina asked us to choose a favorite product from 3rd Eye. That was a challenge as I love many of the products! I love the flairs or the badges - there's so many to choose from! So many designs and colors to suit every layout and project. I also love many of the stamps - some are perfect for making backgrounds and some are perfect for vocal points. And then there's the chippies and stencils still! But for this post I chose to go with the clock products, both the chippie and the stamp.

Here's the card I created using both the clock stamp and the chipboard. I also included some other stamps to the background and used the 3rd Eye stickers as embellishments, too. 

I started by misting some color to my craft sheet and dragged a piece of patterned paper through the puddle. After drying I added the different stamps in there and then added the stickers to the background. On top I layered a few pieces of patterned paper and then added the chippies on top. I colored the chipboards simply by pushing them to the stamp pad. That gave them an uneven, aged kind of coloring. Lastly I stamped the text and then traced the words with a white pen to get them more visible.

Thank you for stopping by today and thank you Karolina for all this time and creating these beautiful products! I hope I'll see you around! As it's also soon start of the new year, I want to take this opportunity and wish you a creative, wonderful 2015!

Products from 3rd Eye:

       

Grid design background with stencils - video tutorial

Hello there! Today I'm hoping to spark an idea in your head with this background tutorial. It's really simple but yet effective and you get to play with your stencils! So please check the video underneath to see how I created the background for the layout you see above.

Now that you've seen the steps, let me explain a few things which I didn't have enough space in the video. For starters I tell you why I added the gesso first. It's because gesso creates a layer to the paper that prevents color mediums to soak in. And in order to have those misted bits water-color like blobs instead on circles of mist there needs to be a layer preventing the mist from soaking to the paper immediately. Of course you don't have to use mists to add the color, any color medium will do!

And why then again I'm adding the mist there in the first place? It's just a visual thing - I wanted the grid to have more color than just the amount I can put there through the stencil. So to add a touch of color in there first and then layer the ink on top creates a more colorful background than just using the stencil. If you have a really open stencil (with a lot of gaps) or use the same stencil many times over the grid, you can definitely go without the added color. 

As I typed in the video, I don't mind the "rough around the edges" look. To me that's really appealing and likable. If that's not your cup of tea, you can always draw the shape of your grid to a piece of paper, cut the grid parts off thus creating a stencil of the grid and layer that one together with your stencil to prevent the ink from going over the edges.

Needles to say you can use any colors and any patterns! You can use just one color with different stencils or multiple colors with one stencil or even one color and one stencil. All of the variations create a different mood to your page. As my page is about joy of discovery (my daughter learned to say the harsh Finnish R), I wanted to use multiple colors to have that happy, playful feeling!

Thank you so much for visiting today! I hope I have inspired you! If you have any questions, please just leave a comment or mail me! 

Supplies from 3rd Eye:

         

'Never give up...' art journal page by Marta Lapkowska

Mixed media backround created using stamp and stencil.

Pages coloured with Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays.

Black flowers and wording are stockers.

Mediowe tlo stworzone przy uzyciu stempla oraz maski.

Strony nabraly kolorow za pomoca spray'ow Lindy's Stamp Gang.

Czarne kwiatki oraz napisy to naklejki.

Użyłam: / I used:

 

wakacyjny mini album - summer mini album

Witajcie, z tej strony AgnieszkaD. Na dziś przygotowałam mini album dla przyjaciółki z wakacji.

Hello, this is AgnieszkaD. Today I prepared a mini album for my friend.

Użyłam:/I used:

                    

 Miłego dnia!/Have a nice day!
AgnieszkaD