A little more stencil play!

Found a cute little crocheted heart I decided to use as a stencil. That was pretty cool.

I cut a set of buildings and the word DEEP out of some file folders for a couple of the spreads. I like the way they turned out. I or Nicci can elaborate on them if we choose.

Hand Cut Stencils

*** UPDATE AT BOTTOM ***

In addition to carving for prints - I am cutting some stencils. I can't wait to place them in the journal.

*** UPDATE ***

I like the stencil alot. Just had gold spray paint on hand - so now I am going to go buy a few basic colors. I plan on replacing the stencil slightly off and highlighting with a darker color. Still working on the spread... will add more to it in the future... but love the stencil addition. I will absolutely be making more.

While Away... Art Journal Play

I had a lot of fun while on vacation - arting up Nicci's journal. I bounced around all over the place. On this set I just added the orange color to her design.

On this set I added the two funky birds that parented her eggs.

More color to her spread.

Ditto... more color.

More color.....

And more....

And more ...

Here I painted the painted lady and I handcarved an XO stamp to use with multicolor metallic ink.

More color....

Another handcarved stamp. The phrase "Empty Sky" is a theme for another journal project I am doing... but it felt quite natural here. I carved this as a phrase.

The Terra Cotta background Nicci did was so warm. I kept imagining a window frame like this... so I drew one. I used Water Color Pencils (Metallic and Basic) for painting in.

And last but not least... more color.

nicci's journal - before mailing to maralena

mailed the journal to maralena. she already posted about receiving it! so it's on its way to a vacation spot with her. in the mean time, i have some images to post from it. i'll get to that when i'm able. i was sick for a week with some crazy stomach virus/flu thing that made me lose all momentum! eeeew.

feeling better now. in fact, i just worked on a JAM with maralena for a fine art valentine swap. i'm not sure what JAM stands for, but it means multiple artists work on something to complete it, so i am going to go ahead and continue thinking it stands for Joint Art Mission.

if you want to check out the combination of our printing fun, you can check it over on flickr.

Off on holiday.

I have recieved Nicci's lovely art journal and glanced though it only casually. I am making myself wait until I arrive at my destination for a week-long holiday. I have all my art goodies packed and ready to go. I can't wait to work on this journal while gone. xxx