Heart Journaling - week 4

This week's topic is "The Girl in Me"-hand drawn of a girl.  Hmmm....this was challenging because I can't draw if my life depended on it.  It's pretty sad.  But I gave it a shot and after many tries, piles of eraser flakes all over my desk...this is what I finally created:

There's alot of flaws I know, but I think they add to the art...don't you think?  And this is my interpretation, so I'm very pleased with it.  The left page I covered with design paper from my stash, so it's very old.  I used thickers and Sizzix die for "Be Happy".  The flowers are from I Am Roses and the flourish die from MFT....these I totally love!!  The right side, I inked the page with distress inks and stamped the corners with flourish stamps from Stampendous.  Again the flowers from IAR and the poinsettias (used as leaves) are from a DooHickey die{Magnolia Stamps}.
thanks for stopping by & visit again for next week's topic!

Heart Journaling - week 3

Another week of ♥art journaling...I'm having so much fun each week.  There's so many talented crafters...check out the gallery by clicking here.  Here's my spread for this week:

What I did was take some glimmer mists, color wash, and Lindy's Stamp Gang and just misted the pages to death! LOL  As you can see, some puddles of color dripped down the page which I totally love!  I stamped the edges with a flourish border stamp with brown Stazon ink.  The hot air balloons are from a stencil pack from Prima.  The letters are Technique Tuesday...i love the font!  I took an acrylic heart{Heidi Swapp} and alcohol inked it, stamped a background stamp, and glued glass glitter{GlitterandKitsch} around the it.


Stop by for next week's spread! thanks for visiting ♥

Heart Journaling - week 2

This week's assignment is Sandy Sunshine....everything & anything summery, beachy, or vacation.  And with lots of texture!  So I took whatever I had in my stash and came up with this.....

It's still in the works-I'm going to junk it up some more with embellies I haven't used, but wanted to share what I have done so far.  All the punches are EK Success and punched them out with scraps of paper I had laying around.  I used glass bead gel for the sand and painted over it with beige paint.  Then dabbed black paint over it.  The doodling is free hand...so nice not having to "think" and just let things fly.

Supplies~

punches: EK Success

misc: netting, acrylic paints, glass bead gel, markers

 thanks for stopping by Ü

TGF-Heart Journal

Hey Everyone!  I'm so excited to share with you this news- I'll be participating in a 23-week journaling class from The Greeting Farm!  I can't wait to get started! Woohoo!!  My very first art journal....anxious to jump right in and let my creativity flow. Ü

Heart Journaling - week 1

The Greeting Farm is doing a class on art journaling...for the next 23 weeks!  I am super excited because (1) I am one of the 100+ students participating, (2) I've NEVER art journaled before, and (3) I'm finally going to finish a project from start to finish! Ü  So, stop by each week and see what I've created for the class.
Here's the 2 page spread for week 1 - Spread your wings

I've used a variety of acrylic paints and stamps.  I used Penny Black's Cherry Blossom stamp...which I love!  The butterfly punch is from Martha Stewart.  I wanted to use a TGF stamp, so I chose the set Spotlight.  The sentiment I used on the second page says:

" Just living is not enough

said the butterfly.

One must have sunshine, 

freedom, and a little flower"

I wrote a message to myself-Just living is not enough, learn to spread my wings & take chances. Just be Free.  This was so much fun....I can't wait for the next assignment!

thanks for stopping by Ü

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C94

I've been on a sketch kick as you can see....there are so many sketch inspirations out there!  Half the work is done for you.  I ♥ sketches!  I'm also working on some color combo challenges...stay tune for those!  This week's challenge for Crazy 4 Challenges - CENTER STEP CARD.  Here's a tut from Frances B.  

 Design papers and matching cs are from Mango Frost {DCWV}.  I love the colors-so bright, perfect for summer theme projects.

 I stamped the image on Neenah paper.  After cutting her out, I inked the edge with C1. I paper pieced her outfit because I'm limited on my Copics stash. I love the way it came out.

paper piecing

 Supplies~

 paper: Mango Frost dp & matching cs {DCWV}
stamps: Megan {Greeting Farm}; everyday sentiments {Kraftin Kimmie}
dies/punches: fancy tags {Spellbinders}; sun {EK success}; 3/4" circle; iron gate border, grass {MS}
colors: spiced marmalade {Distress Ink}; Copics
misc: 5/8" persimmon-yellow dahlia ribbon {Martha Stewart}

thanks for stopping by Ü

Happy Birthday TGF!!

Let the hopping begin!! Happy Birthday TGF! This is going to be a fun day! There's a long list of blogs, over 80 that are participating. Check out their work...simply amazing! Also, TGF has new releases for August and they're super cute!
Have fun ladies!