Category : Creativity

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I’m so blue….

Well, not actually me in particular…just my book. 
I decided to put together my tip-in swap book without the final player’s pages. 
It was yet another UFO in my pile that needed to be completed. It’s not like I don’t have another spot for those tip-ins when I eventually get them..right?!?! Right!
Thanks to Elizabeth for the handmade paper on the cover!!
My favorite part of altered books…how they look from the side. 
Wiggly, wonky pages. 
Love ’em!!

 

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Cleaning inspiration
Over the weekend I started picking up my art space. Putting it back to rights after a shameful amount of time of just moving enough stuff to get a few inches to work within.
Of course, as I was sorting through my piles of papers, I found a blank ATC background ready to use. The stamps where also within sight so…this simple ATC was born.
Next I found this raven image and knew that I already had a pre-painted page in my Playtime AB that would likely look pretty good. When I have extra paint on my palette I paint it onto a random page in a book. Waste not, want not.
Lastly I grabbed my Nature book from the AB 101 class my friend Elizabeth taught several years ago. If you are interested she is currently teaching it again
…for FREE…
I’m not thrilled with the outside edge. I may go back and cover the dots or make them a little more subdued.
I’m hoping to get my art space completely cleaned up and show some “shameful” before and then clean after photos soon. I have a knitted dishcloth order to fill before I can commit anymore time to my art. Totally forgot that they were needed by next weekend!! AGH!

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Snow Day

The two words every kid longs to hear. 
I was shocked when the call came through at 5:30 this morning. 
I figured we’d maybe have a 2 hour late start but CLOSED.  Really!?!?
We are 5 houses from the edge of our school district…if we were on the next street, the kids would have had school on time, no delay today. 
Weird, huh.
We got rain then sleet then snow then freezing rain then sleet again then snow. Needless to say it’s very heavy. Check out my neighbors Spruce tree. 
Another neighbor has a tree leaning down into their driveway.

Our dogwood looks pretty encased in ice.

I wanted to take even more pictured but it’s rainy-sleety again and I didn’t want to get my lens wet.
It’s so pretty out and warm.

 

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Card and canvas
One birthday card for a man… using some Citra Solv paper and Basic Grey packaging. The recipient is back in college get his second degree and is taking some very high level math courses. I thought the normal curve table page was fitting.
This canvas is now on it’s third life.
Every time I get tired of it I just spread some gesso over the top and start over. This time I added some modeling paste for texture and then some of my rusted lace fabric. I trimmed down an 8×10 print of digital art.

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Quick AB page

Since I’ve sewing so much lately… I thought I better get back into my workspace and see if I remembered how to make altered art.

I grabbed my no theme altered book and did a quick page with stuff I had 
laying around. 

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Watercolor cartoon

A friend of ours turns 50 today…his party was actually yesterday. We had planned on attending but several circumstances made it impossible. 
The birthday boy is an avid hunter. My hubby came up with the idea and caption then I went for it with 
the drawing and paint. 
Considering my drawing skill or lack there of…
I think it turned out pretty well. 
It’s supposed to be kind of cartoon-y in case you were wondering.  :-)
The caption inside the card reads:
“When you’re over the hill, catching Z’s is easier
than climbing trees”
I’ll be mailing this card on Monday.

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Soap results
Patty was kind enough to take photos of the freshly unmolded soap we made.  
Here’s much anticipated blue marbled soap brick. 
Isn’t it pretty!?!?
Next out of the mold was the Oatmeal Shea…
I thought this was a cool photo showing how they slipped it out from the mold.
And now being cut into bars….
Nice of her hubby to lend a hand with the cutting. I’m sure it’s not that easy to slice through.
Fun stuff!
Definitely want to try it again soon.

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