ATC's

What are ATC's you may ask? Well beyond being just one more hobby for me to fall in love with their true definition is Artist Trading Cards. They are the same size as baseball cards but are created by the artist with their own style and feel for life. Some are drawn, sketched, glued, background colored, etc. But above all I have been found that you DO NOT just slap a sticker on it. Now I am fond of stickers but I love color as well. I am also a fan of magazines so I am certain my style will include color and pictures. If you are into ATC's don't hesitate to send me an e-mail if you want to trade.
I don't have a picture to post today unfortunately. I am in Miami with a customer and have not uploaded any of my new work to my computer. So I will say bye for now.

Some great ideas...

I wanted to share some magazines that I have found incredible for getting landscape and background pictures for art journaling (or gluebooking). My favorite is now Nationa Geographic. The great full page layouts that you can overlay a great picture or word art is definitely the way to go. Some of the ladies in my group are fans of Oprah magazine. Which I will say has some great wording. I also love comic books but be very particular about what you get. Graphic novels might work better but you would have to find them at a discount.

Stamping the background is pretty cool as well. I did that in on of my journal entries. It looks like one of the most simplistic entries but to stamp in multicolor takes a minutes.

Today is a pretty lazy day. It's hot and so am I. My cat is clearly nocturnal. He is sleeping all through the day for at least 8 to 10 hours. And then again at night. He is also not eating. It looks like it is off to the vet tomorrow for me. We will check to see what is going on with him. I have brought him in permanently now. We found that a racoon likes his food being outside. So to keep him safe and my side deck, free of predators, Bones and the food comes in.

Until later my blogger family...

New found hobby

Hey Blogger Land,

Of course it has been a while since we talked but wanted to update you on my new found hobbies. First off, am I am totally into paper crafting. Just about any kind. I started off by card making with a friend of mine and got totally hooked. Next I went to scrapbooking. I took a couple of trips out of the country and wanted to ensure I captured those for my family to see. Now I am so into art journaling.


This is my new passion. Or at least for today. I even signed up for 1001 journals. Hopefully I will get some soon.


So let me talk about my new found passion. Art journaling has really been freeing for me. I (as most people know) tend to be a little controlling. However Art Journaling has allowed me to freely share what I normally would not. It give me an avenue to be mysterious with my message or to be point blank because that I what I think I need to get the message. And of course some of the pages aren't even about sending a message, or sharing a lesson learned. It is really about expressing my strength and compassion in a creative venue.


I am going to post my first page for art journaling and I hope you like it but if nothing else maybe it will inspire you to do your own. Takes very little investment, cheap composition book, old magazines, comic books, poetry books, scissors and some glue. Now I will tell you because I don't cover my work, I am a fan of the no wrinkle glue sticks. I know they are a little bit more than the $.20 ones you can pick up any where. They run roughly $3 to $4 for a package of 2 but they are definitely worth it.

Until Next Time...