New Journal Page 1

Well...I dont really think that it is the best ever but I like what it turned out to be.  I punched text circles from Shakespeare, the flowers are die cut from canvas and the butterflies are a Martha punch.  I used India Ink to journal and outline.  Now that the stress of the first page is over I can move on.

My New Art Journal

If you dont know, Donna Downey is my hero.  I simply love everything she creates.  I wanted one of her art journals from her store but they are hard to catch in stock so when I saw that the instructions to make your own were for sale in her store I clicked "buy".  I have some sewing ability so I figured I could muddle through to make one of my own and bonus...I get to chose the material.  After visiting Hobby Lobby, Michaels and Hancocks I finally gathered all the supplies to begin working on my journal.  The instructions and video were great and it was pretty simple to put together.  I think it turned out great and I cant wait to start creating, though I am having difficulty trying to decide what to put on the first page.  For some reason it seems that it should be something really good.  I guess it will be what it will be!

Art Journal Page 6

Watercolor chaos.  I love this journal page because of all the colors.  I used simple watercolors, pencil and a thin line sharpie.

Thanks for looking!

Art Journal Page 5

I love making these satin poppies.  I heated these with my heat gun instead of using a flame and it caused the edges to curl more.  I like the result!

Thanks for looking!

Art Journal Page 4

Well it has been a gloomy, rainy day here and the art for this page reflects that.  I did the background in red with some black Donna Downey "drippage".  I tore the "dreary" from my thesaurus (shame, shame) and the poetry is by Robert Frost.  I used some of my new Glimmer Mists going for a wet look, they are raindrops after all.   I regret the numbers but after you glue them down you just gotta go with it.  TTFN!

Art Journal Page 3

So Michael's had a coupon for 40% off paints and I decided to try some gloss gel medium.  I do like the shine it gives the plain ole cheapo paints.  I started by mixing the gel with some blue for the background then i mixed the gel with some glass beads and used a palette knife to spread it onto the page.  Then I started with the purple and it made me think of those purple clumps of flowers that bloom in spring and that is how glass beads became flowers.  I added the green for the foliage and used some black to accent.  The bright colors made me think of the saying "dream in COLOR!"  I used an edge punch to make the date tag and that brings me to the end of page 3 in my art journal.  I have to say that I am beginning to like the journal.  It makes me happy to look back at the previous pages.  TTFN! 

From This to That

Today while I was at Wal-Mart I went over to check out the Valentine clearance isle.  I found some pretty red paper bags for my new addiction to making paper bag albums and I found these great metal lockers (I got 2 at half price).  I know they have Strawberry Shortcake on them but I can fix that!

So I used my new Miraposa stack to embellish along with a metal butterfly, stickles, pearls and bling, prima flowers, iamroses.com flowers and gold ink.  (Did I mention black spray paint, LOL)  Her is the finished project:

Tag Mini Class

It's almost time for another class at Scrapbooker's Emporium!!  This is a chipboard tag mini album with a birthday theme using a Technique Tuesday mini stamp set.  The date for the class is March 12.  There are two session and the cost is $15 which includes all the supplies for the book!!!  Registration will start this week and space is limited so call the store and reserve your spot today!!!

Hope to see you there!!!

Valentine Project For My Daughter

Tomorrow is of course Valentine's Day and my daughter had to have a box for her Valentine's so this is what we came up with from supplies in my stash!  First we covered the box with 2 layers of tissue.  We used K&Co. Ka-Zoo paper pad papers and embellishments to decorate along with lots of glitter and a feather boa.  On the handle we tied some tulle and added a paper flower.

Thanks for looking!  Happy Valentine's Day!!!

KEYS

Michi got some great new dies for her Accucut at the scrapbook store and this scallop circle is one of them.  I decided to use some pictures that I took of my girls last spring so I chose some patterened paper and colored cardstock to match the flowered tank tops they were wearing. (I'm behind on printing my pics so I dont have them printed out yet, shame on me!)  I also got these great chipboard keys by Bazzill and that is how I decided on the title.  The flowers are Prima, the leaves are from iamroses.com and the title is done with Thickers.  I used my Ranger paint dabber in espresso to distress the edges and cover the raw chipboard edge.  The cover is all I have done since I dont have the pictures printed.  I will post the rest later!  Until then thanks for visiting.  HAPPY SCRAPPING!