Paint Party Friday...Art Journal WIP

I am doing an Art Journal Round Robin with a couple of friends and this is a journal spread WIP I am doing for one of them. Her theme is Gardens, Flowers, Springtime...but here it's still cloudy, muddy and depressing. So I did a spread reflecting how I feel before Spring begins...before the rebirth and blossoming. In the spread I used Anais Nin's quote:

So perfect for this time of year when you know Spring is right around the corner...

Linking this week to PaintPartyFriday and 29FacesArtChallenge2014. Have a great weekend!

Paint Party Friday...Mermaid Journal almost done!

Happy Weekend and Happy PPF! This week I wanted to show you the progress I am making on my mermaid journal book, it's coming along slowly but surely. I am still working on the lettering on the front cover (I am so not good at lettering!) but the inside is finished. I will be adding some journaling to a few of the pages and you can see where I left spaces to do that. This has been a really fun project and I am so glad it's almost done.

Thanks so much for visiting and appreciate your comments! xo

Summer of Color...Green Citron & Turquoise...Updated!

I am doing the Summer of Color 2013 challenge and Week One is Citron Green and Turquoise! Wowza, what a fun color theme!! I made a quick art journal background using gelli prints, acrylic paints, gesso and colored napkins applied with matte medium.

Updated! I used a face stencil by Jane Davenport and took the journal spread further with more layers of acrylic paints, inks and pens. I will add some writing once it all dries. Love this color combo!

Mix It Monthly...Picasso Goes Vintage

I am joining a new monthly blog challenge, Mix It Monthly! This month's challenge for May/June is  Picasso Goes Vintage Yellow...sounds like fun, right? Piarom, our challenge hostess, has provided two images that we use in our creation, along with the color Yellow. My journal page using her images was inspired by a very strange dream I had last night, the kind that leaves you feeling slightly off and very unsettled. I'm going to be adding more to this journal spread over the next week. Sorry about the pic quality!
Please check out her post (click on Yellow/Picasso) to see the images and to find the links to see all the fab art. Hope you'll join us!

Paint Party Friday...Mermaid Obsession!

Happy Weekend and Happy PaintPartyFriday! My obsession with Mermaids continues and I have been working on my Mermaid shaped journal for the Mermaid Circus workshop all week. My lettering skills still need improvement but I am getting much better at backgrounds and creating my mermaid characters. Scroll down to see more of the Mermaid pages I posted this week!

Hope you have a  great weekend and Happy PPF! xo

Mermaid Circus....

More images from the Mermaid Shaped Art Journal I am making in Mermaid Circus!

Paint Party Friday....Mermaid Circus!

Happy Weekend and Happy Paint Party Friday! To keep my muse from disappearing again, I have switched gears to something completely different. These are pics of my Teesha Moore style mermaid collage journal page for the Mermaid Circus Workshop hosted by Teesha and Jane Davenport, two of my favorite artists. We are making a mermaid shaped journal and this is my first try at Teesha's style. Much more difficult than it looks but so much fun!

Happy PPF!xo

Altered Vintage Book Journal

I decided to switch gears last week and work on something I hadn't done in a while. I love art journals even though I don't work in them very often and thought it would be fun to alter an old hymnal I had on the shelf. I'm still playing with the details but the front is just about done. Next I'm going to work on the inside and prepare the pages for writing (should have done that first!) xo

Silly Rabbit...

I am so excited to announce that I am now a design team member for Crowabout StudioB on DeviantScrap! I have been a huge fan of Nancy's fun and whimsical style so am super excited to be able to play with her images. Above is a cut and paste (scissors and gluestick) journal page I made with images from her new kit 'Silly Rabbit'. SO much fun using all this color and the images are the best! Click on the link or on the pic below to take a peek!

Have fun! xo

Paint Party Friday!

Hello and Happy PPF! This week I did a watercolor journal painting using a paint over technique on a black and white magazine image. I used Neocolour Caran d' ache watercolor crayons, inks and pencil for this one. I cropped the image because the writing around the edges is personal. I  love love love this technique and plan on doing more. Thanks for visiting!

Bunny Loves U.....

An art journal page I did in Mindy Lacefield's Frolic workshop. My new obsession? Rabbits! I am seeing them everywhere. This journal page is done with acrylics, watercolor crayons, stamps, stencils and pens. It's based on the poem 'A Rabbit Noticed My Condition' by St John of  the Cross which I just love.

Have a great day and remember, bunny loves YOU!