Quirky Birds...

I had so much fun with this Life Book lesson!  Although I must admit, with my short attention span - it took me forever to finish it - ha!  Now that I did, I'm really glad I took my time.The lesson was to paint some quirky birds on an accordion style page; and use lyrics that make you feel empowered.Here's how mine turned out...and here are each of the birds individually......

Project Life Update - February 19 - 24...

It's time for another Project Life update - This spread covers February 19 - 24, 2013.  Enjoying some quiet time at home, after the scrapbook retreat...Closeup of left side... Still using a combination of the Today's Story Line from Photo Freedom;  and the  Everyday Eclectic Collection from Echo Park. The page protector is from American Crafts.  I love...

Book of Days...

Here's my latest Book of Days page...  I did alot of testing of markers and ink pads on this page.  The paper is actually torn out of my Dylusions journal and pasted into my art journal. The dylusions paper is fabulous for journaling on - nice and smooth especially with my pitt pens.  It didn't take as well to water-based marker blending (title and...

Intuitive Art Journaling...

Today I've got a new page in my Book of Mirrors to share with you.  This is one where I didn't start with any sort of plan, or message I wanted to portray. I had a figure from a magazine ad that I thought would be fun to draw; and I knew I wanted to play with my new Balzer Designs stencils - Swirly Garden and Tiny Circles.Here's how it turned out...(supplies used: acrylic...

Book of Mirrors...

The Book of Days project is evolving and I love the changes!  There are now two parts.  Book of Days and Book of Mirrors.  Book of Days is about recording what happens in your life; and Book of Mirrors is about self-reflection pages.  This makes so much sense to me; and it leaves the door open to interpret this however you want.  I am planning to have...

Project Life Update...

Hey there everyone!  I have a Project Life Update for you!  About time, eh?  I have gotten in the habit of working on Project Life once a month at my girls' get together crops; and then I get a whole bunch of pages done at once.  It's fun to do it that way, but then there's a big gap between updates.  I am going to try to fix that by sharing a spread...

Rural Minnesota in my Illustrated Journal...

I'm taking a writing class called "Writing Ourselves Alive;" and one of the things we are to do is write short pieces that precisely capture a fully-engaged moment in our life.  These are called "small stones."  I combined my first small stone with this page in my illustrated journal...I am discovering that my favorite way of doing watercolors is using my neocolor...

Prompt 6ix Meets the 1970's and Glue-it Tuesday...

I could not resist the Prompt 6ix Challenge this week, over at Daisy Yellow!  The guidelines for the challenge were as follows:1. Graffiti2. Pattern3. No Words4. Stapled Collage5. Neon Pink6. 1970'sThe 70's was my decade, so it was really fun to recreate the feel of that time.  Here's what I came up with...The photo of the graffiti'd building and the dancing woman...

More Work in my Illustrated Journal...

Hi everyone!  I've been having a lot of fun playing in my new illustrated journal.  After my first entry, I decided not to sketch in pencil first anymore - just commit to pen right away.  It makes things a little more quirky looking to not be able to erase, and I like that.  It also makes perfectionism impossible, which is a REALLY good thing... This first...

Sharing my Book of Days Process...

I thought it might be fun to share an example of the thought process that goes on behind my Book of Days Art Journal Spreads.  I've started a new process of Sketchnoting Effy's videos, while contemplating what my own feelings are, and what I want to express on my daily page.  Here's an example of my Sketchnote, and the B.O.D. page it led me to... Basically what...

Glue-It Tuesday...

Hi everyone!  Just a quick post today to share my latest Glue-it Tuesday collage!  I did this one in the junk journal I shared yesterday.  I was getting towards the end and I wanted to use up the last couple of pages, so I just started cutting and pasting with no particular goals in mind.Here's what I came up with...Materials used include -- vintage wallpaper...

Embrace The Rain Stencil Test Drive...

Hey there everybody!  It's time for another stencil test drive!This time I've been playing with Jessica's Embrace The Rain stencil, which looks like this...  Isn't it so FUN?!!!There are so many things you could do with this stencil by putting the different parts together in different ways!  This time I chose to use the girl in the middle that is carrying the...