Be Amusing

The rubber stamp image is Character Constructions and one that I have had for a very long time.  The head is separate from the body and does not have arms.  It gives a lot of freedom to choose the expressions with the face, arms and legs.  For the longest time, I was wondering what to do with it and now I have used it quite often. 

The background is using Dina Wakeley's paint and stencils in her mixed media journal.  Such fun!

Be a Kid Again Reminder

I love the sassy cat lady and all the possibilities of quotes for her. The image is Dyan Reaveley's line if you are interested.

Be a Mermaid

Catherine Moore has some very cool images to use for a mermaid theme. This page is a canvas page that was prepared with gesso. I used a collection of blue and green dye stains on top of a stencil. I also misted the canvas with water mopping up the extra moisture with a paper towel. I stamped the images on separate paper, cut out and then adhered to the journal page. I loved how this paged turned out!

Keep Room in your Heart

Random texture was made on the page before inking by pressing gesso through burlap and then I allowed to dry before proceeding. There are very tiny raised bumps on the page which resisted the inks. Using brown tone Distress Inks on canvas created a look of leather which I love making. I think Lynne Perrella's image goes so well with the quote I chose. This was made in my new Dina Wakley journal.