Happy New Year's Eve! It's the last day of the countdown!

Hi friends!  It's the final day of the Top 2000 Songs of All Time Countdown!  Yee Ha!  The song I picked out of today's lineup is one that I love to turn up LOUD on my car stereo!  Totally dig The White Stripes.  Here's what I made...#189:  Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes...One thing that I love about the Top 2000 Countdown, is it gives...

Day Six of the Top 2000 Countdown - Rhiannon...

It was 1976, I was in the eleventh grade, and Rhiannon was playing on the radio all the time.  I idolized Stevie Nicks, with her gravely voice, long, shaggy hair and gypsy clothes  I loved this song, because it sounded so magical, and through all these years, it still does.  For the sixth day of the Top 2000 countdown, I chose to do this page:#538 - Rhiannon,...

Day Five of the Top 2000 Countdown = HAPPY!

The song I picked for day five of the Top 2000 Countdown, is one that I was recently introduced to by my sister, Renee.  She posted the video for this song on her facebook timeline, and when I heard it, I was hooked!  Coming in at #587, it's "Happy," by Pharrell Williams.  Here's how my page turned out...#587 - Happy - Pharrell WilliamsThis page was pretty simple...

Day Four of the Top 2000 Countdown - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes...

Oh my goodness I love this song!  Always have, always will.  There's nothing quite like the harmonies of Crosby Stills and Nash, in my heart, and the lyrics to this song are gorgeous too.Coming in at #1118, it's Suite: Judy Blue Eyes...The paper is black Stonehenge paper, and all the doodling is done with prismacolor pencils.  The white writing around the edge,...

Day Three of the Top 2000...

For day three of the Top 2000 Songs of All Time Countdown, I chose one from this year...#1206 - Royals by Lorde...I scribbled the lyrics on the page before I started adding paint and mist. If you look closely you can still read them.  I wanted it to look sorta like graffiti.The red splats and drips are actually painted deli paper bits, cut out and collaged onto the page. ...

Day Two of the Top 2000 Countdown...

It's the second day of the Top 2000 Countdown!  The song I picked for today is 1968's "Dream a Little Dream" by Mama Cass.  Here's the journal page I created...#1769 - Dream a Little Dream, by Mama CassMaterials used include: gesso, acrylic paint, neocolor II crayons, tissue paper, Studio Calico stencil and spray ink, pencil, text paper, molotow markers, and images...

Day One of the Top 2000 Countdown...

Hi friends!  It's the first day of the Top 2000 Countdown blog party!  Yeayyy!My first journal spread is a title page for the countdown.  It was inspired by a Book of Days lesson on gel transfers.  Here's how it turned out...The actual gel transfer was an epic fail.  LOL.  I could tell that the entire image was going to rub off my page, so I left...

Project Life Layout and Planner for 2014...

Hi there friends!  How's it going?  I hope you are doing well, and able to still carve out a little creative time during this busy time of year.  I have another week of Project Life to share, plus a new Project Life planner for 2014...Here's my layout for December 9 - 15, 2013...Left side detail...  I had to include my newest celebrity crush - Teddy Bear...

Winter Solstice Introspection Page...

Happy Winter Solstice everyone!  Before I get going on today's post, I want to answer a question that came in on this post.Leslie Gardner asked:  Would you consider making a post, showing your readers how you created this beauty?This is the page Leslie was talking about: Thanks for asking Leslie! The texture you see on the page is created by scraping modeling...

Project Life Update - Using images that aren't photos...

I spent the weekend working on Project Life with my December kits from Gossamer Blue and Studio Calico.  Even though I'm way behind, I decided to do the current week, and leave the catch up stuff for later.The week of December 1 - 8 took up two full spreads.  Here's the first one... I am still using the Willowing Printable calendar as a monthly divider. ...

OLW: Word up for December is.....MAGIC

Hi everyone!  It's the 15th, and that means its time for a new challenge over at One Little Word!  This month's word is Magic!Here's what I came up with...(modeling paste, jessica sporn's stencil, acrylic paint, gesso, oil pastel, photo, computer printed journaling, photo)What does the word "Magic" make you think of?  The possibilities are endless!  Come...

2014 - Year of FINISHING Things!

I love starting things - especially when it comes to workshops and art journals!  I get sooooo excited, and always start off with a bang!  But I'm not so good at finishing what I've started.  It's not that I lose interest in the things I start.  It's more that I find yet another new thing to start.  So the last thing I started gets pushed aside to...

Art Journal Every Day Update...

Hey there everyone, how's your week going?  It's still incredibly cold here - below zero every day.  Ack!  But we are Minnesotans so we carry on as usual.  We are tough!Anyhoo, I've got an art journal update for you today. Here's my No Excuses journal page for last week...  This week I decided that I would track the weather and do my doodles on...

Looking forward to the Top 2000, and an Art Journal Update...

Wowzers, this week flew by!  I've got an art journal update for you today, but first I want to mention that one of my favorite things of the year is getting close.  Can you guess what it is???It's my friend Marit's Top 2000 Blog Party!!!  If you aren't familiar with the Top 2000 Blog Party, it goes something like this:Every year in early December, a major radio...

No Excuses Update...

Hi friends!  How was your weekend?  Mine was awesome!  Michael and I were home all weekend; working on our respective projects.  I was doing Project Life, and taking breaks to work on the house - (unpacking and such).  Michael - among other things, got the bird feeders up - yeayyy!  I'm so excited to see if we can attract some birds!  I haven't...

Project Life Update...

I've got another Project Life Update for you - this one is from the week of May 11 - 18, 2013Here's the full spread... I included the beautiful Mother's Day card I got from Becca in it's own 5 x 8" page protector, as an insert.  Left side detail... This week covered Mother's Day, and the end of the Book of Days Session.  The middle three panels is a journal...

Using Newspaper on an Art Journal Page...

Hi friends!  I'm so excited to be a guest blogger today over at Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's blog!  Julie invited Katie, Marina and me to each make a journal page that somehow uses newspaper. Here's what I made...It's a super simple process, and I share a tutorial over at Julie's blog.  I would LOVE it if you would stop by and say hello!  Here's a link to...

Life Book Update...

Hi friends and Happy Thanksgiving!I haven't done a Life Book update in awhile, so I thought I would share my latest page with you.  I'm wayyyy behind, but I skipped over the ones I missed, and did this week's lesson.It's called "The Chemistry of Words," and is taught by Melody Ross.  Here's how mine turned out...(acrylic, gesso, neocolor II crayons, ampersand stamp,...

Update on Three Different Journals...

Hey friends and happy Friday!  I've got an update for you on three different journals I've been working in - My No Excuses journal, Book of Days, and Watercolor journal.This is what I've been doing in my No Excuses journal...I'm using a Papaya spiral notebook (love those!) right now for this.  November's theme is "dreams,"  so I've been putting a short synopsis...

Draw Your Awesome Life - I'm getting there!

Hey friends!  Happy Monday!  I've been working on my Draw Your Awesome Life lessons, and I have to tell you - I am SO GLAD I took this class!  I've been wanting to get into illustrated journaling, and this is just what I was looking for.  These are all done in my 8 x 10 Watercolor journal...Lesson Eight:  The view from my window...Lesson Nine: Make...