Shine Your Light

Fun background to create using Dina Wakeley's paints in her mixed media journal along with stencils.  I never get bored using Character Construction images in my journals.

Dreams

Lynne Perrella's rubber stamp image is becoming one of my favorites.  There are so many ways to change her appearance.... gotta love that!

Perfect Marriage

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

Laugh Out Loud

Goodness - this could be me..... or a couple of my friends.  I love the stamp image of "Laugh Out Loud" and what better reason to laugh at oneself then to have shoes not matching, etc., etc.

Finding Yourself

Gosh, I just love this quote.  And what better place is the middle of nowhere but an ocean?!  The surface is a canvas page from Dina Wakeley's mix media journal.  Gesso was part of the preparation before applying a paint wash.  I applied Distress Inks to enhance areas of the page.  I used most of Catherine Moore's stamp images with a few others thrown in the mix.

Driving Yourself Happy

The background surface is canvas prepped with gesso. I painted a wash,  heat dried, and then stenciled an accent color.  I love how this turned out.  The car is from B-Line Designs along with the people in the car.  The embellishments are from Tim Holtz.  Love how this page turned out!

Destination Unknown

I have used ephemera from all sorts of places: the Canadian map from the 60's, the German Scrap was salvaged from an old art project before being tossed, the "Fun" ticket recently purchased at Junk Bonanza in Minneapolis, and a rubber stamp image that was one of my first purchases - 20 years ago!  I am not sure if the 7 Gypsies fabric tape is even available today.

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.

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 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!

Crow's Feet

This is a page that I completed in Dina Wakley's new mixed media journal. Some of the difference surfaces are a challenge for me but I enjoying the process immensely. I'll be posting more as I finish pages. This page is burlap and I made a tag for the backside to give the page support.

Art Journal Returns Home

After experiencing making journals where my art sisters participated gave me an addiction I can live with - it's totally contributes to good living and lots of joy! I mailed blank pages to each participating artist and then rebound the book after all the pages were returned to me. I added lots of ribbons to the spiral spine and tabs to the individual pages. The two-page spreads shown are two different contributing artists and it is as if they collaborated in advanced with how well their pages complimented each other!

Circle Book

This is my exchange with my art group. This Circle Book was made especially for Marsha....one very cool lady! Of course, it HAD to be about Halloween!