First I have to apologize to you all for not visiting your blogs…
there simply aren’t enough hours in a day and I need all my waking hours
to work on “must do” stuff… the deadlines keep staring at me and I keep on
running to stay ahead. I’m afraid this won’t get any better until June…
so please hang in there – next Month I will start visiting you all on
a regular base again!!! I miss you too, but no point in nagging about it…
let’s just go on with some things I can show you!
(that is, if you still visit this blog and wants to see it…)
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Here’s the box I made for Mothers Day!!!
I told you I made a card for my mum… but I also made her this box!
It’s made to hold 9 cards (she got the first card for Mothers day) and I will
make her a card every now and then to put in this box.
I couldn’t send this box to her with the mail – I don’t think it would survive –
but she’ll get it as soon as I we meet.
(SO THIS IS FOR YOU MUM – HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON!)
Here’s another picture of the lid.
The box is made of thick paper. I used acrylic paint, spray ink, gel medium and
cut the Buddha out of a magazine. Doodles and text with permanent markers.
(The text on the side says “For mum from Marit I love you” and the top says
“Always someone that loves you”)
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I finished the page for One Year in the Life of an Art Journal too this week.
The word was “Tears”
The photo is actually made of two (stock) photos. I combined a picture
of a little girl with a photo of a rainy window… and I transferred it to
the page. A bit of watercolour paint and a little bit of spraying, I tried to
keep it soft and tender and melancholic.
The big alphas are stamps (stamped with paint instead of ink) and the
purple journaling says:
I was used to see my little brother cry. He cried all the time and I hardly
reacted to that anymore. My mum cried not so much but it wasn’t strange
either to see her in tears, but I never forget the first time I saw my daddy cry.
I still can feel the pain and I’ll never forget.
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And now I’m back to work. Hope your weekend is more relaxed!
Enjoy the good things!!!
Oh, and don’t forget to be back on Sunday, I have something
to share with you then!!!
Je t’embrasse!