Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Using 10 embellishments

This card is for the Moxie Fab challenge to use 10 embellishments on the card. That's a lot! I don't usually use a ton of embellishments on cards, but I gave it a try!

These are stickers from the (discontinued?) Vintage Vogue line.  I thought the Miss You sentiment (stamped on a label sticker) went well with the clocks.


The patterned paper is from Stampington, and I also used some glitter tape. 

If you want to see a REALLY cool card for this challenge, the one that really WOW'd me as innovative is here. Really cool. (I don't know that blogger, I just thought her card was creative & original!).

Thanks for looking!
Susan

Monday, January 7, 2013

Published!

I guess this is OK to post here now that the magazine has been out for a while... I am very excited to have been published (for the first time ever!!) in Somerset Studio's Take Ten magazine!

In the Winter 2013 issue, my cards are on page 96 in the "A Different Point of View" section. Very exciting!


It was quite a shock and a thrill to see my cards and my name in print!

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Life x2

A while back, I came across some pieces from the board game "Life." Here are 2 collages with 2 different takes on Life.






Thursday, January 3, 2013

Last of the trial & error journal

Here are the last of the pages from my trial & error notebook-turned-journal:




See the rest of my art journals here.

Thanks for looking and Happy New Year!!
Susan


Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Trial & Error notebook journal

This is a hardbound notebook that I converted to a journal by using gel medium to stick pages together then gesso-ing the resulting thicker pages. While I liked it for what it was - trial & error - I ended up preferring the mixed media notebook (or a watercolor notebook).  Gluing the pages gets tedious, and I used up so much gel medium!!






Saturday, December 29, 2012

Mixed media art journal

I'm loving this Strathmore art journal, particularly the 5 1/2 x 8 size which is just right for me. I am planning to start a larger size journal in January for a monthly calendar journal page, but generally I like this smaller size.






More art journal pages here and here!