Sunday, December 9, 2012

Another page from Mess: The Manual of Accidents and Mistakes.

Instructions: A page to stick only blue things.

Included on the page are printed papers, magazine & catalog cut-outs, stickers, recycled mail bits, punches, sequins, string, stamped images, doodles, and a bit of glitter glue.







To see more of my completed pages from Mess: The Manual of Accidents and Mistakes, click the label "mess" in the links below.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

A quick little moleskine page for Autumn. Printed papers, freestyle cut leaves, punches, indian ink pens, colored pencils, and sandpaper.

I have been doing a wide variety of things lately ... bits and pieces in my books and journals, as well as working in a round of paper bag books in one of my art groups.

In the book shown below, themed "Full Color", I made some colorful string art for one page and used printed paper with colorful sequins and buttons to cover another. I also added a colorful doodled tag in the back pocket and tucked a small brightly colored jigsaw puzzle into the opening pocket between the pages.


In the book below, themed "Home Sweet Home", I made a paper collage with printed papers and buttons, doodles and glitter glue.  I added a little rhyme and a mini cross-stitched sampler.  The flap on the right hand side folds back to reveal more of the art.  I also included a tag in the book's front pocket.


Here is my plain little book, themed "Curiosities", which I sent out to make the rounds in the group.  I expect that it will look quite different when it is completed.

It is pretty basic. Brown paper bags sewn down the middle, with a decorative paper cover added.  Bits of pen detailing, stamping, and a few eyelets hammered through the cover.

I didn't decorate any pages except for starting a page for the artists to "Log-In".  I will be sure to post photos when the book returns to me.


 And that's some of what I have been up to lately!

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Just a Doodle

Just a doodle. 

Doodled with a Faber Castell PITT pen on a piece of pink stationery.

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Moleskine Doodle

Drawn with Faber Castell PITT pen and Staedtler Triplus fineliners in my little moleskine notebook.


Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Random and Unfinished

Last month I spent a lot of time with other projects ... I made another zine ... I worked on a lot of cross stitch ... etc ...

This page is all I have to show right now, and it is Random and Unfinished

8-1/2" x 11" in my hardcover sketchbook.  It includes TV listings, recycled bits from an envelope, printed paper, acrylic paint, and doodles with markers, watercolor pencils, ink, and gel pens.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

I originally drew this butterfly in one of my sketchbooks.  After scanning, I couldn't resist a little color play.  It is based on a zebra striped butterfly I saw at a Nature Center in Northern Ohio. 




Wednesday, July 4, 2012

C-food


 Since it is International Zine Month, I thought I should post a page from a little zine I am working on.

It is just a silly little zine about things I like that begin with the letter "C". 

The zine is called "C-Zine" and will be a 16 page zine - 4" x 5-1/4" in size.

This is my "C" food page, which is a little collage made from printed paper, doodled food, letters cut from magazines, and some digital text to finish it off.