Day Two Reveal- Arianna & Ewelina

Our next two talented artists are:

Arianna

I’m Arianna from Italy, a thirty-something girl passionate about singing, scrapbooking and everything craft-related, actually.I’ve always felt the need to express my creativity, I decorated my school diaries with ephemera, quotes and sketches, and I tried to do some drawings with discrete results (but you’re not gonna see any of them!! :-P). When I first discovered scrapbooking while surfing the internet back in 2007 it was love at first sight… I guess you can relate ;-)

It was exactly what I was searching for, it puts togheter paper which I have always loved, colors, memories.

I don’t think I have a well-defined style, I like clean and simple layouts, I love to use inks and paint to add texture and interest to a page and I’m slowly letting go of the fear of daring and making mistakes and of cutting beautiful patterned papers ;-)

I am really excited to start this new adventure and I cannot wait to play with Picture This ! and see what all you beautiful girls create! I hope I can somehow inspire you with my simple and humble works.

Ewelina

My name is Ewelina Gryglak - ewelinkag is my online/crafting name. I am Polish but I have moved here and lived in Yorkshire, England for over 12 years now. When I have to be an adult (which is most of the time), I work as a tutor/team leader for maths and English in Offender Learning. 

I’ve been scrapbooking for almost 2 years now - I started when my life got turned upside down by some serious health problems in my family and my mum’s passing. It was a way of escaping and dealing with the bad news but at the same time finding a creative way of expressing myself. 

I love working with mixed media; mainly 12x12 layouts but I also make cards and ATCs - I love to expand my horizons and embark on new creative journeys. I love layers and textures so that is what you can see in my work. My craft-room is full of texture pastes, stencils, paints, inks, embellishments of various type - paper, fabric, chipboard. I am also using my Silhouette Portrait to make custom, mostly floral embellishments to use in my pages. 

I work mainly with black/white photos as this gives me more freedom when creating the pages; especially when working to a moodboard or sketch. 

I would define my style as ‘eclectic’ as you can find a little bit of everything in my work - paints, stencils, modelling paste, stamps, paper flowers, fabric embellishments. 

I am hoping that more and more scrappers (not only British) will embark on some mixed-media adventures with me.

Our challenges start August 1st, make sure you come back!!