10 years!

10 years ago today me & the love of my life got together. I made him this...

Art Geeks: 1 Photo 1 Year Challenge.

I've become part of an online art community & this week Christy posted a challenge to draw from the same photo everyweek for a year. This is to see if there is an improvement in our drawing skills after drawing the same thing for 52weeks. Practice makes perfect afterall! I printed off a pic of my husband Neil. I don't draw men usually, infact I've never drawn Neil until now! So this is a good challenge for me. I will be drawing the same pic everyweek to see if I do get better! Don't judge too harshly... It's my first attempt!

Little Photo Book

I know it's been a little while since my last post. I'm recovering from pneumonia at the moment so everything seems to take me just that little bit longer!
Anyway, my dad had asked me ages ago about making an album for him. So I raided my mums albums, my albums & family Facebook profiles & collected a few photos together. I didn't want to use the originals so I scanned them & printed them onto photo paper. I used 8 5"x7" recycled greetings cards, that I glued back to back to make the 'pages'. I used loads of scrap paper that I had, washi tapes, stickers, stamps & ribbon on the pages to give a scrapbook feel to it, & glued the photos in. I made the cover from a cardboard shoe box & some ribbon.
I really enjoyed making this for my dad. I hope he likes it!

Art Geeks: Creature Prompt.

Thursday is my most favorite day.. It's the day I play with my inks, paints & arty stuff. It's my therapy day for want of a better description! So today I made creatures... Instinct, Knowledge & Strength. On the back of the tag that 'Knowledge' is on I have written things I need to remember.

Art Geeks: Faces & Photos Journal Prompt.

I'm now a member of a page on Facebook called Art Geeks. Its a group for people who enjoy journalling, mixed media & art in general. They are a friendly & inspiring lot! Anyway, this week I decided to have a go at a prompt. A prompt is an idea for a page in our journals. How we interpret it is up to the individual. Actually, I combined 2! Faces & photos. I started with a photo of me as a small child (wasn't I cute?) & I did a loose interpretation of a self portrait! Anyway, my point was my journey from child to who I am today & that my journey of creating myself continues...

Hearts & Lace Box

Deb bought a box & asked me to 'Sarah' it for her so here's some pics...

Journal pg 2.

Here's a pic of pg 2 in my journal. I really am enjoying working in my journal. It's nice making art just for me...

My new love....

Today I started my art journal. My mum got me & the kids sketch pads so we could do art together. I have wanted to start journalling for ages so I got all my supplies at the kitchen table and got the kids to put their aprons on. We had one objective.... Make some art! No rules, just do what you feel! Kids loved it. I loved it. I love making art & I love spending time with my kids. Time well spent in my opinion!
Here's pics of the front cover & first page in mine. I also added a pocket on the inside of the cover to store collage cutouts etc.. Kids didn't want to show theirs yet....

Card for Suzi's friend...

My friend Suzi asked me to make her a card for her friends wedding. I scanned the invite into my laptop so I could use the butterflies from it as part of the card. I also used the poem that Suzi was reading at the ceremony. I love using serif craft artist for cards like this. I decoupaged  the butterflies and added a little irridescent glitter to give them lift. Also used it on the background.