Art Journal Caravan 2011

I'm journeying with a hundred or so others on the 2011 Art Journal Caravan with Tangie Baxter at ScrapbookGraphics.

What an awesome group of people to travel with.... check it out! This is a year long on-line "challenge" that will stretch your inner artist and can be a great opportunity to grow !

Here are my first two pages for my journal...

Build is the word I've chosen to focus on this year... this is more or less the title page of my journal.

The first journal prompt is "Process"...

 Thanks for looking!

Welcome to Zig Zag Scraps... meet Michelle Batton

Welcome to our Guest Designer Michelle Batton

 

 Go check out our newest Guest at Zig Zag Scrap... 

Michelle will be a guest designer at Zig Zag Scrap for the month of January and February! Check out the interview and see her beautiful designs below: 

Christmas Lads are coming for the holidays!

Icelandic Christmas Lads will invade Zig Zag Scrap from December 12th.  

There will be megaBytes to win, gifts to grab, and a lot of fun… But let me tell you the story…

Christmas lads (who are called Jólasveinar) are trolls (or kind of…). They live in the mountains close by Reykjavik, and once a year they come to town, one by one. In the old days, they were coming to play bad tricks to people… nowadays they are much nicer. They bring a small gift to every kids who behaved… a potatoe to the other ones.
They are 13, and start coming on the 12th of December, until the 24th… But hey, the “real Santa” will come on the mornign of the 25th of course…

Please keep in mind, we are wonderful girls, not ugly trolls, and we will not bring you potatoes. lol! 

Check out the Zig Zag Scrap Blog

and find out how to win!                               

Say What?

Did you hear?    Zig Zag Scrap is having a Sale!!
It's true... and there's so many good things in the store! Some great designers too...

Look at Zig Zag's great designers :

• AliceB
• Blue Flower Art
• Digital Alchemy
• Fair & Square Studio
• Fe Marini
• Jen Yurko
• LaLi Creations
• Little Moments
• Pink Reptile Designs
• Ninie sous les Bilimbis
• Studio Basic
• Three Hearts
• Val C. Designs
• ZZS Designers
• -----------------
• Jennifer Barrette Designs 

 Have fun and shop til you drop!!
I've enjoyed playing with a couple of new kits at Zig Zag this week!

"The Daily Routine" - Credits: Be Inspired - Daily kit from ValC Designs

                                                               Available at Zig Zag Scrap!

 "Playing with Bubble Wrap..." Credits: Butterfly Kisses by Jen Yurko
                                              Available at Zig Zag Scrap!

Happy iNSD!!

Party On!! We're doing it again!

Zig Zag is having a Blog Train!
here are the details...

and I've got a freebie for you!

You can download it HERE.          
Enjoy!

The next stop on the train is at Pink Reptile Designs

(Edit) Sorry this link has had problems... corrected now! I'll check back on the link regularly! 

Re-capping

 Ah, yes! It's been a while since I've blogged about life at The White House... here are a few memories to share with you...
 


 Miss A chose to be "Hermione Granger" for Halloween this year... she had so much fun!

 Credits: New - Tattered 4 Rounded Edges by Lynne-Marie Designs

Background papers, black mat - Ecology Kit by Lynne-Marie Designs

Numbered Tags, gathered tulle & splattered glitter - White Linens by Lynne-Marie Designs; Winged insect, black doodle, checked paper strip & journal element - Land of Odds by Lynne-Marie;Bird and checked vines - Mixed Media by Lynne-Marie Designs;  Tea Stained Alpha - Lynne-Marie Designs. All are available at CatScrap.

   

Some photos of our garden this summer... this provided some lessons in Backyard Botany for all of us!

 

 

Credits:  all papers and elements are from Lynne-Marie’s new kit  “Ecology”.  Alpha is from “After School” by Lynne- Marie.  Available at exclusively at CatScrap!

 A page sharing some of Toby & Miss A's special moments.

Credits: all papers and elements are from Lali's new kit "Teddy Bear's Picnic" and using a template from Studio Basic's "Make a Scene" all are available at Zig Zag Scrap!

You can see how excited Miss A was about getting her pic taken on the first day of school!

 Credits:  all papers and elements are from Jen Yurko's "Lifted Mini"  and template is from Jen's fab new template set "About Me".  Label Alpha is from "Say Cheese" kit by Pink Reptile designs. Everything is available at Zig Zag Scrap!


 Chicago was a part of Tom's summer excursions, Books Are Fun's sales conference returned to the Windy City!





This is a view that Tom's Brother Bob captured along Navy Pier as they ambled along there. What a beautiful shot!

Credits: (New) French Linen Papers by Pink Reptile Designs

Tattered Overlays2  by Lynne Marie; Cardboard, compass and accessory paper from Mixed Media by Lynne Marie; #22 Tag – from Land of Odds by Lynne Marie; All Papers and elements are available at Zig Zag Scrap

Photo: Robert L. White, 7/10  my husband’s brother (smile)     Fonts: Hotel Coral Essex and CK Ali’s Hand  Brushes: Alex Dukal stamp brushes v2, freeware, Mask – my own

Millenium Park... what a great city view!


Thanks for going along with the ride!

Credits: WordArt- Worded A Single Word by LilleyScrap Designs

All Papers from Afternoon Stroll Collab

Floral elements from Pebble Cove Collab

All available at ZigZagScrap

Font is Palatino

Zig Zag Scrap is Celebrating !

It's Zig Zag Scrap's  Store Anniversary!
To celebrate this special day we're having a sale and a Blog Train!!
Come and join us for the fun!

http://zigzagscrap.com/store/home.php

Here's a preview of the word art I've created for each of you... our friends at Zig Zag Scrap!

To download the freebie... just click on the preview below...

Enjoy!