Artful Thursday

I'm very excited to be working with Kristine Davidson in updating the look of my blog!! She is being quite patient with me as we tweek and change the layout! I am so overdo for a bloglift and I think you will LOVE it ... it's very ME of late ...

So while Kristine is tweeking and working her magic I wanted to share my latest art journal pages using more super fun Dylusions products! I definitely love this color palette and the stamps, stencils and sprays are addicting! Even spiders are fun ....

Here's a close-up of the spiders ... aren't they cute ?!?!?

Hope you are all having a lovely day and stay tuned for the new blog reveal ... Thanks for stopping by!!!

 

Beating the heat with Studio Time

It's been so hot and I have no immediate access to a pool or the beach so I've been in my studio most of the weekend! That's good and bad - good for creating, bad for the tan!

I've been working in several art journals lately and I'm still favoring the Strathmore thus far. Here's a background page using an 8.5 x 11 Canson Wirebound Sketchbook I purchased at Michael's which is ok - but the paper is on the thin side, so not the best for really wet media! I'm liking 90lb. weight or more for wet media projects. Another option is to double or triple up on the lighter weight pages - glue them together - to get a sturdier page. Anyway, here's a background using a bleaching technique I learned from the FAB Dyan Reaveley ...

Not sure where this page will go but it's ready when I am!! Thanks for stopping by and stay cool!!

 

Lovin' Art

So, my latest passion is art journaling ... I've been experimenting with different types of journals and so far I LOVE the Strathmore Mixed Media. The 5.5 x 8.5 is ideal to start as the size isn't overwhelming to fill - I do have a 8.5 x 11 but I've completed more pages in the smaller journal. This is also a great size to bring to crops. I tried Moleskin Sketch Journals but they didn't hold up to the wet media in my humble opinion - they are great books, just not as good for really wet media (just my opinion). I recently purchased a Moleskin Watercolor Journal which I haven't tried yet. Since I'm a huge Dyan Revealey fanatic I'm sure I'll be checking out her new art journal when it hits the stores!!!

So, I continued in my Strathmore yesterday and came up with these pages. I had absolutely NO idea where these pages were going ... I used several Creative Imaginations Existencils ... especially loving the angel wings in the background. I also used Dyan's Dylusions stamps and inks - so loving the inks in the water brushes - so flippin'convenient!!!!! Anyway, I found the quote for the pages AFTER I completed the pages ... that was so cool ...

For the sun I used a CI stencil and mixed modeling paste with Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze and scraped it over the stencil - I then toned it down with a light coat of gesso ...

 Thanks for stopping by! BTW - three days of posting in a row!! Just sayin'....  :)

More projects to share ...

OMG ... TWO days in a row ...  I'm trying to dust off the blog and get back into regular posting!

First, a few more projects for Creative Imaginations for CHA Summer 2012. The layouts below were created with IOD's Rejoice collection! As soon as I saw the sneak peeks from CI, I HAD to use this collection. The frist layout I kept kinda simple to highlight the adorable photo taken by my great photographer friend Heather Chick.

I didn't even distress or ink on this layout - just clean and simple but still layers on layers and lace and twine for some texture - and a popped up banner ...

My second layout is a bit more detailed with alot of fussy cutting to create a dimensional frame around the page. I took full advantage of all the great diecut shapes and stickers that coordinate with this gorgeous, vintagey collection.

I did distress and ink and added some fun Petaloo flowers and more doilies and a few extra angels for good measure.

My final project to share is another art journal page I finished last night. The  background of this page is a culmination of "leftovers" from prior projects - a cleaning of a stamp, left over modeling paste on a stencil that was too good to waste, inks from other stencils, etc. The background was so bold that I off-set it with a white flower created with gesso on a foam stamp. The words are very meaningful to me now as I'm trying out new mediums, journals, and just about anything new to me! Here's the page and thanks for stopping by ...

 

Hey, I remember this blog!!

WOW ... blog much Lynn? I have so dropped the ball on keeping up with alot of things - especially my poor, neglected blog! So, I'll put aside the excuses and just jump right in! I wanted to share a few projects I created for Creative Imaginations for CHA Summer 2012!

For two of my projects I used the gorgeous Beautiful You collection by Christine Adolph! There's a peek at the whole collection >>HERE<< over at the CI blog. My first project is a 12 x 12 canvas using the paint-able paper that coordinates with the collection. I painted the background of this paper with Luminarte and then added layers from there ...

Lots of layered embellishments ... doilies, gems, metal elements and die cut shapes topped with Luminarte Silks gives the canvas depth and shimmer ... Of course, I had to splatter some gesso here and there too!

My next project with the Beautiful You collection is a layout using predominantly the 6x6 paper pad that goes with the collection. Again, more doilies and layers ...

... and twine and inking and burlap ...

So, I WILL be back with more CHA projects and soon - not in a month or so!! Enjoy the rest of the week and especially the weekend!!

A Little Mini ....

Hey Everyone, hope you had a great Father's Day! We had a cookout and a nice afternoon celebrating with my Dad. He's the BEST!!

I wanted to share my latest project for the Creative Imaginations and Canvas Corp feature over at CI!! I used tons of Luminarte and gesso and the super fun canvas and burlap shapes from Canvas Corp!! Here's the cover and for all the details check out my post >>HERE<< ...

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

It's ATC week at Creative Imaginations!

Just wanted to hop on to share an ATC I created for Creative Imaginations. I'm really enjoying ATC's lately - at first I was challenged by the size - it's such a small canvas to work on. However, the more I create them the more I love them!! Head on over to the CI Blog to check out our monthly ATC feature - the DT has created some AWESOME cards!! Here's my ATC ...

Thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of the week!