Quick Letter Love Update...

Just a quick share - I am LOVING my Letter Love 101 class with Joanne Sharpe!  Here's a page I finished with a technique I learned in class...This was done with a number of different journaling pens, and a mix of pan pastels and Stabilo Pastel pencils for the coloring...Done in my Dylusions creative journal.  It works great for pastels and doodling...

Book of Days for Last Week...

Hey everyone!  As the weekend winds down, I have some Book of Days pages to share with you.  They are all from this past week.  I started a new journal.  It's the Dylusions Creative journal.  I've been really excited to try working in this one.  I love the way the outside is plain kraft - just inviting a painting session...!I also love the 9x12"...

No More Excuses, The Collage Workbook and more...

Greetings and happy Saturday my friends!  Last weekend when I was at my scrap retreat, I had a chance to do some work in my No More Excuses Journal.Here's the Collage and Doodads envelope for February.  The theme for the month is "Claiming Your Inner Artist..." And then there's the writing assignment.  This poem is wayyyy longer than this - I chose some...

Book of Days Update...

I have the rest of last week's Book of Days pages to share with you today.The first one was for the Soulistry series.  Here's the prompt we were working with:"Nurturing your love is like tending a small garden. If you keep pulling up the plants to see if the roots are growing, you will not harvest anything."                                       ...

Love is Everywhere...

Hey there my friends!  How goes it?  I hope you are having a good week!  I have a Book of Days spread to share with you today from last Monday - February 12th.It was fun how this spread happened.  I was just playing around with layers and backgrounds, and when I got this far, Michael came in the room and saw what I was doing... and right away he said...

Project Life: February 1 - 4, 2013...

It's a new month for Project Life, and I've switched to a new set of supplies.  Last month was the Simple Stories Snap Line, and this month I am going with a combination of Echo Park lines (both designed by Alison Kreft):  Everyday Eclectic, and Today's Story.  I am also throwing in a bunch of stuff from my stash.My first spread covers the period from February...

Just got back...

Hey everyone!  I just got back from a retreat with my scrappy girlfriends and we had a blast!!!  I've got tons of art to share with you, but I have to take photos first.  I just want you to know I haven't forgotten about you!Here's one goofy one for you - taken at the retreat (the crown was actually a chalkboard, in case you can't tell in the photo)...I hope...

No More Excuses Update...

Each month in the No More Excuses "Under The Influence" class, there is a different artist to learn about.  We learn a little about the artist, and then do some work in our No More Excuses journal. January's artist was Hundertwasser.  I can't believe I didn't know about him!  His work is right up my alley!  Lots of bright colors and organic lines -...

Book of Days this week...

Oh my goodness this week has FLOWN by!  I haven't  blogged my Book of Days pages this week at all, so I have a catch-up post for you!Here's how Monday's full spread turned out...Wednesday's Soulistry prompt...  I didn't do a lot of layers this week.  For some reason I was more in the mood for simple.Here's an extra page I did on Thursday...I guess I did...

Life Book 2013 - Do the Walk of Life...

The theme for January in the Life Book workshop was Celebration and Journey, and our last project was to make a game board outlining where we would like our journey to take us this year.  HOW FUN!First we made goals cards.  I made mine out of miniature playing cards.  Each one is 1.5 x 2.5."Here's how they turned out...On the back of each card, I've typed my...

Soulistry - on Aiming High...

Last week's Soulistry prompt over at Book of Days, was all about aiming high with your goals.I started out with a random background - splats of acrylic on black gesso. This was inspired by a cosmic sky that our leader Effy created... but when I got this far, I saw an undeniable girl's head with wild pink and orange pigtails.  Do you see it? It's right in the middle....

Project Life - January 2013...

EEEK!!! I'm so excited!  I finished my first month of Project Life - 2013!  I'm doing it differently this year - breaking it up by month, instead of by week.  I've got the whole month to share with you today, so be forewarned: There are alot of photos!Here we go...The first spread covers January 1 - 7 (Tuesday - Monday)...  Left side... I've made a couple...