tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18736041706991829022024-02-07T00:28:51.837-05:00A Penny for your Thoughtspenny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.comBlogger760125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-3125298755104520662014-12-19T15:41:00.000-05:002014-12-19T15:41:00.294-05:00LifeBook 2014 week 37<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This art journal page was inspired by <a href="http://carissapaige.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Carissa Page's</a> lesson for <a href="http://www.willowing.org/life-book-2014/" target="_blank">LifeBook 2014</a> that combined collage images into a figure. I found my images in magazines and used them to represent her thoughts.penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-2129324222856199272014-12-18T10:00:00.000-05:002014-12-18T10:00:07.025-05:0048 weeks: week 36<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For this spread in my <a href="http://donnadowney.typepad.com/simply_me/2014/04/join-the-journey.html" target="_blank">48 weeks</a> journal I drew a bird with inspiration from Googled images of starlings. They have such beautiful highlight marks on their feathers. I chose to make my bird blue instead of black like a starling to contrast with the yellow and orange splatters in the background.<br />
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<br />penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-1004503055378077142014-12-17T15:40:00.000-05:002014-12-17T15:40:00.039-05:00The Documented Life Project week 38<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week's prompt for the <a href="http://www.arttothe5th.com/the-documented-life-project-details/" target="_blank">Documented Life Project</a> was to use a feather on your page. I used a stamp from Alisa Burke on top of painted vintage ledger paper.penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-54369377901848202772014-12-16T15:39:00.000-05:002014-12-16T15:39:00.316-05:00The Documented Life Project week 37<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week's prompt for the <a href="http://www.arttothe5th.com/the-documented-life-project-details/" target="_blank">Documented Life Project</a> was to use a white pen prominently. I had fun doing filled circle doodles with a white gel pen.<br />
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This <a href="http://donnadowney.typepad.com/simply_me/2014/04/join-the-journey.html" target="_blank">48 weeks</a> journal page was fun to paint - the birds emerged from the background as I painted around them.<br />
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<br />penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-50371375308159537222014-12-14T20:22:00.000-05:002014-12-14T20:22:34.389-05:00Compendium of Curosities Vol. 3 Challenge Week No. 17<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my project for the <a href="http://lindaledbetter.com/2014/12/compendium-of-curiosities-3-challenge-17.html" target="_blank">17th CC3 Challenge</a> this time around sponsored by <a href="http://www.inspirationemporium.com/" target="_blank">Inspiration Emporium</a>. The page used in Tim's book is page 60 - "woodlands and tinsel twine". I made a faux altered book structure - you know, the one in which no actual books were harmed ; - )<br />
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I used old 7Gypsies book boards from my stash and created a deep niche. Then I cut a door in the front and when you open it.........<br />
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.....you can see my scene of a little girl decorating her Christmas tree.<br />
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This picture is to try to show you the depth of the book/box.<br />
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And finally, one last close-up:<br />
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I've done these structures on my blog before; if you're interested there's a French themed one <a href="http://pennybennington.blogspot.com/2011/01/compendium-of-curiosities-26.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> and a steampunk version <a href="http://pennybennington.blogspot.com/2012/09/cc2c-week-22-steampunk-faux-altered-book.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. I even have a tutorial for the structure <a href="http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2011/07/penny-bennington-inventors-notebook.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> and in the November 2013 Craft Stamper magazine.penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-79041489792129325332014-12-12T15:40:00.000-05:002014-12-12T15:40:00.467-05:00LifeBook 2014 week 36<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This page is inspired by <a href="http://www.willowing.org/blog/" target="_blank">Tam Laporte's</a> <a href="http://www.willowing.org/life-book-2014/" target="_blank">LifeBook 2014</a> lesson where you created a busy background and then doodled on top. I created a portrait on top of my background using a stabilo pencil. I continue to love the shadowing you get just by adding water to the pencil lines - the stabilo really is a magic pencil!penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-37411305097682194422014-12-11T10:00:00.000-05:002014-12-11T10:00:02.302-05:0048 weeks: week 34<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's another <a href="http://donnadowney.typepad.com/simply_me/2014/04/join-the-journey.html" target="_blank">48 weeks</a> journal page with flowers that are finger-painted to achieve a cool textural look and then more raised texture is added with modeling paste through a script stencil. I also like the subtle coloring of the background achieved by painting with a color and white just slightly mixed together - it adds so much more depth than just using one color.<br />
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This week's <a href="http://www.arttothe5th.com/the-documented-life-project-details/" target="_blank">Documented Life Project</a> challenge was black and white and since I was in a face mood again, I drew one using a white Conte crayon and a white charcoal pencil onto a black gessoed page. I liked the negative effect.<br />
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This time the challenge for the <a href="http://www.arttothe5th.com/the-documented-life-project-details/" target="_blank">Documented Life Project</a> was to add a face. I did this face right after classes with Dina Wakley so I used a stabilo pencil activated with water over a messy, painted Dina-style background. Trying to work more with three-quarter views as I find them more interesting.penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-90278178847879558202014-12-08T10:00:00.000-05:002014-12-08T10:00:04.023-05:0048 weeks: week 33<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey the text paper polka dots have made another appearance in my <a href="http://donnadowney.typepad.com/simply_me/2014/04/join-the-journey.html" target="_blank">48 weeks</a> journal! I do still really like them :-) On this page I took a vintage black and white photo of just a head with a cute bobbed haircut and a portion of her torso and completed the figure and added a dress. Can you tell where the photo stops? There's a very subtle line if you look close.<br />
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This art journal page for <a href="http://www.willowing.org/life-book-2014/" target="_blank">LifeBook 2014</a> was inspired by <a href="http://cattgeller.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Catt Geller's</a> lesson on play. It was fun to just play with paint and stencils and pens not having any particular plan and to let things evolve and just see what develops.penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-10072647071604041752014-12-05T10:00:00.000-05:002014-12-05T10:00:01.447-05:00LifeBook 2014 week 33<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This <a href="http://www.willowing.org/life-book-2014/" target="_blank">LifeBook 2014</a> lesson was taught by the always inspiring <a href="http://www.tworzysko.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Finnabair</a>. I love her style and how she incorporates so many different elements but yet always unifies them. This was so much fun to make using a vintage Maude Feeley image.penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-48921010758175554052014-12-04T10:00:00.000-05:002014-12-04T10:00:05.024-05:00The Documented Life Project week 33<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For this week's challenge for the <a href="http://www.arttothe5th.com/the-documented-life-project-details/" target="_blank">Documented Life Project</a>, we were to use underpaper creatively. I took my newsprint painty underpaper and cut it into the 5 and then used that to embellish my phrase. My husband and I jokingly say this a lot - no sympathy in our house - you've got to be tough and resourceful LOL!!!<br />
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This page in my <a href="http://www.arttothe5th.com/the-documented-life-project-details/" target="_blank">Documented Life Planner</a> uses fortune cookie fortunes on a colorful background and has linear doodled patterns along with them. I have such a stash of fortunes - this barely made a dent! Do you collect fortunes from your cookies, too?<br />
<br />penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-47961993522985774272014-12-02T14:49:00.002-05:002014-12-14T19:55:48.779-05:00Compendium of Curosities Vol. 3 Challenge Week No. 16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my piece for the <a href="http://lindaledbetter.com/2014/11/compendium-of-curiosities-3-challenge-16.html" target="_blank">16th CC3 Challenge</a> sponsored by <a href="http://www.thefunkiejunkie.com/Default.asp" target="_blank">the Funkie Junkie Boutique</a>. This time the technique is on page 50 of Tim's book - "Layering Stencils - Embossing". You can see the technique in my mosaic heart (can you tell it's a heart? I hope so!) using torn pieces of tags I created using the technique and the bubble layering stencil - one of my favorites : - ) I also used a piece of sheet music and Silhouette die cut letters - both positive and negative - to complete my collage. Thanksgiving is always a great time of year for reflection, but when you think about it, there's quite a difference between being thankful FOR things and being thankful IN all things. It takes time to develop an attitude of gratitude; to be able to be grateful when things around you are in pieces, but it's so good for you.penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-90712765017049168212014-12-01T10:00:00.000-05:002014-12-01T10:00:05.263-05:0048 weeks: week 32<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I do love stamping into wet joint compound to create texture - such a cool end result - and this week's <a href="http://donnadowney.typepad.com/simply_me/2014/04/join-the-journey.html" target="_blank">48 weeks</a> spread has a lot of that. It also has fun sections of embedded paper and scribbly script accented by pops of color.<br />
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<br />penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-44669876128456701612014-11-26T10:00:00.000-05:002014-11-26T10:00:00.720-05:00LifeBook 2014 week 32<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This <a href="http://www.willowing.org/life-book-2014/" target="_blank">LifeBook 2014</a> Lesson was taught by <a href="http://www.thesecrethermit.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Micki Wilde</a>. 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.penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-86611362821879947482014-11-25T10:00:00.000-05:002014-11-25T10:00:06.375-05:00The Documented Life Project week 31<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week's <a href="http://www.arttothe5th.com/the-documented-life-project-details/" target="_blank">Documented Life Proj</a><a href="http://www.arttothe5th.com/the-documented-life-project-details/" target="_blank">ect</a> 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 :-)<br />
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For this week's <a href="http://donnadowney.typepad.com/simply_me/2014/04/join-the-journey.html" target="_blank">48 weeks</a> 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......<br />
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<br />penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-80468934744313312042014-11-21T10:00:00.000-05:002014-11-21T10:00:07.922-05:0048 weeks: week 30<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week's <a href="http://donnadowney.typepad.com/simply_me/2014/04/join-the-journey.html" target="_blank">48 weeks</a> 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?<br />
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<br />penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-10610404442568262882014-11-20T10:00:00.000-05:002014-11-20T10:00:09.096-05:00LifeBook 2014 week 31<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week's <a href="http://www.willowing.org/life-book-2014/" target="_blank">LifeBook 2014</a> lesson was by <a href="http://motleysoulmixedmedia.com/" target="_blank">Mika Diaz</a> 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.<br />
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<br />penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-58866124626438462842014-11-19T10:00:00.000-05:002014-11-19T10:00:03.889-05:00The Documented Life Project week 30<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week's <a href="http://www.arttothe5th.com/the-documented-life-project-details/" target="_blank">Documented Life Project</a> 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.penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-74632027882179823272014-11-18T10:00:00.000-05:002014-11-18T10:00:02.004-05:0048 weeks: week 29<br />
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For this week's <a href="http://donnadowney.typepad.com/simply_me/2014/04/join-the-journey.html" target="_blank">48 weeks</a> 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.<br />
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<br />penny4thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318201624299325671noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873604170699182902.post-84803178634166836362014-11-17T11:14:00.002-05:002014-12-01T22:21:58.108-05:00Compendium of Curosities Vol. 3 Challenge Week No. 15<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my collage for the <a href="http://lindaledbetter.com/2014/11/compendium-of-curiosities-3-challenge-15.html" target="_blank">15th CC3 Challenge</a> sponsored this time by <a href="http://www.inspirationemporium.com/" target="_blank">Inspiration Emporium</a>. 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.<br />
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Here's a close-up to better see the story of the collage ; - )<br />
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