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 [...]

This winter has brought very little snow.   I can’t believe how much I miss a good snowfall.  If Mother Nature won’t make snow, then I will.  Life has been extra busy with great guests and fun family happenings- so this post is a bit shorter than my usual. Love using the die cutting machine – [...]

This work in progress is brought to you by Paint Party Friday.  I have been out of town and catching up on a million things which means arting had to wait.  The thought of missing a Paint Party Friday just made me sad, so I got out the paint and started painting.  Getting messy hands [...]

  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 [...]

This works fabulously when the paint palette is loaded with a rainbow of colors, especially if you are finished painting for the day and there is still loads of paint on the palette.  I just dipped the cardboard circle (a fancy tool – the center from an old roll of masking tape) into the paint [...]

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 [...]

  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 [...]