Thanks for stopping by as I celebrate my artist tape in the March/April issue of Somerset Studio This whole week is dedicated to using the artist tape. When I create with my artist tape I often have little bits left over. I hate to waste it since it was so much fun to make- almost [...]
Art Journaling
Below is a quick 1 minute speedy art journal video. The pink and green paper was the inspiration for this page. When I started all I knew was it had to have that paper in it. The word connect was what popped into my head when I had those fabric letter stickers. I realized how [...]
I have been stuck lately. Stuck. Stuck. Stuck. I got tired of being stuck so I just tried something. I dug around in my junk basket – a basket full of scraps, leftovers, and abandoned project parts. Once I started doing I felt a little less stuck. It felt like rocket science when I was [...]
While building this art journal page I just kept thinking about the quote & how true it is. Who my kids are now – that was started when they were young. The flower of strange teenage clothing choices came from the seed of individuality. The flower of reading came from the seed of bedtime [...]
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 [...]
While visiting wonderful Creative Every Day blogs, I had an ah-ha moment while reading Ajax’s blog post. Two simple words, allow happiness. Her words prompted this journal spread. This page was finished while my Internet was down – down from the night before until dinner. The whole family was in terror, panic, fearful of life [...]
When it snows I am filled such a magnificent feeling, okay, only when I am at home, warm and safe. I do not feel this way about snowfalls when I am driving. I wanted to be reminded of my snow feelings so I decided to create a journal page. I began to flip through [...]
The Lifebook course is fantastic. This week was definitely something new for me as faces are not my strength, but I am getting more comfortable with them. My muse finally chose to reveal a name to me! Aegeria. An ancient goddess of healing, springs, sacred knowledge, and inspiration. I had already had a water theme [...]
The past week has been full of a personal challenge. I began to wonder if I’d be able to handle it. Thank heavens for art journaling! Instead of staying in my head & letting that inner critic loose I chose to process it through art. That’s why my character has no head – since that [...]
