Well, I made it in the nick of time! I finished Lesson 3 with Carolyn Dube just as Lesson 4 was being unveiled!
Read MoreYes! This was a fun project. I made this small, pocket journal last September following the instructions, then filled it with my art over 14 months . . . but who’s counting! It was a process that was really enjoyable.
Read MoreIt is hard to believe, but May 29th was the last time I posted here. Wow, 3-1/2 months has gone by! I did have quite a busy summer and truth be told, I fell out of the habit of posting on my blog . . .
Read MoreI was attempting to do gel plate image transfers for an upcoming exchange with my friends Jo & Jewels, but in only one case did I get a little bit of a hint of an image transfer!
Read MoreHere is a bit more on how I did #16, 17 & 18 in my 365 project. Showing how I started and then some of the steps along the way . . .
Read MoreFear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more;
And all good things are yours. ~ Unknown . . .
I created this journal in a free class with Roben-Marie Smith. It was fun to take an old ledger, remove the original pages but keep the cover in place and sew 'signatures' of new blank pages inside . . .
Read MoreOn the recommendation of some of my artist friends, I signed up for another online course, Wanderlust 2017. This past year I discovered I'm more active with creative things/ideas and I create more art/creative stuff when I engage in a class or two . . .
Read MoreWhoo Hoo! I am so happy I was asked to be a Guest Designer for the StencilGirl Talk Blog, February 17, 2016. When I started thinking about what to do, I felt inspired to work with fabric . . . .
Read MoreAfter a couple of weeks of not working in my journal, I got started with a page of leaf prints I made on deli paper last week. I really wanted to add some of these prints to my small moleskine journal, sized 3.5" x 5.5". It is really quite small . . . .
Read MoreI find myself returning to my small moleskine journal, again & again, page after page! The 3.5" x 5.5" size means it does not take a lot of time to complete a spread and it is fun to do.
Read MoreYes, something fishy is going on! I went back to working in my larger 9" x 12" Dylusions Journal. The other morning I went on an "artist's date" with myself…
Read MoreMy friend Julie Welsh (aka Jewels) saw a video of my art journal spread recently and told me she loved it. She remarked she had "lost steam" with art journaling, but hoped to do a page again soon. Having been through that myself, I quickly replied and said, "When you feel like doing something creative again, grab your journal . . .
Read MoreI took a few photos while making my ICAD (Index card a day) tonight and thought I would share them. The theme this week from daisy yellow was to use a different color palette every day. Well, I took that theme and used it to inspire me to use lots of different colors via my tin of hard pastels. I started off by making a mark with ALL of the colors, one by one . . . .
Read MoreI am returning to my visit with Frieda in Scotland last month. I've added more to my art journal about that glorious week….
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