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...

For valentines day I created a handmade mini-book photo journal for my husband.   I decided that, as it would be an ongoing project, I would not use ‘valentine’ colours but went for a classy black and gold combo inspired by some leftover wrapping paper.  The concept for the book was something I found on the Scrap Girls blog and I’ve included the link for the tutorial for my inspiration. I modified the instructions for my own...

One of the ‘want to do’s’ that has been on my list for some time is exploration of Zen Tangles.  So I decided to combine it with my new attempt at journaling this year.  I’m using the library found at tangles.com to help me get started. As I mentioned yesterday, I have prepared my own tangle tiles from 110 lb card stock that I had on hand.  Unlike the journaling that I plan to do daily, I am not limiting myself to one...

I’ve never spent much time with paper-based arts but obviously have had a hankering to do so – I’ve got the supplies on hand!  I’ve decided to allocate a bit of time this year to exploring journals and book-making and have spent the last couple of days ‘playing’.  If I hadn’t, I’d still be procrastinating and who knows when I would get started! Over the past two days I’ve introduced my mini...

In the past I’ve been unsuccessful in remaining faithful to my journaling efforts.  I did manage one NaNo challenge!  Part of the problem arises when I ‘get lost’ in the journal pages and spent too much time doing them and part arises from frustration with bound journal pages.  So I’m trying a new approach. I also want to explore ‘tangles’ this year and have prepared to do so by making my own tangle...

Happy New Year everyone! I was going to wait until tomorrow to do a post but thought better of it.  I need to put down a marker – a marker for a new beginning, a new direction, a new focus. It’s been a pleasant start to the New Year.  A leisurely breakfast, some work on a major fiber art piece neglected for a couple of years because it is too large for my work area in the RV, preparation for some journal work this year, topped off...

    This was a month for experimentation, adding new people and organizations to my network and to time to get serious about some artwork.  One of my project this month was to explore the possibilities offered by paper fabric and to get ready to lead a workshop on the technique early next month. One of my samples is featured in my October journal quilt. This journal quilt incorporates paper cloth – a technique that has been on...

  This month’s journal quilt is ‘busy’ but more joyful reflecting, I hope, a turn in the course of events.  Can you find the ‘C’s’ encircling the centre of the piece? Inspiration September proved to be a busy month.  For me it was an introduction into full-time life in Calgary, a first-time for living in a city environment.  It was a month of continued, but lessening, worry about family health issues balanced...