Seriously. I love peeking in on all the creativity happening in blogland! More often than not my inspiration for heading off to create something is a direct result of seeing someone else's work.
Such was the case yesterday...The bug that bit this time was art journaling. A little sweetie by the name of Autumn posted some fun pages here and here and also in other posts. I recently became blog-acquainted with her after we exchanged visits during the Where Bloggers Create party hosted by Karen Valentine.
Not to mention all the online classes happening, or happened, or going to happen...and all the other bloggers who share their art journals... here's a few to peek at:
~~Teresa McFayden's online class: Between the Lines. She also has a Flickr group site where class participants can post their work.
~~Here's a fun blog devoted to showcasing journal pages happening around the blogosphere.
~~I first read about Dispatched from LA's online course from Cherie. This one is a start-anytime-you-like class... and it looks way fun.
~~Patty recently did a splurb on her blog for La Dolce Vita's Transfer Love Class that also looks yummy! It began yesterday...I also learned via Patty of this e-course taught by Carole. It's also one that I would love to take...still can until August 8th, I believe.
~~Autumn had a link on her blog to a journaling e-course called Nourish Your Soul. It is currently underway but another will be offered in the near future. Here's a peek of a few journal pages from Hope's blog {the instructor}, Besottment.
No shortage of inspiration available, for sure! So for all these reasons and more, I hopped back into one of my art journals...
In the beginning, Sue slathered gel medium to the pages using a foam brush to spread it evenly. Next, a crumpled piece of aqua tissue got added, then a few torn pieces of a napkin this doll shared with me {same blog where I often learn of lots of the fun online classes happening}, and even some diluted pink paint...
a random tidbit (also known as rambling): Once upon a time I wallpapered my daughter's bathroom with crumpled tissue paper and incorporated pressed flowers and glitter. It was unconventional to say the least and she loved it...of course, she was only 11 at the time...
For the longest time I've been wanting to get a roll of gaffer tape and play...finally ordered some from a tape company online...let the possibilities begin! {{7 Gypsies is responsible for my inspiration where Gaffer tape is concerned. They have tons of great ones.}} This particular piece I ran through the printer...first I printed my image on a plain piece of paper. I had "presized" the image in my photo software so it would fit on my 2" strip of tape.
All that's left was to place a piece of tape directly over the print on the paper and run the paper through again. Once the ink has a chance to set up, carefully remove the tape from the paper. I found that the ones I left on overnight were grabbing some of the printer paper...
And just for fun...do you see the humor of what happened during this photo shoot?
Maybe he saw the word "fly" and decided to check it out! Moving right along...here's a few more tape creations...
...a rubber stamped piece...would be a fun little return address label on an envelope for something mailed to a dog lover...
This is a Tim Holtz stamp I scanned into my picture file and then resized and printed...gaffer tape tears nicely and before I use this piece I'll most likely tear a chunk off each side for a little more interest and texture...
...progress on the pages....just waiting for me to capture some thoughts in writing...
...here's a few more close ups...
...and before I forget, would you like a copy of this lady? Her name is Dorothy Sutton. I grabbed her from the Library of Congress site, and you can now grab her from me. She was a little scruffy in the original photo, but I've cleaned her up a bit. She looked like she needed a fresh infusion of hope...
I'm sort of feeling like a news reporter...you know why? Because I threw out the words "giveaway" way back in the title of the post, and then rambled on and on ad nauseum making you wait until the end of the program to hear about the giveaway. Yep. That's just what they do on the news. DRIVES ME CRAZY when they do that...esp. when the opening bait line turns out to be more exciting than the final catch...
Hence, without further delay, here's my giveaway celebrating 100 posts...there will be two of them...the first winner will receive:
A 12" x 7.5", 290 pages journal...and added to this prize I will include...
...but that's not all...once the winner is chosen...
...I'll peek through your blog and choose some extra little goodies from my stash that I think might tickle your fancy...
For the second winner, there will be a $25 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble and some extra goodies from my stash as well.
You know the drill...leave a comment on this post and your name goes into the pot. If you want to double your chances, blog about my giveaway and leave a second comment letting me know you've done so! Entries must be blog-marked by Sunday, August 8th, 9PM EST.
Bless all your sweet little souls for all the fun, inspiration, nuggets of wisdom, doses of encouragement, delicious giggles of humor, and what not that I've come to enjoy by visiting all of your blogs!
Xo, Sue
