My Wonky Mandala

I finished the insert for my record sleeve art journal page. Remember this?It was a day when I really needed something meditative to do, so I made the insert into a mandala. Here's how it turned out...Here's a detail shot...I used my Pitt Manga Marker set (LOVE THESE), plus a variety of colored brush markers. Michael saw it and right away was like "here, let me trim that...

Beautiful Messengers...

This week I had the most magical experience. Two ravens landed on our bird bath and played together there for a long time. You may already know that ravens are my spirit totem animal. Did you know that ravens are said to be messengers between this world and the next? In the four years that I have lived at our current home, I have never seen Ravens at our bird bath, so...

Journaling Your Dreams...

One of my favorite things to journal about is my night-time dreams. I find them so fascinating, don't you? Images and storylines that run like movies while we are asleep. When you think about it, it's pretty amazing. Here's a journal page I made last night about a dream I had...I got the image of Neil Young on the internet, and the sunset is a vintage Minnesota postcard....

Just a little Sneak...

The reason I've been quiet all weekend is that I'm working on this...I'm calling it the grand finale of my Full Tilt Boogie journals, cuz it's HUGE, and it's taking a lonnnggg time to put together! That's okay tho - it's a labor of love. I'm piecing each page together from scraps of different kinds of papers and having a lot of fun doing it! I also had to rehab the cover...

Inspiration Journal...

I finished another Full-Tilt Boogie journal! This one was a completely different cover technique because it didn't use an old book or photo album. We made it ourselves! I had so much fun putting it together! Check it out...This one is an inspiration journal. I'm going to use it specifically for collecting images that inspire me. I'm always seeing things in magazines...

Two FTB Journal Pages from the Crop...

Hi everyone! Saturday was my monthly crop with my girlfriends Lynn, Anne and Christina; and it was such a good time. I feel so lucky to have such awesome women for friends! I have two journal pages to share with you as a result of my time at the crop!The first one started out as a 21 Secrets project, and then took a wildly different turn - ha. Pages seem to have a mind...

Cabinet Card Album Journal...

I'm still doin' the Full-Tilt Boogie!!! Remember this album? It's the one I originally bought off of ebay, for the Full-Tilt Boogie class. The cover is beautifully embossed velvet, and inside, the pages are thick chipboard cabinet card frames...The album is going to turn into two separate journals - one using the covers, and a different one using the inside chipboard frame...

Music is the Soul...

I was inspired to do a journal page about music last night, so I took the opportunity to create it on one of my journal pages that is an actual album sleeve. Here's how it turned out...Inside the sleeve is a piece of white cardstock with a color copy of one of my record album labels. I plan to do some journaling on that on another day. The photo is an internet stock wallpaper...

On My Mind Always...

Thinking about my mom. I don't write about her on the blog as often as I used to, but she is on my mind all the time, and I was thinking about her yesterday when I made this page...Sometimes it's hard to know how to feel, when you go on without someone you love, know what I mean? I'm so glad I have my art - it's the best therapy ever!Thanks so much for visiting! I will...

A Charming Visitor and Two More Journals Bound...

Yesterday evening around 8:30 pm, I walked into the scraproom and did a double-take! There was a beautiful deer standing right in front of the window! And it was still light out, so I could see her clearly!!! She was eating from the bird feeders, and seemed quite calm and content. Willie was just as mesmerized as I was (click on the image to see it larger)...She looked...

Listening To The Voices...

One of the things that Mary Ann mentioned in her class is how we should listen to our inner voices, and I was really inspired to put that message on a page. Here's my little tribute to the teacher...I know I've said before that the more I just play, and don't judge or overthink my work, the more I end up liking what I make, so Mary Ann's words really rang true, and I don't...

A Couple More Random Journal Pages...

For us here in the U.S., we are starting on a long holiday weekend and that feels wonderful! I learned a couple of fabulous new binding stitches in Full-Tilt Boogie last night, and I can't wait to try them out!In the meantime, here are a couple more random journal pages I just finished...This one is made with an 8" x 10" photo, acrylic paint, 7 Gypsies Paper Tape and Sharpies....