One Little Word - HOPE

With the work of our two shops, I let my art journaling go by the wayside. I'm determined this year to do better. This is a simple page I created to showcase my one little word for 2016.

The texture is created with a pale knife, Crafters Workshop Tile Texture stencil and Liquitex Super Heavy Gesso. I cut my word with Alterations Thinlits Celebrate dies. I used happy and love, cut the letters apart, and glued together the h, o, p and e. Sometimes we just have to make do, right?

The circles are paper scraps and the doodling was created with an ultra fine tip bottle filled with a mixture of Golden Airbrush Medium and Carbon Black fluid acrylic.

I had purchased a few distress markers and Tim Holtz distress marker Spritzer toward the end of last year. Thought I'd give it a whirl to add some color to my black and white design. I first scribbled on some color and blended to into the white with a water brush, then misted with my water sprayer and let the color run. Ooooh! I like this!

The marker colors are: Mermaid Lagoon, Faded Jeans, Lucky Clover, and Salty Ocean.

To finish it off, I used the Spritzer. 

I'm off and rolling... HOPE I can keep it up!

Thanks for stopping by... I really appreciate your visit!

Linda

Creative Jump Start Begins & My "One Little Word"

With this new year comes two renewals in my life... number one being Creative Jump Start, with Head Jump Starter, Nathalie Kalbach. I honestly debated as to whether or not I would participate in 2016 (the price has gone up considerably), but was thrown over to signing up when I saw that Paula Phillips would be one of the instructors. I'm a big fan of her work, and wouldn't want to miss out on her class. You can sign up here for classes with twenty-four artists with the theme of Art in Translation.

Second is "One Little Word". Ali Edwards is the originator of this workshop and you can read about it here. I've never taken this actual class by her, but do my own journal and projects using my one little word... which this year is...

Ali's workshop sounds wonderful, and if my funds where unlimited, I'm sure I would sign up for this one, too. As it is, I've had to do this one on my own for the last four years, but please check it out. I've taken some of her other classes and they were well worth the cost.

In starting out the new year, I'm sure we all need a bit of inspiration and a little push to get going. Please take a look at these two sources. You may find what you need to start your year off right!

Thanks for stopping by... I so appreciate it!

Linda

One Little Word 2015

My One Little Word for 2015 is TRUST. Being backed up with all my projects this year, I finally remodeled my wall hanging and added my new word. I haven't done Ali's classes or notebook, but just try to incorporate my word into my life. I chose a word from Bible scripture that I believe is something I need... some area that needs improved or strengthened.

This wall hanging has gone through some major changes this year. I started with pulling all of 2014's papers and embellishments off. On my Kaisercraft Curiosity paper, I laid down some Prima Clear Gesso by Finnabair just for strength. I applied her Texture Paste in Platinum using a Crafter's Workshop Tile Texture stencil. While that was drying, I cut an Alterations Ornate Frame from light chipboard and gave it a thick coat of the Platinum TP. When everything was dry, I assembled layers of papers, two Alterations Distressed Doily, Prima and I Am Roses flowers, cheesecloth, Spanish moss, May Arts Burlap String loops and Alterations Spring Greenery leaves. The gorgeous butterfly was a gift from Linda at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

If you would like to see how this all started, please look here, here and here!

Thank you for stopping by!

Linda

Run Is The Word

This is a post with

a couple side stories beginning with my word for the year... "run". Yesterday while I was waiting for our first Creative Jump Start class to come live, I went to Julie Balzer's blog to see what she has been doing since she was to be our first Jump Starter of 2014. Her post here, was titled "One Little Word 2014", and I immediately thought... shoot, I forgot to pick mine. Well... moving on, our class came on and I was thrown into high gear with ideas for projects... (I LOVE CJS!!!) Making a list of what I wanted to create throughout January, I added my One Little Word project. I know Ali Edwards' concept is to do a journal that you work on through the year. (Last year I choose the word "Press" and made a journal for it here, here, and here, that I ended up giving away... which I felt was a better thing for me to do than to use it myself... and I still concentrated on my word and let it become a part of my thinking and doing. ) So I decided to make some thing I could hang above my desk, so that I could keep my thoughts on my word and let it do it's work in my life. Here it is...

I took my word from 

the Bible verse Hebrews 12: 1. I feel I've been slack in a lot of ways and need to get moving... run.

The base of my wall hanging

is canvas. I made the hanger from natural jute, the papers are from Prima's Engraver collection.

The flowers are from Prima

and Petaloo. The metals are by Idea-ology... time piece, game spinner, long fasteners and type charm. The ink is Vintage Photo Distress.

Second story...

Before I began work on

the One Little Word wall hanging, I thought I'd better tackle the thank you cards that were also on the list. Here's a sneak peek...

I have to thank Julie

and Ali for the inspiration and the six projects I was able to create yesterday. Even though I didn't actually use the techniques Julie taught or do a journal like Ali suggested, just watching them gave me motivation. More than all, I thank my God for the abilities He's given me to perform the tasks and to run the race. Now, to just do it with patience!

I'm linking up at:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

I Am Resolved

The other day

on Ronda Palazzari's blog, she posted a gorgeous journal page with the word Resolve. Having gotten my attention, I proceeded to read what she had to say about it, and discovered that it was her design team project for One Little Word. Ah haa... I like this! A challenge to scrap a word... RESOLUTIONS. Immediately an old gospel song came to my mind. It starts...

I am resolved no longer to linger,

Charmed by the world's delight,

Things that are higher, things that are nobler,

These have allured my sight.

but this is the verse I was thinking of...

I am resolved to follow the Savior,

Faithful and true each day;

Heed what He sayeth, do what He willeth,

He is the living Way.

That was my inspiration, and this is what I created...

I started with the

8x8 Place In Time paper pad from Graphic 45. I backed the January sheet with a piece from their 12x12 Communique pad plus some chipboard for added strength.

I printed the photo

in black and white to match the papers better.

A tag from the 

January embellishments sheet and a French Lace paper doily.

Clear Rock Candy

Stickles on the snowy parts and TPC Studio rhinestones.

 A Momenta metal corner.

Shabby Chic

Treasures frame by Prima, a Spare Parts bottle cap from The Paper Studio, and I Am Roses flowers. More tags with one having my list of Resolutions.

A Prima clock.

More I Am Roses.

Authentique Petite

Type Square alphas and American Crafts Doll Thickers that I colored with Faded Jeans Distress Ink.

Why don't you Resolve 

to enter this challenge with me or stop by and check out the DT's gorgeous work here.

I am linking up at:

One Little Word - Resolutions

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda