A Peek Into my Junk Journal and Plans for April...

Hi friends!  I've been using one of my Papaya Art Journals as a Junk Journal, and I just finished up the last page. I thought it might be fun to share a few pics, so that you could get an idea of what I collect in there.Here's a pic of what the cover looks like.  How beautiful is that artwork?  I love the bright colors!I have been using it as a catch-all for...

Green-Headed Tanager...

Hey there my friends!  I got through all the lessons in Gina Armfield's "Daily Sketchbook" workshop, and today I started my own Sketchbook!  It's so FUN!!!  I chose a 5" x 8" Watercolor Moleskine.  It arrived today from Amazon, so I got busy right away on my first entry!It started with a line drawing...and here's the finished page... I added watercolors,...

First Watercolor Sketching Assignment...

Ever since I saw the video of Danny Gregory sketching his breakfast (see this post), I have been enthralled with the idea of a watercolor sketch journal.  I signed up for two workshops - The Daily Sketchbook with Gina Armfield, and Watercolor Sketch overview with Jane LaFazio.  I'm still waiting for my special watercolor journal to arrive for Gina's class; but I...

No More Excuses and Glue It Tuesday...

The theme for March in my No More Excuses journal is "Style."  The month is almost over, but I did manage to get in some time for blissful cutting and pasting this weekend, and my collage is done. Here's how it turned out...As always, the right hand side is an envelope to keep receipts, handouts, images and miscellaneous stuff.  Some of the images were taken...

Book of Days and Glue It Tuesday...

Book of Days Update... One of the things I really love about the Book of Days program; is that it's more of a spiritual practice than a workshop.  Don't get me wrong - I love workshops (obviously cuz I take a million of them, lol); but with Book of Days - it's more like a community that is going through this expressive journaling thing together.  So, when Effy (the...

Life Book with Mindy Lacefield...

We are still celebrating "Connections" in the Life Book workshop, and this week we focused on friendship.  Our guest instructor was Mindy Lacefield; whose work I've been a fan of for a long time!  It was so much fun to learn from her creative process!  Here's how my page turned out...I think the biggest thing I learned from Mindy was shading a face with paint...

New Art Journal Pages...

The Mixed Emotions workshop is technically over now.  The classroom is still open so that students can finish their assignments; but the last lesson has been posted and things are quieting down.  It has been so inspiring to me to see all of the beautiful student artwork that has been created.  Feeling their enthusiasm about the lessons has made me incredibly...

Embracing my Ugly Monster...

In Life Book this week Mitsi B is encouraging us to embrace our "ugly side!"  HA.  All those traits I don't like about myself?  I got them out on paper, and then gave them a great big HUG!  What resulted is my first pop-up journal page!  OMG I had so much fun making this...Here is the front of my page.  It is my ugly monster (who still has a warm...

Tearing Apart My Journal...

Hi everyone - happy Friday!  I know I mentioned in an earlier post that my Dylusions journal just wasn't working for my Book of Days.  The paper simply isn't heavy enough to stand up to so many wet layers.  It's a beautiful journal though, so I don't want to waste it.  What I did was tear off the cover, and the few pages that were finished, leaving the...

It's Time for Another Stencil Test Drive!

Hey there everyone!  I'm so excited to be participating in another test drive for Jessica Sporn and Stencil Girl Products today!  This time I've been playing around with the Retro Flowers and Circles Stencil:I picked this stencil because it has a 70's groovy feel to it that is just my style!  Let me show you what I did...I had this quote that I wanted to make...

Life Book - Here Comes March!

We have a new theme over at Life Book each month, and for March it is "Celebration & Connection."  Here's how my first assignment turned out...There are tons of fun layers here, and those little scrolls have notes of gratitude in them to some of the people and things that I feel a heart connection to.  Awesomely fun and meaningful lesson at the same time. ...

Excited about Learning...!!!

Hey there everyone!  Thanks for stopping by!  I have a few shares for you today, as well as some random thoughts...I'm taking Joanne Sharpe's fabulous Letter Love 101 class, and having so much fun!  I have always loved letters and lettering; but really wanted to be more varied and playful with my lettering styles, and this class is perfect for that!  It's...

Book of Days Update...

Hi everyone - I hope you are all having a great week!  I have a few Book of Days pages to share with you from last week...First - here's my Monday spread.  Effy is following the Year In The Life of an Art Journal prompts once a month; and this prompt was to use your favorite quote on a page.  I decided to play along too, and was inspired by Effy to try doodling...

Big Project Life Update...

Hi everyone and happy Sunday!!!  I worked on Project Life all day yesterday at my monthly crop, so I have a big update for you.  It goes from February 4 thru 17...February 4 & 5... Owl calendar is a free printable from Owl Barn.  Using mostly Today's Story supplies from Photo Freedom supplies.  It was fun to include that Mixed Emotions started...

Inspired to take another class...

I was so inspired by this...that I signed up for this...Online Sketching and Watercolor: Journal Style Class with Jane LaFazioI love the idea of an illustrated watercolor journal. Now I can't wait until it starts on March 21st!  Yeay...