A little art therapy...

There are so many things to be grateful for. I am forever reminded of this and how easy it is to take for granted. Not every day do we get an opportunity to see clearly our blessings, and not always are our blessings delivered with a big red bow on top. Regardless they are there...

This weekend one of these blessing popped right up and hit me on the head, and I am so grateful for it. I am hoping that it will bless you too!

Here it is:

So this past Saturday I just happened to be on facebook and saw that Rebecca Gawryl had a new sketch book :)

This quickly prompted a discussion on art journaling and we decided within minutes that we would get together each week and work on some art journaling together. There is something about creating art that just heals the soul. What ever the day may bring, I know that I can find a little peace with a little paint and canvas. It is a beautiful thing to put into art, the desires of your heart and find a safe place to express your true inner feelings. Now THAT is a true blessing.


Here is a little sneak as to what I have been up to... If you would like to join us, we are starting this Sunday.


So if you want to be a part of our therapeutic creating here is what we are doing this week.

Words: “What bugs you?”
Medium: Use at least one stamped image or word on your page

We are taking these simple prompts and working them into our pages. I am curious to see what we all come up with and the very different perspectives we all have.

Let us know if you want to participate... no pressure, just friends supporting friends to heal through creativity... and that is a beautiful thing!

♥ Liz

Sweet Child Of Mine...

Here is another fun layout using my March Bad Girls Kit. I have been meaning to post all of the pics, but I wasn't sure exactly when I would be able to post them, so here I am...posting them now... better late than never... I will add the rest as I go (I think I only have a few left).

This Layout is of my sweet child. Although she may look like daddy, her fiesty spirit is all mommy. I say right she says left, I say here she says there... She is argumentative, but in a good way, she keeps me on my toes and well I love every minute of it because she reminds me of when I was young. I only hope that her independent spirit remains and that this world will embrace her strength.

The technical scoop:

For this layout I took the box that my kit came in a cut out a 12x12 piece of it, I then ripped and tore it to get my fun corregated look. I gesso'ed it with a paint primer and continued to layer my favorite colors of Glimmer Mist onto it, from there I inked the edges and brushed some fun colors of stickles along for a little sparkle (this is what I love to call the girly grungification of cardboard). I exacto'd out the frame to the Prima Flirty Little Secret paper and cut out hand drawn leaves and hearts to decorate my page. The flower is flanked with paper that I misted with glimmer mist, folded in half and cut fine slits into so that it framed the flower and added some much needed fluff around the flower (well the flower really didn't need the fluff, but I love the contrast of textures). Lastly, and seriously the coolest trick ever... I applied green stickles to the tops of the Prima Say It In Crystals, with the crystal on the bottom, it adds depth to the stickles and makes them look like set rhinestones.

Well I hope this has given you some ideas for you next project, I definately feel like a mad scientist sometimes...sitting in my scraproom...concocting schtuff.

~Liz