My latest artwork

I feel that in the last month or so, my writing skills on my blog and also my art has gotten better.Also I have sterted to work a bit more outside of my artjournal. I am working on a collaged jewelry box and 10 collaged bookmarks as christmas gifts.Yes I am still working on them.I know i should get a move on but I think art should not be rushed.When i am done I will post some photos though.
But for now I leave you with three photos of some of my latest art work.
1.My very first attempt to make an artists trading card.I loved making it. What do you think?
2.Is a journal page.The women where inspired by the volturi in new moon.I know theres not much visual reseblance but its more the feel i got when drawing them.
3.The first picture in the series of three pictures i want to hang up in room. Divided onto each it will say Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.So for the second I am going to paint a big eye.

Merry christmas!!!!

Workshop:layers

Right now i am really in to learning things about layers and also to try them out in my art journal and have lots of fun.It is going to be one of my new years resolutions to get better at layering.And I thought I may as well share it with all my blog readers.So this is going to be the first part in the series.You will learn along with me, about layers. Some of the tips will be from me but others will bw from around the web and books.
One thing I have already learned is that a good way to strat is with colour and then gesso, this starts of your page nicely.Next just keep adding not covering with every layer.I got this very good piece of advice from one of suzi blus videos.So for now i will leave you with the 3 best videos i have found on the subject:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1U_DB4UFmk

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You may also like:
http://makealifeandmore.blogspot.com/2009/12/pretty-layers.html This is one of my first layered pages i every did:
(I have decided to give you one or two links to other related posts on my blog to get you seeing all the work i have put in on older posts)

Merry christmas!!!

100 creative things i want to do in 2010(and a few makes)

To start above you can see the before and after of my pencil holder, i painted.Second i made a get well sooncard and a pretty doodle page from my art journal.

I am in a bit of stress right now trying to get all my christmas presents but i got distracted and made a 100 creative things i want to do in 2010 list.Every so often i will tell you how far i am on it once the new year has started.I wonder if ill do them all.Some take longer than others, but I thought it woild be fun to share my progress.So here is the complete list:

1.Start a series on my blog about art journaling

2.Buy some FIMO

3.Decorate a mask

4.Make some 3Dfaces out of FIMO

5.try bookmaking

6.make and fill a travel journal

7.Carve my own stamp

8.Create a project using ties

9.Collect patterned and intsresting paper

10.make a zine and share online for free

11.make some of my own art supplies

12.Create a monthly calender collage

13.collage on a canvas

14.sew a plushie

15.Celebrate day of the dead and make a shrine

16.Use music lines in my art journal

17.Learn how to create deeper(feeling)backgrounds

18.Find a cool art journaling mag and subscribe¨

19.decorate school books

20.Make lots of badges and decorate school bag

21.Create some art quilts¨

22.throw a crafternoon

23.Learn how to cable knit

24.Collect buttons

25.Make my room artsy

26.Have a go at styling my old chucks...

27...and Then on my new ones and wear them

28.Find oout aabout the history of art journaling

29.Try knitting a shrug or sweater(well just a big project)

30.Collect paper scraps

31. Experiment

32.Make FIMO friendship necklace

33.Create a colour palette

34.buy a brayer

35.Journal a t-shirt

36.make a mixed media doll

37.make my own buttons

38.Try embroidery

39.Join the non stop artjournaling month(in november or call a random moth my nanojomo)

40.Make ice cream

41.Sew or buy a tutu

42.Make resin knitting needles

43.Make some scrappaper out of scraps

44.buy some crayons

45.sew a qulted blanket art journal

46.make some sweets

47.Make journally easter eggs

48.writ for a zine

49.make some cat toys

50.Collect quotes in a nice way

51.Make a mosaic using shmashed plates

52.make some atcs

53.Learn about history of FIMO

54.Buy some creatîve books

55.decorate a mug

56.get some depth in^to my art journal

57.make a resin bracelet with my art in it

58.Buy a bigbag

59.Buy a handbag( thats small but big enough for my art journal)

60.Draw a map

61.Buy some 3d paste

62.¨make my own art journal

63.try doing art on paper and then binding to a journal

64.Have a go at making my own paper...

65.But first buy supplies

66.Find a creative penfriend

67.read a GOOD book

68.watch a GOOD film

69.make a necklace with chunky beads

70.Play with shrinky dinks

71.Burn some songs and make a cd with cool cover art( mabey one a month)

72.Try dyieng hâir diffrent colours in wash outs

73.Sew a collage necklace

74.collect words

75.Collect prompts

76.try felt mosaic

77.Journal on fabric and sew a bag

78.make a page in art journal, 1 week 1o things

79.Take part in non stop journaling ,month and

80. non stop writing month

81.Find out about creative festivals

82. and celebrate

83.Buy new pens and have fun

84. make a ginger bred house

85.Make some earrings

86.Buy some glitter

87.Find an old book to alter

88.Buz gelmedium

89.Iron plastic bags

90.and make a bag

91.Create a fairy jar

92.Make some mosaic tiles from fimo

93.and use them

94.Buz some black flats

95.sew a journaled pillow

96.Create an art journaled candel

97.buz special paper thin wax to do so

98.collect vintage papers

99.buz some paperdolls to use in art

100.collage a few book marks

Merrz x/mas

My fave Art journaling prompts on the web

If you are stuck for ideas of what to write just check out this website.it has more prompts than yourever be able to write about:http://www.squidoo.com/journalwritingprompts.

Tips on how to get started and great resources and more http://daisyyellow.squarespace.com/abstract/art-journaling-101.html

A Heart prompt here.http://www.ihanna.nu/blog/?p=754

A whole page of promptshttp://www.journalgirl.com/journalprompts/

7 tips for when you are baking cookies

1.Add a pinch of salt to your cookie dough, salt will make the aroma strOnger.

2.When rolling your dough out, sandwich it between two coolbags instead of using floor

3.To give it a nice shiny finish mix icing sugar with milk.4

4.If you want a chocolate topping add some coconut fat to you choclat to make it more shiny

5.if you are alleergic to nuts just add some fine oats

6.Dont let your cookies cool down for to long as they may start to crumble apart

7.If were talking gingerbread add a piece of apple to the storage box as this makes it stay fresh longer.

A new cover for my art journal, a primitiv stamp and my New Moon journal page

What do you think of my new art journal cover?It was so simple to make, i simply cut out random bits of paper and glued them on and them coverd the whole thing with cellotape.The tool thing(is it called a spatula?)on top of it is new and im hoping to do marie antoinettes hair withit.

I really intrested in making my own stamps so i tryed a super caveage version of it, by simply sharpening the top aof a wine cork and them stamped it using black on my journal page.But I do think it is really effectiv.Last but not least my new moon page.I did it after seeing the film and the journaling is about what the story is about.

Happy journaling!!!!!

Tutorial: Felt Bookbag with free style applicate

Okay so sorry the pictures are not in the correct order , but its hard uploading on blogger.:)Anyway here comes a cool Tutorial:

1.Cut out a circle of felt and get some random felt scraps handy

2.Arrange them and sew on

3.Draw round a book and add a few inches on another piece of felt

4.Cut out some 2 inch wide straps

5.Sew bag(sew straps to sides and sew 3 of the four edges of the main pieces)

6.Add buttons to felt circle and sew on

7.DONE!!!!

This would make a great gift to any book lover on your giftlist or you may want to make one for yourself.It took me about one and a half hours.

Merry christmas!!!!!!