Painting

     This past week has been a flurry of painting.  

The ones on the wall are not mine.  The theme was clouds.

     I was involved with a murder mystery that included art - pointillism paintings to be exact.  I have had no experience with this form of art so I was on my own.  Thank God the artist was portrayed as not all that great at his craft.  I have spent several evenings this past week popping out paintings.  I'm not exactly super proud of them (somewhat proud, I am!).  I've discovered a new respect for pointillism artists.  It is a tedious art form and they must have the patience of saints as they create.  Plus, they use the tiniest dots.  I did not. As you can see.  

     I did one painting before I realized that it was supposed to be pointillism.  I really love the sky.  It's not finished, but I wanted to show it to you now, just in case I ruin it later.

"Ponyless Prairie"

     I'm not sure if I'll continue with my painting.  I may for awhile, to see if I can do more, do better.  Paints and brushes are expensive though, and I've already discovered that wiping stray bristles off a wet canvas causes blemishes on your art.  Ugh!  I need some guidance!

     Enjoy, and as always, comments are greatly appreciated!

Chipboard Book

Helloooooo!  So here I am and I thought I would share this really cool little book that I made out of chipboard and craft paper.  I have wanted to make one of these for a while.  I actually started one about a year ago with homemade page holders and pockets but I became discouraged because the projects I watched on www.youtube.com  were so awesome!  Lol – so I stepped back and tried my own thing. 

I laid out the outside of the book in 5 pieces.  I made the spine large enough to hold a black binding comb that I recycled from work.  One end was broken, so I cut it down and voila!   I had something to hold my pages in place.

I then covered the chipboard with black cardstock, leaving about a quarter-inch between the individual pieces of board so they would bend.  Just watch the videos here:   https://www.youtube.com/user/mysistersscrapper

 – They are amazing.  Ginger is so talented! 

I used DCWV Travel paper stack.  I used the solid colors as my pages and the printed for the front, back, inside and spine.  I also used some of the paper as embellishments, fussy cutting them, and then gluing it onto chipboard. 

The flowers on the front I made from the DCWV flower stack.  I like the way they look.  I even put a little center pearl in one. 

I made this little album for the postcards that I’ve received from www.postcrossing.com .  I love receiving postcards from different countries, hearing about other peoples’ lives, and seeing the (mostly) beautiful stamps.

I hope you enjoy, and comments are always appreciated!