CJS #2 - Tape

One of my favorite bloggers is Marjie Kemper. I know first hand what a generous, kind person she is, and she is also very talented. It was exciting to see her name as one of the presenters for the 2014 version of Creative Jump Start, Nathalie Kalbach's brain child. This year we are using household items. 

When I first saw Marjie's example, I had no idea it was tape--literally could have knocked me over with a feather. Here's my take on her project. 

I used the same technique on a tag, and put yet another tag on top of that. I sop extra ink, paint, whatever with tags of all shapes and sizes. They are often great additions to art journal pages or cards. 

I love mixed media art...it's so much fun!!

Hope you're finding your fun. Thanks for visiting today.  

CJS Projects - #1

I am really enjoying Nathalie Kalbach's Creative Jump Start 2014. As I've mentioned before we're using household items in new ways this year. Here's a new take on bubblewrap.

I had a blast with the technique that Andrea Gomoll taught us. Parts of the finished product are very painterly, parts of it are transparent...and its all full of luscious color. MMMMM. I made several pieces, but this was my favorite.

The colors reminded me a specific Claude Monet painting he did later in life...so I kind of went for a similar layout in my art journal.

One of the benefits of the bubblewrap process is you end up with very cool parchment paper as well, which provided most of the background for the spread.

I just glued it down and added a few splatters of ink to tie it to the white space. It made me so happy, I added a couple of little dyed tags with "Joy to the World".

Life is good today. Hope that's true for you too. Thanks for stopping by the Fun Room.