February 9, 2010
I’ve had a hard time getting to the blog lately and just as hard a time getting to art–all very frustrating. It is all for good though because some of my busy-ness is getting ready for vacation. One week from today we are off to Budapest!
Today, however I discovered something I just had to share with others. I know we all look for new papers, little bits and pieces of things to add into the art. Well, yesterday I bought a pack of gum and got way too excited over the wrapping. I’m not a big fan of product placement, but I got so excited and am wondering if anyone else out there has seen this or even used it yet? It is Orbit Mist gum and there were 2 flavors that I saw. I do not know if the other flavor has the same paper, but I will be hunting it down to see soon!
I have yet to do anything with the paper other than glue some of the wrappers onto a blank journal page. Anyone else use them? Would love to hear/see from you! I will be busy chewing gum 
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February 7, 2010
Saturday Lot’s To Do challenge was backgrounds this week…I so enjoy making backgrounds I sometimes have a hard time using them.
The ones above were all in my journal. Below are several scrap papers I worked on that will be used in collage or atcs.
Please feel free to use any background I’ve posted today that you might like either in whole or in part. I’d love to see what is created if anything!
February 2, 2010
Was looking over at Joyfullploys’ blog and got inspired by the faces…decided to try one of my own.
January 31, 2010
Saturday “Lot’s to Do” Challenge asked for tags in non-traditional tag shapes. I had made these yesterday, but too much to do kept me from posting. Today, I should be writing a paper, so of course I have time to post…lol.
I happen to have made the backgrounds in my journal for use at a later date, but thought the tags looked good on them…the second one perhaps the background is too busy, but such it life…too busy sometimes.
Back to writing my paper :0(
January 29, 2010
I’ve been really fortunate that I’ve had the past few Fridays to play along…Thanks for the fun!
Been trying to figure out how to add the original image and just can’t. It may be hard to identify the original in here…I just kept her face and her torso/dress to the knee…now she is a bathing beauty!
January 28, 2010
Here is my busy journal entry for this week’s Theme Thursday challenge:
Thanks for looking!
January 27, 2010
Three Muses’ challenge is to use a quote or quip and I recently discovered the monthly Street Team Crusade challenge site using snowflake masks and thought I’d combine the two. The “Crusade” directs one to gesso the page, paint acrylics, and then use hand cut snowflakes as masks, later incorporating the cut snowflake into the page as well. I then added a quote from Walter Scott, ” We build statues out of snow & weep to see them melt.”
Way more poetic than “making mountains out of molehills”….one of my specialities.
January 26, 2010
My art journal entry for Red:
This is done with a photo I took printed as a transparency, fabric scrap, a painted mini-tag, and acrylic paints.
January 25, 2010
Think Monday Think ATC challenged to depict the best start to my mornings. Hands down it is walking my dog. I did this scribble drawing a few years back and repurposed it here today. It was a much larger drawing that I shrunk down, added the face, and detailed the edges with marker and gel pen. Unfortunately, today it is pouring out and our walk was very short….we both missed our friends and fun at the dog run 
Thanks for looking and a good morning to all!
January 22, 2010
A background and photo were part of this week’s challenge from Art Creations Friday.
After I did this one I played with my new Japanese tapes on the back of the page and ended up using the girl again:
I am enjoying the tapes quite a bit, 2 of my journal entries from earlier in the week deal much with my desire to play with the new toys I have and yet struggling to feel playful. Today’s prompt from ACF was quite helpful to get “my play on”!
