I decided to make an “in between post” today.
I normally post on Mondays or Tuesdays and Fridays, but this week
I have been out of control creating so I decided to publish some of the work
in between otherwise it would be too much to handle for you on Friday!
There are things I made last week – and even the week before – that have to
stay “secret” some more – I will show you those later – but here are the things
that I did just for me and there’s no secret about it…!
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For A Year in the Life of an Art Journal
The word on July 15th was “Stop” and since nothing could stop me this
week I made a page “in general.” Nothing personal to journal about, not
now anyway, but we all have days that we scream out loud:
“Aaargghhhh, STOP IT!”
I tried to catch this feeling on the page.
The blue in the background is a very old fashioned ink that came in a tiny
little bottle with a little cork. I honestly don’t know where I got it (from my
mom I guess?! She always surprises me with these kind of little treasures)
I used the last drops to colour the page (I even had to add some water)
and I don’t think I will ever find that same ink and colour again…
The title is stamped with foam alpha stamps and paint (now THAT was some
time ago since I used those!) and I outlined it with a black marker.
The photos are sewed on to the page with my sewing machine… and yes,
the back of the page has stitches now! I’m very curious to learn what the next
prompt will be! I’ll either use the stitches or glue paper over it to hide it.
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Remember the card
from my former post?
I had a little image
of a beach cabin left,
and some scraps of
paper, so I made an
ATC with it.
It was fun working
on these little cards
for a change.
It’s been a while!
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More ATC’s!
I named these “The strange couple.”
Don’t you just love those old images?
(Yep, got those from mom! Thanks dearest!!!)
I found two marvelous quotes to go with the images!
Can you read it?
She says: “Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts”
– Jim Morisson
He says: “My hope is that gays will be running the world because then
there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel”
– Roseanne Barr
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Waaaahaaaaahhaaaaaa
(Sorry. I find it hilarious!)
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On to “skinny cards”
(??)
Wait, I’ll explain!
I bumped on to these cards on the Internet several times and I always
wondered what a “skinny card” was exactly. Today I looked it up.
It’s like an ATC – most of them are made for a swapp – but the seize is
different. I thought it would be real long and small (it sound so – uhhmmm
– skinny) and I was a little bit disappointed on that.
The size is 3 x 5 inches (7,62 x 12,7 cm)
I’d like to try new things though, so I went for it!
And here is
my very
first skinny.
A skinny
Buddha
so to speak…
It’s not
the best card,
but it’s OK
I guess.
For a first timer…
(I had my sewing
machine still in
the room!
Look at the hair!)
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I got the taste
of it with the
next skinny.
I love the
seventies look
of this card!
I cut the image
out of a magazine.
The horns arose
accidentally…
I cut some shapes
to use for a border
but instead it looked
great on her head.
Aah, “flopportunities!
GOTTA LOVE THEM!
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Hope you liked my little “in between post”!
I’ll be back on Friday with my last Scrapping the Music layout as
a guest designer and, if Danielle received the card I made for her
(have you yet dear?) I’ll show that too.
And there might even be more…!
So see you all next Friday!!!
Je t’embrasse.