Spain Trip

Here is the journal I made for my trip to Spain. I cut down an encyclopedia, which happen to be the letter "S". My stamp says - "Do something creative every day", my mantra. My collage pieces came from Ten Two Studios from several mini color collage sheets. I used gel medium to adhere them to the book cover.


The top picture is Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, waiting to board our airplane. All the baggage carts were stacked up in front of my window, everything was blue and white.

The picture below in a view from one of the entrances into the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain. The plaza is huge area for all sorts of gathering, eating and shopping. The umbrellas are open for local restaurants to seat. They magically pull out tables if their area is too full.

The picture below is a view of the narrow streets of Toledo, Spain behind the cathedral. The streets are so narrow cars have to pull in their side mirrors so they do not get broken off.

This is a picture of our group that went to Spain in front of the castle in Segovia. I was told everyone who leaves Segovia stops here for a photo opt.

Fish Tales Hangie Danglie

Here is a little fun thing for a swap called Fish Tales Hangie Danglie. I made a watercolor of a mermaid on one side and a collage on the back side so either side could show. I bought a fishing bobber and some lures. I carefully cut the hooks so they would not hurt anyone. I also strung together some beads and little sea shells.
The little images are from Ten Two Studios( April Fish), a Russian cigarette card with a fish on it, and the back ground is a fish label from a fish market.

Paper Slippers

The little collage images inspired me to make something other than a bracelet. The images are from Ten Two Studios "Dainty Dominos", they make fun shoe buckles.
The directions on how to make these slippers are found in a past issue, November 2008 issue of the Monthly Muse, which is also at Ten Two Studios. These slippers will be hanging in my Christmas tree or might make it for a gift for someone special.

"The Raven" paperbag book

The blank book came from Ten Two Studios, it is a paper bag hinge book. I chose the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. I made a raven out of stiff card stock paper so I could use the same bird design through out the book. Here is parts of the book.

The pages that had an opening, from the paper bag, had inserts inside of them with facts about Poe or the Poem. The images came from Ten Two Studio collage sheets. I used the Poe collage sheets, Harry Clarke faux postage, and Oakwood faux postage sheets.

Matchbox Shrine dolls

This is a paper doll with a matchbox attached to it. I made the body and dress to fit the head image. She has brads on the arms and legs. I hid them with her dress.

I then took the matchbox and cut one side on the top so it could open like a door. I then decorated the box and the match tray separately. The tray is glued to the box. A ribbon is glued from the back to the matchbox so it could be tied to close the door. The finished matchbox is then glued to the paper doll. All my collage images came from Ten Two Studios.

Watercolor workout

These artist trading cards were created for , Art Media - watercolor, swap at http://www.illustratedatcs.com/. As you can see I am still influenced by my recent trip to China.

The Da Vinci file (book)

This is a book I made from file folders that I cut up to make a book. I used all these very luscious papers for backgrounds. My images came from Ten Two Studios, the Da Vinci collage sheets and mini domino images. I also had a few of my own images I found for free. My book is bound with those screws you find for scrap books.

Iris folding fun

Here is a project that is a fun way to use up extra paper and make a dramatic statement. It is called iris folding. Here is some directions on how to do iris folding. http://gomakesomething.com/ht/iris/if-square/ I will say mine are a little different, but you can experiment. Even mistakes can look good.

Mother's Day Trinket boxes

These are small little paper mache boxes. They are covered in green distressed inked music sheets. The boxes were painted on the top and inside with a light yellow acrylic paint. I punched out the images and glued them in bottle caps along with punched flower to center the bottle cap on. The images are found at Ten Two Studios http://www.tentwostudios.com/.