Happy New Year!!! - It's Time for Project Life!

2012 is finally here and I couldn't be more excited about it. New Year's Eve is my favorite holiday, and it feels extra-good this year to be letting go of the current year and welcoming a new one.This is my first official Project Life post - yeayyyyy! I've been waiting to start this endeavor for months now, and it's so much fun to finally get started.Here's how my title/intro...

The Top 2000 Songs of All Time - The Final Day!

It's the final day of Marit's Top 2000 party! This has been so much fun! I have been singing these songs all week, and it's so much fun to pay tribute to them on paper!Today we are counting down from #272 to #1! My song choice is #40 - "Black" by Pearl Jam. I have loved Pearl Jam's music ever since they started, and I can't believe they have been around for over 20 years...

The Top 2000 Songs of All Time - Day Six!

I can't believe it's already the second to the last day of the Top 2000 Countdown! Eek! Where has this week gone??? Marit's Blog Party is still going strong! Today, we are counting down #586 - #273. The song I chose is #289: 1970's "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens. I just love the depth of this song, and how Cat actually sounds when he's singing, like two different people...

The Top 2000 Songs of All Time - Day Five!

Today, for Marit's Blog Party - we are counting down from #893 to #586 of the Top 2000 Songs of all Time.My choice is #716 - "Georgia on my Mind" by Ray Charles. What a beautiful, classic tune. Here's how my layout/poster turned out...The image of Ray is a press photo and the bottom image is the Atlanta Skyline, as taken by dsigning.I hope you enjoy this video of Ray singing...

The Top 2000 Songs of All Time - Day Four!

Today we are counting down #1209 to #893 of the Top 2000 songs of all time! My choice for today is #1061 - "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette. Here's how my layout/poster turned out...I remember the first time I heard this song, I was like WOAH this woman is TELLING IT LIKE IT IS! Ha! I loved that - YOU GO GIRL!!! Here is the original video (censored version) from...

The Top 2000 Songs of All Time - Day Three!

The song I picked for today's layout comes in at #1214 in the Top 2000 songs of all time. It's "Peaceful Easy Feeling," by the Eagles.Here's how my layout/poster turned out...I love this old photo of the band - it's so 70's. The hair, the patchwork jeans, the embroidered shirt, and the beads - LOVE IT! The background paper is from the Sass Lass Sunshine broadcast line....

The Top 2000 Songs of All Time - Day Two!

The song I chose for today is #1651 "Refugee" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers! Here's how my layout/poster turned out..."Refugee" was released in 1979 - I was 19, and Tom Petty was my rock god! I just loved the rebellious sound of his songs. The photobooth pics of Tom were an insert in his first album (that I still have). I think of this song and I think of the color...

The Top 2000 Songs of All Time - Day One!

It's time for the Netherlands Top 2000 Party!!!! Are you playing? I've played along with Marit for the last two years, and it's been so much fun! This year promises to be the best year ever!The way it works is like this. There is a Netherlands Radio Station (Radio 2) that has a vote each year to determine the "Top 2000 Songs of All Time," and then they publish the list;...

December Daily Update and Getting Ready for the Top 2000!!!

Merry Christmas everyone! I have a little December Daily update for you today. This one is from December 15 and 16...I was at the grocery store on the 15th and they had the cutest Olivia the Pig coloring and activity book. I had to buy it of course! and I included one of the stickers on my page...The woodgrain stencil is from Crafter's workshop, and the papers are from...

2011 Artwork Collage...

The "No More Excuses" assignment for December is to make a collage of all of your NME assigments for the year. I didn't actually do that, but it gave me another idea...I decided to make a collage of some of my art projects of the last year to put in my planner. It was easy and a lot of fun to do! Here's how it turned out (click on the image to see it larger)...It's kinda...

December Daily for Dec 11 - 14...

I'm still truckin' along with my grungy December Daily. Here are a few more pages for you...This t-shirt is a recent thrift store find. I was so excited that I saw it, and it was my size and everything - yeayyy!!!I had this vision in my head of new black and white striped knee highs just a few days before finding these at Kohl's - no lie! Talk about synchronicity...P.S....

Art Journal Progression, and a new blog for Scrapping The Music...

Hi everyone! I'm so excited because our new blog design went live on Scrapping The Music today! It's fun to start the new year with a new design! Click here to check it out! Thanks so much to Linda Phinney (aka Phin) for all of her help with the redesign. It was truly a team effort. Thanks Phin!!!I've also got an art journal progression to share with you today. This...

December Daily for Dec 7th and 9th...

I've got a couple more December daily pages to share today. I'm keeping it super simple...December 7th...The huge #7 is a coaster - part of my Studio Calico December Daily kit. Also used Gaffer tapes from 7gypsies and Sistv. The photo of Willie and Johnny is 5 x 7, which gives you an idea of the album size.This page is about as far as you can get from holiday-ish: Vampires...

December Daily for Dec 5th and 6th...

A couple more December Daily pages comin atcha today...On December 5th I spent some time with my new "Log Your Memory" planner! I'm super excited about using it to plan my project life and other creative projects in 2012! (Look for an upcoming post about that). Anyways, here's how the page came out...The gnome and fox is from a thrifted children's book. The date page is...

December Daily for Dec 3rd and 4th...

On Saturday December 3rd, Michael and I went to a fabulous play called "Joy" at the Interact Theater. Interact is a theater company where the actors are mostly people with disabilities. I've been to a number of their plays, and they have all been fantastic. This was the first time for Michael and he and I both just loved it.So, here is Saturday's page(s) in my December...

New Art Journal Progression...

I was inspired by this post by Nathalie Nayer over at Julie Balzer's blog; so I thought I'd try the technique with the masking fluid. I had some Maya Resist (which is basically masking fluid) on hand, so I used that. If you're not familiar with masking fluid, it's this stuff that comes out in liquid form, then dries to a rubber-like substance, which you can peel off. It's...

December Daily Journal...

I started my journal for December. I ended up making a very simple, ribbon bound journal. This cover is cotton fabric backed with Sticky Back Canvas that I misted. The inside pages are pieces of kraft paper - leftovers from Michael's paper mill. Here's how it turned out...The cover is plain for now, but I plan to do some stitching on the front and decorate it more as the...

Big News (and an Art Journal Progression)

I am soooooooo EXCITED to tell you (drumroll please)............................I'm going back to lead the Scrapping The Music challenge blog again!!!!!!!!!!!!!Can you tell I'm excited??? I am absolutely GIDDY about it!!! Back in June, I stepped down from the Scrapping the Music team, and I had such mixed emotions about it. You can see my post about it here. I hated to...

Designing an Alphabet...

I've got another art journal progression to share with you. It's our next spread in the "30 Days In Your Journal" class; and we designed our own alphabet! I showed you the first day here. Here are the rest of the days...Super super super FUN!!! Who knew I would love creating journal pages in little steps so much? I'm used to thinking I have to finish a whole page in one...

Smashbook Update November 22 - 27, 2011...

I've got a few more Smash book pages to share with you today...This one has a photo of Johnny and Willie that I took with my new camera+ app on my iphone. I never get tired of seeing them snuggle together...On this one, I just had to add my own two-cents to the knock knock joke! I used Golden Fluid Acrylics, Neocolor II Crayons, Stampin Up alpha stamps, and Poster Paint...