14 DAYS OF LOVE - Day #3

Zipping right along, today we present you with the challenge to incorporate your favorite "love quote" into a journal page.

Quotes are wonderful to work with in your journals.  They can help express your mood, your emotions, evoke memories.  You can create your journal page around the thought expressed in the quote, and often-times a specific quote will lead us in a specific artistic direction.  Let your heart help you create this page of love then show us your creations over on the group feed at Artful Journeys.  And don't be shy about showing us your work.  We are not here to judge you.  We want to always encourage you and cheer you on, no matter your skill level.  We're all about showing you some love.

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LYNN JACKSON  For today's prompt, Lynn is having some fun with her quote!

Materials used are yellow card stock, Washi tape, and cut out hearts and letters and a stencil.
I just took a piece of card stock and cut letters to make my quote and added washi on the top and bottom of page. Stenciled some hearts and it was pretty easy peasy! Hope you like.

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TAMIE WILSON -- Tamie has been in a doodling mode this week.  She used Gel pens and Joy Ink pens on a lined 4x6" index card. Quick and easy, fun and please-y.

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BETTY RICHARDSON -- I took a different route this week to express one of my favorite "love" quotes from Voltaire...... done in scrapbooking style in my 9x12 Canson Mixed Media journal.  I used assorted scrapbooking papers, a die cut scroll plate for the quote, a Martha Stewart die cut edger for the tulip punch out, ribbon, yarn, flat-backed jewels,  black Micron and white Signo Uniball pen.  "LOVE IS A CANVAS FORMED BY NATURE AND EMBROIDERED BY IMAGINATION" ~~ Voltaire

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MELODY ELZY

Incorporate your favorite "love" quote: So I took my index card from yesterday and used it to lay out my quote...."The sun loved the moon so much he died every night to let her breathe."

The first time I read this quote, my heart clenched a little, and so I knew, when I saw today's prompt, THIS was the quote I was going to use. This is what Valentine's day is all about...a love that transcends all logic, and makes us dream of that kind of love for ourselves...

Be sure and post your images to the February Photo Album on Artful Journeys along with a brief description and they will show up on the group feed.  We can't wait to see what you create!

We're keeping it artful!

ARTFUL CHICKS
~~Betty, Melody, Tamie & Lynn

14 Days of Love - Day #2

Today's prompt for our 14 Days of Love journey is to create a predominately red background using a palette knife or other scraping type tool (plastic card, credit card, icing spreader, spatula, etc) and create a journal page using this background if you so desire, expressing love in some form or fashion.

You don't have to create a journal page. Perhaps you want to create a freestanding piece of art on watercolor paper, bristol or cardstock.  Maybe you want to create a smaller work to include on a journal page later, like an ATC, a postcard, etc.  Whatever you choose is fine.

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Betty Richardson - I created this page in my Artful Journey journal that is a Canson Mixed Media wirebound journal.  I used Liquitex Basics Acrylics in 3 different shades of red and also included some craft paints in assorted shades of pink.  All scraped on with a well loved and used-up gift card.  There are several layers of paint that really don't show up that well in this photograph, but the finish has a wonderful texture to it when you rub your hand over it.  Smooth in some places, rough in others. I like that!

                                       

All around the edges are the word "love" written in every "foreign" language I could get onto those edges using a Micron pen.  Hearts were stenciled with Diva Pink craft acylic and Liquitex Titanium white.  I have this lovely Stampin' Up background stamp called "Le London Script" that I stamped onto the backgound in a few places with Staz-On ink.  Other doodles and words were done with  bold, white and black Signo Uniball pen and a black Sharpie marker.  Lettering inspired by the work of Lindsay Ostrom.




Thanks for looking!  Hope I have inspired you in some way to create some magic and some love today!

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TAMIE WILSON 

Today Tamie did a quickie on an Index card. First she stamped some assorted hearts all over the card, and then scraped on a red acrylic background.  This is a great base upon which to "just add more" and then tip into her journal.    The lines of the index card showing through really adds dimension and a base for some "love" journaling.

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MELODY ELZY

The first is in my large Dylusions journal. I used Liquitex basics in Cadmium red deep hue, golden fluid in quin Crimson, Liquitex basics in white and Quin magenta. The bottom layer was applied with a spatulas AND a palette knife. The separate smudges of color were made with a spatula and an old gift card was used for the "lines".

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LYNN JACKSON 

I used a 6x6 piece of card stock and stamped some words on it then took the palette knife and scraped flag red across it. Took a stencil and stamped in the white hearts and the icons. The word stickers are from Theresa Collins. I am really enjoying the 14 Days of Love prompts.  What's not to love??

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Be sure and show us your work at Artful Journeys!  Post your image and a description in the February Photo Album and it will show up on the group feed automatically!

We're keeping it artful and full of Love!
YOUR ARTFUL CHICKS
~~ Betty, Melody, Tamie, & Lynn

On the index card divider I used my palette knife to apply the first layer and the smudges the white on with my spatula. I also used my gift card to apply some lines to this one. There's no pink on the index card divider.

Week 3 - Paint It Blue

The month of January is moving right along and so are we!  We've arrived at Week #3, and our prompt and challenge this week is to "Paint it Blue" AND to use a palette knife, spatula or credit card to create your background.

Does the color blue soothe you?  Maybe it is a hue of the primary color that really gets your art mojo flowing and inspired.  Blue is all around us, all the time.  It is in the sky, in the ocean, in public and private buildings, in our art, in our beverages.  Blue is an earth color. The color of water as seen from afar.  Colors inspired by the earth can't ever let you down or keep you from being inspired in some way.

Let's see what you can do this week with this little challenge and prompt.  Make it your own, interpret it any way you wish, and be sure and share your creations with us over at Artful Journeys, telling us a little about your mediums used and your technique or process.  We can't wait to see!

 TAMIE RODRIGUEZ WILSON -- see her full spread and learn more about her art here.  She used acrylics, ink sprays, washi tapes, stamps, lace, old book pages, packing tape, and bubble wrap.

BETTY RICHARDSON - She used acrylic paints and a triangular palette knife.  See her full spread and learn about the thoughts and processes behind her work here














LYNN JACKSON-  I used Apple Barrel Bonnet Blue as my base and added a stencil by Americana mixed media called brick wall.

The 1-2-3 are also stencils from the same company and took a few stamps and just stamped them into the bricks. Honestly I didn't know where this spread was going and really not even sure it did but I liked it in the end. It was fun not to think to much about it and just have fun. I hope you girls enjoy it.

MELODY ELZY - Melody went wild with book pages, fluid, heavy body and craft acrylics, a plastic card and more to make magic on the page this week.  Read all about her processes and see the finished work here