Zentagles, Zendoodles and all that Jazz..

Sooooo I have seen a whole heap of blogs on the Zentangle, Zentangle Inspired Art, Doodling, Mendalas so I thought I would try my hand at doing a free form Zendoodle type thingymajig. Ok if you haven't got it I am not sure what category this falls into lol...

There are so many different names and different sets of rules for each so if anyone knows what category this actually is leave a comment pretty please lol...

I saw on Simonsaysstamp blog some hints and tips and one was to start with a prestamped image.... Now this is how I was going to try my hand at this but I got some knew pens today and was  just sitting here. I also bought a new journal because I want to try my hand at doing an art type journal lol. Pen + Journal = Trouble! lol

So i grabbed the journal, made a border with my pen and started doodling. Then I filled in the doodles. Unfortunately it's not a waterproof pen :( I really wanted to colour in some bits. Especially the butterfly like wing. Well so here it is in all it's glory lol... My first go at whatever I did!

I am not a drawer but I gave it a go :) I thought I was going to get frustrated and grr but after I finished I felt very relaxed and happy :) This is going to be my first journal entry! :) Yay. I had to cut around it because I was testing some markers on the same page and and the colour fastness of the pen I used. Next time I will pull out the bic fine liners I got the other day. lol :)

Anyways let me know what you think of my first attempt :)
Thanks for looking :)
Purple

More Of My First Mini

Thought I would do a quick post and show you some more pic of my mini in progress. So far I have made up four pages. The first is in the previous post. I am just going to show the main pics. Don't want to bore you with the details lol.

Each page is a different colour. Pink, Green, Blue and Grey/Blue. Not sure whether I will add another page yet as this mini all ready has space for 40 photo's... Each page is also interactive in some way...

As you have already seen the Blue has an extra tag pocket on the fold down flap... All pages are distressed with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.

This pic shows the green page. I have added a mini book to this page and tied it with a ribbon. I used Bundled sage for these pages.

The open book view. Started to embellish and decorate :)

This is the other side. I created a small pocket from the drop down piece and edged it all with Tim Holtz butterfly Tissue tape and made three small tags to go in the pockets. Two of the tags have journalling lines on the back.

The pink page has extra fold down flaps added so when you pull them all the way down there will be space for four photo's on the front and three more on the back of the flap. As you can see the papers are not 100% stuck down yet. Just held in place with repositional tape. This one is edged in Worn Lipstick.

The last page of my mini is the Grey/Blue page. So far on the back of this one I have added another lot of tag holders. This one was created with the Tim Holtz On The Edge Die Brackets.. The distressing colour is Faded Jeans.

Sorry for the chopped off pic, for some reason the good one is broken, Half the pic has become grey.... WEIRD! lol So this is the story so far. I am going to add two large tags to the back pocket. I am also going to make some small envelopes so whoever buys this mini can add their own ephemera and personal touches to the mini :)

All pages also have the large pull out tag in the middle.

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrappin'
Purple

Making things to sell...

Hi Everyone :) As the title says I am making things to sell. I have started a 6 x 6 mini album. Not sure how many pages to put in it. It has 5 double sided pages right now. Each page also has a large side loading tag and a fold out page on each side.

So far I have added papers to one whole page of the album plus the tag. I also made another tag pocket for one of the fold out pages that has two tags in it, one in each direction. I just need to add a few photo mats, some stamping and some embellies.

Four more to go plus covers. As things stand I have no idea where I will sell it or how much to charge lmao. But in order to sell things I need to have things made to sell!

Any way here are a couple of pics so u can see how it's going! I made all of the pages plus side tags in a couple of hours tonight as well as started decorating the first pages :) I decided to be more orderly and create all the pages first. Then paper them, then decorate in order to try and be faster lol... I had the paper stack picked I was going to use all ready to go :)

First page closed.

 First page opened with tags pulled out so you can see where they go.

 Back of first page closed with tag still out lol

Back of first page fully opened.

As I said It still needs decorating, but I have four more pages like that made up ready to paper and decorate :) All in all not bad for one night. Especially as this is my first ever mini :) And I am making it all from scratch ... Holy cow lol...

The binding edge has 6 layers of cardstock plus a piece of plastic to reinforce it and make sure the book rings stay put! As I want to sell this once it is done I figured I best try to make it sturdy! lol. Each page is made from two A4 sheets of white 160gsm cardstock. The pages are 6.5" (1/2" for binding) x 6".

So let me know what you think... Will post more pics as they are done :). Trying to work out what other things I can incorporate into the pages. Thinking maybe a large pocket across the bottom of one of the main pages.

Thanks for Looking

Happy Scrappin'

Purple

Creative Jump Start and a Pretty Layout!

Hi Everyone :) Hope you all had lovely holidays!

Today I want to share two things. An inspiring video a day called Creative Jump Start and a layout.

What is Creative Jump Start? Well it's an inspirational video a day on how other artists get their minds flowing. Some share a cool technique, others just give advice, some do both :). The advice so far has been brilliant and I have learnt a new super cool technique with toilet paper! Yes you heard right TOILET PAPER. Not used of course!!!! lol...

I am a bit behind in watching the vids and I missed the first day because I enrolled late, however I worked out how to watch the first vid. Nathalie also sent out an email telling you how to watch what you have missed so if you need it feel free to drop me a line with your email addy and I will gladly forward it to you :)

Onto my layout. Ok this is the first layout for 2012 for me. I didn't do very many at all last year. I mostly made cards and altered notebooks for people and watched a lot of youtube tutorials :) lol. So I gave myself a challenge and made myself follow through.

You know all those gorgeous pages you see with pretty papers and a gazillion flowers? Mine never look like that! lol. Last year I decided to do an order at I Am Roses with the thought in mind of prettying up my style some. Or more importantly trying to find my style.

I went  to classes for a few years with a bunch of friends and the lovely lady that taught us was a friend as well. There came a time however when it was time to move on from the classes and find my own feet and my own style instead of borrowing someone elses. By the end of these classes I was changing up the pages quite a lot and adding and subtracting elements to suit my taste. I have not been going to classes for two years now though and it's time to sit myself down and get the creating on paper!

The Challenge!


I challenged myself to try to create in my own style one of those pretty pretty pages you see everywhere right now! I love pretty papers, flowers butterflies, general girly girlness.
So from start to finish I created. It took me quite a few days of work but in the end I got there :) The tag on the layout contains hidden journalling on the back  about the pictures :)

Please ignore the end of the tool in the picture! It's only there to stop my page falling lol. 


All my flowers started white and are from KaiserCraft and The bulk of them are I am Roses. They are painted with my home made version of glimmer glaze. The white ones have been misted with home made pearl mist. The twizzles are the stems from the flowers. The leaves are another I am roses flat white flower coloured with distress stain and home made glaze and then cut into five leaves.


The background papers are from the Prima Fairy Flora 6x6 paper pad as I don't have any 12x12 prima :( All cardstock is from a Cre8tiv card stack from my local Kmart. The orange coloured papers are from the Magic Happens 6x6 stack from KaiserCraft


All the stamping was done with Tim Holtz stamps and adirondack paint dabbers in pearl and white. The hat pin was made by me using a headpin, swarovski crystals (I bought cheap on ebay) and some chain.


Have to say I am pretty I'm pressed with myself :) lol I didn't think I would make myself finish it. I usually just procrastinate and keep moving everything around! If you have any questions please feel free to ask :)


So please let me know what you think :)
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

12 Cards of Christmas T!m Holtz Style All done and dusted

Does a happy dance :) Here they all are together as a recap :)

 So learning this blog this as I go :) lol I had to do a sideways one and throw them out of alignment. Well there you go all 12 cards in all their glory! Hope you enjoyed my journey!

As a side  note. How quickly did the ecraft become my best friend? 11 of the 12 cards were made using it :) Pretty impressed with that lol. I also used the cuttlebug a lot as well. So for those of you thinking about getting an electronic cutter don't toss away the old one just yet! you may find you still need it as 7 of my cards had elements cut in the bug on them :)

Can I say.... What a journey :)
Happy Scrappin'
Purple