Calico Cat Collage

This piece used paper scraps, metallic paint,pens & crayon, 

and a stencil that I hand cut.

Template for cat is HERE.

Video below.

Little Moments

I pin so many ideas that I want to try and 

then never go back and do it.

I just keep pinning and pinning.....

So, I decided it was time to start going through 

my own boards for inspiration instead of

just adding more.

Here is the pin that inspired me.

My process video:

Making ATCs again

A few years ago I made a lot of ATCs, even traded them, because,

you know--they are Artist's Trading Cards.

The other day I felt the urge to make some.

Here are two sets I made at one sitting.  Video below.

Tale of Two Cards

These happy little cards were created while we were camping. 

 I packed a tote of minimum, essential supplies and took over a corner half the RV table.

This first card was a series of boo boos and mishaps, hence the focal point and quote.

And those lumps are eggs not potatoes, lol.

This card behaved much better.

Summer and Sea

I seem to have been on a collage kick lately. 

This page is entirely collage. I used some items I recently received in happy mail.

(Thanks, Ina) along with some things from my stash and others that I went on a hunt for.

This was a very fun page to do. It carried me to the beach for a few minutes.

What we look for

This page began while I was watching TV one night, nestled next to a stack of magazines. I had a color in mind; when I found just the shade I had in my head, I clipped it out,  It became my inspiration piece that I measured everything else against. Several magazines later, I had a nice pile of golden clippings, everything from carrots and sweet potatoes to purses and beer.

Later I began assembling the collage. Some of the things became unrecognizable, but I knew where and what they were.  That is how I came up with the quote for the page.

These colors are very pleasing to me.

See what you can see!

Love Builds a Home

Happy little houses!!

Using some words from the original text:

Photobomb:

I spy with my little eye......

ICAD 2016

The Daisy Yellow 2016 ICAD event.

An index card a day in June and July.

The first 30 are completed!  

31 to go!

To see each one, watch the video slideshow. 

Round Junk Journal made from old CDs

Click here for video

Original Inspiration Video by Ina Solsbery.

Play Out Loud & Own the Moment

This was my first time to video working on two pages at once.

I'm sure I've done it before, but never documented it.

I didn't know it was going to be two pages when I started.

I was simply playing with papers and paint.

When the background papers didn't seem to go together, 

I decided to open the book and do two pages at the same time.

I used acrylic paints, spackling paste,

stamps, a 'found' stencil, brayer,

stabilo all pencil and water brush.

Since the background papers were so different, I decided to make 

the pages as different as possible.

On this page I used  Alex creamy crayons, Color Box chalk inks,

Zing embossing powder, Sharpie marker, harlequin stencil, stamps,

magazine image collage.

                                                    Go HERE to see the process video of the pages.