30 Day Coloring Callenge - Day 3

I finished my Art Journal page!  It wasn't that hard to get back into making one and I hope to do another one soon.  I used a Silhouette file for the words and the MFT Butterflies stamp set:

There's so much inspiration from this challenge and I'm addicted to the Instagram feed (hashtag #thedailymarker30day2) with the wonderful work people are doing for this challenge.  I'm so inspired by everyone!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

30 Day Coloring Challenge - Day 2

Somedays, I don't have a time to do much coloring and that was definitely today.  I watched Kathy's video and practiced Copic coloring a few butterflies:

 

I usually never use two different colors together, and this was a great lesson for me.

 

I'll use these in my Art Journal layout.  Thanks for stopping by!

 



30 Day Coloring Challenge

I'm happy to play along with Kathy in her 30 Day Coloring Challenge at The Daily Marker.  I'm starting with an Art Journal page, which I love to do, but only do when everything else on my crafty to-do list is done.  I have no shame in admitting that I used Vicky's latest art journal page here as my inspiration and copied her techniques.

 

Since I've got 30 days, I don't have to finish my page tonight because Kathy's idea is to do some coloring every day.  Here's what I've finished so far:

 I applied Tim Holtz tissue paper, then Gesso, and embossing paste for my background.  I stamped the flowers and painted them using acrylic paint.  I've got a quote for the left part of the page, which I'll do tomorrow.

 

So much fun!  Check out the challenge and play along!

 



Happy Sunday to ya + blog candy

Greetings from hot hot South Carolina (high is 93 today)!  I accomplished many things this weekend for once and I need to go back to work and rest (ha ha- yeah right). 

 

The most recent thing I did was to follow this Sunday's OWH sketch and create a card:

 

 

I rotated the sketch and used papers from the May Simon Says Stamp kit.  For the sentiment, I masked the middle, stamped the flowers, then unmasked and stamped the sentiment.  The little fake brads are from Basic Grey.

 

I did another art journal page and found Julie Balzer's blog which has tons of info on a journaling and even a place to share our pages:

I'm still a beginner at art journals, but there's something so satisfying about it.  The stamp is from Tim Holtz - first time I used it.

 

My last weekend accomplishment is to finish a baby shower gift that I started two (!) years ago.  Yes - procrastination reared its ugly head and I started this gift for a co-worker and never finished it.  Then, I tried again for someone else and finally made myself sew it this weekend:

 

This is McCall's pattern 4858, if you're interested.  It will hold diaper items that the mother can tote around the house.  I'm thinking that the mother can keep this downstairs and change the baby without trotting to the changing table.  Two years to finish - can you believe it?

 

Finally, if you've read all this, I've got to tell ya that no one has claimed one of the stamp sets from the OWH Memorial Day bloghop.  I've asked 3 ladies and received no response, so is there anyone who would like the OWH "Thinking of You" stamp set?  Here's my blogpost OWH Memorial Day bloghop if you want to check out the stamp set.

 

Just leave me a comment and I'll email you to get your address.

 

Oh - one more thing -- I did fit in some scrapbooking too!  Yowza!

 



Art Journal - my first page

I've been watching posts about Art Journals for a while now with Shari C and decided to take the plunge and start one.  The best thing about an art journal is that there's no right/wrong way - it's whatever you want it to be.  I bought a Strathmore "Visual Journal" and the instructions state that this journal is "whatever you imagine it to be" - which means, get creative, girl!

 

It will be easy for me to create pages using my cardmaking supplies.  I started my first page with my name.  I cut 3 of each letter and stacked them, then inked them with Tsukineko Brilliance Lavender.  The background is a mixture of Salty Ocean and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks with white embossing over it using the splatter background stamp.

 

I cut the balloons on my Cricut as well, used Doodlebug Twine for the tails. The stamp is from Ali Edwards.  The paper around the edge is from my stash that I've been hoarding for years - time to use it up, right?

 

I plan on occasionally doing an art journal page and I'm going to keep notes when I get an idea that hits me.  I hope you get encouraged to do this - it's different than keeping a daily journal (which I also do).

 

Happy Friday to ya!