Documenting Life: Hearts and photos

Above ~ Week 25 of the

Documented Life Project:

Add hearts to your page.

I made color copies of some of

my art work, at 50%, and

glued them onto my page.

I did add some black line-work

on the copies to give more

contrast to the smaller images.

The background is a fluorescent

pink acrylic paint, and the border

is done with Sharpie pen.

I have succumbed to the 

Project Life scrapbooking style...

Since I had so many photos, and the

supplies were on sale at a local discount store,

I took the plunge.  I thought it would be 

less expensive to do one large scrapbook

for the year, instead of several small ones.

Above, a beautiful sunset that we enjoyed in 

February 2014, at Panama City Beach, Florida.

It's supposed to be 'faster' to put

together a Project Life page...

but I end up fussing over tiny collages

like the one above. I love the way it

turned out, but smaller is not

necessarily easier or faster...

the above card is 3"x4".

Do you document the

days and events in your life?

A Father's Day Wish

Happy Father's Day

to all the fathers in my life...

especially my Daddy!

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Documenting Life - on T Tuesday

 Documented Life Project pages.  Above,

inside the Week 21 Tip-In. (which I 

posted here)  Contrasting non-representational

painting with the pen and watercolor 

representation of flowers.

Fragrant peonies just don't last 

long enough...especially when it rains, 

so I wanted to draw them before they

were gone...

DLP Week 23, above.  The challenge was to

write something you are grateful for

each day.  I have many things to be

grateful for, so it was hard to choose.

Even small things can be a big

boost for your health and well-being!

Week 24: Use book pages 

or text paper on your page. 

Included in my collage

 are scrapbook papers with

writing, text pages from a book,

painted text pages and a page

torn from an old calendar/planner. 

Sharpie pen for a bit of line work and details...

The strips of flowers were printed 

from my computer.

Linking up with Elizabeth

for T Tuesday, and sharing a  

tea-inspired collage, above.  When you

create mixed-media collage, every

bit of scrap cardboard and things

like tea-bag tags hold possibilities

for creating art.  Look around you

for the possibilities...see with

a new perspective.

Documenting Life on T Tuesday

Documented Life Project - Week 22: 

Draw, paint or sketch a house 

on your page...

had a bit of trouble figuring out what

I wanted to do  for this challenge, 

but finally came up

with the quilt block house...

and the Tree house!  The quilt block page

folds open to reveal the pen drawing of the

Tree house.

Facing page...the days that week.  

Brought in some flowers from the yard

this week, and enjoyed the fragrance of

the peonies.  Lovely yellow iris,

along with pink and white peonies.

Decided to do tiny drawings of them on

several of the days that week.

Linking up for T Tuesday with 

Elizabeth and Bluebeard, and

sharing a Tea collage.

The herbal peppermint tea bag package

was a lovely color, so used that 

as my 'jumping off' point.  The flower

is a print made from using a Bib lettuce heart

dipped in inexpensive craft paint. A 

snippet from an invitation, scrapbook

papers, and washi tape finish it off.

Documenting Life- Week 21 Challenge

The Documented Life Project

Challenge for Week 21 was to 

add stitching to your page.

I thought of Shashiko stitching,

so I chose blue cloth with contrasting

stitching...

Other materials include watercolor,

handmade paper, painted brown craft paper,

and embroidery floss.

Thanks to Elizabeth K. of

of Altered Book Lover blog

 for the handmade paper!

Week 22 of the DLP is to 

"draw, paint or sketch a house."

Time to get busy...

Road Trip Journal Pages

Road Trip art journal pages...

yes, I've been drawing while riding

in a moving car. These two pages were

prepared with watercolor wash, then a

second watercolor layer to create the

rectangle grids on the page.  Above,

a finished page...well, maybe I will

tweek it a bit?

Above, the second Road Trip page, still in progress.

I have yet to write about the massive traffic jam we

got caught in, on KY I-65.  Three and a half

hours later, we finally got free.  Whose idea was it

to choke three lanes of traffic down to one lane

due to road construction?  I normally wouldn't complain

but thought this was excessive, and sent an email

complaint to the KY Dept. of Highways.

Above, my Documented Life Project page for Week 20:

use a stamp in an unusual way.  I used vintage buttons to

stamp into polymer clay, then sewed them to the page.

My Fake Journal 2014 has been completed and bound.

You can see the final product at

Cottonwood Counterfeit Journal.

I hope you will stop by!

Linking up with Elizabeth's

T Tuesday party,

and reviving another coffee mug page...

having my daily coffee with chocolate,

and looking at the rainy day through

my window. At least it isn't snow!

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Art Journal Pages~ Beverage Edition

Some art journal pages for Elizabeth's T party

on Tuesday...visit Altered Book Lover to

see what it's all about!

Above, you may notice a collage (on the right)

 that I previously made for T Tuesday.  

I glued it across the gutter of two pages in 

one of my journals.  I added another 

tea bag wrapper in yellow, and the 

actual tea bag. I was delighted when

the tag was pink!

I also added some sparkly lemonade on the left--

literally sparkly. It is from a Valentine that a dear

friend sent...and also is a lovely pink!

I repeated the design from the security envelope

paper (in the collage) by drawing more of

 the 'hash marks' onto the pages.

 Repeating a design element

helps unify the pages.

Above, a page that sat for months

with only the bird glued to the page.

The kleenex box leaves seemed to work,

and the page came together...

Below, a collage from ephemera--

most of which I did not draw.  I 

added the white cloud and some of

the black flowers. Stickers and 

scraps of printed images make 

quick collage.

Above and below, a sketch of a bluebird from a

photo in Birds and Blooms magazine...

This page also sat for months with just the

bird drawing on it.  For this, I think it 

waited until I had scraps in the 'right' colors

before I was ready to finish it...

The Wrap-Up is posted on

Cottonwood Counterfeit Journal

for my Fake Journal 2014.

Hope you will stop by...

and

hope your day is

EXTRA SWEET!

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A Yellow Rose

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

A yellow rose for you

today, for 

sunshine and happiness...

Tags on T Tuesday

A bit of my Fake Journal 2014~

if you haven't visited 

Cottonwood Counterfeit Journal lately,

I've posted the Reveal, Parts 1 and 2.

I plan to post the final Wrap Up

next Tuesday, so stay tuned...

For T Tuesday, I decided to make

some TAGS.  

The tag below was collaged onto

tan card stock, with scrapbook

papers and painted brown craft paper.

Words were cut from a book that I've

been using for collage, and for

painting over text.

Above, a tag cut from watercolor paper,

with paisleys drawn in Sharpie, then

watercolor washes added.

Reviving the red Panda mug,

enjoying my mocha coffee, and

joining Elizabeth today for

T Tuesday.  I think there is a party

going on over there...

I hope you will get up to

some creative fun by

visiting T Tuesday participants!

Fake Journal Finale

Visit my April blog:

Cottonwood Counterfeit Journal

to read about my Fake Journal's 

character, and read the Reveal, Part 1!

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