ponderings

Last peeks...

Just finished writing the last lesson for my class...

There's paint on every shirt I own...

but I'm happy. :)

Holy ginormous art journal, batman...

 

I bought an incredible art journal in Holland (see pics above)--it is about 9x12, and is full of wonderful, thick deckle-edged watercolor paper. I have looooved working in it, and it's almost full (I've done over 50 pages for my art journal class!!). So, I was on the hunt for a similar journal, and thought I'd found one at MisterArt.com. They were out of stock for awhile, and a little pricey, but I put myself on the wait list. When they finally came in, I ordered two because I so love my Holland journal...

And holy frijoles, they arrived today and they are HUMUNGO (pic below of the new journal)!

I think I need to buy more paint...hee hee.

peekies from today's work....

It's a hot mess...

Holy frijoles, look at the mess my workspace is.....oy! Can you tell I've been art journaling all day? What makes me laugh is the Scotch tape is right there, and I can't even think of the last time I used a piece of Scotch tape.

Scrapping & other business...

Are you checking out the Jenni Bowlin Inspiration blog regularly? You should...lots of great inspiration there from the JSB design team.

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There's a peek up on the Kenner Road main page for July's kit--exciting!!  And don't miss the Kenner Road blog ..Jessi has a tutorial there for the cutest little family game project.

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Danielle Thompson has a new digi Kitschy Digitals kits available...washi tape frames that are semi-transparent! Too cool! The blog has details on how to use them...I seriously need better digi skills! Here are my latest Kitschy Digitals hybrid pages:

Some art journaling...and some scrapping coming in a bit...

 

Sharing a couple of journal pages from the 1st lesson...

The winners are........

Wow, so many great comments...thanks so much! Your comments have been so fun to read and your kind words are so very appreciated. You'll never know how much they mean, so thanks! I have decided to give away TWO passes....

The first winner is...............

Wow, this sounds like a wonderful class. I so love art journals but I have a hard time expressing myself in them. Thanks for this opportunity...keeping my fingers crossed.

Posted by: Yolanda Carrasquillo | June 26, 2009 at 07:30 AM

And the second winner is:

OMG, I would love to win a free pass, your class looks like a ton of fun!

Posted by: Meaghan (bonafyde) | June 25, 2009 at 04:41 PM

Congrats!!! And, there's still time to sign up for my class. In fact, you can sign up after it begins. The class materials remain up indefinitely, and so you can work at your own pace and also sign up at any time. Class starts tomorrow...woo hoo! And tonight we're doing a chat at Get It Scrapped...9:00 p.m. EDT...join us!!

Win a free pass to my class.....

My Art Journaling 201: Masterful Art Journaling class starts on Tuesday!

Now's your chance to win a free spot...just post a comment on my blog & you'll be entered to win. I'll draw a winner on Monday!

This class is going to be different than other classes you've taken. We're going to take an artist and learn about his or her life...sort of a crash art history course. Then, we're going to take the artists' style and art and use it as a starting point for our own journals.

We're not going to be recreating the artists' work...I'll save that for 4th grade art class. No, we're going to draw snippets of inspiration that can fuel your own work for pages & pages.

Intrigued? :)

Hope you're ready to get paint under your fingernails...

Class starts one week from today!! Aack!

Class starts in a little over a week...

and I am excited! We'll be doing an early registration prize...and I'll be giving away a free pass on my blog, so stay tuned.

Scrapping rebelliousness....

I have so many assignments to do...but I put together two quick pages today that are just for me. They're funky & sorta weird...but that's okay...lol.

Just a few more peekie peeks...

for my Art Journaling 201: Masterful Art Journaling class...

This class will have lots & lots of inspiration for your journaling!

Another chance to win some goodies....

Come and play with me over at the fabulous Scrap-Diner! I'm doing a challenge based on this layout:

Participate in the challenge, and you could win a Jenni Bowlin prize worth $26! Woo hoo! If you're new to Scrap-Diner, you will love it...Sherine gets orders out lickety-split, and is one of the nicest people on the whole planet.

Doodling class winner....

And the winnner is (thanks to Carter who always draws names for me....)....

thanks...sound like a-lot of fun.....count me in...

Posted by: Gloria King | June 14, 2009 at 01:44 AM

Congrats, Gloria!! Email me & I'll tell ya how to get signed up!

Wanna win a little somethin' somethin'....

Michelle Houghton is teaching an awesome class at Get It Scrapped...Oodles of Doodles. I checked out Michelle's free warm-up lesson, and I was really inspired!The class has lots of cool scrapbooking possibilities...and lots of art journaling possibilities, too. I always tell people I don't know how to draw, but I think Michelle's class will give me some tips & some confidence. Oodles of Doodles starts on Monday, June 15th!

And....I'm giving away one free spot in Oodles of Doodles...woo hoo! Just post a comment and I'll draw the winner on Sunday night on Monday morning!

Kenner Road peek...

Oh, you'll seriously adore this month's Kenner Road kit...available 6/14 at 9:00 p.m. PST.

Some JBS peeks...

Scrapped with Jenni Bowlin loveliness...here's a peekie...

Some scrappiness....

Check the Jenni Bowlin Inspiration Blog for all kinds of Jenni goodness!