Heather's Skinny Book

My next Skinny book page was created for Heather, whose theme is "Women Who Dared". My first thought was the first modern dancers who created different dance moves that didn't look like ballet. I thought about Martha Graham and Isadora Duncan, but finally chose Twyla Tharp since I recall her influence on my early choreography efforts. I kept the look modern and sleek in black and white with a splash of red, because I felt it represented her. Hope Heather likes it!

dream a little dream of . . .

Since Caryl's theme inspired me to "dream" a little, I continued using the Mamas and Papas songs, but chose Mama Cass's Song for these pages. I show the before -- gesso, distress ink and calligraphy ink thru a straw. I actually practiced it here before completing Caryl's pages. Then I added collage elements, stamped some of the lyrics, and added a journaling ticket and technique tag. Once, again, my favorite colors, I seem to gravitate toward pinks and golds.

Feelin' groovy

I recently organized an internal product launch party for our corporate office. The theme was "Feelin' Groovy" which meant I listened to a lot of 60s music to get inspired. After listening to California Dreamin' it dawned on me that my Skinny Book partner, Caryl, had a theme of "Dreaming". So... I spread gesso with a credit card and then when dry, sponged blue and sepia dye ink. I then used a straw and blew around some iridescent brown calligraphy ink, collaged pieces of a California map and a vintage postcard and stamped the lyrics. It was fun to interpret her theme as things were happening in my life -- much the same as journaling!

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.