TRUST YOUR HEART - AN ART JOURNAL PAGE

Each week of Nathalie's PanPastel Workshop ends with two journal pages using the techniques demonstrated/learned during the week.  This page focuses on blending, layering and masking.  I cut the words out using Cricut's Opposites Attract cartridge to make my own mask and the daisy's are an old Heidi Swapp mask.  The honey bee's are a MS punch.  The daisy centres I covered with Rock Candy Distress paint and red glitter - had to get some glitter in there!  All the rest of the colour are PanPastels done in three layers.  Great class and great fun!

JUST PLAY AND ENJOY THE COLORS OF LIFE - AN ART JOURNAL PAGE

I have just signed up for Nathalie Kalbach's on-line "PanPastel Workshop".  I discovered she has several free tutorials on her website Nathalie's Studio , this page was inspired by her tutorial using Derwent Artbars and Dylusion sprays.   Honestly, I didn't realize that when I decided to dip my toes into Art Journaling, I would be discovering, falling in love with and of course collecting a whole new world of supplies!

WATCHING THE CLOCK - SHE HAD THREE HEARTS JOURNAL PAGE

This page comes from a day in the hospital that I could not keep my eyes off the clock.  It was a rather black day actually.  That clock grew eyeballs on springs and had me in it's spell.  I sketched that clock and listed all of the time related words I could think of to shake it.  This isn't as dark as that sketch but perhaps I will do that one another time.  I have used a thicker Copic marker to journal my personal thoughts, you can't really read it but that I put it out there is enough for me for now.

A variety of ink sprays, turquoise and purple PanPastels, clear embossing powder on the clock numbers, Tattered Angels stencils and stamp.  I'm using a Strathmore Mixed Media 9x12 journal.

LETTER LOVED JOURNAL COVER

Most of my time right now is spent reclining, between naps I have been doing a bit of catching up.

One of the "Letter Love 101" lessons was spent doing sprayed and stenciled backgrounds, in the next lesson these were used along with decorative duct tape to create an 8x8 journal.  Inside the pages are a variety of sizes - all ready to be finished into fantastic journal pages!  I am LOVIN' this little journal and had several hours of crafty fun (between naps) putting this together.

I have had a couple of e-mails asking me about Joanne Sharpes' on-line classes - they are FANTASTIC and I highly recommend them.

SHE HAD THREE HEARTS - ART JOURNALING WORKSHOP

I have just enrolled in Christy Tomlinsons' "SHE HAD THREE HEARTS" on-line art journaling workshop.    Originally presented as a three week course, access to all of the materials is granted for three months.  This course is jam packed with techniques, prompts and projects.  The idea of three hearts is based on a Japanese premise that women share one heart with the world, one with their family and friends and one only with themselves.  It seems that I might be ready to explore that.

My first two pages come from the loss of a long time close friend, at the same time I was having surgery.  We  have held each other's hands through much but not this one last time.  I know there are many ways to mourn and celebrate a life but not being able to be there and share that with her family and other friends is painful.

I have built up the colour layers using AquaStic, spray inks, paint dabbers and PanPastels.   Background smudge, script and words were stamped with Archival Black.