april journal prompt

here is my april journal page for the prompt: if you could live someplace besides the place you live now - where would that be? and send someone a postcard from there. as you may already know, this year i started a personal journal for myself and decided to start a group on flickr for anyone who would like to join along. if you want to join along, please join the flickr 2011 journal prompt group at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1570781@N20/

AND THE WINNER OF THE GRAB BAG IS....

Netty said...

Oh wow a Grab bag, this is so very kind of you. Thank you for the chance of winning. Annette x

congratulations netty!

you have 48 hours to contact me at rocnic23@gmail.com with your mailing information or i will pick another winner.

zetti challenge

there is a challenge to create a zetti journal page. it had to be done on a black background. i love the way the black makes the colors pop.

here is a postcard i made a number challenge.

GRAB BAG GIVE AWAY

i've been cleaning my art space and found some unmounted rubber stamps. since i didn't even know i had them i figured i probably don't need them, so i'm going to pass them on to one of you. if you'd like to win this grab bag just leave a comment. i'll pick a winner by random name draw on tuesday, march 22nd. good luck!

something fishy

one of my art friends is hosting an altoid tin swap. in each group, each participant asks for a specific theme for their card. one of the player's theme was fish or flamingo. there is something about fish i love. it could be that the way they swim so gracefully is meditative to me. or maybe it is their ability to breathe underwater. as a little kid i use to think i could do that when i stood under the shower!

it's been a long time since i explained how i did a piece of artwork, so since this piece is more than meets the eye i thought i'd let you know how i ended up with the finished piece.

i first used bleach on a swirl stamp and stamped it on a purple piece of cardstock. then i took a different swirl stamp and used black staz on ink to stamp on the cardstock. i put that aside to dry. i painted, stamped and did some journaling on a piece of deli paper. i cut out strips to resemble plant leaves. i found an image of a fish and cut it out. i used oil pastels to brighten the fish and then added india ink to make his face stand out. i glued the leaves and the fish to the card stock. i used a white marker to add bubbles and then when that was dry i used a white gel pen to brighten the bubbles. i used the india ink to define the leaves and the bubbles. then i used oil pastels to add areas of shadow to the leaves. i also added various colors of blue oil pastels to the purple background.

and the winner is.........

flutterbycrafter said...

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Roc
Happy birthday to you

Hope you have an amazing and creative day and remember no calories on your birthday, so eat plenty of cake. xx

please send me your address. if i do not hear from you with 48 hours i will pick another winner. thanks so much.

another blue finger production video

another journal page

here is another journal page
i did in my strathmore visual journal book.

my happy birthday GIVEAWAY

shamelessly i say, happy birthday to me! today, march 2nd, is my birthday. i thought i'd do a giveaway to celebrate this monumental occasion. to win this 8 x 10 print of one of my journal pages, all you have to do is leave a comment. next week, on march 9th, i will randomly pick a winner.

march journal prompt pages

here is my march journal page for the prompt: what do you believe? as you may already know, this year i started a personal journal for myself and decided to start a group on flickr for anyone who would like to join along. if you want to join along, please join the flickr 2011 journal prompt group at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1570781@N20/