Princess Bubbles Creates

Diana Trout has a youtube video showing how to make a duct tape journal.  I have made a few of them now but this one is a bit different.  I took it a step further by really jazzing up the cover.  I applied beads, sequins etc.  I waited for the glue to dry and then added a coat of matte medium.  Any acrylic medium will work though.  Once it is dry I added color with alcohol inks.  I believe I learned that from a youtube video as well.  It is so nice and glitzy!  Just the way I love it!

This year I am stitching on photos of rust and pealing paint.  I really enjoying having a preplanned  idea.  Of course I don't know what I am going to stitch each month but I do have the base.  A heart made perfect sense to me for this month.  I really like the idea of cutting a little something away from the photo.  I may have to try that again.  Thanks for looking!

Okay, I am feeling rather pleased with myself!  I cut the heart shape out of the photo that I am working on this month.  I then added the stitching to stretch across the opening.  I am thinking this is a really cool idea!  I still have to add the beading so stay tuned for that.

I enjoyed working with the herringbone stitch.  Truly, I have enjoyed all the stitches so far.  I am really glad to be participating in this learning experience.  I worked this stitch on some paper/fabric I made.  Beryl Taylor makes this paper/fabric combo and I was inspired to try my hand at it.  Of course, I made it my own way!  Following someone's directions goes against my creativity or am I just rebellious?  Anyway,  I had no preconceived idea/plan for this piece so that gave me a bit of freedom.  I wasn't concerned about doing it right or messing up.  I just enjoyed the process and I am quite pleased with it! A big thank you to Sharon B at http://www.pintangle.com/   for doing tall this!

Well, here it is.  When I look at it, it feels done to me.  But another part of me says it should have beads on it!  So for right now I am calling it done but I reserve the right to add beads at a later date should I change my mind!  I am not totally sure why I went with an oval shaped block.  Other than that I knew I didn't want to do squares.  I will have to see where this takes me. 

A while back I asked for opinions about on line workshops.  I was wanting to take one and I wanted it to be really good as I had my doubts about them.  Well, I read a number reviews of a certain workshop.  They were raves reviews.  I checked into the workshop and found out that it was on sale.  I love a bargain so I decided to jump in and take the workshop.  I gotta say that I was not impressed.  Not at all.  I did learn a few little things.  Mostly I learned what not to do if I ever do an on line workshop. So that was a bit a negative and I don't like to be negative.  Here is the positive side.  I have been thinking of subscribing to Maggie Grey's Workshop on the Web for a quite a while.  It is more of a magazine style thing.  Well, Maggie never disappoints.  I love her books and now I love her on line magazine!  It is absolutely fabulous.  Why did I wait so long to subscribe?  I may have to go back ...

Finally, I have done the take a stitch Tuesday with Sharon B at http://www.pintangle.com/   on my crazy quilt journal project.  That has been my intention all along but I didn't know what I was doing with my crazy quilt until just last week.  Here I have done the Cretan stitch which is the focus this week.  I have never done this stitch prior to this.  I quite like it and will definitely use it on my crazy quilts from now on.  I think the metallic thread shows up nicely on the dark fabric.  I am not showing the whole block as it is not finished yet but will be by the end of the week.