June Went to the Birds!

March's Calendar Project

It was my sister Dianne's turn to pick the theme last month, and she chose "things that fly".  It was a challenge to think of so many things that fly; I think I cheated a bit.  LOL

Lucky 13

 

One of the themes for the Vancouver Artist Trading Card swap this month is "Lucky 13".  13 doesn't actually appear on this card but the images speak to me of luck and superstition. LOL



Silly Scraps Saturday

This is a simple collage made of scraps, done in my Scrap Journal.  I made my Scrap Journal with my Bind-It-All, especially to hold these "warm-up" collages.  When I want to make something but I'm not inspired to do anything specific, I make one of these.  One usually leads to two (or more).  I got the idea from iHanna's "Every Artist Needs a Scrap Notebook" post.

Every Saturday I post one of these simple collages.  Thanks for visiting my blog and I hope you are enjoying the weekend!

Easy Artist Trading Cards

 

Bird Stamp by Inkadinkado

 

Bird Stamp by Prima

These ATC's were inspired by Colette at A Bird in the Hand.  I turned distress stains over and banged them on cardstock to create splotches and then added a stamp.  I loooove all the white space.



Masking Tape Backgrounds

I've seen this technique twice recently and knew I had to try it.  Masking tape is inked with an ink pad and used to "stamp" out each stripe.  Simple but ingenious.  These bird and flower stamps are by Christina Renee for Prima.  The greeting is by Biblical Impressions.

Do Not Worry about Tomorrow,

for tomorrow will worry about itself!

Prismacolor Pencil Crayons

Gel Pens

Stamped images by Maryse Carrier and Prima

Book of Days

My Book of Days morphed this week into a cross between a Smash Book and a Remains of the Day journal when I was once again inspired by Lelainia Loyd and her Fragments of Me 2012 Sketchbook Project.  That's OK -  Effy Wild at the Book of Days journalling project finds her journal morphing into something new and I'm practising my composition and collage skills.  Some of the Christmas cards I received this year were too nice to  toss into the recycling bin and now I can enjoy them all year long.

A couple of weeks ago, just after the snow melted here in Vancouver, my heart turned to spring:

Pan Pastels

Heidi Swapp and Plaid stencils

Prima Christina Renee and Rusty Pickle stamps

Green Boxes with Threads

With the March swap behind me, I'm starting to think about the April design prompts for the Vancouver Artist Trading Card swap - dark green, boxes, and threads.

Another Bird

This time, the birds are singing for joy!

Lazy Hazy Days of Summer

Grids are easy in this hot weather!

My office/studio/rubber room is only habitable until noon in this heat, so everything gets cut a bit short.  I guess that's why they're called the lazy, hazy days of summer!