Our JULY inspiration ...

will come to you by Butterflyfish by Carla Blackman

ink on silk painting

 

Criteria – bright and vibrant

 Go away Winter - I want to see uplifting colours that shine on your entry

 

A little about Carla Blackman

Carla Blackman, originally from Warwick in England, has travelled the world extensively, but is now a permanent resident of Far North Queensland, where she has made her home.

Based on the Cairns Northern Beaches, she has been greatly influenced by the vibrant colours of tropical reef fish, which she captures brilliantly on her silk originals.

Carla enjoys painting on silk as a medium since it is well suited to creative expression with bright colours. The vibrancy of the finished artwork is an appropriate reflection of her tropical environment.

Carla has work in private and corporate collections throughout the world. Her beautiful silk originals make an outstanding statement and add a touch of the tropics to any room.

http://www.ianstephens.com.au/Artwork/CarlaBlackman/Artwork.html

 

Our Creative Team has outdone itself this month (put on those sunnies everyone) ...

Chantelle

Sarah

Helene

Amanda

Debi

Shazza

Jane

Please upload the DIRECT link to your actual entry with the link tool on the LEFT by midnight July 31st, 2012. We'd love to see your paper, digital, card and off the page submissions but please remember we appreciate original entries (you may combine with a sketch).

Happy Scrapping!

Creative Team call ...

ARTastic is looking for some new members to join our current Creative Team.

If you like taking inspiration from a source that is a little different to the norm we would love to hear from you.

Applications are open to everyone – you don’t have to be a scrapbooking superstar nor live in Australia to apply – all are welcome.

The CT position will be from August 2012 to January 2013 with an option for a further six months.

As a Creative team member you will be required to:

* Create one layout a month using the challenge requirements provided.
* Comment on all our challenge entries.
* Voting each month as required.
* Promoting ARTastic on your blog or via Facebook as applicable.

* Participate in other blog promotions as required.

To apply please …

complete the JULY ARTastic challenge (going live on the 4th)

and then email me Jane @ jjjustjane@bigpond.com with your details, why you would like to join our team, your blog address if you have one and also please include two of your recent layouts that you feel best represents your particular scrapping style.

Applications close July 20^th,  2012.

Successful applicants will be notified before the end of July. 

June winners announced (see at left). Thank you to all that entered.

If the winners could please forward me their postal details I will organise their prizes.

Our June inspiration ...

will come to you by Dragonfly Upstairs by Pro Hart.

Additional criteria -  Insects

(either as your theme or as embellishments/papers on your page – or both!)

A little about Pro Hart

Kevin "Pro" Hart was born in Broken Hill, NSW, Australia in 1928. He grew up on the family sheep station "Larloona" situated near Broken Hill, and he was educated by correspondence with this brother Bob, and their Mother as tutor.

In his early twenties Pro moved to Broken Hill and worked underground as a miner. In 1960 he married Raylee June Tonkin and they had five children, three boys and two girls.

From age seven, Pro loved to sketch and paint. He began taking his gift seriously in his early twenties when he first used painting as a creative outlet to keep him sane from underground life as a miner. To develop his gift, Pro attended a few local art classes but was mainly self-taught. He was discovered in 1962 by a gallery director in Adelaide. From there his success as an artist began to flourish. Nicknamed Pro - a symbol of his remarkable talent - his first exhibition was a sellout.

Mainly working in oils and acrylics, Pro would use any tool or method to achieve the desired outcome for his work. He drew upon techniques of layering, chiaroscuro, glazing, scumbling, scratching and Alla prima.   His work has been exhibited all over the world, in Australia, London, Dusseldorf, Los Angeles, New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Israel, Cairo and Manila, in the finest of galleries and venues, with many of his exhibitions being sell-outs. His paintings are represented in collections owned by the likes of Harold Mertz, Lyndon Johnson, Prince Phillip, Qantas Airways, Margaret Carnegie, the Canberra War Memorial, the University of NSW and Adelaide, the Bonython Collection, the Warsaw National Collection of Poland and Cathay Pacific Airways.

http://www.prohart.com.au/

And now our wonderful Creative team Inspiration for June ...

Helene

Debi

Amanda

Sarah


Chantelle

Shazza

and a digital layout from yours truly ...

Jane

Please upload the DIRECT link to your actual entry with the link tool on the RIGHT by midnight June 30th, 2012. We accept paper, digital, card and off the page submissions but please remember we appreciate original entries (you may combine with a sketch).

 

Happy Scrapping!

Featured Creative Team member ...

Amanda Taylor is our featured Creative Team member this month.

Hi, I'm Amanda.  I'm a SAHM to seven gorgeous (sometimes lol) boys and I live in sunny (most of the time!) Brisbane.

I've been scrapping since December 2004 but seriously got into this wonderful craft around 2008.  I scrap most days and if I'm not then I'm at least thinking about it!!  Currently I have stolen a nice little corner of the babies room (actually about half the room may be more accurate) and scrap when he naps.

You can check out what I am up to on my blog  http://amandasscrappyjoint.blogspot.com/

Thanks,

Amanda

and here are some of Amanda's favourite layouts ...

I love you little man

He stole my breath and he has my heart

The boys in the striped pyjamas

Amanda will be choosing her own winner this month from amongst the entries and awarding this prize.

Thanks Amanda for being such a valuable part of the team.

Our May winners ...

Unfortunately we didn't have enough entries for May to be able to do a full prize draw.  The winner of the Curators Choice award is Lizzy Hill.  Well done Lizzy, it's a wonderful page.  If you could send me your postal details I will get your prize away to you.

The Creative Team award for this month goes to Amanda with her vibrant layout For the love of the game.  Thanks Amanda, a little something will be winging it's way to you shortly.

Our MAY inspiration ...

will come to you from the 1948 painting called The Cricketer's by Sir George Russell Drysdale.

Additional Criteria - Outdoor Sports theme

A bit about Sir George Russell Drysdale ...

Sir George Russell Drysdale, better known as just Russell Drysdale (7 February 1912 – 29 June 1981) was a famous Australian artist. He won the prestigious Wynne Prize for Sofala in 1947 and represented Australia at the Venice Biennale in 1954. He was influenced by abstract and surrealist art and created a revolutionary and influential new vision of the Australian bush scene.

Inspiration from our wonderful Creative Team ...

Chantelle

Amanda

Sarah

oh and Mark doesn't refer to the boys name rather the process of catching a kicked ball in the air when playing Australian Rules Football !

Shazza

Debi

Helene

and a digi page from yours truly .. Jane

We are really looking forward to seeing your wonderful creations this month. Grab out those football, netball, cricket, soccer, athletics or hockey photographs and get scrapping!!

Please upload the DIRECT link to your actual entry with the link tool on the RIGHT by midnight May 31st, 2012.  We accept paper, digital, card and off the page submissions but please remember we appreciate original entries (you may combine with a sketch).

Happy Scrapping!

Our APRIL winners ...

We had a tied vote this month from our creative team so I have put both names into a bowl and had my son draw the winner of a $25 voucher from our sponsor Scrap Therapy.

Congratulations goes to Sarah Schultz with this cheeky layout Oreo.

The featured Creative Team member prize from Debi Clark goes to Elaine.

Random draw prize donated by Shazza Bishop goes to Julene Matthews.

Curators choice prize from yours truly goes to Jenna.

Creative Team winner for the month of April is Debi with her layout "Spice of Life" who wins a little prize RAK from me.

Thank you everyone who entered this month as well as to our wonderful design team who give us such outstanding inspiration each month.

I hope you can join us for our May challenge which will go up on the 4th.  We'd love to see some more wonderful entries this month.

If the April winners could please email me their home addresses I will get your prizes organised and posted to you.

jjjustjane@bigpond.com

And now a word from our sponsor ...

Scraptherapy have introduced a 10% off absolutely everything voucher for their loyal customers.  Find out more details in their newsletter here.

Our April Inspiration ..

will come to you via Cafe on the Left Bank by Julie Podstolski (suggested by Creative Team member Debi Clark).  This is a coloured pencil drawing of tables and chairs set out on a Parisian Street early in the morning before the arrival of customers. 

 

Extra criteria for challenge - we'd like to see you base your entry around the theme of food.

A bit about Julie Podstolski.

Julie is a Painter/illustrator based in South Fremantle, Western Australia.

She is New Zealand-born and moved to Australia in 1982. After working for over 20 years with oil paints she switched to using coloured pencils in 2001 with the aim to achieve luminosity and a sense of drama to her works. She is described as a realistic artist and her works reflect interesting aspects of everyday live, including urban  landscapes and people.  A lot of her work features aspects of life in Japan where she travels frequently.  This piece Cafe on the Left Bank was inspired by time spent in Paris in December 2010.

http://juliepodstolski.com/

And some fantastic inspiration from our creative team ...

Chantelle - Tea Party

Amanda - Tea 4 Two

Helene - Our new kitchen

Sarah - Cafe

Shazza - Dining Out

and a digi layout from yours truly ...

Jane - Chai

and finally ...

Debi - The spice of life

Debi Clark is our featured Creative Team member this month.

Debi's Bio ...

Hi everyone,

I am a happy paper crafter & card maker, & for the past 9 years have looked at the world in a different way – a scrapbooking way. I am so fortunate that I literally stumbled into scrapbooking, a 'revelation' as I passed a scrapbooking shop in Brisbane & that is now my personal passion, with my family being always put to paper. I never ever believed I was creative, & very happy that I found it! I encourage friends to try their hand, & on most occasions they have returned with a smile, & this insane desire to buy more paper! I term my style as 'rumbled'- rarely squared lines, love layering, I like to add extras like labels & tickets & laces, & put lots of love & thought into each piece. Possibly shabby chic or grungy...maybe a bit of everything!
I have been married to Pete for 35 years, have 2 grown up children with families, & quite a few grandchildren! I work 2 jobs, plus we also run our own company 'after normal work hours' - so I am always busy & there is never a dull moment! My family is very supportive of my hobby, well it really is a way of life, as it encompasses the whole of me. I have made delightful friendships through my craft, some friends far away & a bunch of gals closer to home - & what fun we have together with our paper & adhesives!
I also really enjoy designing sketches for challenges or personal use, & quite often sit & design a number of them using my digital scrapbooking program.
I really enjoy seeing what the scrapbooking fraternity comes up with each month on ARTastic, & love to see everyone’s different interpretations too of the theme.
My blog is http://debisjoy.blogspot.com/

Cheers,
Debi Clark


and here are some of Debi's favourite layouts ...

Good Health

Nannies fun bake house

Relaxed

Debi will be choosing her own winner this month from amongst the entries.  The winner will receive these lovely items as their prize.

We are looking forward to seeing your wonderful creations this month.  Please upload the DIRECT link to your actual entry with the link tool on the RIGHT by midnight April 30th, 2012.  We accept paper, digital, card and off the page submissions but please remember we appreciate original entries (you may combine with a sketch).

Happy Scrapping!

Our March winners ...

By Creative Team vote our March winner is Mandysea.

Random Prize draw donated by Shazza Bishop goes to Kerri Green.

Curators choice prize from yours truly goes to Elaine.

Creative Team winner for the month of March is Chantelle with her layout "Fun".

I want to thank everyone who entered this month.  All the layouts were just wonderful and it was inspiring to see all the different takes on the featured painting for March.

I am really excited to find out what you will make of our April inspiration which will go up on the 4th. We love to see more of your amazing work. 

If the winners could please email me their home addresses I will get your prizes organised and posted to you.

 jjjustjane@bigpond.com