New center piece

I have a metal box as a centerpiece on my dining room table.  It is so fun to decorate for every season.  Here's this season's creation!

Gotta love stenciling

Here's a group of art journalers just stenciling away! I love it!

Art Journaling Workshop at Walking Winds,  Nov 17

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Glue Journal: Fall Colors and Sunflowers

Here's my glue journal again.  I went back to the scrap paper box and selected the butterfly paper leftover from the debris journal page.  It seemed to inspire me to use fall colors. The sunflower pages were created with strips of paper glued together in a grid.  These aren't my favorite, but I wanted to try gluing strips of paper to fill the space, like a quilt or mosaic. I still like tearing, so the second page includes a torn piece.

Linking to Artsyville's Glue It Tuesday.

Debris Journal - Heart, Head, Hands

Here's my spread to "define myself as I would like to be" as inspired from my Divine Contract workshop.  Some cardboard tracing, cutting and tearing-- SO fun! Then collage with paper scraps found on my desk. The tea bag tag on my desk was perfect: "Your head must bow to your heart". There's journaling underneath the flap, too! Used paint and then a bit of red pastel for accents.

Linking to Artsyville's Glue It Tuesday."Debris Journal" inspired by Michelle Ward. Check out her blog for more.

Debris Journal - Love and Joy

Here's my joyful page of cutting cardboard, painting and stenciling. My Muse was with me on this one!

Debris Journal - close up

From Michelle Ward's workshop: Here's a closeup of my debris journal. Shows the layers of cardboard that were cut, folded back and glued down.  The holes were made with a push pin. Then gesso before painting, and finally journaling. More to come. . .

Glue Journal - Fashion spread

Here's the rest of the fashion spread.  My inspiration for this page was "putting together an outfit".  First the dress, then the shoes, bag, etc. I liked Hanna's suggestion of making "style" pages, but I didn't find enough to cut out for that.  I'll be on the lookout for future pages though. Happy GIT!

Linking to Artsyville's Glue It Tuesday.

I attended CREATE NJ this weekend for two great workshops.  First, "Debris Journal" by Michelle Ward.  Here's a sneak preview.  I'll be working on this journal over the next few weeks. Check out her blog for more.

I also enjoyed Joanne Sharpe's "Artful Lettering from A to Z" class.  I've always enjoyed both lettering and watercolors so it was fun to return to something I used to do. Here's also a preview of what I've started.