Check out 3 of my Christmas layouts at Jenni Bowlin Inspiration. Have I mentioned lately how much I adore Jenni Bowlin? She's the nicest person in the industry, plus her products are seriously awesome.
You can follow Jenni Bowlin Studios on Twitter (@jbsmercantile). She's giving away a $50 gift certificate next Friday (12/11) to a twitter follower...so get her added!
and apparently art journaling is still winning.
This picture of a cool graffiti wall in Stavanger, Norway just cried out to be put on a painty and grungy layout...fun.
I sat down to do a couple of assignments today, and ended up art journaling instead. Oopsie.
I am honored to be Scrapbook Kit Club's guest designer this month. The December kit is so festive, full of really wonderful holiday papers and embellishments...even a tube of paint! You could easily do 6 to 8 layouts with the kit. Kits go up for sale Dec 1st.
I did this piece during the demonstration for my "Art Journaling Layering Tool Kit" class yesterday (held at Creative Quest in downtown Glendale). The students who have been taking my classes are amazing...I feel like they teach me more than I teach them. It's so inspiring to see what they do in class! Anyway, here is my huge piece...it must have about 20 layers. The point of the class is to push beyond your comfort zone when it comes to layers, to experiment, to play. It's so much fun!
These two layouts are done with Danielle Thompson's awesome Kitschy Digitals digital elements...I just print 'em out and cut 'em out. Some of the feathers came from the pre-printed sheets you can buy in her shop, too...easy peasy.
These pages are a tribute to my friend Lisa Mitchell...I appreciate her support and generosity and talent so much.
Oh, Hambly is just so inspiring. People often tell me they are scared to cut into their Hambly papers. I say cut them up, use them! Hambly will make more, I promise. :)
Have you seen the Kenner Road November gallery yet? Soooo much inspiration there, be sure to check it out!
Photo credit for layout above: Corinne Delis
I was lucky to be asked to be the guest designer for Shabby Chic Crafts this month...check out their blog for all my pages, and scroll down through all the posts for lots of cute layouts and inspiration. Shabby Chic makes all kinds of cute & easy to use tags for you to use in your scrapping & card making. Very versatile stuff! Thanks for having me!
Here are a few of the samples I made while teaching my art journaling class in Spain. The class was centered around layering and building up work with many different layers. All of these samples went home with sweet-hearted students. :)
For the sweet Norwegian gals...here are the 3 layouts from the Inky Fingers class.
So, a few months ago I was browsing the Phoenix Art Museum bookstore and I picked up a book called "Stencil 101." As I flipped through it, I got so excited that I let out a little scream. The book is full of tutorial and project ideas for stencils...and BEST of all, there were 25 stencils included. Now, these stencils are not your typical hearts and ponies...no, they are urban and cool and I was so utterly inspired. I immediately began using the stencils in my work.
The sweet man who wrote this book, Ed Roth, recently contacted me after seeing his stencil on the cover of Somerset Memories. My scrapbook page, which is on the cover, is an imprint of Ed's swallow stencil (I was using the stencil and it became coated with ink. I flipped it over & pressed it onto a piece of cardstock to blot it, and the result was the imprint you see on the page. I simply let it dry and cut it out.)
I often get emails about the stencils I use in my work...and 9 times out of 10, the stencil came from Ed's book. Seriously. If you don't have it run, don't walk, run and get it.
Here are a few of my pages using his fab stencils:
I guess what I really love about Stencil 101 is that those stencils made MY work better. And that is the highest compliment I can give.
And...super exciting...Ed has another book coming out! It's called Stencil 101: Decor, and I cannot wait to get my hands on it. I start to drool just looking at it...exciting!
Ed and Chronicle Books have a surprise for you! They are generously giving me one copy of each of his books (Stencil 101 and Stencil 101: Decor) to give away! I will choose one winner for each book from the comments left on this post...I'll draw the winner(s) in a week. Sound good?
And seriously, you need Ed's books. Check out his site, too, for all kinds of info, how-to tips, inspiration, and other stencils you can buy.
Thanks, Ed, for the inspiration you have given me!
While hanging out in France & watching all the talented scrappers do their thing, I started making little 6x6 quickie collages on some chipboard I had left over. Here's one...quick & fun. It felt great to just sit & create for a bit. This one was a gift for a gal who couldn't come to the event--her friend asked me to make her something. What a thoughtful friend!
And...I just remembered today I promised the awesome Norwegian girls that I'd post the layouts from my class I taught there. I'll get them photographed today & posted tonight or tomorrow...sound good?
I can't tell you how awesome the other teachers were in Norway & France...Oddborg, Tracie, Celine, and Karine all inspired me greatly! During Karine's class, I was inspired by her layout and I made this. I didn't have any photos with me, but Corinne did, so I used her photo and she took the layout home. Thanks for the inspiration, Karine!
I did some small art pieces during my trip (most of which I gave away to sweet students)...and over the next few days I'll share some of them. I did make it home with this canvas...
I wondered how you did those! They always look so wonderful! These books look amazing!