Perfect Marriage

A great way to start a great New Year is to acknowledge how awesome my husband is.....

She Conquered Her Demons

Lynne Perrella has some very interesting ladies.  I combined the head with other stamps in my collection to make the paper doll.  The lace for her skirt was given to me from an art friend living in the UK. I will think of her each time I view my page.

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.

Tag, You're It

I resisted adding art on top of my tag when I completed the background. I so loved the background that I created for approximately 30 different size tags all using the same colors, stamps and stencils. When I found the fish, I thought they would be perfect for this tag!

"ART"

The batik material was a perfect match for the cover design - I love how that happened!

I followed Dyan Reavely's technique for cutting pages and reinserting them. (see last photo)

I love this bird image and I use it quite a bit!

Few Fav's from Algebra Journal

When I took the latest Tim Holtz Chemistry 103 class, I created the new techniques in a Dyan Reaveley's journal from Ranger where I had taken the signatures completely apart. I loved being able to try the new techniques on both sides of the signature pages and then choosing whether I wanted them in the finished journal or not. I was also able to determine the order in which the pages appeared. It was super easy to make a Copic binding when I finished making the backgrounds because the holes were already punched. I also divided the pages into three different color themes.

I love all the layering that happens when you use the distress inks, stencils and rubber stamping.

My book is packed full so I was not able to have it lay flat when I took photos.

I love my new city, Minneapolis!

I have always loved this rubber stamp image in my collection.  I researched his name to read about him - super interesting!

I fuzzy cut an image that was from an vintage Christmas card and added it to my page.

Coming Soon....

It's been soooo long since I posted that I almost forgot I had a blog!

I have four finished journals that I'll be sharing photos plus other tidbits in the next few days.  The vintage algebra book will be posted first.

It's packed full of delicious goodness!