Art Journaling

I have been a scrapbooker & cardmaker for years & have accumulated lots of art mediums over that time. Watercolor paints & pencils, acrylics, pastels. I have mostly used them for backgrounds & coloring in stamped images.Then the other day I saw the mixed media forum on Splitcoaststampers & thought I wonder if I could do actual pictures with them??? So I bought a mixed media journal & gave it a shot. Now I'll never be a Da'vinci but I'm not as bad as I feared either. So I'm sketching & painting & writing bits of my day & having a ton of fun. Here are some of my first pages.

2013 Stashbusting Numbers

Here are my Stashbusting numbers for 2013. Not too bad. I want to do twice as many this year.

Number of Projects 2013

12x12 2pagers~7
12x12 1pagers~29
8.5x11 2pagers~3
8.5x11 1pagers~1


Product Used

paper~107
stickers~279
epoxy stickers~19
chipboard~8
die cuts~15
brads~78
eyelets~16
beads~58
buttons~86

sequins~12
bling~222
bling strips~5.5"
ribbon/fibers~13yrd 9"
washi~10"
flowers~11
fabric~6"x6"
diy dots~12
paper clips~10
tags~2
staples~4
misc.~4

Last of 2013's Layouts(pic heavy)

I made a tiny little ding in my stash with the LO's I made this year. Here is the last of them.

Faux Load LO's (pic heavy)

I didn't get around to posting all my Faux Load LO's but I did get quite a few more made. Here's #9 thru #20.

Day #7

The challenge today is to use 4 different colors & no neutrals.Pic is of Hubby's Halloween makeup.

Day #6

The challenge for today was a 2-page sketch. In used pics from my parents Anniversary party.

Day #5

FL day #5 LO. The challenge was to use 5 pics,5 patterned papers, or 5 embellishments. I used 5 PP & 5 ribbons. The pic is of Hubby with an afghan I made him for his birthday.

Day #4 and NSD

It was National Scrapbook Day. So the faux load challenge was to do a Two Peas challenge. I did a tool belt challenge. You had to use 5 different tools. I used 2 different deco scissors, corner rounder, piercing tool,stapler,2 butterfly punches,& a circle punch. The pics are my nieces Easter egg hunting.

This one is a NSD sketch challenge from Scrapbook.com. I used pics from my parents 25th anniversary.

Day Three

The challenge today was to use a technique that you've never or don't often use because it is time consuming. I decided to paint,mist & glitter the chipboard arrows on this page. The arrows are hand cut from cereal boxes.

Day Two

Here is my second May LO. The challenge was to use a grid design.

Day One

I'm doing a faux load over on Two Peas. You're supposed to make a LO a day for the whole month of May. We'll see how many I can get done.

Here's my LO for day one. Lots of scraps & fibers used on this one.

Layouts

I've done 4 1-page LOs & 2 2-page LOs so far this year.