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Spring Tulips journal pages

SO i have been so busy with my kiddos out for spring break that yet another week has slipped by!  I hate it when I neglect my blog so...

Here is a little of what I have been up to!  I decided to take the plunge and take an online class.  I have been on the fence about one - and the perfect class for me came along!  The Art of Wild Abandonment by Junelle Jacobson amd Christy Tomlinson!  I have followed Christy for several years - and one of my new years goals was to work in my art journal more - so this class was perfect! 

My spring inspiration was this photo:

I wanted bright yellow tulips - so I took artistic liscence and did what I wanted!  I do love the pink though and will definately be doing this again in pink!

I started with a page in my are journal and I adhered torn up dictionary pages on top with Gloss Medium.  Then I gesso'ed on top to sofetn up the text and prime the surface for my watercoloring.  Then I sketched out my scene with a mechanical pencil.  The I went to work adding watercolors - starting with the vibrant yellow first.  I let that dry then added the green and blue above and below.

 

I added the scripture "Faithfulness springs forth from the earth and righteousness looks down from heaven" Psalms 85:11

I doodled and sketched around my watercolors with my doodle pen from Scarlet Lime.  And I added white accents with my Signo Uni Ball pen from my store!  I splattered on top with white and black inks. 

I am VERY pleased with how it turned out.  This is actually my first completed piece from the class - I am a week behind because of internet issues!  Blast!  That is also why I have beem MIA on me blog!  Some firewall thing or something - that I ask eric everyday - is it fixed yet????  I am still not able to get email on my computer - thank goodness for my phone!

SO I hope you like my journal entry - and are inspired! 

stitched hearts

Not super crazy about this card - but it was something I wanted to try.  I die cut the hearts with our hearts die set and then attached them to the fromnt of my card.  The stamped the zig zag from Mad for Plaid set with Onyx ink on top.  I accented the stitched with the Spica glitter gel pen but you can't see it in the photo.  Add sentiment and heart twinkle sticker and voila!  Not sure what I could do different to make me like it more!

So what's on your weekend agenda?  Eric and Logan are on their way home from the Cotton Bowl.  I am thinking a trip in to Hobby Lobby maybe?  I have a list of things I NEED!   Always a list huh?  Even with a room packed full of stuff!  I have been trying to use what I have and work from that.  If I could only get it all re-organized and looking better in here!  That is a MAJOR goal of 2012 for me.  (how funny i accidentally put 2021 when i typed the year - i hope it does not take me that long!!!)

I did accomplish my goal of getting an entry in my art  journal done yesterday - yeah!  It is funny how I just want to creat but when i get there I am hesitant to do it!  Wanna see??

I started with dictionary pages decoupaged to the page.  I gesso'd over top of them and you can barely see them now - but i like the thickness it gives to the paper too!  Then I scribbled on watercolor crayons and sprayed with a fine mister and blended it all in with a big wash brush.

Then I went to my stamps and inks!  I used the circles and birds from Clever Girls and the foliage from Beautiful Botanicals 1 and 2 plus the cloud from Rock Star.  Oh and I also added in the medium dots from Polka Dot Patterns.  I used Blackberry, Fern and Slate inks plus Stazon Black for the birds and Stazon white for the polka dots. 

Then I doodles and wrote some words with a sharpie pen.

I really enjoyed the process - and am looking forward to doing LOTS more this year!  The goal is atleast once a week - maybe more!