In Like a Lion

Just a little lion collage in my moleskine notebook (page 99).

Printed papers, book, magazine and mail clippings, punches, and a bit of Indian ink pen.

Happy Valentines!

Woven construction paper heart with punches.  Detailed with Indian ink pens and white acrylic paint.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Page O' Doodles

A page of colorful doodles from my sketchbook.   Doodled with Staedtler Triplus Fineliners.

S is for ...

snake : I haven't doodled much lately, so I opened one of my doodle inspiration books to a random page & it said to open a magazine to a random page (odd coincidence) and draw something related to a word or picture on that page. 

Anyhow ... the letter "S" was featured on a greeting card, which led to my snake on a post-it.

S is also for snowflake, which I may be seeing tonight.  The temperature was 53 when I woke up this morning & now is 38!  Rain, rain, rain for days ... & maybe a bit of snow tonight.

Also recently finished are pages in another "Paper Bag Book" for the swap/round robin I am playing in:

For this "circus" themed paper bag book, I completed pages of mixed media with printed images, scraps and punches of colored paper, stamping, some hand stitching, a little pen work, a cotton candy charm, pink felt (cotton candy), and lots of glitter glue (too bad you can't see the sparkle in the photos).  I also tied colorful fibers and some shrinky dink elephant charms to the book.

Christmas MailArt: Sent & Received

Here is one of the handmade Holiday postcards I sent out this year: (made from printed scrapbook papers, flower shaped punches and glitter glue)

I received lovely handmade postcards!
from Terry:

and Bonnie:

From Sue I received gifties of Christmas slide-mount art:

Merry Christmas!

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.

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!