Friday, January 11, 2008
Book Home
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Happy Holidays
Carole
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
thank you so much !!!
Joy Jewel, your book will be in your hands sometime soon, hang in there!
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Mea Culpa!
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
New Blog
I have created a blog...do come and see..........I still can't post as much as I'd like to but come on in and say hi. The blog is Mixed Media Meanderings
Carole
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Happy Halloween
I've been trying to upload pics but when i click on the Add Image Icon... nothing happens...anyone else having a problem?
Friday, October 26, 2007
Coming to the end
Carole
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
D is for Daisy
The quote I used reads:
The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it's scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness. -- Therese of Lisieux.
I'm sorry this was late, and I wished I had gotten a 2nd page spread done, but as we all know, life happens....
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Home Is Where The Heart Is . . .
houses and hearts . . . the theme for "H" I did in Kelly's book. I also did an "M" page for her and it turned out nice, but I am in love, love, love with this page. I don't think the scan really does it justice! LOL, my arm hurts from patting myself on the back . . . giggle!
Love ya, love your art
Judy
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
A and J in Sharon's Book
I finished these up the other night and signed the sign-in page last night. I'll get them packed up to send to Suzanne in the morning.
Blogger isn't behaving properly so I'll see if I can get these photos looking better tomorrow night. In the meantime, I'll see if I can get them on my own blog.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Oops, I Did Three Pages!
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Pages for Kellie's book -- T and R
Here's the "T" page:
The words that meander through the page are the lyrics to "Tiptoe through the Tulips"
Here's a look at the other page spread I made:
I posted a whole bunch of pictures of the process I took to create this page spread on my blog: http://blog.saltcreekquiltco.com
The glue is still drying. I'll get Kellie's book in the mail tomorrow, I hope.
Friday, April 27, 2007
on it's way!!!
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Very Awesome Art From Down Under . . .
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Thank you Sue!
I worked on a spread for Kellie's book yesterday. I need to do another and then mail it on. I'll post pictures once I'm finished.
Thank you Sue! I can't wait to get my book back so I can put these in and see everything else that has been added to my book!
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Very Cool ARt.......I've started the backgrounds for Judy's book. I'm going to use P for Portals , I'm not sure what letter I'm using next but I'm leaning towards M for Muse. I know I haven't posted here but I just got over being sick and my work schedule doesn't give me much 'play' time. I try to use my free time for my family and artwork but I will try to post more often.
Has anyone seen the book Kalidescope (spelling may be wrong) well, I ordered it from Stampington. I'll share my thoughts on it when I receive it. If any of you guys have read it...let us know what you think.
Carole
Friday, April 6, 2007
K is for Kite
Sunday, March 18, 2007
"T" for Marilyn's book
Turquoise "T" on Two-color fabric with Twin circles
I Trapped Tangled Threads with Tulle and did some Threadplay on Top. (Actually I did bobbin work, as the Thread I wanted to use is Turquoise Kreinik metallic blending filament, which I didn't think would work coming through the needle).
The fabric was layered with Two layers of Totally Stable stabilizer (a Sulky product).
Some of the "T"s were on purpose, some I only realized after I got going (like the Twin circles or the fact that the name of the stabilizer started with a "T"...)
The color is much prettier in person. I still need to attach these to the appropriate places in Marilyn's book, and will get it in the mail next week.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Poetry pages for Marilyn
I'm still contemplating what I'm doing for my second letter in Marilyn's book, but I wanted to show off the front and back of what I did for the letter "P" for her book. In all honesty, I'm not sure yet which is the front and which is the back....
I'm particularly fond of wordplay and being clever, although I hope it isn't too silly.
Make note of plaid, pink, poetry, polka-dots, pocket....the pink background is painted paper...
There are 3 poems in the pocket (which is made of two layers of polka-dot fabric and a layer of Peltex interfacing). I might add more poems, just haven't picked any others yet. I was trying to see if there is a shade of green that has a "P" name, haven't found one yet...LOL.
Are the blue letters and brads Powder blue? I don't think they are Periwinkle, but they might be Persian blue.
Oh wait -- what about Persian Green or Pine Green?
I told you I was silly.....VBG
Sharon's pages
The e page did not scan well. It's brighter and prettier than this. I wasn't sure if you'd like 'girly' stuff Sharon so it's a darker kind of pink. The v page is A A Milne's Vespers from 'When We Were Very Young'. I know you like literature and this just popped into my head when I was trying to think of something that started with v.
Sue
Zoe's pages
Marilyn's pages
Suzanne's pages
Friday, March 16, 2007
This one is ready to go on!
This page is a pop-up because it just seemed like the right way to do it. I never do this style, these colors, I've never used alcohol inks before though I've had them for ages, nor have I ever used the poster paint pens I bought a few months ago. I was reading Aileen Roberts' blog, Aileen's Musings, about using what's on your desk and thinking about how it seems like everyone I know who does art was cleaning out their studios and getting rid of things they weren't using. Why did I have all these things that I wasn't using? Why not just try them out? Why not try them out here? I guess I did. I'm happy with what I did.
Background Technique: Put white gesso all over page with sponge brush as smoothly as possible. Put about an eighth of an inch of Ranger Alcohol Ink Blending Fluid in a 2 ounce deli cup and add 6 drops of ink. I used Butterscotch, expecting an ochre or butterscotch. I got this lovely warm yellow instead that pleased me very much! I used a natural bristle 'mop' flicked back and forth quickly to apply the color to the gesso. I think I had to mix up my little recipe three times to cover both pages. (The B was cut out and gessoed but painted with a watered down straight Light Magenta Golden Heavy Body tube acrylic paint.)
Here's another page that is just not my style, if I even have a style, that is! It started out as a mistake. I had glued two pages together and gessoed them then I had that blank whiteness staring at me, glaring at me! I wanted to do paint scraping on it and dripped a few controlled colors on and scraped them around. Then I didn't like what I'd done. What to do? The next day, I poured some turquoise and patina green Golden Glaze over it. It looked too plain, so I added some ultramarine glaze and realized that I had way too much on there. So I swirled them all around anyway and it looked kind of cool. So I let it dry. The next day, I had another blank page staring me in the face, so I picked up the black poster paint pen and drew a frame. I did some doodles on some deli wrap and then repeated them on the page.
Yes, I only got about three quarters of the way around before I had to reach for the dictionary!
And there's a surprise in a pocket on the other side of this page, the "front" side. Take it out and read it. My sweetie thinks I'm nuts but he likes this work, too.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Rules...
I do. I want all the letters to be in alphabetical order and I've left one front and back in the book per letter. I labeled them with pink metallic pencil just to make sure I had the right number of pages. You're welcome to add pages, of course, so you can do a spread instead of a front and back, if you want to. My book is rather small at 4.25" x 7.5" so you might choose to work outside the book and then tip in your work. The book already doesn't close so I'm looking forward to one FAT little book when I eventually get it back! There are a couple of other rules and they're written in the front of the book. I think I have a pretty good sense of humor and the only things that really offend me are meanness, politics, and religion as I think the first is just unnecessary and the others are things that should be kept to oneself or discussed with those who aren't bored by them.
I'd be interested to read anyone else's rules.
And yes, everyone thinks they have a good sense of humor, don't they?
Monday, March 12, 2007
D is for Dance . . .
NowThis I like better. This I used Fibers to fit the fabric request. Fibers I like! LOL! I did a flip page, and stuck with having staff and notes to go with the m is for music page. I also wanted to bring red and black into it also to go with the other page. This flips open, that's a first for me, I haven't done much with flips and pop ups and such fancy things before . . . LOL . . . I tore the second hole on the fringe spots, thus I decided to cover that fact by using the tassel . . . . shhhh don't tell!
I don't have this packed up to mail off yet, but expect that I will be doing that sometime this week! I'll keep ya posted as to when I send it on.
M is for Music . . .
Friday, March 9, 2007
hI everybody . . .
I've been sleeping for a week dreaming about different things to do . . . hopefully my dreams will come true!
Friday, March 2, 2007
Elongated
Elongated has finally dried and here is most of it. The accordion folded word is too long for my scanner but hopefully, this will give you the general idea. If you can't see any letters, look sideways. Suzanne's pages are well and truly on their way but they still require stitching which is the kind of thing I take to work with me to fill in the quiet times at night. Back to work tomorrow night for 7 nights. Art production slows considerably.
Sue
Thursday, March 1, 2007
My Pages
Sue
. . . may I brag a little? . . .
Question about Sue's pages
It's not like I'm actually bored and really need something to do right now (VBG), but had a random thought and decided to ask!
Introducing myself!
I've been a quilter for about 10 years, was a cross-stitcher before that. In the past year I feel like I've woken up from a long obsession with fabric and thread, and have started to discover what else is out there. I'm still obsessed with fabric and thread, I'm just trying to expand my repertoire and play with other art supplies.
You will probably find that most of what I do in your books incorporates fabric or thread or fibers (unless you tell me not to...), and as you will find out when you get my book, I've challenged you to try to incorporate fiber into what you do in my book.
I did blog about the beginnings of my book a few days ago on my own blog, so I won't put the same pictures, here. (You are welcome to go visit my blog if you want to see what I did...)
http://saltcreek.typepad.com
I can't wait to see more of what everyone is doing!
(On the personal side, I'm married, with twin boys (7 years old) and 2 dogs. We live in a small town in Eastern Iowa, my in-laws farm, and some day my DH hopes to take over the farm.)
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Where's Marilyn's Book?
So I guess I'll go work on it!
Posting...
I have Zoe's book and I had an IDEA this morning. I will try to launch myself into it this weekend. The IDEA will have to remain a secret until I try it - I don't want to dilute it if you know what I mean.
Sue, Kelli's pages are awesome. Totally.
I am relating to words and letters in a whole new way. What fun for a librarian. My staff already think I am a bit odd.
Sharon
Good Mornin!
Finally got all signed in and trying to think of cool pages for these books!! I'm so excited, I went to a thrift store yesterday and was browsing thru the games I found a very old "bingo poker" game. The cards are cardboard with an entire deck of lil cards in place of the numbers, (12 cards in all!) plus a whole bag of poker chips. All aged and awesome. Also got a huge tin of a floor puzzle, great big ole puzzle pieces and a nice tin to store my stamps in! All for the low price of a buck. I think I shall go scour a few more places today for more old games and postcards! Publish
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
wow, very cool
This is very exciting, our own blog...
Anyway, working hard on the
next book
See ya Zoe
Monday, February 26, 2007
Kellie's pages
Off and Running!
And… big drum roll….
I got Kellie’s book this afternoon!!! I’m saving the box to send it back out in. A bingo chip fell out of it already so I’ll probably be checking all the doodads to see if they need re-glued. Oops, there went another one!
This is SOOOOOOOO cool!
I'm dying to show you the pages but don't want to spoil the surprise for anyone.
Wow, everyone. We're off and running!!!
La Paix d'Art . . . Peace of Art
I know when this book is done with it's journey and finally comes home it is going to be filled with some kicking art! In the mean time, if you'd like to visit my blog, it can be found at