{Get Creative} Journal Page

Yay, Happy Friday!

I just wanted to quickly share a new journal page. I was watching Donna Downey's inspiration Wednesday video and it totally inspired me to create a page with butterflies. So yesterday, I did just that :)

I originally planned on sharing a video process as well of this page but unfortunately when I went to edit the video I didn't realize that somewhere in the middle of the whole process my webcam shut off. Total Duh! on my part, what a bummer :(

Nevertheless, here are some pics of the page:

Thanks so much for having a look. Hop on over to Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's blog and share the wonderful art you've been creating in your journals, I'd love to have a look :)

Have a great weekend! Have a wonderful Father's Day too and have fun celebrating the terrific men in your lives. Thanks so much for stopping by!

{Me again, with another journal page}

Hey again!
Wow, 2 posts in one day! Lol, I just wanted to quickly share a journal page I did on Thursday while I was sitting at the courthouse fulfilling my jury duty obligations :p

Luckily the background for this page was completed awhile ago, all I had to do was doodle and journal on it.  I was even approached by a lady who was intrigued by what I was doing. I explained the whole concept of art journaling and she said she's definately gonna give it a try. Totally love that, when you know you've inspired someone to give art a try! Yay, for art journaling :p

Here's the page:

Lol, I just realized I didn't erase all my pencil lines before taking these pics, oh well :p

I don't remember exactly what I used to complete the background.  I believe I used some type of glimmer mist because well, the page is glimmery ;p  I do know that the flowers were stamped with versamark ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. 

As for the journaling and striped border, I was using a sharpie pen and a yellow faber castell pitt pen.

I was working on some other pages as well, but this was the only completed one. I'll share the others when they're done :) 

Thanks for having a look!!

{Live Your Life In COLOR} journal page + video

Hey there!
Hope you're all enjoying your weekend thus far. It's actually beautiful and sunny at the moment where I am, but it is expected to rain later. That means it would have rained here for 8 days straight.  Not that I really mind, it's been unbearably hot and our lawn was starting to turn brown but now it's lush and green :) Plus, I have no plans except to cuddle up on the sofa with a good book.

Anyway, as stated yesterday I wanted to share a video of a journal page I created the other day. I used some items that I included in the mini mixed media kit offered in my giveaway. Don't forget to check it out and leave a comment for your chance to win :)

Here are some photos of the completed page:

Here's the the video :)

Supplies used:

Alphabet chipboard

Alphabet Stickers (Making Memories & Heidi Swapp)

Baker's Twine

Mesh Tape

Mini White Tag

Date Stamp

Mini Staples (Tim Holtz)

Black Ink (Speedball)

Fine Point Pen (Sharpie)

White Out Pen

Gel Sticks (Faber Castell)

Scrapbook Paper

Gesso (Golden)

Matte Medium (Golden)

Soft Gel Medium (Golden)

Circle Stencil

Neutral Gray Acrylic Paint (Golden)

Titanium White Acrylic Paint (Golden)

As always, thanks for stopping by :)  Take Care!!

{Mini Kit Giveaway}

Hi all!
Happy Friday! So this is gonna be a bit of a long post with ALOT of pics so I'll try to keep the writing at a minimum :p

As I stated in a different post I wanted to have a small giveaway of some mini kits I had put together awhile ago. I made these for some mini kit swaps that I ended up not participating in. The paper lines used are not "new" but are still super cute. If you're new to scrapbooking or mini albums then youre in luck, hopefully you won't own any of these paper lines :) Or maybe you'll be lucky in that you did own them, but now they may no longer be available to purchase. Either way I'm sure if you win you'll find use for them.  So here goes, I'll be posting pics of the kits and the projects I created using them.  Please click on the photo for a closer look.

*I'll update this post later with a list of the kit contents*

The first giveaway is a Vacation/Travel Mini Album and Altered Box Kit.

Here's what you get (plate not included :p)

Here's what I created with it. The inside pages are blank however because I have yet to fill it with pictures :p I'll be sure to share it once again when I do add photos and embellish the inside pages further. 

*Some embellishments may vary slightly in my project than what is included in the kit (mini easel not included :p) *

I didn't take photos of all the inside pages since they were blank, but I did want to take a few pictures of the diecut pocket/envelope/file folder that are included in the kit so you can see how I used it in the mini album.

 

The page to the right is the inside piece of the included

chipboard postage frame.

The next kit is a Mini Halloween kit. You're probably saying "What...Halloween?!"

So yes, you can look at it like this kit is really late, or really early. However if you're

a procrastinator like me than this kit is just in time :p

Here's what you get (plate not included :p)

Here's what I created with the kit. Like the last kit, the inside pages are blank

because I don't usually like to embellish the pages until I add photos. I will

share a few of the inside pages however to show you how I used some of the items in the kit.

*Some embellishments on my project will vary slightly

than what is included in the kit*

  

Now I didn't forget about you wonderful art journalers out there so I created a last minute mixed media kit just for you :)  Here is what you'll get:

Here is a journal page I created using some of the elements included in this kit.

** I did video the process of me creating this page that I am currently editing.

It should be available tomorrow so I do hope you decide to come by and visit again :)

 

So, your probably wondering how you can win one of these kits?  I decided that since there are 3 kits I will give you 3 chances to win one, or if you're lucky, more than one kit.

Here's what you do:

1) Comment on this post and tell me which kit you'd like me to enter you in to win.

2) Subscribe to my blog, then comment again and tell me which kit

you'd like me to enter you in to win, again.

3) Share this post on your blog, facebook, twitter, pretty much anywhere then stop by again and comment with a link to where you shared, then let me know which kit you'd like to be entered in to win again, again :p

*You can choose one, or all three ways to win but please remember to leave a comment each time. Also, each time you enter and specify which kit you'd like, you can definitely enter your name more than once to win a specific kit.

For instance, if you really want the Travel Kit and you participated in all 3 choices, when you comment just tell me each time that you'd like to be entered in that kit.  That way, you have a greater chance of winning the kit you want, or, enter yourself once for all three kits. I hope that makes sense :)

*I'll keep the giveaway open until the end of the month*

So there you have it.  I hope you like the kits and Good Luck!! If you have any questions whatsoever, please feel free to email me!

Thanks so much for stopping by, Have a wonderful weekend!!