New Year Projects.

This year I am going to try to restrict myself....meaning CONTROL myself to what I can comfortably manage.  I love doing swaps and following prompts.  I am a bit slow to work out what I want to do to depict the prompt, and so I get behind.

This year I plan to once again to do The Documented Life Project, Journal 52 with the lovely Chelle Stein and Prompt 60 with the wonderful Tammy Garcia at Daisy Yellow .

I will also be taking part in some Australian Art Swaps for ATCs with Louise Kirby as host and some Post Card Swaps.  My current Post card swap is Musings on Realities with Shannon Ganshorn...it is international.

Here are my first efforts for 2015.


For DLP  the first month theme is the Empty Page and Week 1 is Setting Goals.

 Week 1 Spread.

 Goals.

 Quote.

For Prompt 60 which is a prompt a day, but it is not neccessary to follow that as a time frame...at my leisure is the rule here.  So far:

 Title Page.

 Documenting papers used for first layer.

 Teeny Icon Mandala.

Collage in Green Book Style.

Recent Art Adventures.

Currently after a long break I am making art again.  I am so happy to be back at it.  Illness does make life difficult.

As I am a creature who loves to do prompts....(no imagination)...this year I undertook to play along with Documented Life Project , Journal 52 with the lovely Chelle Stein  with the amazing Tammy Garcia.

As well I like to do swaps.  I have just participated with a swap with Hanna at http://www.ihanna.nu/ 
and with Shannon Ganshorn musingsonrealities
So now I would love to share some of my most recent work with you.  Anybody there?? :)

ihanna swap.  I make 10 post cards, enrol and Hanna sends me 10 international addresses.  I send mine off to four corners of the world and sit back and wait for the postman call with his loads of gorgeousness!

My Cards for the swap:

From Lynne, Pheonix, Az.

And just look at this stunner from Tanya....whoops....I have all her detai;ls except her address.  This was so darling that I didn't want to undo it but of course I had to. And look at that sweet little tag!

I have only received the two so far, so I am looking forward to more.

My adventure with Rae Missingham has just begun.  I am surprised that having so much fun is not illegal.  I have never done anything like this before.  The 12 Tags of Christmas.  Here are my first three.  So much fun!!

 No 1

 No 2

No 3

Last but not least for today a couple of pages in my Journal 52 project.  I am behind but with my mornings happening I am trying to play catch ups.

Hopefully I get some readership.  Doesn't really matter because I guess this is mainly for my satisfaction But I really hope to be inspired to continue regularly.

Slack Blogger's Update

As usual I have filled my creative cup to overflowing.  I enrolled in a wonderful on-line art class called Soul Food which includes some wonderful and inspirational teachers.I haven't done a lot of these projects but I am faithfully downloading them and will get to them.

I also joined up with two free journaling groups The Documented Life Project hosted by five very fun ladies.  This consists of a weekly prompt to add to a bursting Diary/Planner.

The idea is to add your weekly work in response to the prompt as a tip in.

The other one I joined is Journal 52 another group with a weekly prompt which is run by Chelle Stein http://journal52.com.  For this project I am using an A5 journal and having fun.  I didn't do my cover, which was the first project because I am too messy and would ruin it by the end of the year.

The thing I am most excited and terrified of is that I am a part of a wonderful Art Journal round robin.  It is hosted by the wonderfully talented Louise from River Girl Art
I have done the very first page that I have ever done in another person's exquisite journal.  Thanks for your trust Roz.

This post has been on an adventure....I lost it and that exceedingly talented Louise, mentioned above found it for me.  Dunno how.  But I shall post this and continue later.