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pastels again

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It is possible that I own every set of pastels made!  I don't know for sure but there is a good chance of it.  I got pretty good coverage with these Stampin Up pastels.  I also tried my sister's suggestion of using a baby wipe to apply them.  It works great!  Thanks sis!

more pastels

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Here is another journal page started with pastels.  Unfortunately, you can't really see the shimmer in this picture.  I didn't get the same vivid color as with the Pan Pastels.  Maybe I should add another layer of color.

pan pastels

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I wasn't going to buy them.  It was really easy to have self control when no one in the area sold them.  But now Curry's is carrying Pan Pastels and I really do love pastels.  I love the way they blend so I did it.  I purchased a five pack.  I think I can live without buying ALL the colors but I will NEED to get a few more colors.  I think I need to buy some more of the tools as well.  The tools really do help to blend the pastels nicely.

hot and sparkly!

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I am really enjoying my hot summer journal!  I added some sparkly sequins to these two pages!  Don't you just the glitz!  Some people might call it garish.  I call it fun!

more hot stuff

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Here are a couple of more journal pages from my hot journal.  I used transparencies on each of the pages.  I really enjoy playing with transparencies!

just experimenting with silk pods

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I mentioned in an earlier post that I scored a ton of silk pods.  Many of them are colors that I would not normally use in my art.  I decided to see if I could change color to make them more useful to me.  The ones pictured above started off yellow, you can see a tuft of yellow sticking out of the one at 6 o'clock.  I used Adirondac Color Wash in terra cotta to color these.  It worked really well.  I watered it down a bit to get a gradation of color.  That's hard to tell from this picture but it does work.

The inside of the journal

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Here's a few pictures of the inside of my animal skin journal.   It's my take on a 'Remains of the Day' journal.  I haven't taken the workshop but I've seen enough of them on youtube to know how to do one.  I really enjoyed using my sewing machine to stitch everything together.

a new journal

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This is the cover of a new journal I am making.  I used a padded mailing envelop as the base.  I machine stitched different animal print fabrics to both sides of the envelop.  I think this makes a great cover and I really enjoyed making it. 

small journals

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We made these two small journals in Sandra's workshop yesterday.  The orange one is a simple pamphlet stitch.  The other a concertina journal.  They were quick and easy to make as Sandra had all the paper cut and folded for us.  We just had to join or stitch it together.  Unfortunately I did not get my larger journal stitched together.  I started to but it was too fiddly. I will have be in the proper frame of mind to mind to accomplish that task.

back cover finished

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I didn't have the time or the patience to do the back cover the same way I did the front cover.  I did some needle felting and then attached it to the plastic canvas.  Now I am ready for the final workshop tomorrow.  I'm sad that the workshops are finished.  They have been so much fun!  I will post pictures of the completed journal in a day or two.

I got the front cover finished

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I really like it!  The picture is actually a bit washed out.  The colors are more vibrant than the picture is showing.  I don't think there is time to do the same for the back cover so possibly I will do some needle felting and attach it to the plastic canvas.  That's the plan unless I come up with a better idea.

learning new things

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I have to say that it is not often that I learn new things at a workshop.  That probably sounds arrogant.  I don't mean it to.   I am making a journal cover with plastic canvas.  I have never worked with plastic canvas before this.  I am stitching small pieces of fabric to the canvas.  I really like the look but it is a bit tedious and time consuming.  I will persevere though as I really want to get it finished for the next workshop with\Sandra.  We will be binding our journals together and I really need to have a cover finished.

bead journal project for August

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I started by making the base fabric.  It has silk, dryer sheet, fancy yarns, threads, sheer fabric, hand painted fabric,fancy fabrics, glitter and paper in it.  I used a watered down glue to hold it all together.  I cut this piece from the larger piece that I created.  It's hard to tell but there are some gaps and holes in this piece that I quite like. I think the beading adds nicely to it.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was not difficult to to needle through this fabric.

everything can be made better with beads!

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I don't know why I didn't think of the beads yesterday.  I am glad I thought of it today though.  I think they make the cover better. 

hot hot hot

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It was an extremely hot day today and I was feeling the need for an art project that I could complete in one day.  I have been enjoying some youtube videos on 'Remains of Day' journals.  They inspired me to create the above journal.  I have so many papers that it was easy to go through my stash and find some hot colored ones that suited this day.  I also went through my painted fabrics and found some for the cover.  The fabric I used for the tie closure is from Little India in Toronto.  I couldn't resist it when I saw it but I didn't know what I how I would use it.  That is often the case when I buy things but you only regret when you don't buy those things that speak to you, right!

digging through the mounds of paper

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I came across these fun little pieces while looking through my stuff. I thought I would post them today as I don't really have anything new to show right now.  I did these pieces in Jacqueline Sullivan workshop a while ago.  I like them, I was hoping they would fit with the art journal I'm working on right now but they don't.  Actually, I don't know if they will ever fit with my work.  Oh well.