Snowing Like Mad Out...but Quiet Inside

    I feel so blessed to be enjoying...moments...and

    very loving ones at that.

     Staying warm,

     creating, playing,

     reading...feeling grateful,

     sending love.

                  ~k

Journal Page

  I love that my Word, Trust, found me.

Gesso, acrylic paints...background.

White Sharpie Paint Marker for Trust background text.

 

 

And I especially love that you have found me

and visit here

and send prayers and thoughts of wellness to Mom.

Thank you! Thank you!

♥

~k

November Journaling

Still inspired by breezy blue skies and falling leaves...

...and the slow, sweet day I had today.

Ready for November

I watched the November skies these past few days, warmer and bluer than all of October, and was inspired.  Here is my November calendar for the Calendar Challenge 2011 by Kate at TheKathrynWheel. I first painted blue skies of my own, with lots of golden leaves blowing...then cut them, alternating with strips of autumn colored papers.

So here it is:

Happy November everyone! May you have much for which to be grateful!

♥

~Kath

Last Days of November

Already?

These were made in school by my second graders, with their incredible art teacher! I couldn't stop myself from photographing and sharing them with you! Don't they make you smile?

My family Thanksgiving was wonderful: an abundance of loving company, good food, warm drinks, puppy play, football, and laughter.

♥

Weekend Journaling Process

I did this two-page spread in my lori journal over the weekend. I haven't shown my process, such as it is, in a while, so by request { thank you!} I will show my steps. Here it is completed, however.First, I painted with my fingers and an old gift card, using Liquitex Light Portrait Pink and Bright Aqua Green, with some white.

Then, I decided to add some vintage lace, using Golden Soft Gel Matte as an adhesive. Oh, it stuck wonderfully... I dabbed white paint using Punchinella for the dotted pattern.I then added some more lace to the left side, and some collage pieces that made me feel inspired. When I stuck that pretty colorful piece in the very center, it seemed to stick out too much, so I then doodled to continue the paper's pattern onto the page with paint and markers. This blended the pieces into the whole nicely, I thought.I stamped interesting images with permanent black ink and then doodled some darkness with sketches made using black gellyroll markers. I sprayed black ink and added more of the Pink Paint to make this flower...
...and scrawled some more darkness and branches.
I liked the contrast of gentle pinks & greens with jet black raw scratchiness.

Here's a completed close-up of the left hand page:

And here is the completed close-up of the right hand page:

I hope you have enjoyed this. I loved creating it. I kept walking away from it and returning later. It didn't happen quickly like some pages do. It took the weekend... with life in between!

Hope your weekend was flavorful and blessed. Thank you for enriching mine!

~Kathy