My Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2013

Hello everyone!

Hope you all had a nice

Memorial Day weekend.

I'd like to thank all the veterans

and active duty soldiers who serve our

country, thank you!

 

 

So I finally got to my Tim Holtz

12 Tags of 2013

May tag. Hey, technically I have one

day left before I'm late.

 

I have been on time so far all year, and thought I

would show you all my past tags.

 

Most of the time I don't have all the

exact supplies Tim uses, so they will look a

little different than his.

 

okay, maybe we should go in

chronological order

(whoa, look at me with the big word!)

 

Here's January

I didn't have the stamp for the saying

so I just printed it from my

computer. And the background

embossing folder is different.

 

February

Most of this one is my own, which I like. I don't

really want to make exactly the same, but use

his techniques.

 

March

Okay, so only the grass idea is the same!

 

April

Love the clear overlay cutout.

 

May



This picture came out so light. The colors are

really much darker, and I love how they blend.

That's a Daniel Torrente stamp in the center, and

rub ons here and there.

 

So far I have loved how they all turned out.

I have them hanging on a piece of burlap held on with

a clothespin. I love being able to turn around from

my table and see all the colors.

 

They make me Happy!

Do what makes you happy, and have a great day.

 

Thanks for stopping by, leave me a comment. I

promise I will say hello back!!

 

christine

Journal pages!

Hello everyone!

 

I have two pages that I finished from the

Dyan Reaveley class last weekend.

 

This first one is from the Imagery class. I really

didn't know where to go with it, but

after I added some more background "marks"

and thought of a quote, I was good to go.

 

 

I don't know how she ended up underwater.

I think it was the waving hair! And since I bought

Dyan's "Ocean Background" stamp set at ESS,

I figured I would use it.

 

I added the fish after by stamping them on a

separate piece of cardstock, colored them, cut them out,

and glued them in place. They definitely added

some needed interest.

 

The second page is the Flossy stencil we started in

class. I added some more color to the background to

liven it up a bit.

And she looked like she was dancing,

and that KC & the Sunshine Band song got stuck

in my head!

 

 

Dancing with leaves is kind of silly, but

isn't journaling supposed to be fun.

 

I hope you like these pages. I still have lots

more to go. We started so many in class.

 

Thanks for stopping by, and have a good week!

 

Christine

 



Dyan Reaveley + Everything Scrapbook & Stamps = FAB-u-LOUS

Hello everyone!

I hope all the moms had a nice Mother's Day.

 

Mine was absolutely wonderful.

I spent Saturday and Sunday at "Everything Scrapbook

and Stamps" in Lake Worth, Florida with none-other-than Dyan Reaveley!

 

 

Here's me getting ready

 

When we checked-in, we were handed a Dylusions journal and a beautifully hand-made name tag (made by Jeannie at ESS)

 

 

The first class was Using Imagery in your Journal. The class was set up so that Dyan actually sat with us at the table and we could see everything she demonstrated.

 



She explained, we listened.

 

She demonstrated, we watched.

 

She gave instruction, we did.

 

The way she teaches is really great because you know exactly what to do. She breaks it down into steps that anyone can handle.

And we had FUN too! The girls at ESS, Michelle, Nancy, and Lisa made sure everything ran smoothly.

Especially Dyan's teapots!

 

The first class was all about spray backgrounds

and images from magazines.

 

This is one of my backgrounds that I didn't use yet

 

This is one that I started in class.

 

When the first class ended, we were able to leave our

journals on our seat so we could sit in the same place.

I had a good spot diagonally across from Dyan.

She was loving me! As you can plainly see.

 

 

After lunch, we started Silhouettes class. You know,

the stencils with Flossy, Annie, and Bert.

 

Here's my started Bert, and the mustache cupcake

one of our classmates made. If you look close

you can see why I couldn't eat mine.

(hint: spray ink)

 

Here's my Bert finished

 

And my Flossy page with

 ghosting in the leaves

 

Everyone in the classes were very happy with their pages.

Here's a group pic of the second class.

 

 

Sunday's class was Couture Journaling. Dyan showed us

how to make the fabric designs for the couture stamps. I really

enjoyed this class because I never know what to add to

the dresses to make them interesting and have dimension.

 

Dyan showing samples

 

 

Oh yeah, did I mention, Dyan moved her seat and sat

RIGHT NEXT TO ME!!

 

Look, our arms are even touching!!

 

Here's my started page

 

Dyan showed us how to make masks for the stamps,

and how to place them so you can make this kind of page.

oooh, and we got to use the water brushes filled with

Dylusions ink. They were the COOLEST thing.

 

After that I had to leave to drive home. I'm really sorry

I missed the last class. But I had a great time!

Oh yeah, and I bought a lot of supplies.

I can't wait to use them ALL!

 

Thank you so much "Everything Scrapbook & Stamp"

for bringing Dyan to your store.

 

Thank you Dyan for coming to the US for five

weeks and teaching us how to make beautiful art

journal pages.

 

And Dyan totally loved me!

 

 

I know, right!

 

Christine

 

P.S. Leave me a comment so I can say hello!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Journal Beginnings

Hello everyone!

I hope you had a good day today. I actually did get a little inky today, so that is a very good thing. I get cranky if I'm away
from the studio for too long!

I thought I would show you how I started art journaling back in June of 2011.

 My first journal was a hardcover book I bought in a thrift store for $1.00  All the information I found on the Internet said to look for a book that had the signatures sewn into the spine, as I would need to remove several pages from each signature. This was done because after painting and embellishing the pages, the book would not fully close. (it still doesn't really close anyway!)

 

This is my first art journal. As you can see, it doesn't close!

 

 

Here it is spread wide open.

 

 

 

 

A few of my older pages

 

This is my latest page in this journal. It's tissue

wrapping paper Collage Pauge'd on with paint

and Tim Holtz Distress Ink rubbed on. I'm at the

"what next" phase!

 

 

I actually have four different style journals I'm working in right now.

Besides the above hardcover,

 

I have a travel size Moleskin . . .

 

 

a 7x10" soft-cover Moleskin

 

 

and my newest Dyan Reaveley 9x13" journal

 

 

I love this one because it can handle any spray ink

or paint you throw at it!

 

Next time I will post more pictures from the Dyan journal, and you can see pictures of some of my other pages on Instagram @crazycolorfulchristine or Twitter @crazycolorchris

 

Thanks for stopping by, and leave me a comment so I can say hello.

 

Christine

 

 

 

 

 

May calendar challenge

Hello again!

Since I showed my Kate Crane calendar started,

I thought I would show the finished page.

I used Dylusions spray inks Lemon Zest, Pure Sunshine,

Cherry Pie, and Postbox Red for the background

with an orange acrylic paint to keep it really vibrant.

The flowers and leaves are also Dylusions stamps

colored in using Copic Markers. May is also a Dylusions

stamp. The yellow squares are watercolor paint.

The bottom layer of flowers are glued and there

are some flowers glued with foam squares

to give some dimension.

Hope you have a good night. 

Leave a comment so I can say hello!

Christine

Welcome!

Hello everyone!

I'm so excited to be typing my first post to my new blog. I hope you enjoy reading about my inky adventures into art journaling, with some book binding, quilting, and mixed media thrown in.

I thought I would first show you some pics of my studio where it all happens.

This is my worktable.

one side for paint/ink

and one side for sewing

My books and paint/sprays

Quilt I made in 2004

Quilts in the closet

Books I've made on the shelves

Quilt in progress

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2013 display

Working on Kate Crane's calendar challenge

 

So that's a tour of my studio. I hope to post at least once a week, but if there's more to talk about you'll definitely hear from me.

 

This coming weekend I'm going to Boca Raton for classes with Dyan Reaveley. I am so excited about that. I've taken one class with Tim Holtz last September and had a great time. I know this

weekend is going to be soooo much fun! Dyan is really talented and the people at Everything Scrapbooking and Stamps in Boca are really nice, so I know it's going to be great!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Please leave me a comment so I know you were here.

 

Christine