Hello and welcome to another installment of “As the Journal Turns”…. I have been rather obsessed taken with the making of all sorts of journals. A good friend recently told me about the Katelyn Lizardi Journal Bigz die from Sizzix and the coordinating thinlits set which cuts pages and pockets … Continue reading
Hello again! Two posts in a month might be a record for me but next month is my mother’s 84th birthday and I wanted to do something special for her this year. A memory book seemed the perfect idea so I created the Rust and Memories Journal. I used Eileen … Continue reading
Hi all. I’ve recently been rather obsessed with Gothic images and specifically stamps by Lynn Perrella. Stained glass and gold come together to make lovely treasure! The outsides of the journals were cut out of medium weight black chipboard and collaged with old text and Paper Artsy Fresco Finish paints, … Continue reading
Hi all! Today’s post is all about layers. I had the distinct privilege of participating in a workshop by Seth Apter recently. My daughter and I motored up to Taos for this daylong layering fest with Seth at the close of his stay at the Mabel Dodge Lujan house. We … Continue reading
Hi all! Today I will be doing a guest designer tutorial over at Mini Album Makers Challenge blog. Please head over there to see what this is all about. I’ll include pics here that wouldn’t fit in the tutorial. These journals are tremendous fun to make and a great way … Continue reading
As promised, here is another mini album. For this one I used the beautiful Graphic 45 Rare Oddity papers and embellishments. This is cut using Eileen Hull’s passport journal die. The die cuts both the album covers as well as the signature sheets. I used heavy black chipboard which I … Continue reading
Today I’d like to share one of my new favorite things – handmade journals! I created this one using the Eileen Hull passport die, which produces a 3.5″x5″ book. This one is a bit over an inch thick and made to look like pebbled leather. My son is really into … Continue reading
I made a half dozen tags for the Character Constructions Tag Swap. It’s been pretty cloudy here in the southwest today making it hard to get good photos (even with my light booth). Harumph! Anyway, here are some of the boys in their blooming glory! Update: I was aiming to … Continue reading
I have been very bad about posting! New Year’s resolution to be better about that. 😉 I have developed an addiction to Character Construction stamps by Catherine Moore. If you haven’t seen these you may want to go check out Catherine’s site http://www.characterconstructions.com/ . Over at Paper Traders (see sidebar for … Continue reading
Just a quick post today – Dragony Mushrooms. I’m hosting an ATC swap over at Paper Traders. This is my set to contribute. My dragons and mushrooms are hand drawn with pen and ink on watercolor paper. I used Kuretake Japanese watercolors and a bit of Pebeo (for the spots). … Continue reading
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