A class you should take for reals

This girl oozes with talent and she has some of the coolest/wildest/funnest ideas imaginable!  If you are looking for a fun little summer art journaling/photography/scrapbooking project, look no further. (not sure why I am using slashes instead of commas - just being a punctuation rebel I suppose).

I actually came across a fun little mini-book over the weekend that Kara had prompted on her old blog (I was following her when she was an "old lady" ;)  It was called Look UP (I think) and it centered around pictures of the sky and clouds.  I wrote some real profound stuff in there I tell ya!

Her class registration opened yesterday and I can say without a doubt it will be a great class - one that you will look back on in 2 or 3 years and think, "man, I am very profound!"

Hope

That is the prompt from Feb. 1st over at A Year in the Life of an Art Journal
I finally did my entry and I must say I absolutely love how it turned out!!!!


I used paper, a doily, some scrapped crochet pieces, and punched dots of foam to form my letters for HOPE.


*sigh*




I love art journaling.

There are two scriptures included in this page.


One from Romans-

But if we hope for what is still unseen by us, we wait for it with patience and composure. Romans 8:25

and Psalm-
But I will hope continually, and will praise You yet more and more. Psalm 71: 14




Next prompt will be up on the 15th....and I for one look so forward to it!


Thanks for your feedback on my flowers.
I will definitely take them all to heart. :)

Can't be explained really

I do not know why I cannot seem to keep the old bloggedy blog up-to-date these days.

I blame the weather.
I blame everything on the weather.
Well, weather and hormones.
Oh and men - gotta blame them for stuff too.

Anyway, I have had no scrapbooking mojo as of late.
However, I did enjoy my first prompt in my art journal.
And as promised, here is a peep at what I did:

and a close-up:

Here is Week 4 of my self portrait 52 week project:

I did some experimenting with texture on this one and some other actions, which honestly I cannot recall now!

Speaking of action.....
(get your head out of the gutter!)
If you are looking for some fun actions to play around with in photoshop, you must check out coffeeshop photo
She has tons of freebies and lots of instructions.

I promise to be back tomorrow with a little something new!

Some crochet love.  ♥

odds and ends

First of all I am so excited that I have completed the first prompt in my art journal!

It felt so freeing to write, paint, mask, cover, tape, glue, ink, and gesso at will!

I will post photos soon...just never took a picture while the light was good.

I also worked more on my cover. 

I urge you to join in the fun over at A Year in the Life of an Art Journal

This prompt is WHAT?

What is holding you back?

What is stopping you?

What are you afraid of?

What is keeping you from your potential? WHAT?!?

I love that Rachel showed her pages and even shared some fun techniques to try...which I did!

I have also taken my 3rd week's photo in my 52 project:

I am actually enjoying the process of doing this so far.

It has kind of made me think about lighting, position, and creativity more than I expected. I hope to push myself artistically with this as the year progresses. Today was such a beautiful springlike day I decided to break out some bright colored jewelry for my selfie. The crocheted cuff was the beginning of a dishcloth that I never finished last year. (I'm on a crochet kick again) I thought it made a cute cuff bracelet with some vintage trim laced through.

I photoshopped the color back in to this after converting to B&W. I actually like how it turned out!

The girls at Crazy Daisy Kit Co. have been busy getting February kits ready.

Check out the sneak:

How Yummy is that pink, green and black????

Kim and Jennifer are running a special right now too.  If you sign up by January 31st, they will throw in a special gift!  Who doesn't love extra schtuff?   Pre-order your now for shipping on February 10th.

Here is the link-up straight to the kit.

Stay tuned for pics from the art journal.

art journal

Although I have art journaled sporadically in a spiral bound book I bought a couple of years ago to keep on the shelf for those "art journaling" times, I have decided I need to do more of it.  
Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't enjoy the traditional scrapbooking that I do, but I just feel the need to put more down sometimes. Does that make any sense at all?

Through my friend from Twitter, Susan @ladymisssusan, I found a spot that I hope will fill this void I'm feeling in my art:  A Year in the Life of an Art Journal blog, where my same friend Susan will be guest hosting. Go Susan!!!  There are some other familiar faces and names that will be hosting as well.  Several of the ladies whom I got to know over at SIStv. 

the part I like most is that there are only two prompts a month.  I think that is totally "doable" for me.  Sometimes I try to commit myself to doing too much and then feel like a failure if I don't.  This, I think I can do.  

So if you are at all interested in taking this art journey with us, come join!
They also have a NING community with an active board here.

I decided that I would alter a thrifted book that I had picked up a year or so ago.  Here is what I have so far, but I still plan on some more layers. 

I'm also in the process of gluing pages together for my canvases. (tutorial on that through the blog).

This journal may not be something that I will share freely on here, but I do hope the process of doing it will be evident through other parts of my life.