Today: will be what it is….

Playing in one of my Art Journals today.

The base is a piece of Watercolor paper which I glued several

tissue paper tags and some scraps of patterned paper.

Light layer of Gesso and then the coloring began.

Gelatos in blues and greens were scribbled across the page and

then blended with a wet paintbrush.

Once semi dry I rubbed some Gold in areas and then misted with Dylusions Squeezed Orange ink spray.

Stamping with a Prima stamp and a purple Gelato.

The Hearts were created by tracing a Crafter's Workshop stencil then using Gel Medium

to adhere torn book text to the insides.

Light layer of Gesso followed by several Gelatos which I 

blended with my finger.

Modeling paste through a Crafter's Workshop stencil.

This "Art is" stencil by them has to be one of my favorites, 

it shows up in my work piece after piece.

Some Washii tape from a recent order to Cute Tape was placed in spots just because

the circles made me happy.

More Dylusions (Vibrant Turquoise) was misted randomly

through another Crafter's Workshop stencil.

The words I put on are there as a reminder to myself,

what's going to happen will happen.

I can either sit and worry about it or go along for the ride.

I much prefer the ride than the worry.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge 1 !!!!!!

Are you ready for a new challenge site?

Head on over to the

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Blog today

to check out the beginning of something truly wonderful.

Challenge #1: What's Your Style?
Share a project that showcases your signature style. Dig into your hoard and pull out items that make you shout with crafty joy! Whip up something that has your creative name all over it. Do you, because no one is you-er than you!

One lucky winner will receive this prize pack, donated by Gloria Stengel Designs!

You have TWO WEEKS to create a project and enter the challenge. This challenge closes, Sunday, February 16th, midnight PT.

                             Make sure to head over and link up your project HERE today!

A house filled with love….and a new challenge at Scrapping Everyday Miracles

It's February:

the month of love

AND

time for a new challenge at 

Scrapping Everyday Miracles.

Now as always there are several ways to link up to the challenge:

Scrapbook sketch

Card Sketch 

or a project using the theme however YOU interpret it.

For me this month I went with the theme inspired by this

Col 3:14

"And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony."

I created an 8x8 mixed media canvas.

I pulled together all sorts of leftovers on my desk and began

gluing them across the canvas.

There are flowers, gems, chipboard,

lace,

and more to be found on here.

A cover of Gesso was applied over everything giving me

a blank canvas full of texture to work on.

Several Tattered Angels mists were applied then blotted,

then misted again.

Followed by several of my Silk's Acrylic Glazes.

The sentiment was printed onto a piece of patterned paper by

Club Scrap, the words torn apart,

and then after being glued to the canvas outlined with a charcoal pencil.

Some Modeling paste was scraped through a Crafter's Workshop 

stencil and then once dried color was added with a wash made from

some of the mists.

Some random stamping was applied at the end.

Because the surface is so uneven ether is never a 

clean image which adds to the overall appeal.

Just a shot to show you how much texture.

Make sure to head over to SEM to see what the other designers

created.

Link up your takes on the challenges,

and enter to win one of the awesome prizes.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Do what you love...

Quick share of an Art Journal page today.

Whenever I am working on projects I always keep

some inexpensive newsprint down on my desk. I use it to clean stencils,

and stamps before they are put away.

Because I can 't ever throw anything away I have stacks and stacks of printed,

colored, patterned paper.

I turned one piece into a page in my art journal this morning.

Had to work quick, we got 1/2" of snow overnight and the little one was dying to go out

(hey in our neck of the woods EVERYTHING shuts down for a quarter inch of snow)

The background as I said is from my scraps paper.

I used a Hampton Arts stamp and stamped the flowers across

the page.

I then went over the stamped lines with a black sharpie to really make them noticeable.

The insides of the flowers were quickly colored with another Sharpie and then 

a little squiggle on each petal with a white gel pen.

Finished up with some tiny letter stickers just writing out…

Do what you love.

And making art is something I most definitely love.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

I saw this!

Another layout from this past weekend's cyber crop at

Flying Unicorn.

The challenge for this one was to scrap where you wanted to be,

preferably someplace warm,

and use bright colors.

I used this picture from our 2012 trip to Italy.

Man oh man was it warm there and currently

I am desperately wishing for it to be even half as warm here.

The photo is of Ponte Vecchio in Florence.

The patterned papers are from The Scrap Cake.

Silk's Acrylic Glaze was painted through a Crafter's Workshop stencil

then circled with white chalk.

Ranger paint was dabbed through sequin waste.

Stamping with a Kaisercraft stamp and Archival ink.

Dylusions mist was sprayed and dripped.

Liquitex Acrylic ink was splattered across the page.

Tape, ribbon and a clear die cut were layered under the photo.

Thanks for stopping by and have great day!

Original

I know I know…

I used this pic last week as well, BUT it was perfect for this layout and now oldest gets a copy and I get a copy.

WIN WIN.

This past weekend there was an online crop at Flying Unicorn.

In one of the challenges Shona provided a sketch for us to use.

I wound up loving the sketch and this is what I came up with

All paper is from 7 Dots Studio.

There were found papers, tissue paper and masking tape adhered

to it then covered with Gesso.

Lindy's Stamp Gang Moon Shadow mist was then misted heavily and blown around the page.

There is also some Silk's Acrylic Glaze applied in spots.

The flowers and wood pieces are from Prima.

Chipboard from Blue Fern (I think) was colored with chalk ink

and then highlighted in spots with more Silks.

There is stamping on the background with  Kaisercraft and Club Scrap stamps.

You can see the tape and tissue paper here.

Some more of the blown mist.

Thanks for stopping by  and have a great day.

A few ATCs for the day

Every once in a while I get into an ATC mood.

If you are wondering what exactly are ATCs well…

Artist Trading Cards.

They measure 2.5 x 3.5 inches and can be done either horizontally or vertically,

though you see I definitely prefer one direction over the other.

You can do them up and keep for yourself or trade with

Artists all over the world.

I am lucky to have albums filled art from around the globe

acquired all by trading.

The background on this one is created with Gel Medium, paper towels and Perfect Pearls.

The cage is from Kaisercraft painted with Silks and the bird is Prima

covered with a piece of scrap patterned paper.

Balance is created on a background using a magazine page, Elmers glue,

Nvr-Dul and Colorbox ink.

Circles stamped with StazOn and a doily edge added in spots.

2 small lace doilies create my flowers.

The stems are actually from the tree outside my craft room.

Hexagons were cut and inked before being glued to my background.

Next time you are looking to try something new…

how about an ATC.

The size is perfect to try new things, use up scraps

and create art quick.

Who knows…

you may get hooked.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.