February is for Romance

Haven't posted since before Christmas, But I have been busy crafting :D
There was the 10 day Cruise with Darkroom Door's Rachel Greig, and 65 other like minded crafters, which was great, and I have been doing bits since I got home.
Here is an Art Journal Page I have done for the Crafter's Cupboard's February theme of Hearts A Flutter

Hope you like it!

Its Almost Christmas!

The November challenge over on Crafters Cupboard Australia, was Christmas. A broad subject indeed.
I didn't want to do the traditional snow laden Christmas trees and snowflakes, much as I love them, but it doesn't really represent Christmas in Aus, where the temperatures soar and everyone swelters! Even trees in some areas show the effects of the hot dry climate!
But we still love Christmas, and I hope you enjoy my page :) which I called A Bush Christmas.

Poor Neglected Blog!

Art Journals have become my passion, however I never seem to think of posting any of my work (read play LOL).
I hardly do any ATC's or Inchies let alone Scrapbook pages anymore, that being said I am currently wading through a batch of 65 plus ATCs for a swap on a cruise I am going on in January with Rachel Greig of  Darkroom Door.
I thought I'd start giving this blog a little love by posting my latest art journal page.... I hope this starts a good habit (but no promises LOL)

More about me

My new stamps!

Received some new Prima Stamps in my order from the scrapbook store..... of course I had to spend yesterday playing with them! LOL

The left hand page got a little warped with the moisture..... may need some gentle ironing LOL a woman's (house} work is never done :D

Home Made Stamps

Goodness me....its July and I last posted in March! Where on earth did that time go?
I have been playing around with craft foam, making home made stamps. Here are some I made last night and stamped this morning.

I had fun. Made using craft foam, foam core board, and tacky glue (my craft foam wasn't sticky backed. I could only find plain.)

It has been a long time..

since I last posted!
Its not that I haven't been art journalling.... I have. It's just the effort of taking photos and posting that I am not so good at!
Here is my latest which I did as an entry in a competition (I was unsuccessful).

I called it Promises of Spring.... Its a bit Zetti. It was done on a large piece of art card paper that I had and I think its about an A3 size (haven't measured it exactly) Some of the criteria for the competition were it had to include stamping and flowers.

Latest

I have been doing a few pages lately, and this is the latest one. It was experimental! I got the idea from this site http://open.salon.com/blog/lyndalae/2011/04/22/earth_day_stamping
I quite enjoyed myself What do you think of the idea? I may add some more writing on the R hand page later.

The Velveteen Rabbit

Here is a double page spread I have just done(well....in the past week or so!).
It started off on the left hand page following a technique shown by Leslie Herger aka Comfortable Shoes, where you use gesso, and coloured "Sharpie" Pens and journal your heart out, turning the page each time you repeat the journaling, so you build up layers. you then cover the final layer with paints. So far so good! The whole thing just took off under its own steam and turned into the "Velveteen Rabbit" a story that I have always loved
So here is the "finished product" .... would appreciate it if you give me your honest opinion.... I'm still learning.

Not Art Journalling, but an inchie

This is an inchie I made very recently, I called it Harmony

About Butterflies

The page above I did for a swap I joined on a well known swap site Sadly I am not in the swap any longer due to a rule I consider to be Draconian, so this journal which was meant to be made of swapped pages will never be finished. The photo is a little dark.... I might lighten it up and replace this copy.
These are the next 2 pages in my little journal. I am not 100% happy with it and may yet fiddle with it a bit more! I don't have a "style" yet, so am just having fun experimenting

Messed up!

Well, I went to put "Here Goes" on the Linky, but made a mess up and uploaded twice, one of which it just a part of the bottom of my page, I'll learn!
I have another 2 pages almost finished and will upload them in the next group.
It is good fun

Well, here goes....

I have been reading and watching videos on Art Journals for well over 12 months, and have finally decided to take the plunge!
I typical fashion I am diving in wholeheartedly and have 2 journals on the go. The first being based on Teesha Moore's 8x10 Amazing 16 Page Journal (I even tracked down the Fabriano Paper to make it with.... not easy from here!) See under "Techniques" here http://teeshamoore.com/
The second is a mini one, made in a A6 sized Visual Art Diary Book given to me by my daughter, and I am attempting to Art Journal every day .... see Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's blog... See Art Journal Every Day : Seven Journal Prompts (after the Organisation Week Posts) http://balzerdesigns.typepad.com/balzer_designs/