Last Page in this Journal for Awhile...

I'm so EXCITED to start Julie's "30 Days In Your Art Journal" workshop tomorrow! Yeayyy! I bought a special journal to use for the workshop, with watercolor paper pages (click here to see). So that means that this page is going to be my last one in my record album journal for awhile. It's from October 30th...I've had so much fun working in this journal so far! If you are...

OMG It's a Scrapbook Layout...

It's been a long, long time since I've felt like scrapbooking, but this weekend I got out my supplies and remembered how much fun it is! I finished this layout (click image to see details)...I can't take credit for the design. It was an October Afternoon project class from Scrapfest. I'm quite proud of myself for finishing it because, quite frankly, alot of the times my...

New Journal Pages and a Little about Organization...

I did something I almost never do with the last couple days of journal pages. I turned them sideways (gasp)! The reason had to do with that little wolf on the left hand page right next to the number 26. See him?The base of the left-hand page is a map, and that wolf was part of it. I really wanted to use him on my page, which meant turning it sideways. I decided it was...

Where I get my images, and a Journal Page...

I want to share my journal page from October 24th...Alison had asked where I get my pictures from:I get a lot of them from magazines. Some of my fave mags for images are:Oprah (great quotes, photography and images that empower women)Birds and Blooms (gorgeous photography)Best Friends (Adorable Animal photos)I also carry a camera with me everywhere, and take a lot of pictures...

The Daily Record - Week of October 17 - 23, 2011...

I'm loving this style of documenting in my Smashbook! This week took up three pages...The lime green quote card is from Becky Higgins Project 365 (2009); and the Round silverware sticker is Cosmo Cricket;I think it's fun working with the designs that are already on the Smashbook pages...Closeup of left side...The brown tissue behind the ephemera on the bottom is what my ...

I finished a couple of pages at the crop...

My monthly girls crop was fabulous! We always have such a great time together. I'm mad at myself for not taking a picture this month tho - ack! I got so caught up in the fun that I forgot all about it. Oh well. I did do a bunch of backgrounds and collages in my art journal, which I will share as soon as I finish them up with the journaling. Here are my last couple of...

Coyote Love and More...

Hi everyone! I've got three new art journal pages to share with you today! This first one is from before vacation. The journaling is about a dream I had, which leads me to believe I have a new animal totem in my life...It's done on the back side of this one. Dawn had asked if I was going to put anything inside the sleeve. This time I'm not, simply because I love the way...

October is Magic...

The No More Excuses theme for October is Magic. So perfect. For the quote page, I used a piece of My Mind's Eye paper from the Meadowlark collection...I usually do the monthly writing and collages at the beginning of the month, but they got put off since I was on Honeymoon Five. It was fun to do this stuff last night. My October collage spilled over onto the monthly envelope...and...

The Daily Record...

So, I've been obsessing about Project Life for about a month now. I am loving the concept of documenting our life thru photographs and memorabilia, and think it will be a nice complement to my art journaling. Now, if you know me, you know that I'm not very good at waiting. Once I feel inspired to do something, I want to do it NOW. HA.I always end up starting projects early....

Honeymoon 5 Travel Journal Beginnings...

I finished the title page for our travel journal today! Here's how it turned out...The photo is one we had taken with the Monsters, Inc. guys at Hollywood Studios. They were so cute! I drew the blue letters with a Poster-Paint Sharpie; and the rest of the title was stamped. The word bubble is from Studio Calico.Now I'm off to work in my art journal. I'd like to finish...

We're Back!......

OMG We had so much fun on Honeymoon 5!!! We went to Orlando to visit Disneyworld and Harry Potter's Wizarding World!!! Most of the photos are still in my camera, but here's a shot of us at Downtown Disney this past week...I know I've talked about this before, but Michael and I got married in 2007. It was a second marriage for each of us, and we talked alot about how important...

Honeymoon Five...

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been a little quiet - Michael and I are having a blast on honeymoon five right now, but I will be back really soon! I can't wait to tell you about it and share my travel journ...

Art Journal Page for October 5...

This page was done on another one of the record sleeves in my current art journal. The layers went like this:acrylic paint, lace, fabric and paper tapes, gesso circles stamped with card board tape core, more acrylic paint, magazine images, 7 gypsies sticker, hambly rubons.Did you see that Julie Fei-Fan Balzer is teaching an online art journaling class? She is so inspiring...

Art Journal Page for October 4...

I'm loving working in this journal! Each page is a different size, color, and/or texture! It's never boring!I'm also getting unbelievably excited about starting Project Life in 2012. I've still got three months to wait - Eek!Thanks for visiting and see you again so...

Changing it up a little...

Hi everyone! I hope you are doing well on this fine Tuesday! I've changed things up a little with my No More Excuses process, and I want to share the changes with you...The first of October, my plan was to go from doing a collage page a day, to making a whole week fit onto two pages. The reason being that I wanted these mini-collages to be a warmup for my actual art journal...