Mandala & Collage

The second prompt for Prompt60 was to create a tiny icon mandala.  Mandalas are easy - making them with little pieces was a bit more thought provoking.  I liked how this turned out though.  It's on one of the watercolour pieces of paper in my book.

Prompt #3 was"Green/Book Design" so first I had to go through my stash and pull out an assortment of green stuff.

The idea was to create a collage that had margins around the edge like the words in a book do.  Some pieces were big and others just bits of paper.  I do like this one too - and I'll be finding a way to use the other half of Wicked!

Create something everyday

Joan

Escape…..

Oh I had fun doing this page in one of my altered books! The giraffes are part of a napkin that I got from a friend.  I used pieces from a dictionary page with the word tranquil especially chosen.  I used some retired Stampin'Up! stamps….one of which was the little alphabet set.  I really like how this turned out - very therapeutic!

Have a great day!

Create something everyday.

Joan

Accordian Book

I spent the morning creating a little accordion book for Tammy Garcia's Tangents & Tactics series.  I had a lot of fun doing this - it was a great way to use up the little bits of paper I've kept and the images I've cut out of magazines

To begin with I took a file folder and cut it into 4" sections. I used my Stampin'Up! Simply Scored board and was able to leave the folder piece "closed" to score 2.5" sections, measuring from the folded edge.  The two end sections were smaller, but that's fine.

Next I found various pieces of paper to glue as backgrounds to each section.

Then I went through my ephemera to finds bits and pieces to add, and pulled out some stamps too.  There are some retired Stampin'Up! sets that I didn't/won't get rid of - and this is one of the reasons!

The following are close-ups of each section.  Once I had attached everything I wanted, I used my watercolour crayons to outline each piece.  I dipped the crayon into water before drawing with it.  Never did that before, but it was what Tammy did in her tutorial video.

Believe me, I won't always have two postings in one day!

I had a lot of fun - and that's what counts!

Create something mini

Joan

Weekend Collages

I worked on some collages this weekend - Saturday was a good creative day.  This first collage is in my "Showbook" - an altered books I've designated for remembering the shows that I've gone to - a place to put the ticket stubs and programs - other than in a box.

A couple of weeks ago we went to the Edmonton Symphony playing Gershwin and Denzal Sinclaire was the vocalist.  We've heard him before - he's awesome!  Very reminiscent of Nat King Cole!

This image I found in a magazine while I was in Houston at Stampin'Up! leadership.  I loved his jacket and knew I wanted to collage with him.  Yellow is not a favourite colour of mine - but I like how the page turned out.  Sorry it's a bit blurry!  The page is in my "paper bag book" - believe me - paper bags are a bit difficult to do collaging on - but I imagine once I work on the backside the whole page will be firmer.

I also created this cover for a new book I'm going to put together this week which will hold pages that I have done with my gelli plate.  It's going to be a wonderfully chubby little book!

I didn't get any doodling done yesterday - so I will probably make up for it today.

Have a good one!

Joan

Mandala Beginning

There are those days when you think you're going to get a bit more doodling done - but it doesn't happen.  This is only a 6x6 book and I've worked on this twice already.  I'm vowing to add some insides to it today!  I've done this on a piece of watercolour paper - so it will be fun to colour in too!

Here are a few pages that I completed in November 2013.

I love these stacked doodles - need to do a few more I think - these were done on our trip to New York.

Have a great day!

Green Music Altered Book Doodles

The first time I visited Emily's home to do some acting with her, so told me I could select a book from her stash to use as an altered book.  She had an old textbook on how to teach music - so being a music teacher - that's the one I chose.  It's been over a year since I started it, and I haven't finished all the pages yet - but I've only got 4-5 left to do.  I thought today I would post the mandalas and doodles that can be found within it's covers.