Hiya sistahs.. I am SO productive this week.. LOL it’s only TOOSDAY.  But still.. you know those days where you feel you got SO MUCH DONE?  that’s how I feel 🙂

Today’s theme for AJ TOOSDAY was this inspiration pic:

I just loved the texture, the color and how the book will look on it’s side with that “crunchy” page LOL

I found a bag of buttons and goodies yesterday and had a FIELD day with my page.. I also couldn’t resist doodling my signature little girl in one of the frames 🙂

heather loved our theme that she has a couple of entries 🙂

and some goodies added in

and another gorgeous page by heather

Ok for next week’s theme… LOL.. journal your STARBUCKS order.. draw the cup.. make a page about how coffee/tea makes you feel.

If you don’t drink coffee or tea?  It’s a free day where you can choose your own theme and submit!

Have fun sistahs!

don’t forget to comment on the post above for a chance to win $10 in bella bucks!

mwah

Em

My sistahs, is it just me or are the weeks flying by????

Here we are again with Art Journaling toosday!  And the theme this week was to use a piece of hand painted, printed, sketched paper in your collage….

Here i sketched a little protective mamabear watching her little ones… I guess I am projecting, as I had an “issue” at Jayden’s camp today and they heard me ROAR! LOL.. so this is what came out.  Instead of using a printed piece of paper, I used a hand drawn sketch of the girl.. I watercolored her and then placed her gently (don’t wanna piss her off LOL) on top of a collage.  I added the studio calico little veneer birds (WHICH I LOVE).. and stamped a word and a number and VOILA!  a page in my Moleskine journal was born :).. ah I feel better now.  Sometimes words don’t depict my feelings.. sometimes an image says it all.  I love her fishy lips..LOL

Here is Lorie’s page with hand made GELLI PLATE paper in the background! Love the words!

Here is Heather’s page.. SO FUN!! as you know I LOVE children’s illustrations.. so the fishing boy is up my alley!

Here is Violet’s page.. I love images of home 🙂 a big symbol in my work

Here is Emily’s page (9y0).. fantastic texture.. love the overlapping pieces.. this must have been a blast to make!

Here is Riley’s page (6yo).. love the randomness.. and the movement! Kids are sooo lucky they don’t feel any rules!

Great pages this week sistahs!!  Next week’s theme?? hmmmmm

 
I found this page so inspiring :).. this is from the WRECK THIS JOURNAL book… so FILL YOUR PAGE WITH CIRCLES SISTAHS!

source of the button page

HAVE FUN!!

mwah to da sistahs who love round things including me 🙂

Em

And I feel da MOJO coming back 🙂  I do!!!!  YEEHAAAA!!!  I made a mess on my table much to Ryan’s chagrin

and this is a “tame” mess..LOL

and I let my collaging instinct go CUH-RAZY!  Came up with lots of neat pages you may have seen on my instagram feed.. but will show some goodies throughout the week.  I decided that I NEED to be crafty EVERY DAY.. for my sanity.. I can’t recommend it enough.. whether it means sticking something down, scribbling, writing, decorating your calendar… whatever.. one NEEDS this.. or maybe it’s just moi? LOL

Ok this week’s theme for AJ TOOSDAY (on TOOSDAY I might add).. is to make a GRID.  Grids are phenom for card layouts, scrapbooking pages, art journaling pages.. as noisy and as messy as I am, I enjoy a clean nice page.. weird no?  Sometimes I need the “BUSY” but most times I see myself needing some white space to rest my eyes… whats your style?

Ok here is my page.   Have I mentioned I am obssessed with  security envelopes and their patterns?  If any of my sistahs get some good ones from their bills with interesting patterns, feel free to mail me some :).. I love (1) mail and i love (2) security envelopes (oh have I mentioned that? LOL).  So on my grid, I punched out 9 squares of security envelopes that I have collected and purchased for a clean background.. added a vintage foil star, bingo number and vintage image and a wee teeny tiny piece of tape stapled to the top to balance it out…  I have really been interested OBSSESSED with vintage photos.. but not just any photo.. photos that speak to me.. faces that express a feeling I am feeling.. whether it be personal, friendship, family.. This photo just caught my eye.. a page dedicated to my besties :).. clean and simple.

Here’s Mary’s page with a “built in” grid in the background!

Here is Heather’s page

heather’s daughter Emily ‘s (9) page

Here is Heather’s daughter Riley’s (6) page

Aren’t these fabby?  DON’ T YOU WANNNNNNA JOIN IN???????? Come on….. ya know ya wanna….

Ok sistahs,

next week’s theme which was something that helped me get my mojo back….

I took some watercolor inks (you can use acrylics, watercolors.. whatevah).. and I made a pattern of hearts on a page

Here’s the full page! I may use this as background paper for a card… stay tuned!

See the red circles on the page? That was torn from one of my patterned pages

Ok so your challenge this week?  due next TOOSDAY?  Make a  page of patterns and then use it as collage fodder on a page…. ok?  clear as mud?

Don’t forget bellarific friday this week also.. it’s a sketch which would be perfect for an art journal too!  I am gonna play and you can too.. it doesn’t only have to be a card on bellarific friday but it has to follow our theme.. and use a bella stamp

I LOVE THIS SKETCH!

Also don’t forget to leave a comment on the post below (bellarific friday) for a chance to win $10 in bella bucks.  And if you contribute you have a chance to win $20 in bella bucks

Have fun sistahs

sorry to be so long winded.. just excited that Im back! LOL

Em