Name 52 Sparks for 2013 Art Journal –  Week 8 Medium Card stock, gesso, watercolour, coarse salt, magazine clippings Description This is week 8 of a weekly art journal based on guides provided by Dale Anne Potter.  All pages of this art journal are based on a tag created from card stock.  Identify five places you would like to visit. This week’s art journal tag...

  Name 52 Sparks for 2013 Art Journal –  Week 7 Medium Card stock, gesso, watercolour, paper doily, embossed heart shapes and ribbon (some courtesy of Jan), handcut felt lettering Description This is week 7 of a weekly art journal based on guides provided by Dale Anne Potter.  All pages of this art journal are based on a tag created from card stock.  This weeks challenge was What do you love? I started this week’s art journal...

 Name 52 Sparks for 2013 Art Journal –  Week 6 Medium Card stock, gesso, brushwork doodle, stick-on letters, squiggles paint, metallic mesh ribbon Description This is week 6 of a weekly art journal based on guides provided by Dale Anne Potter.  All pages of this art journal are based on a tag created from card stock.  This weeks challenge was When you’re on top of the world….. I started this week’s art journal tag by...

Name 52 Sparks for 2013 Art Journal –  Week 5 Medium Card stock, gesso, stamps, photo, magazine clippings, doodles from a ‘play day’. Description This is week 5 of a weekly art journal based on guides provided by Dale Anne Potter.  All pages of this art journal are based on a tag created from card stock.  This weeks challenge was How do you appreciate yourself? I started this week’s art journal tag by applying gesso and...

    Name 52 Sparks for 2013 Art Journal –  Week 4 Medium Card stock, cracker package, heat embossed fun foam, tags, watercolour, photo fixative Description This is week 4 of a weekly art journal based on guides provided by Dale Anne Potter.  All pages of this art journal are based on a tag created from card stock.  This weeks challenge was How do you feel when you are by yourself? For the background this week, I experimented...

 Name 52 Sparks for 2013 Art Journal –  Week 3 Medium Card stock, gesso, acrylic paint, cotton doily, edge punch, metalic paper, stick-on letters. Description This is week 3 of a weekly art journal based on guides provided by Dale Anne Potter.  All pages of this art journal are based on a tag created from card stock.  For the background this week, I applied gesso and then painted the background in PURPLE – my favorite colour.  The...

  Name 52 Sparks for 2013 Art Journal –  Week 1 Medium Card stock, magazine clip art, acrylic paint over gesso and crackle compound Description This is week 2 of a weekly art journal based on guides provided by Dale Anne Potter.  All pages of this art journal are based on a tag created from card stock.  For the background, I wanted to experiment and get some light texture.  This was one of the tags that I had roughly covered with...

  Name 52 Sparks for 2013 Art Journal –  Week 1 Medium Paper, Card stock, ink pad, stencil, white glue wash, marker pen Description This is the week 1 of a weekly art journal based on guides provided by Dale Anne Potter.  The cover was constructed by laminating card stock to two sides of light cardboard. All pages are based on a tag created from card stock.  For texture I created some paper snowflakes, glued them to the card stock...

  Name 52 Sparks for 2013 Art Journal – Cover Medium Paper Cardstock, light cardboard, paint, embossed fun foam image, eyelet insert (not shown) Description This is the cover for a weekly art journal based on guides provided by Dale Anne Potter.  The cover was constructed by laminating card stock to two sides of light cardboard. The cover insert was constructed by heat embossing fun foam with a stamp and placed in a window...