Love skinny book

After seeing my journal pages, I thought they would be perfect for Lenna's love book. Hearts mean love to me and Lenna loves quotes -- so perfect fit. Here's how I revised the original design to fit the 4x8 pages! I love working in pinks and oranges.

Hearts, my favorite

Gesso and crayons

I have been struggling for a while to bring balance into my life with enough time for my art. The name of my current journal is "BALANCE". I had a promo piece for my daughter's college art gallery show in the back seat of my car since May. It finally made its way into my journal with some fun watercolor crayons! My daughter showed her Honors thesis, DeZign magazine, a mag she created for design students.

I did a "before" and "after"... I love making a mess of the page after everything is glued down!

Hello, Summer!

Welcoming Summer, even though it feels like late Summer temperatures! Enjoyed a few days at the beach, and then in the mountains. These pages have been a work in progress. First, background in fall colors with leaves that didn't look right, then layers of red hot paint and white swirls, and finally some alphabet stamping and collage. I had fun adding the painted piece of map. Heart Tag is from Lynn Perrella's collage sheet.

Summer wreath

You may recall my Spring wreath, well... I got my summer wreath out of the box and it was falling apart! So I stripped all the old silk flowers off and added new ones!

Venice Skinny Pages

I completed the Venice pages for Frieda in our Skinny book round robin. Since I enjoy watercolors, I thought this page was a perfect match for a watercolor-wash background. I actually used Sparkling H2Os which are watercolors with sparkle built-in, since Frieda likes sparkly things! The images are from Mary Mata sheets from Stampington & Co.

Skinny Book Summer pages

I completed my next set of pages for the Skinny Book Round Robin. Linda's theme is "Summer", and summer to me means the beach! So I made her shell pages with a map of Delaware (we both visit beaches there) and a repeat theme of a skeleton shell - one stamped, one real! I enjoyed this theme, hope you do, too!