Journal pages in June

Marble paper, stencils, stamps, leaf ribbon and a little canvas with a dash of paint.
Not finished yet and not sure exactly where it's going from here. Hmmmm

Where do you do your art?

I look forward all week to sitting out on my patio (that is right off my art studio), with my morning coffee, listening to jazz, reading art books or magazines and doodling in my scribbly journal. Ahhhhh . . . I was in a playful mood and went and bought some fun colours to paint my toe nails. Teal and purple, check it out!

My patio view where pots are blooming crazy.


A couple of days ago there was the most wonderful morning sky view also from my patio.

In my journal, bliss done with wire, Keiko is watercolours and Frida is pastels.

Old made New again :)

My favorite purse and it was starting to fall apart. I looked and looked for a replacement and finally settled on something that would work but it just wasn't the same. This is a really tiny purse. It is the same size as many wallets, but it sits upright, opens easily sitting on something and is easy to see in too. It is the perfect size! It was black vinyl. I don't remember how I got the idea to cover it in Camouflage Duck tape, they could have possibly been sitting side by side on my art table and badabing! Any way, I am quite smitten with the result. :) I am going to take it for a test drive tomorrow and see how it goes. Cheers

New leather journal for sketching

A lucky find at the Papery. A leather journal on sale because it has a flaw. The paper is not suited for anything but sketching but that is just what I was looking for. I love the feel and the smell of it. I painted the edges of the pages gold and bronze.

I used a piece of the Mixed Media Madness paper that we made at our Mad Hatters Tea Party as my first page, just inside the front cover. It is so wonderful and has such great depth. :)

These pages are in my black Leather journal. Here is a spread using a stencil for the sun with some agapanthus (spelling?) wallpaper underneath it.

Dragon Fruit are as fascinating on the inside as they are on the outside.

Mixed Media Madness at the Magcal Hatters Party

Changing reality playing Poi, a New Zealand game.
We really get into our art! LOL!

This is the whole piece of Mixed Media Madness paper before we divided it up.

It started to magically come to life . . .

And Presto a two headed Artoid!

Mad Hatters Tea Party

The weather was perfect for sitting out in the garden and having a spot of tea. :) We had our first ever Mad Hatters Tea Party. We exchanged art dolls, had show and tell, ate some delectable tid bits and made some collaborative art. What a great afternoon!

Aren't my dolls fabulous and oh so different.We all brought out cameras and experimented with different ideas. I rescued this old frame from being destroyed and it makes and interesting lawn prop.

Kellie


Patti

Lizzie

Rachelle

and Keiko and Cody too

Journal play

Meet Professor Longhare . . .

Something I am working on in my big leather journal. I like him. :)

Bubble wrap and Calligraphy

This is a canvas piece that I am going to make goddess dolls from. :)

Big bubblewrap

Textures, wire and stencils.

This journal spread has changes radically from its beginnings. I perhaps got a little carried away with bubble wrap. Regular size and the Giant size too! I got further inspired by a new book "Bent, Bound and Stitched" by Josie Cirincione. Great Book using a lot of supplies you already have lying around. I re-introduced myself to wire. I made some fun shapes and some lettering too. In this spread copper wire to spell ART.

This canvas started with a transfer from a magazine. Then it sat on the shelf for a long time till it caught my attention again. I have painted over it and then added the hair with walnut ink. While wet I tipped the canvas to have the walnut ink drift this way and that and making some really interesting patterns.

Here are a bunch of tidbits I have been playing with. Yummy textures. :)