A colorful art journal

Thank you for all of the kind messages about my art journal post.  Right now I am away for a bit, spending some time with Guncles, then with Terry.  I'll be helping her with a writer's retreat, then exploring Disney with her.  She is a long time season ticket holder and knows the parks inside and out. A day with her at the land of the mouse, is a true education in all things Disneyworld. I feel like I get all sorts of insider info on what to and how to explore and do in that magical place so that I know the shortcuts when I take grand fairies there. Plus, Terry is interesting and talented, we never run out of conversation

Since I am gone for a week or so, I thought I'd do some pre-posting.  So, please come by to visit here while I am off visiting Florida.  If you want to order something from the Boutique or the Etsy shop, it will be mailed on the 23rd.

This is another book that I made. It was for Sugarwing's mamma a while back.  She loves sparkly and red, so it is a little different than what I make for myself and I had a good time playing with brighter colors.  Although, I did add a pink plastic nurse to the front. It doesn't really match, but she is an RN and I thought it was a nice touch.

She is also a rainbow lover, so I drew a rainbow as background for this photo, and found some colorful trim to embellish the bottom of the page.

This is an all time favorite picture for me.  And it was taken on a special day, when we went to the theater together for Xmas '14.

A layout doesn't have to be complicated to look nice. This is just sheet music, two strips of trim, a photo and a ticket stub.

This one is a simple page too.  Inked sheet music, a photo, and washi tape.

For this page, I layered wallpaper scraps in colors that went with the sunflower photo, then cut petals from yellow scrapbook paper to create the flower.

The picture is outlined in red, to make it stand out a little bit.

Another, all time favorite photo! Sugarwings twirling her Dorothy skirt in the sunflowers!

Often, I use up little scraps of paper on my desk to make the backgrounds.  This is ledger paper, an old page from a fairy tale book, and 2 kinds of washi tape.  One photo was cut square, then outlined in the polka dot tape.  The other had the person cut out to layer over the first picture.  

Nope, I didn't add a silly sticker to her nose, she did that in real life. It was a silly moment.

It is nice to add memories to a page.  The quote is from Dewdrop.  Ghost and Giggles is a Halloween event we like to attend, and it has stuck in her mind as a fun, but spooky moment. When she wants to tell a dramatic story, it always begins with: 

"Once upon ago, Ghost and Giggles ate a child"

There are phrases like that from kids that make up a whole vocabulary for a family, aren't there?  And I hate it when they are lost and forgotten, so I like to write them in books to remember years later.

This seems to be an over the top, rainbow explosion of a page, huh?  Well, as close as I could get. I think it would have been better to use a colorful ribbon instead of a lace tie on the envelope.  Sometimes you look back at what you've made and see things you'd like to change, or do different next time.  Oh well, we artists are nothing if not harsh critics of ourselves.

I try not to be.  My steps to creating are:

1-use what I love

2-use the GOOD STUFF

3-enjoy what I do

And if I do that, I shouldn't feel too bad about little things that I got wrong, right? 

 

Comments

[yvonne]

Love the journal Karla! Thanks for showing. I think I might have to do some crafting with "the good stuff" tonight. It's too cold here in Indiana to do much gallivanting around. Nothing better than a wintry night at home being crafty!