It's Just Paper.: February 2009

Monday, February 16, 2009

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Materials: paper - Basic Grey; stamps - Fancy Pants & Autumn Leaves, ink - VersaFine by Tsukeniko and Distress ink by Ranger; library pocket and tag die by Quickutz.

I was definately loving the big stamps by Fancy Pants and wanted to use them for this layout that I did a couple of years ago when I was teaching at Cherished Scrapbooks in Mississauga. I love to torture my students by having them stamp and then cut out elements for their page. LOL The end result I think is worth it.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

For the Birds!

Materials: paper - Basic Grey Bittersweet, Bazzil cardstock; dies - Quickutz; stamps - Cornish Heritage & Autumn Leaves; inks - Ranger's Archival and Distress ink.

I was definitely inspired by this release of dies by Quickutz. Finally something NOT cute and more my style. With Valentine's Day around the corner and Bittersweet in my hot little hands I had a clear direction of what to do for February's Layout of the Month. I am loving the big background dies by Cornish Heritage even though I sometimes have difficulty getting a perfect impression. As usual no pictures yet but hopefully someday. :-)

Just in passing...

I don't know if there is a totally original idea or not. I know I spend a fair amount of time checking out magazines and galleries and other peoples artwork. Somehow it rolls around in my brain, often keeping me awake at night until I know just what I want to create and then I create it. I get inspired but then I do my own thing. Hopefully, that is what we all do. Please take whatever inspiration you like but if you scraplift, please give credit to the artist you take it from. If you want to know how I did something, ask. Glad to share.

Piece/Peace Movement

*** This is a May posting but I don't want it to get lost in the back pages so I am reposting it here. ***

I want to start a Piece/Peace Movement. Wait, don't go running down to the basement to see if you still have that pair of bell bottom pants or that string of beads you (or your parents) wore back in the 60's unless of course you are going to use it as artist material. I don't want to stage "Love Ins" unless scrapbooking or crafting is involved. No artificial mood enhancers required. What I do want to do is share a little piece/peace with others through a piece of art that I and hopefully you create. Here is what I have in mind. Create a piece of art. It could be a scrapbook page, a card, an altered object that you have put a little piece/peace of yourself into. Think about what Peace means to you and how you achieve it in your life. Create a piece of art. Not a paper artist? Doesn't matter. Use whatever medium you want and then post it so others can share your peace/piece. The idea is to spread peace around. Do something that makes you feel good and share it with others. The key here is to share your peace/piece with as many people as possible.You never know, maybe this whole Peace thing will catch on.
Remember to post a link to your artistic endeavors in the comment section. We all want to participate in your Peace Work.

It's Just Paper.

Monday, February 16, 2009

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Sunday, February 1, 2009

For the Birds!

Just so I know I am not talking to myself.

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