Crafting 365

I saw this fun-looking group on Flickr and decided to join. Members post a photo a day showing their creative endeavors. I noticed it because some of my contacts had photos in the group's photo pool. So far I've done 8 days - it's fun!

This week I've been working on house-shaped chunky pages for a swap on ATCsforAll - lots of fun! I started with cardboard pages, then gessoed and smeared on acrylic paint. then I stenciled with ink pads through punchinello and glued on paper accents. I used some of my favorite paper: brightly colored memos from work that I paint, draw, and stamp on while I'm working on other projects. I love how it kind of preserves some history about me, and I really like the crazy color combinations that end up on this paper. I made a door and window on each house. I colored a phonebook page green and cut out leaves. I glued those on, then used my sewing machine to put on some stems and grass. Then I used markers and gel pens to put quotes about home on the pages. I did eight pages -- seven to swap and one to keep. Here's the page I'm keeping. The words say, "Home is where the dirty dishes are." That sure is true for me!!

Chunky Madness

Just what I needed -- another addiction! As if ATCs and inchies and rolos weren't enough, now I've got myself hooked on chunky pages, too! They're 4 inches by 4 inches and super fun! Here are a few a made for trades on ATCSforAll with nursery rhyme themes:



And here is a bound book. I got these pages from different trades, then made covers and bound them on metal rings. I love how all the fibers and charms and beads and whatnot look when they stick out all over the place. My kind of madness :)