April Doodle Girls

It was time again to get the doodle girls together.  Kat showed us what she learned in her Marah Johnson class.  So, today we decided to make some more of these beautiful ladies.  Thanks Kat!  I LOVE THESE MAGICAL LADIES!  :-)

Here is the one KAT made in her class.  Isn't it awesome?!!

And here is the fabulous one KAT made today for her art journal.

And here is CYNTHIA's.  She is not quite finished yet with hers.  But, it is already beautiful.  Can't wait to see it when she finishes it.  She was so sweet to stay up late last night making us a bunch of these colorful butterflies to use.  Thanks Cynthia!

And here is mine...  half way done....  I LOVE that pink/purple color...

And here is mine finished.   I AM SO EXCITED BECAUSE THIS IS MY FIRST ART JOURNAL PAGE!!! :-)


I LOVE MY MYSTICAL PRINCESS!!!!  Thanks Kat and Cynthia!  xoxo

April Creating Outside the Book Club

Once a quarter we have some type of art trade.  This time we decided on magnets.  Here is what I made to trade.  I took my original doodle girl painting and shrunk her down to a 2"x2" size and mounted it on Stampbord.  Then, glued a magnet on the back.

And here is what I got in exchange....

Then, we had our usual show and tell time.

Alicia made this ADORABLE bunny out             

of paper clay.  AMAZING!...                            

Kathren made this oh so cute canvas...

Kat made this beautiful lady at a class she took

with Marah Johnson....

 

Gaye made these great cards

                                                                               

Monica made this very creative wedding date announcement card with the pull out date.  So cool!

 

Gaye made this cute little purse out of the t-shirt yarn we made last month.  Love it!

Then, Elena led us in our make-n-take using EcoArtBoard.

And here are some photos of our take home kits for this month...

We got some 'goosebumps' in our kits.  It is a new product.  Below is a little demo of some techniques you can do with it.  I look forward to trying some out. :-)

The New and Improved Mermaid

I finally got some more ivy for my mermaid art piece so I could take out the flower bouquet she was holding and replaced it with ivy instead.  I like it better now.

While traveling...

I had to go up to see my doctor in Northern California so I brought a little bit of art supplies with me for therapy.  :-)  I just drew the bird free hand with a pencil, colored it in with water color pencils and then blended with a water brush pen.  It was fun to color on the plane and a great distraction.

For the Birds - Strictly ATC Group

Tonight was my second month at the Strictly ATC (Artist Trading Card) Group at Stamping Details.

Our theme for this month's ATC trade was 'For the Birds'. To the left is my tropical toucan.

Arlene made this very cute water-color bird and bird house.

This one was made by Helene. I love the string with the egg that is wearing a hat to capture her bird's attention.

Joyce created this masterpiece titled 'cages are for the birds'.

And finally this fabulous one was made by Maura.

Then, Helene showed us a new technique. Color and Scratch. It involves using crayons or oil pastels to color a large patch of color. Then, you paint/cover over it with a mixture of a 1/4 cup of black tempura paint and 2 teaspoons of liquid dish soap. Once dry, you can scrape off the black to create art. The top three here are the ones I created.

And here are some MORE by the other ladies.

Meet Arlene

Meet Joyce

Meet Maura

Maura's finished art

Meet Helene. Our fabulous technique teacher tonight. We all really enjoyed this technique a lot! It is very meditative and addictive. Works great with Zentangle techniques. Big thank you to Helene for a great evening.

PJ Crop & Create Charity Event

Today I spent TWELVE full hours at a special charity event sponsored by Charity Wings to raise money for our local Boys & Girls Club. It was called the PJ Crop & Create and was held at the Boys & Girls Club in Carlsbad. 10am to 10pm!!! Came home EXHAUSTED! BUT, it was a TON of fun!

Kat generously gave each participant this cigarillos box filled with lots of goodies.

Cynthia made this totally cool tag as a gift for all of us.

There were make-n-takes all day. I learned how to turn a t-shirt into this cool bag.

Cheryl Waters taught us how to engrave and paint on leather and I made my very first ever leather bracelet.

And I made this 6x6 page created and sponsored by Gee Gee's Stamp Store in Carlsbad.

Here are some of us girls still playing, laughing and hanging in the late evening.

My new additions for my art studio.

Wild and CRAZY night at Book Club!

Tonight I went to my new monthly art club group called 'Creating Outside the Book'. A crazy wild time was had by all tonight as you will see from some of these photos.

.....Laughing like CRAZY!

We are all modeling our retro flashback t-shirt attire.

Elena, the leader of our group, told us all to bring in an old t-shirt for a surprise make-n-take. Well, we learned how to make string out of a t-shirt! Very cool!

Now you can see where all our crazy head bands and outfits came from.

She provided us all with a HUGE crochet hook in our kits to take home and encouraged us all to make something with our newly made yarn. It will be cool to see if anyone makes anything for next month.

Here is Kat having some flashbacks of the good 'ol days.

As always, we also went around the room and everyone shared what they are currently working on. I shared my new mermaid piece that was made from last month's kit.

Here are a couple other projects made from the same kit by others in the group.

Above was made by the talented Tricia and the talented Kathren made the one below. It is incredible how different all of them are.

Alma showed off this beautiful paper doll girl she made; inspired by Julie Nutting's work.
Elena completed this amazing background (above right) for her next canvas piece. So much texture. Beautiful.

Tricia showed us a VERY COOL way to store our magnets which are due next month. I think I might have to steel this idea. :-) Metal squares she found at Michael's for $1 and then she put it all together.



Cynthia displayed the starting pages of her fantastic new art journal.

She said she actually ripped out some of the pages she did not like from our play date on 3/16 that I showed off earlier. Good thing I got photos then. hee hee. :-) But, these are so amazing!

All I can say is WOW!

And finally, we all left as happy little campers with our new kits to take home. It came with one photo colored canvas to be altered, large crochet needle for our yarn and a bag full of goodies.

Here is what was in my kit. Star shaped punchinello, decorative tape, Crazy Tackz and green ribbon for St. Patty's Day.