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    Break thru journal

    I’m definitely in a bright color sort of mode…something new for me.breakI’m not sure that my journaling would stand up to an English majors scrutiny but I never professed to being an expert at my native language. 😉break sparklesI do love the shimmer and bits of sparkles that are on this page. They are just so darn hard to capture on camera.

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    SOC4: Week 1

    Kristen, our wonderful hostess for The Summer of Color 4, couldn’t have picked a better set of colors to start us out.week 1Aqua Blue & Yellow

    With a Smudge, Splash or Pop of Hot Pink

    Here’s my art journal page for today…

    aqua and yellowLove, love these colors!!

    aqua and yellow closeupI’m not sure if I’m going to label each weeks journal page with a SOC4 but today it just seemed right.

    Go check out what my fellow SOC4 artists come up with this week. I know I’ll be checking them out daily.

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    Productive Wednesday

    I had so much fun making the first journal spread yesterday, I went back for another.WednesdayOnce again I worked in my white journal.  Boy, I just realized that I have 4 journals going at once. And I have an idea for yet another. I should probably wait on that idea at least until I fill one of the currents to capacity.Wednesday textureTissue paper was used as a start for this page as well. It had been crumpled over and over again. Lots of tiny little creases. It started out very purple…or maybe violet. The color was a little too “in your face” for my taste. I used a couple of mists around the edges to tone it down to a dull roar.. The aqua washi tape begged me to use it with the new deeper shade of purple. The black and white just helped everything else pop on the page. I have this thing about circles…I use them all the time. They just make me happy I guess.

    So last evening I still hadn’t had enough creativity for the day. My sewing machine was still calling me.  I grabbed bits and pieces of fabric, paper, fiber and trims to sew together for collage cards. I didn’t give it much thought…just went for it.collage card marathon I made 21 mini collages that will eventually become greeting cards. Some will be left blank…others will have sentiments…some collages may not make the cut. Who cares…it was all scraps and bits laying around.