challenge#66 - cover at scrapki-wyzwaniowo

On Facebook at Paper People group (search for it on Facebook!  Amazing!) I found a "Cover" challenge for journals.  I just happened to have a Dylusions journal that I haven't done anything with yet.  I love art journaling.  I just haven't delved into it myself.  Where is the best place to start art journaling?  With a cover contest.

The contest is open to everyone.  No particular product needed!

I used gesso on the cover, then sprayed it with Dylusions sprays (black and Calypso Teal), with a bit of the White Linen, which blended and smudged some of the colors.  I recommend the Dylusion's White Linen spray, it shows up opaque white on dark surfaces.  Love!  I used Black Diamond Stickles over some of the black swirls.

The other embellishments are from Graphic 45, Prima and the Tim Holtz line.  The paper doll is Grace Kelly, which I purchased off Ebay.

 

3rd Eye Reveal and Giveaway!

I love these guys!  They are fresh, fun and different!  I have had the best customer service ordering with them.  Try some today!

Ambrosia Salad

The April Recipe at the Paper Mixing Bowl is for Ambrosia Salad.  Think of whipped fluffy goodness.

 

The recipe called for palest pink, peach and yellow, with a whipped topping (gesso). I'm afraid that I ignored the April showers that called for "droplets," such as glossy accents.  The robins just came back and as I was putting this together, the poor robin was getting iced and snowed on in real life, so I just couldn't give my robin a hard time.  Oops, I missed musical elements also!  I did manage some signs of spring with the birds, fresh greenery and a large butterfly that I sewed together.  I gave the bird some nesting material with a few torn strips of paper.  I added masking by mixing modeling paste and acrylic paint and used that mixture with a Hobby Lobby wall stencil.  My journaling reads: Spring has arrived when I see the first robin.  Except that's not true this year!

Punky Scraps 61 April

Punky Scraps says it's springy time.  The directions for this month:

As it´s Easter time - I would like you to use as much yellow as you can + some feathers or other Eastery stuff.

I had to use yellow!  It's not my favorite color, I have to admit to you.  It's one of my least favorite colors.  I had to put in some blue to go with my yellow.  The photo is from 2005, taken at the Keukenhof in the Netherlands.  We had had a wonderful warm week of spring, and then it was so chilly on our trip.  It's a good thing that Germany taught us to take raincoats and umbrellas on every trip!

 

Corned Beef and Cabbage

 Happy St. Patrick's Day!  Corned beef and cabbage, any one?  That is the recipe for the month at The Paper Mixing Bowl.

http://www.papermixingbowl.blogspot.com/2013/03/march-2013-recipe-challenge-corned-beef.html

Here's what I did.  I used the Main Ingredients: Corned Beef, Green Cabbage and Pint o' Guinness as color inspiration.  For my Utensils I used Wee photos, stayed predominately green, placed a heart charm, and used the peony mask from Prima with modeling paste and green acrylic paint. I also stamped the background and the flowers with embossing ink and used gold metallic embossing powder.   For Lace, I laced plain brown ribbon through my punched paper because I thought the punched paper looked lacy enough.

How about the journaling? Well, I used the words "lucky" and "family."  I feel very lucky when I think about my family, however, I don't tend to write very much about them when I know that I will be posting on my blog.  I know that I would embarrass myself, kids or husband.

The flowers are from the Tim Holtz Sizzix die, Tattered Flowers.  Which there is a contest on over at his blog, and it is open until March 22nd.  I made my flowers with stamped and embossed paper, green mesh fabric, and muslin fabric that I used fabric stiffener on, followed by gold Glimmer Mist.

Challenge #61 at Punky Scraps

I'm a few days late posting this, so I must apologize.  Our inspiration for March was this picture:

with the directions:  It's nearly spring time, my favourite time of year.  It's fresh, it's bright, it's colourful and it's my birthday.

That means your inspiration for this months challenge is this bright, fresh, colourful party photo!



Here is what I came up with:

 

I call it, "Time for Spring."  Really.  I would love to be sitting outside for my morning coffee but everything is still covered in snow.  I found the photo online and "borrowed" it.  And those dots?  They're chipboard, each one individually stuck down on that patterned paper.