Skinny Book Round Robin

I received two pages already for creating my Halloween-themed skinny book, so it's time to design the covers. I decided to make a trick-or-treat bag as the covers and place the rectangular pages inside. I painted the backgrounds on heavy watercolor paper and cut them to match back-to-back. Added some collage, punched holes, stamped some tissue, added rings, black wire and fiber. I think it will work fine as I fill the pages. More to come as I finish the inside front cover...

Skinny Book

I'm participating in a Round Robin with 13 other wonderful artists. We are creating "Skinny books" - pages that are 4"x 8". I am without a scanner, but here's an update of the latest pages for Debby, this month's partner. Debby's theme was artist's choice, so I played with color (my favorite) and added botanical images for her vintage book. Everyone has a different theme, but I decided to use pattern pieces, white rice paper and a piece of a map on everyone's pages. It's fun and a challenge to incorporate for everyone.

Journal pages other places

I often take color copies of my journal pages (usually at reduced sizes) for making personal greeting cards. I found another way to enjoy my pages... I received a cool calendar from a vendor at work. It sits in a cd case and there is a page for every month. I recycled last year's by copying journal pages at a reduced size and adding a new calendar. Here's a sample of January's. These "white pages" were done years ago! Enjoy - and try copying art you've already created and use it somewhere else. It's fun!

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all! Jay got me white roses over a week ago and they are still going strong! I had them in a vase for over a week and then the leaves started drying out. So, I thought I would cut them off and put them in my floating bowl. I love them here!

Favorite things

One of my favorite ways to journal is to prepare the pages for journaling later. And then when I'm ready, I write in the empty spaces. Here's one of my favorite pages created this time of year.

I just painted the background and then glued scraps from my art table!

Are we having fun yet?

It's been a very busy October at work, so not much downtime for journaling. I was inspired by one of my students, Beth, to get a-crack-a-lackin' and express myself! I was actually working on a "have fun/party" theme, but kept hearing the circus tune from several of my friends and co-workers. When it is so hectic, I tend to tease my co-workers, too, by saying "are we having fun yet?" So all this clicked yesterday and the pages evolved to express what you see here. I love when that happens! Are you having fun yet?

Cone Flower Pages

I had a week off for vacation, so my creative juices were flowing. I took the layered pages (shown below) and finished them with a cone flower theme. My Mom always had gorgeous cone flowers in her garden and I just loved the color and shape of them. I went to a yard sale yesterday and got one of these cards, so then the rest just came together as shown! Thanks, LuAnn, for the card as my inspiration! For the other page, I used Kelly Rae Roberts' technique of painting on top and letting the paper show thru. I probably applied a bit too much paint, but wanted the bold colors of the flowers. Try it yourself - it's fun!