I hadn't realized until I was sitting in at the table across from my scrapbook friend, Debbie that since about October my "me" time at the art table with my art journal open in front of me has been zilch, nada, nothing! No wonder I've been a little grumpy. Well, work may have something to do with the stress and not just withdrawals from not having paint permenantly affixed to my fingertips. I was looking forward to a day with the girls catching up from our Holiday hiatus, but due to the frigid weather the rest of my chicks decided to stay home. So, it ended up being just Debbie and myself! Tables all to ourselves! woo hoo. I wanted to work on Project Life but didn't have any pictures printed or prepped, so I packed up the art supplies sparingly. I've gotten quite a few new art supplies in my travels in the past few months, but haven't used them so I packed those so to challenge myself in using them.
One of my favorite techniques is to layout Distress Inks on my craft matt and add a little water to use them like water colors; which is what I did here. I then started stamping a few of my favorites. The Star is a die cut from Tim Holtz that I had tested with white card stock and used Distress Inks to colorize it.
The Jar is from Little Yellow Bicycle and the fairy is from Hot of the Press, Inc. The little stars are from the Martha Stewart all over the page star punch. I'm in love with the Prima Washi Tap stamps, with a little shading and some white ink they really pop.
I added a little bit of doodling here along with a quote from Shakespeare, " Though she be but little, she is fierce."
On this side I started with the doodling along the wire and then added the flower, which is from the Indie Bloom Collection by BasicGrey. I colorized it with my copic markers. I had my circle template with me so I drew a circle around the flower in pencil and used it as a guide for my text. It reads, "Bold Bloom * Flower of Beauty True." I later added the bee and I colored it with copics as well.
It was a well spent Saturday playing and catching up with my friend.
How do you get back in the art/craft groove?
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