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.

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!

"Feelings are Visitors"

I've been busy making ICADs (Index Card A Day) for the

Daisy Yellow 2016 event, but so far haven't videoed any of them.

That's not to say I won't, but haven't yet.

I did get around to a for real journal page today, and had the camera running!

Below are some shots of the completed page.

 Head over to my YouTube channel to see the process video.

If you like what you see, please subscribe!

In other news, I now have Instagram devoted to my

various arty projects.  I would love to have you follow me!

@lisa_simplejourneys.

Don't wait

There are a lot of layers to this page. 

The very back layers are subtle, but show up better in person.

I love the texture of this page!

You must check out the video to see what all is under here!

https://youtu.be/rVjPAFQMmfI

She loved mysteries

This collage page started with a beautiful catalog image

and went from there.

I added a flower crown and flowers to the path.

I think she's got an air of mystery about her, don't you?