Listening is a Priceless Gift

I have this friend who continues to amaze me. He listens when I talk to him.  He remembered that I talked about baker's twine.  We had this conversation months ago and yet he remembered. The baker's twine on this card is from him.  He sent it to me in my birthday box. My birthday gifts were amazing...but the fact that he listens is priceless.  Thank you, Mink.

This is my thank you card to him.  My life is enriched because he is in it and to me he is Unfrogettable.  

The images and words are Stampin Up Stamps. The background the frog is on is a gelli print.   The frog eyes are Studio G glitter glue.

Linked to: August Gelli Party

Split Personality

Sometimes I feel like I may have a split personality.  I make these grungy art journal pages and then I make a "cute" owl card.  Cute dog cards always call me.  So do birthday cards that have balloons.  The thing about cards is that sometimes I make a card with someone in mind.  I made a cool card a while back with an old Vet on it.  It was the perfect card for my friend, Mink.  

Not Quite so Cute

Cute

I bought this Sizzix owl die back in November and then I never used it. Recently, I finally used him on an AB page and I grunged him up a bit. These two are my latest owls.  One is cute and one leans toward artsy. It's amazing how a bit of paper will change the look of something so much.

The words background in both is by Stampendous.

Link to Creative Everyday

 

Mini Book Page

I made a mini book last night out of a piece of brown paper.  The book measures 1.75 inches square.

I used deckle scissors to trim the edges and a colored staple to bind it.  I gessoed this first.  I didn't like how the images I stamped so I gessoed over that making the surface rough and uneven.  I used Stazon to stamp the flowers and the butterfly.  Maybe it was the rough surface but I couldn't get clean images.  I used sharpies to color my little flowers.  Then I stamped some tiny words using Latte Adirondack ink.  I used a damp stipple brush to add a little blue to the background.  Of course, that smeared my Latte in places.   I also put a little sepia around the edges of the page.

I'm posting this because I read a blog post by Julie Fe-Fan Balzer about Art Journaling everyday.  She asks people to post what they are working on even if they don't like it.  I don't like this page.  It's one of my least favorite pages I've ever done. That's ok, because for me, the point is the process.  The point is to do something creative everyday.  I also learned about stamping on a rough gesso surface.