Don't think of yesterday, and I don't look at the clock...I like to boogie woogie...

Happy Thursday, y'all! I was so inspired by Emily's Art Journal Monday post this week that I spent some downtime playing yesterday...boy did I have fun and make a huge mess! I recently got my first Moleskin journal, and I chose one with watercolor paper because I love the texture.

I started by doodling with some graphite pencils, and I ended up with the music note and the word "music." Then I used a black Faber Castell pen with a brush tip to add some faux calligraphy to my sketching.


Next I started layering color using liquid watercolors. I added lime grean, turquoise, purple, and some tangerine in various places and strengths all over the page. Once that dried, I stamped the eclectic mesh image in black Stazon, and the bubble wrap image in Antique Linen distress ink onto various areas of the page. I also had this great diamond border stamp (can't find it on the Bella website at the moment) that I added along the line under 'music' in gray Memento ink. At that point the mesh looked a little stark, so I decided to add some sprays of Tattered Angels Chalkboard mist, also incorporating the Mini Chickenwire template from Crafter's Workshop.


That was definitely MUCH closer to the look that I was going for...this was a total experiment, by the way! I cut out a few words from some vintage dictionary pages to create my quote, highlighting it with Copic Opaque White. I liked the look of that so I added it in a few more places. I probably should have used Gesso, but oh well...that's why this was play! I wanted to add a few more details, so I spritzed parts of the page with water, and I also used some Studio Calico Mister Huey in white as well. I have some SEI Tumble Dye Spray on its way to me as we speak, and I can't wait to see what all the fuss is about!


The last few details I added were the canvas bits, glitter (of course), and some Rock Candy Distress Stickles. The Stickles were still wet when I took this photo, so they ended up a lot less shiny...much more in keeping with the rest of the page.

Ok, so....what do you think, y'all? I know it's nowhere NEAR my usual style, but it sure was fun to make a mess and just PLAY. Definitely inspiring to try different things and stretch my creative muscles a little. I'd love to hear what you think, and if you'd like to see more...I do have a whole empty journal, you know! Do you want to see painting? Sketching? Journaling? More cards? LOL

Anyway...that's it for me today...I hope you have a fabulous Thursday!

It really doesn't matter...just keep your eyes above...'cause Christmas is a time to love...

Hey y'all! Happy Monday! If you're looking for my Amber Ink Blog Hop post, please click HERE. I have a little project for this week's Art Journal Monday for Stamping Bella. This week our theme was WORDS...so I had a little fun and stretched myself a little. Here's the tag I created:



First I spritzed the bottom right corner with Glimmer Mist. Then I stamped the Shady Leaf stamp in green acrylic paint upside down...it looked like Mistletoe to me! I attempted to emboss with the paint, but it didn't stay wet long enough in places, so I went back over the image with my VersaMarker (how did I live without this?) and embossed with clear embossing powder. THEN I took a brown marker and wrote whatever came to mind when I conjured up Christmas memories. Here's a closeup:



The sentiment at the bottom of a tag comes from a song that we have a home video of my little sister and I singing, oh so sweetly, in front of the Christmas tree...during which she decides her doll needs a good spanking with a wooden spoon. Awesome. That was written with VersaMarker as well, and embossed with black. The finishing touch was the berries, made from red paint, Glamour Dust, and Glossy Accents, and finally a big bow at the top.

Thanks for stopping by...you can check out the rest of the fabulous creations on Em's blog. Have a fabulous day!

Don't you feel like the wind is always howling, Don't it seem like there's never any light...

Hi y'all! How is everybody today? I was doing a little experimenting last night and decided to create a canvas. Be gentle...this is my very first collage-mixed media-ish piece.


I started with a 5x7 canvas and Roses Among Us from Stamping Bella. The roses didn't stamp well on the canvas, and I didn't have any tissue paper, so I went with some vintage book print instead. I scribbled some Gelatos on the stamp, added some water, and then stamped!


The rest was covered with a combination of acrylic paints, Rock Candy Distress Crackle paint, and a little corrugated cardboard. Again...I had no idea what I was doing! But the glittery heart looked good, so I threw that on there as well. Some stickles on the flowers, and a handwritten sentiment finished it off. I made a huge mess, but I sure had fun! I hope you like it.

You can check out some fun Art Journal pages on Emily's post here. Have a fabulous day!