My eldest daughter asked me if this old journal was mine & if I wanted it back. I totally recognized it. It had been a half birthday gift from my mother. She’s been gone a long time, but she manages to be a continuing part of our lives. Written on the inside cover was “Recieved [...]
January 2012
I was in my head and needed to loosen up today. Finger painting is now my favorite way to do that! After it dried I added the circles and foam number stamps and they are wonderfully incomplete stampings. In the process I learned that I loved the multicolored circles. Getting painty let my muse [...]
Watercolors can add a subtle background to an art journal page. This is a very serendipitous way to add a layer to a background. Here is my purple tag background after stamping with watercolors. You can see it in a finished journal page here. It started as this: Step 1: Start with a prepped journal [...]

