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weekend!

wow..     it's such a beautiful -almost fall- morning in kansas city!! love it.

the only artwork i've done this week is here. my next class (OCT6) project sample. wow, i had fun with this. in the 'spirit' of the season, i made my sample using the halloween theme. all hallow's past. i'm working on an altered halloween journal for myself using an old hardback book, so of course the halloween 'elements' are scattered (and i'm not joking) all over my work area! convenient. ok..            so i took this cool little scrapbook and literally transformed it with a lot of altering. the base is a lot of layering of spray paint and acrylics. the back>(clock impress) i fell into when i used a very tacky spray paint (orange utility marking paint) that doesn't dry as fast as typical spray paint. when i impressed the stamp, i got the same end result that you get when using modeling paste. just not as deep. the paint also ran and bubbled making the rough texture appearance. very cool IRL. On the front of the book i did the same, but i spray painted the word TRICK in gold, then using a spooky tree/tombstone stencil as a mask, i used a shiny black spray paint over that, giving it a different appearance than on back. cut out book text. and love this>SHE WISHED SHE HAD A CHARM AGAINST THE WINGS OF TIME, the words seriously jumped out at me and fell right into place! on the first page of the journal i placed a tape transfer pic of the boys (oct1991 -wow) that also shows through the window on the cover of the book. so this is simple but has a lot of texture and dimension going on. one of my fav's of this book is the way the layers of paints have split and show through the top layer. i've got 4 diff. colors going on here!  

so, this to that! I LOVE ALTERING. WOWed .

i have 10 of these books which means only 10 spots open for the class on Oct6th. if i haven't already emailed you the class info, shoot me an email and i'll get it to you!

have a good rest of your weekend! i'm off to a football game!

ME time

LOTS of it this weekend

i finished my august. this is me just journaling about life!  i used wings, book text, packing tape, masking tape, tabs from 7G., acrylic and old wallpaper piece. looks out of control, but actually very simplistic.

crazy, huh? a girlfriend of mine came by this morning and while she was looking through my journal, she made the comment that she'd love to journal like me because she wouldn't want anyone to be able to read her thoughts! lol um...    compliment-?  of course. it amazes me how many dont want to journal in their books because they don't like their handwriting. if they'd actually just do it, saw it, maybe they'd like it-? who knows. i think journaling is the most important element in our books.

i love this- my journal is my playplace! a lot of green though, sheesh

sounds like THE EVENT is drawing a lot of attention!!! excited about that. COME PLAY WITH ME...   lots of journal STUFF going on

i'm also excited about the fact that this week is the begining of a lot of tv season premieres- how many CSI's are on now anyway?

have a fab week!!

she's 3

my beautiful little niece josie lynn ...here's her birthday card/tag that i made for her. this ended up very cool, but very different than what i originally intended. i started off with a large shipping tag, and josie's picture. over the pic i used adhesive and a flowered napkin for added design and demension. after i messed with it, i decided that i didn't like the direction it was going, so i tore the taped pic off of the tag, and took part of the tag with the pic! i placed the piece on a sheet of book paper for even more dimension. i picked out words that i wanted to keep, and the rest were 'lined' out with liquid white out. on the left i used heidi swapp decorative tape and making memories crown stamp.  the top of the tag is adorned with seed beaded bracelets, ribbon and lace. another tag that i made with a clock stamp and key tag. hks decorative tape again. its simple and fun.  i'm just glad that i don't have to pick up all the little seed beads when the bracelets break from excessive 'wearage'...!!   lol  perks of an auntie; play then go home! love that. after raising 2 boys, you know i'm crazy about having these 3 nieces! so fun. speaking of ..  here's my youngest manchild after friday night's football game!!!!! cute, isn't he -? lol. him and some of his buddies painted themselves for a big football game (still breaks my heart he's not playing anymore, but he's all about his 2 sports, and for now he's having fun supporting his buddies on the field) so eth was the "T" in trojans. oh yea, it was very cold friday night too, and these guys froze with no shirts on! this pic was taken right before he dove into a HOT shower!!!

i'll show in my next post a pic of my very cool, very generous gift that one of my girls brought me at the canvas art class saturday nt. very cool sack of findings- i'll def take a pic and show soon         Thank You Tina!!!  i love good surprises

O.....  don't forget to go here NOW! event

mystic and inspired

check this out...          it's what you do when you're stuck on a journal page, and the creative flow isn't a flow... it's spinning, but still present! lol i picked up the latest somerset; it's my fav, Halloween inspired, and the content is amazing! the Bellaween round robin journal is FUN.i want to make a complete halloween altered book- so this tassel is my starting pt. I've always wanted to do an altered Halloween journal, but the Book of Spells by Janie Mattern really got me stoked! it'll definately be an on-going project, and i need to get it established. i love the mystic. the tassel is a synergy of old chains that i spray painted black, i also added some old-gold beadchain. i used copper wire to attach beads, charms and a small bottle. i think the altered journal will consist of nostalgia in the form of halloween pics of the boys through the years, my bro and i when we were young; i want to journal and show how halloween has always been a fun and innocent holiday for my fam. traditions; eth and his girlfriend pulled out hocus pocus just last week and we watched it while we ate tacos! my boys also love this time of year and our traditions. CANDY CORN AND DRY ROASTED PEANUTS!!!

the cooling off in KC has motivated me to dive into my hallow's eve decorations and last week eth and i pulled it all out! i know- freak, but i love the season. i love the nostalgia in halloween but mostly the fall elements that go with that. the cooler weather, sweatshirts, hunting (just the fam), irish cream/coffee, the leaves turning, OPENING UP MY HOUSE TO FRESH AIR, getting back into the groove of scrapbooking, and journal art. instructionals.