My art journal is a place to play, to learn, to vent, to confess. All of it done with color and pen and papers and more. Themes do appear for periods of time. Lately it has been big easy flowers…

Another of my page spreads for GPP Crusade #42 ‘Strip Ease’

Here I used the reverse dictionary to give me 6 ‘re’ words pertaining to my feelings of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and how this disaster is ruining not only our lives but our environment and our trust in both corporations and the government. These folks need to be held accountable in a very severe manor. They need to be jailed with tough sentences to send a message to other corporations who play loose and fast with our world.

Crusade # 42 Strip Ease (Yes, I realize I misspelled Independence, don’t care though )

This page spread was created for Green Paper Press Street Team. I love torn paper so this was right up my alley! The 4th is such a nightmare in my neighborhood. I feel as if I have lost sight of the purpose of the holiday due to the obnoxious behavior of my neighbors at this time. That and the same thing that happens on New Year’s Eve. I am so glad to be leaving this house and all of the annoyance this neighborhood has provided.

I created two page spreads for this crusade and will post the second page next!

Really, grids make me so happy! So very happy that I could not resist another one. Listening to Pandora and using song lyrics that popped as I was working. I do that when I don’t have a specific topic to the page or that I really want to write about. Although on further thought, my daughter is very much on my mind right now so maybe it actually fits perfectly.

I haven’t had a chance to do a crusade in a while, but Michelle got my attention with grids. I love grids. Grids are used in both print and web design and the true fun is in breaking them. In the right way of course.

I tried to take in progress pictures but that only lasts for a little while, then I lose track of it. I’m better with video but I didn’t think to record this one.