Day 14-GYAO

I spent this afternoon with my friend Marg doing art all afternoon! It was lots of fun, I always enjoy being with her! We were in an envelope swap awhile back, and neither of us had made our covers yet to bind all the envelopes together, so that is what we decided to work on. So we made the front and back covers, and then some cool tags that we covered in beeswax. Our next step will be to put it all together with my Cinch, which bit through the covers nicely. We tried it with the Zutter first, but it just wouldn't work. I'm going to add the tags to the cover after all is bound.

The covers

The tags sitting on the covers with the buttons that will eventually go on as well

The tags are all covered in beesewax, - hard to see in the photos

I had a very fun and productive day today!

Day 13-GYAO

Wow, day 13 already! I did do some work on my journal today, started a new page, always a good step! Not sure if I want to use my kitty's picture

 

or my Daughter's picture

but in the meantime I added some yellow scallops to the edges. I also made the diamond stencil today from a dollar store plastic folder. It's very hard to see but I sprayed yellow through punchinella on top of the black diamond. Didn't work out as well as I had hoped!

Well, I will work on this tomorrow, then you will see who I chose for the page. . .

Day 12-GTAO

Nothing tangible to show tonight, but I'm going to settle in with my book and choose my next project. had a very kind of lonely depressing day today, had to get out of the house and hang out at Chapter's/Starbucks for awhile, then went to Zumba, which helped a lot. So Zumba counts, right?

Day 11-GYAO

Here is my finished journal page. I really like it. It almost looks like I drew it myself!! I kind of hate to write on this page, we'll see what happens when I get to it!

I must choose my next project to do from my book "Art at the Speed of Life". I have 2 more canvases left! To see what everyone else is doing with this challenge, click on my sidebar GYAO button to get to Traci's blog, then underneath her button is a link to everyone else.

Day 10-GYAO

Didn't do much this lazy Sunday but get caught up on 4 hours of Coronation Street, and still have 4 more to before I'm totally caught up!  But I did get into my art room to play with a B&W print I found this morning on  Magic Moonlight free images blog. Check it out, there are some nice images here! Any way, I found one of a child that I liked and decided to try it on my next journal page. The page is not finished, nor is the girl, but I've begun, anyway!

 It's hard to tell that I painted over a B&W photo, isn't it! I figure the more I practice the better I'll get.  (BTW - you can see some of the new Tim Holtz stamps I got at Michael's for 50% off yesterday!)

Day 9-GYAO

Day 9 already of Get Your Art On!! Today was shopping day and lunch with my Mom day, but I did work on the canvas with the bird on it - covered it all up (it was my least favorite). I chose one of my fav photos of my daughter, CJ, and printed it out in B&W. Now I think I did almost everything the opposite of what it said to do in the book, I didn't use laser printing, I didn't have liquid graphite, I didn't use gel medium, so I just did what I wanted, painted right over top of the photo (around the edges mostly, and on her clothing) and this is what I got:

I don't think it's quite finished, I have to look at it for awhile, but I really love it - or is it that I love her? I thought I'd do the same type of thing as my next page in my journal and went looking for a face to use -any face - and I just kept going back to her, so she will be my next portrait in my journal. I must miss her a lot!! I like the idea of painting on top of the photo.

Day 8-GYAO

Today was just as lovely as yesterday, except that I had errands and gym this afternoon, so not so much relaxing time. I went to buy some of the colors I didn't have, only to find out that yes, I DID have one of the colors! Hopefully they will both get well used!

But I did get some work done on my canvases from yesterday:

 

  I added a darker color on the edges, then texture and stamps

 Then added teal.


This is what each one looks like so far - the teal didn't show up well in these individual ones

 Now, these are "finished", BUT they are only the backgrounds for further projects in the book! I will be continuing, this is a lot of fun so far!

Day 7-GYAO

What a gorgeous day! Not too hot, not too cold, it was hard not to spend the entire day outside (the mosquitoes convinced me that that wasn't really good idea though!).

This is where I like to read and the mosquitoes like to feed. A citronella candle has made life a bit easier. . my summer read is going awfully fast - good thing I have 4 more waiting!

But I did get some art done today despite the nice weather. I have been reading this book:

 and it is full of little projects, so I decided to try the first one, creating several prepared canvases at a time.

Steps 1, 2 and 3 all done. I need some paint that I don't have, I will pick it up tomorrow when I'm downtown, and then see what comes next!

Day 6-GYAO

Very busy day, was out most of the day. But I did do a little bit of fiddling on my last journal page:

That's it for today! Hopefully I will have more time tomorrow.

Day 5-GYAO

I didn't have a lot of time today, had to do some housework, and dentist, go to Zumba, and read my book about Maid Marion and Robin Hood called Lady of the Forest by Jennifer Roberson. So far its great summer reading, and VERY thick!

So I worked on my journal page:

Not quite done yet, a few little things to add here and there, but mostly done. It is not one of my favorite pages!

I also took apart another journal I started the other day, and am turning it into a Smash Journal - not that I've ever made one before! We'll see how it turns out. That's it for today!

Day 4

Spent most of my afternoon playing! I've been watching GulfSprite videos lately, she's been very inspiring (everyone I find seems to be!), and I love how she paints her faces right onto scrapbook paper. Now I am no where near as good as she is, but watching her paint, I was thinking, well, maybe something I could try. So I found a photo of CJ that I had posterized, and I edited it a bit more, then printed it out, and cut around it like a stencil. That's how I got the basic shape of her face. Then I just did what I remembered Chris doing in her videos (though not near as well!) and painted away. Certainly not as wonderful as Chris's are, but not too bad for a first try!

 It's not supposed to look like CJ, I just got the general shapes and placement of parts from the photo. I will probably use the same "stencil" for the next one too.

Here it is in my journal, but the page isn't finished yet. Will work on it some more tomorrow. It doesn't look TOO bad, does it? Looks like a face, anyway! You can see my picture peeking out over top - I made a "stencil" of me too! Maybe a self-portrait will be next!

Day 3

Spent just about all day in my little stamping room today, mostly working on my journal page. I also cleaned up my space because 2 stencils I made yesterday disappeared. Very annoying!! I finally found them when I was almost all cleaned up. Then I made a long overdue 4X4 for a swap. I also worked on a Tutorial for Altered Pages, so you'll have to go here in a few days to see it. I made a tutorial on how to make an easy journal cover.

 Here are the two things I CAN show you:

 My journal page, CJ and JC dancing at the wedding in France. I love this page - so romantic! It's actually nicer in real life.

And this is the 4X4 for a Cirque Swap, long overdue. So now I'm caught up with my swaps, I think I may join a few challenges instead of swaps - they don't have to be mailed!

Day 2

It was a busy day today, not a lot of time for art, but I did a bit in the morning and a bit in the evening. I like to do a bit, then leave it, and come back to it. It gives me a fresh look at things.

I love this photo of CJ and JC dancing at the wedding in France. Beautiful! So I wanted to use it on my next journal page.

 Morning-just getting started!

Evening-a little bit more -we'll see what happens tomorrow! There are things about this page I'm not liking right now.

Day 1-July1-Get Your Art On!

Happy Canada Day !!!! I spent a nice quiet day inside and outside on my porch. BBQ steak and low-carb "Potato" salad (cauliflower!), and a neat shrimp appetizer I had at a restaurant a few weeks back. Lovely.

So I did get my art on today, but first let's catch up:

 My finished page from my last post. The left side turned into a Gratitude page for June. And I thought I'd do some fancy writing for a change on the right side.

This one I forgot to take a photo of the left side without the writing. I'm thinking of using these pages for CJ's Travel Journal, as they are using photos from her trip. This is a cat and one face from a fountain in France (I put the cat on top of the fountain). And, of course, CJ (not a real tattoo though!)

OK, here's today's art:

My VERY late Paris tag for a swap, I must get it out ASAP!

My next Journal Pages, this first one is horrible, then I made it worse by trying to do a transfer that failed miserably. . .

But I fixed it and now I love it! (as always!)

The window and roses are from CJ's trip to France. She loved the roses!

That's all for Day 1!

Get Your Art On!

Now that summer holidays are OFFICIALLY here, I can devote more time to ART! Traci Bunkers has a wonderful challenge called "30 Days of Get Your Art On" which I am joining. I am also adopting her rules, although one can use any rules they like:

• I’ll make art every day for 30 days and post what I have done.
• I don’t have to finish what ever I’m working on that day, I just have to work on something.
• I have to work for 30 minutes, but can work longer if time permits.
• It doesn’t matter what I do for the art making, as long as I work on art.
• I won’t feel guilty for taking the time to work on art and I won’t have to justify why I’m doing it.
• I don’t have to go into detail in my post about how I did anything or what tools, materials I used (unless I want to).

 Go to the button on my sidebar to be whisked away to Traci's website!!

So I guess I better go get busy!!! The 30 Days start TODAY!!!!!