During the first few weeks of January,
I have given much thought to how I want to spend my creative time this year
& have settled on a few ideas.
I have chosen a word to focus on during 2016, which will form the basis for my art projects.
I have given much thought to how I want to spend my creative time this year
& have settled on a few ideas.
I have chosen a word to focus on during 2016, which will form the basis for my art projects.
Resilience
It is a multifaceted word which will allow me to draw inspiration
from it's many parts throughout the year.
More on that later.
from it's many parts throughout the year.
More on that later.
I will be working in an art journal, which is the same Dylusions journal by Ranger,
that I started to use for the Documented Life Project last year.
Those pages have been removed, so that I can begin again with a fresh clean journal.
that I started to use for the Documented Life Project last year.
Those pages have been removed, so that I can begin again with a fresh clean journal.
Using one page for each week, I have enough pages left to last the year.
I created a page template, which can be used four different ways
& will bring some continuity to my pages.
The large rectangles are big enough to contain an ATC
& the smaller squares can be used for inchies.
My journal will be a way to document my year, with space to insert other projects along the way.
For Week 1,
I have used the prompt from Colour Me Positive,
together with a Truth Card from BGU.
I have also used the space to include a couple of cut-outs from a publication.
This new butterfly, which has been named after Sir David Attenborough,
is a Black-Eyed Satyr.
Hidden under the Truth Card, is something that made me laugh.
The background was made using acrylic paint, over a textured gesso layer,
then Gelatos (Passion Fruit) through a Tim Holtz Bubble stencil
& the larger circles were made using a Faber-Castell dabber tool.
Week 2,
I again followed the prompt from CMP,
together with an ATC made for The Craft Barn 2016 Alpha Challenge.
I have decided to join in with their challenge as I thoroughly enjoyed it in 2013,
but this time I will be making ATCs rather than tags.
I grabbed an old dictionary from the bookshelf
& a part used pack of paper by K & Company
from their K-ology Addison range.
I have used a small blue gemstone for the bird's eye.
The bird image was from The Graphics Fairy,
(as was the image of the girl,
which is held in place by a strip of tissue tape from Tim Holtz).
The background was made using acrylic paint, over a textured gesso layer,
then black acrylic paint through a Tim Holtz Flourish stencil.
Both pages were edged with black acrylic paint.
For Week 1,
I have used the prompt from Colour Me Positive,
together with a Truth Card from BGU.
I have also used the space to include a couple of cut-outs from a publication.
This new butterfly, which has been named after Sir David Attenborough,
is a Black-Eyed Satyr.
Hidden under the Truth Card, is something that made me laugh.
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| Truth Card hinged using Tissue Tape |
then Gelatos (Passion Fruit) through a Tim Holtz Bubble stencil
& the larger circles were made using a Faber-Castell dabber tool.
Week 2,
I again followed the prompt from CMP,
together with an ATC made for The Craft Barn 2016 Alpha Challenge.
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| ATC attached to journal using photo corners |
but this time I will be making ATCs rather than tags.
I grabbed an old dictionary from the bookshelf
& a part used pack of paper by K & Company
from their K-ology Addison range.
I have used a small blue gemstone for the bird's eye.
The bird image was from The Graphics Fairy,
(as was the image of the girl,
which is held in place by a strip of tissue tape from Tim Holtz).
The background was made using acrylic paint, over a textured gesso layer,
then black acrylic paint through a Tim Holtz Flourish stencil.
Both pages were edged with black acrylic paint.
