Life is Sweet

I guess I am still on the scrapbook paper collage kick.

Here is another moleskine page.   Scrapbook papers, cat image, acrylic paints, punches, stamped and embossed crown (from a hand carved stamp), and stamped lettering with just a touch of white gel pen to highlight.

I just go where the whims take me.

Moleskine, Oui!

Just another page from my little moleskine notebook.

Scrapbook papers, French book page, acrylic paints, gel pen and ink markers.

PS. "Je regarde seulement." translates to "I am just looking around."

Hold On To My Heart : Moleskine Collage

When I am making a collage, I usually just pick out elements that catch my attention and work without a plan. I like to let the collage develop on its own.

This collage took on a life of its own. Most of the bits and pieces were given to me as extra bits in swaps, RAKs, etc...

BTW: This collage is not representative of my current situation, but does strike a nerve with my past.

Playing with Paper

I picked up a huge tablet of scrapbooking papers the other day & couldn't resist playing with paper last night.

The "friendship" background paper was actually something I received in the mail with a note written on the back ... it just so happened to coordinate with some of my new papers and inspired this page in my moleskine notebook.

The page includes torn papers and punches, sparkly gel pen on the flowers, and doodled characters on scrapbook papers.

Rats!

Thought I would grab a quick scan before I colored in all of the rats ...

As I was taking the moleskine off the scanner, the page caught on something & ripped all the way down the page.   Rats!

I did a tape patch-up & will give the coloring a whirl.   Page drawn with Faber Castell Indian ink pen.

I originally did not like how the rats are unevenly bunched ... but that's how rats are ... so next time I think I will make them even bunchier.

Doodle all the Day

Another random pattern doodle done with Faber Castell Indian Ink PITT artist pen.

Maybe I need to stop pattern drawing and go back to some real drawing ...

I Promise

For the past couple of months I was having some serious problems with my hands.   I was unable to stitch (my livelyhood) & had to cut back on my art and hobbies.   Needless to say, I was pretty down.

My sweetie said to me, "I promise that things will get better."   I wanted to believe it ... but sometimes it's hard to keep the faith when you're down.   So, I made this page in my moleskine notebook to reinforce the message.

It has been about 8 weeks now & things have indeed gotten better.   My hands have almost completely recovered.   I am stitching again & making art again.   Yay!

The page was done in acrylic paint and lined with Indian ink.