Plaid and Transparent Muse

                                      

Well I had fun with this Muse prompt  - Plaid.  As soon as I saw it I knew I had to pull out the few little scraps of tartans that I have….from my wedding 30 years ago.  Annnnnyway - I fashioned little kilts/skirts and drew little people  - who are suppose to have their hands behind their backs!!

This prompt for Muse30 was Transparent.  I had fun with this one!  I sprayed some metallic inks onto the background and then added printed tissue papers, napkins and washi tape.  For the lettering I stamped the letters of the word with permanent ink onto clear window sheets and punched them out; adhering them to the page with Self Leveling Gel because I know for sure they will stay stuck.  Tons of fun.

Create something everyday.

Joan

"To be an artist is to believe in life"  Henry Moore

Muse30 Prompts

I think I skipped posting this Muse30 prompt - which was Disco.  I drew the staffs onto the black paper and then filled in the first line of some disco songs onto the lines.  Then  I surrounded the staffs with names of disco groups added a couple of "disco balls" and some other bling……one of which was caught in the light of the shot.

This prompt was pebbles, and I just happened to have some napkins with pebbles printed on them.  I love using napkins in my art because they become so transparent.  I ended up just putting more pebbles inside the pebbles for this one.

This Jetsons prompt was a bit of a loss for me.   Yes I watched the cartoon, but I had no idea how to go about it so I had to think for a few days.  Finally, I pulled out my "circuit board" stencil by Donna Downey and sponged metallic paint on. Then I connected the lines with marker and drew little tiny robots.  It was kinda fun actually.

Create something everyday.

Joan

"The primary benefit of practicing art, whether well or badly, is that it enables one's soul to grow."

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Mint

The next Muse30 prompt I had to do was "mint".   I thought of the whole mint gum thing...but then my brain went down another road...the Royal (crowns) "Canadian" ( flag) MINT. Then I covered the page with "coins" because our mint has produced commemorative coins for over 73 countries since 1908. And because this page has to do with the Mint - either in Ottawa or Winnipeg - I am dedicating it to my friend, Amy.  Who is a Canamaniac!!!!!!

Create something Everyday!

Joan

Pros and Cons and Butterflies

This was fun spread to do for Muse30.  I tried going through my box of words - but couldn't come up with everything I wanted.  So I  just went to magazines and cut the prefixes of the words that went had "pro" or "con".  I also used my label maker to add words that were more difficult to find, but which I wanted to have added to the spread.  A stencil with sharpie was used for the headings and the "winning" banner was made with a piece of linen ribbon written on with sharpie.

This was another page that I had a lot of fun doing!  I follow Mike Deakin  on Youtube and decided to try one of his "Mission Inspiration" - what fun.  He gave a 10 point criteria that had to be completed on the journal spread - step by step.  However, I had the 1st and 10th criteria already in my journal waiting to be worked with - so I started from there.  It's fun to see all the different ways that people interpreted the list too. Tons of fun, and I really enjoy his other videos.   I will probably go back and do some of the other Mission Inspirations.

The butterflies on this spread are punched with our Stampin'Up! punch and the flowers were cut out of a seed magazine .  The greenery is stencilled and then outlined. Swishes of paint and credit card markings of paint also. 

Create something everyday.

Joan

Tuxedo Muse

Muse30 no. 3 was TUXEDO. Well, I automatically think of Fred Astaire and I found this other dapper gentleman in a 1960 MacClean's magazine. My talented daughter, Allison, helped me design the letters last night at dinner. She did an awesome job. I traced stencil letters and then copied her ideas, cut them out and voilà. The background is acrylic paint and the stamps around the edges are from Stampin'Up!

Create something everyday.

Joan

Muse30 prompts

Daisy Yellow has a new set of prompts that she's working on - Muse30 Prompts.  The first prompt was simply the word "Print".  I found some old writing book pages and created a collage around the page.  Using the Big Shot, I cut out the letters from different styles of print, adhered them to the page and then outlined and highlighted them.  On the lines I wrote synonyms for the word "print" using a thesaurus.  The ABC letters are chipboard and I found the old typewriter in Tim Holtz's "French Industrial Paper Stashes.

The second prompt for Muse30 was "space".  Honestly I first thought of outer space and then I thought of lines and spaces of the music staff.  So - I delved into my box of coloured markers, which rarely get used, and started writing the word "lines" five times in each section and the four spaces I "highlighted" with a different colour.  I like how they're woven together!

Don't be afraid to to literary sources to help you spark your imagination.

Create something everyday.

Joan