A little bit of art journaling

 This past weekend I got to take a day to play with my daughter - it was wonderful to spend the time with her just creating, laughing and sharing time with her.  She had never done any art journaling, so we decided to start a journal for her.  She did an absolutely beautiful page on travel and adventure - perfect for her personality.  

I started a new journal and over the weekend created these four pages.  A couple are pretty simple, a couple a little more involved, but I like the way they all turned out.  I had forgotten how freeing art journaling can be.  It's so fun to create just for the sake of creating and not be worried about rules, and the end result.

The stamps on the dream page are from Unity Stamps.  The ones on the butterfly page are from Stampendous.  The flower stamps on the blue page are from Avery Elle, and the stamps on the fairy page I marked from Lavinia but when I went to their site, I couldn't find it.  So I am not quite sure who makes them.

Challenges for the dream page:

A bit more time to craft - anything goes
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Love to Scrap - anything goes
Penny's Paper Crafty challenge - anything goes
Fab 'n' Funky - anything but a square
Crafty Creations - anything goes

Happy Friday all - enjoy the weekend!

Hugs,
Jodi

duh nuh, duh nuh, duh nuh, duh nuh...

This card was a "almost asleep, nighttime inspired" design.  You know that time of the night when you can't shut your mind off?  Yep, it came to me then - and I almost got up and created it right then.  However, after a night of good sleep, it went together easily.

I used a great stamp set from Avery Elle for the images called "Hello chum", and the "Slide on over" die cut set from Lawn Fawn to make the shark fin move back and forth...  I wish I had a recorder button on it playing the "Jaws" theme song... haha.

I gave this to my brother Bruce for his birthday, which made it extra cute since he loves the movie Finding Nemo and the shark's name in that is Bruce.  But even funnier is the fact that Bruce was also the name they gave the shark in Jaws, although that was just an on-set name, never used in the movie.  There ya go, a little fun trivia for the day.

Bruce belongs in some challenges:

Little Red Wagon - wet and wild
Crafting by Design - anything goes
Crafty Creations - anything goes
The Paper Girls Challenge - sea or beach

Have a great day!

Hugs,
Jodi

Dropping you a line

This card was made with an adorable set from Avery Elle called That Bites.  It makes me smile!  I used a mask to stamp them in a cluster, then colored them up with my Copics.  It didn't feel like it needed too much but the sentiment, a hook and a hand drawn sketchy border.  Someday it will bring a chuckle to a friend.

I think I'll toss my card into some challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks - Summertime activities
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - Anything goes

Happy crafting!

Hugs,
Jodi