First I'd like to thank everyone who leaves comments- they are sooo encouraging! Please keep doing so! :)
Now some more pgs-

This is the harlequin stencil by crafters workshop- I used acrylic paint on this.

On this one I used white acrylic paint instead of gesso with the stencil. I've also been using a makeup sponge for doing the stencil instead of a foam brush and I like it better.

Hope you all are enjoying making art today!

ICAW #6

I'm sooo thankful for the weather cooling down! Makes me want to work on art!
 Here's this week's ICAW

I tried doing a zentangle...but I like it :)

new journal pages

On this page I tried some new things- First I glued some pattern paper and some old paper towels that I had wiped paint with, down on the page and let dry. Then I scraped paint over it and let dry. Lastly I stenciled some different things on top. It turned out pretty cool and the texture feels interesting.

Hope you all had a great weekend- Happy Monday!

notebook fun

This is a regular composition notebook I got for 25 cents at Walmart. I needed something for taking notes at church so I decided to make it me.

I gessoed the cover first and let it dry. Then I started scraping on paint- the weird thing was when I scraped on the paint the gesso started to scrape off! So I ended up finger painting on the blue to cover up the blank spots- I ended up liking how it looks :)

The letters are stickers and the brackets are just a random stencil I have.

This is another page from the art journal I'm working on.

This page uses another crafters workshop stencil, tim holtz sticker and a random stamp. The image is actually me in kindergarten or 1st grade. I just copied the photo on my printer. Of course I had to put a flower in my hair :)

Well, it off to yard sale- have a great day!

Here's a couple more pgs

This is another stencil I got from the art goodes shop The image is from graphics fairy and the little word thing is from my goodies from Amy.

And this is my ICAW #5

I used gesso for the circle and squeezy paint for the heart cheeks. Then I tried out my punchenella with paint. And the stamp is one I got at a thrift store for $1.

We went to the county fair today with the grandkiddies and had a lot of fun, but came home HOT and tired.

mystery swap #4

here's what I got from Amy @ papertrailsleaver

Cool, huh? This is the first thing I made:

I've never made a collage tag before. Isn't that leaf doily great? And I love the photo. Everything on the tag is from Amy, except the tag itself. Now I need to decide what to do next!

Love bright colors!

Image from the graphics fairy. Used a large paper doily for a stencil and a color wash spray.

Another bathing beauty from digitalcollagesheets.com The fish is from the graphic fairy (Ithink)

I love the ocean and would LOVE to live near it someday...

It's been SO hot, not as much art being done. I can't wait until Fall!

I got my mystery swap envelope and it's filled with autumn stuff- can't wait to start using it!

ICAW # 4

I'm having a lot of fun with these cards! Every once in a while a funny saying will pop in my head to go with them- always good for a chuckle.

Another pg from my journal- love these new stencils!

Art is on hold until after our yard sale this weekend since my tables are outside and full of stuff!

The bathing beauties are from digitalcollages.com- they're so cute!

I stenciled the sun in a glitter paint- maybe you can see better in the next pic

 I guess I went too far into the purple so the sun doesn't show up as well as I'd like..

I'm having a lot of fun with this journal- I glued 2 pages together throughout the whole book. You can kind of see the pages are a little bubbly, but they still work. I also didn't gesso the pages first since I liked the feel of the paper.

The weather has cooled off some here and it makes me want to work in the studio more. I sent off my mystery envelope swap to my partner for this time Amy@papertrailsleaver. Can't wait to get my envelope! Any swaps or challenges that you all enjoy?

week 3 ICAW

I love Laurel Burch art and I found this stamp at a thrift store! The quote is from the movie Babe.

This is the cover of my ICAW book.

The squiggly line at the top is some tape rub on- I haven't used that before. Kind of interesting...

New journal pgs

I really need a camera of my own... Anyway here are some new pgs I've worked on.

I've kind of decided to put some kind of vintage image on each page-s ort of a starter point.

I used some really old mulberry paper on this one- I mean like 15 years old!

These pages aren't finished of course, but for now I'm concentrating on painting the pages and putting the starting image- a new way of working for me. I still haven't sewn my journal together :( It's on my to do list. I haven't had as much time to art journal lately since we're getting ready for our yard sale this weekend. I hope the weather is good :)

ICAW 2

This is my new index card-

And this is another stencil-

I'm still not real great at stenciling with paint- I always seem to glob a bit :(

Oh well, life is a learning process right?

Thank you for all the nice anniversary wishes- we had a nice day.

Anybody trying out a DIY Smash journal? I'm thinking about making one. I saw a video by journal artista and it looked like a cool way to use up old supplies.

anniversary!

Today is our 31st anniversary!

ICAW?

I didn't get in on the index card a day, so I thought I'd just try one per week for fun :)
Here's my first

Here's another pg trying out stencils.

On this one I used a large stamp I got at a thrift store and I used it while the paint was wet- kind of interesting,

Lots of pictures!

I'm participating in the mystery envelope swap over at creationsbytee.blogspot.com

And this is what I got from Kim at the gypsy angel! Wow lots and lots of stuff!!!

These are some of the things I made with all these goodies (thanx Kim :)

I think the green piece  that I cut into a heart is encaustic paper.

This one I used the cute stamp of a bird and sing. The bottle cap was in the pkg and I put alchol ink on it. The piece of music is mine.

I put a little glitter glue on the snow- isn't the string cool? She sent me a bunch!

All the paper is from Kim and the little chickie stamp is soo cute! I just added the brads at the top and the be real stamp.

This one is my favorite- I love that photo! I think I'm going to use it as an anniversary card.

You can see the stained doily and the little piece of lace. The heart was a buttton and I cut the shank off the back. I still have lots of stuff to use in my art journaling too. Thanks again Kim!!

Go on over to The Altered Paper (creationsbytee.blogspot.com) and join the fun- swap #4 is coming up :)

trying out new stencils

On this one I tried out my new stencil- zinnia- and used a spray ink. Then I tried out the

harlequin stencil using distress ink and the blender tool also on the dots.

On this one I used a mum stencil with spray in and then I tried out the Ranger pearl mist- kind of hard to see the shimmer, but it's neat.

This I got at Walmart for less than a dollar! I'm going to try carving a stamp and it may even be thick enough to carve one on each side.

No camera

No camera today, so pictures to show  :(  Hopefully tomorrow. I did do some art today- mostly experimenting with stencil, distress inks and masking. Lots of fun!

last 3 pages

Haven't been able to work in studio much- hubby is fixing it up for winter. I only have to bind it together and finish the front cover. Then I think I will try Teesha Moore's amazing 16 pg journal made from 1 piece of watercolor paper- over on youtube. Lots of things to try :)

More pages

Now it's time to bind them- I'm not sure how I'll do it yet.

Guess what I got?

These are some goodies I got in the mail today- I just had to show you!

I already tried out the zinnia stamp- very cool!

The pen is the one Roben Marie  recommends. I tried the spray dye and ir works wonderfully!

This is punchenella(?) I'm very excited to be trying that soon!

And as a nice surprise , she sent me this beautiful postcard of her art work.Can't wait to get back out there and try all the rest!!! I got all these wonderful goodies from the Art Goods Shoppe- check it out!