Wednesday, November 26, 2014

LifeBook 2014 week 32

This LifeBook 2014 Lesson was taught by Micki Wilde.  She taught a whimsical figure and a background composed of layer after layer of paint unified with white stenciling. I liked how she painted hair by scratching into the paint with a stylus revealing the underlying colors of the background layer so I had to try out that idea.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

The Documented Life Project week 31

This week's Documented Life Project challenge was to create a pocket with treasures from your week.  During this week we harvested green beans from our garden - bowls and bowls and more bowls full of beans!  I spent an afternoon (and into the evening) cleaning, cutting, blanching and freezing beans. They will be so good to eat through the rest of the year! Yum :-)

Monday, November 24, 2014

48 weeks: week 31


For this week's 48 weeks spread, the gist of it was to add thick texture and carve into it as well as have more raised texture on top.  Well........every time I look at this I can't see anything other than chewing gum wads stuck to my page!  Oh well......


Friday, November 21, 2014

48 weeks: week 30


This week's 48 weeks spread incorporates a drawn and painted face over a layered background. I'm trying to get away from relying so much on a strong black line to delineate my faces and instead get a blended look.  Strangely enough, my favorite parts of this are the text paper polka dots and then how I was able to get more transparent layers over her neck and collar line.  I love the indistinctness of that area and wish I could achieve that more consistently.  Keep practicing, right?


Thursday, November 20, 2014

LifeBook 2014 week 31


This week's LifeBook 2014 lesson was by Mika Diaz who taught a fun layered collage technique that incorporated your own drawings onto tracing paper.  She also had another idea taking a magazine image and embellishing it with all kinds of doodles so I tried out both ideas.


Wednesday, November 19, 2014

The Documented Life Project week 30

This week's Documented Life Project planner page had the challenge of using receipts, labels, business cards, etc. in a smash book style.  I chose to use receipts from all the places I shop.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

48 weeks: week 29



For this week's 48 weeks spread, I used a whole bunch of gathered collage ephemera and had it appear to be embedded in a thick textured layer of joint compound.  I think it gives it a cool effect like stucco on a wall.

Close ups:


Monday, November 17, 2014

Compendium of Curosities Vol. 3 Challenge Week No. 15

This is my collage for the 15th CC3 Challenge sponsored this time by Inspiration Emporium.  The challenge involves a product from page 38 of Tim's Book - a cabinet card pocket.  I have a bunch of "found ancestors" cabinet cards in my stash, but (and maybe you can relate) I won't use them in my art, at least not the originals - eek! too scary! I'll use scans, but with a cabinet card pocket, you can do a DIY version.  So much fun to play with.

Here's a close-up to better see the story of the collage  ; - )

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Compendium of Curosities Vol. 3 Challenge Week No. 14


This is my project for the CC3 Challenge this time sponsored by the Funkie Junkie Boutique.  The technique for this week is "Colored Crackle" on page 53 of Tim's book.  A couple days ago we spent HOURS raking and raking leaves which is a common chore this time of year around here, so they were on my mind and I just had to choose a leaf motif to try out the technique! As an ironic aside, I'm sitting here writing this post 2 days later in the middle of a snowstorm - gotta love Maine weather!  Maybe it was a good thing we did all that raking.  Anyways.....the technique is done on the leaves and the close-up shows it a bit better even though my crackles are subtle.  I placed my falling leaves onto a lightly stamped background and outlined them with a Stabilo pencil that I then activated with water for a lovely shadow effect. There's also a touch of gold pen on the leaves and you might notice it in other places - it's fun to try out a new pen ; - )