rehearse and believe

Playing with washi tape...

 

I created a flap-hinged with washi tape on both sides of the cardstock-



 

 

 

I love everything about art journaling...obviously!!! :)...the fun of it as well as the significance it can have-when I need/choose.  This page is an example of needing to focus, remember and rehearse truth...practicing mindfulness on the page...it's a good thing.  :)

 

thinking...

...in color...creating artful reminders...

 

you never know when you might need that visual "prompt"... 



on the pages

More pages from my summer journaling...

 

 

 

 

The processing really IS more fun when I'm "playing" on the pages of my art journal.

 

"playing" and processing

The last "official" day of summer...wow...it has come and gone so quickly...I have been (of course!) sneaking in moments of journaling time when I have been able...I thought I would share some of what I have been "playing" with...

 

 

..."playing" with Tombow water-based markers and a water-brush, Distress Stains by Ranger, Prang watercolors, stencils, and my trusty Sharpie pen..."playing" and processing...

to do

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
                                                                                                Mary Oliver

 

 

Something to think about...

 



the finished page

Here is the finished page (from the last post)...at least for now I am happy with it...who knows, I may add to or alter it sometime...:)  That is one of the things that I love about art journaling...just like me, the pages are always "in process".

 

 

I cut the "frame" with an exacto (a technique we worked on in my "Cut It Out!" class at Creekside Studio https://www.facebook.com/pages/Creekside-Studio/573215292765578 )...then I added a little doodling around the frame and the leaves...plus, I used the Gelly Roll stardust pen to add a bit of sparkle to the wing...you can't really see it in the photo, but its fun.  :) I also gave the polka-dot butterfly antennas with a bit of thin brown twine tied on.

 

Hope you are enjoying your summer.  :)



I'm back!

Here I am...I haven't been here...and I haven't been on vacation either...It has been a very busy past few weeks...My baby graduated from high school, so there has been lots and lots going on around here...
I have still been arting...as I can squeeze it in...and I will always squeeze in a bit...even if its only a few minutes in one sitting...it really, really does add up...and that little bit does wonders for my outlook on things.  :)
Here is just one of the pages I have been playing around on...

 

 

It's amazing what paper, a little glue and ink can do to refresh you...   :)  try it, you'll like it!