Productive ART weekend!!

I really DO rotate my images, but sometimes when I save them they seem to like being sideways again.  I was having so much trouble uploading ANYTHING I am going to go ahead with this post. Please turn your head to look at the first 2 photos. I finished the first layout in my new Color Dreams journal last weekend and mailed it to NY. The paper doll page says,"Let your muse... and the second paper doll page says..."out to play".  The scan of the second page couldn't be uploaded at all and the book has started it's round robin journey, so you'll have to take my word for it.
This regal looking lady is an ATC I made for my PID SWAP yahoo group. I made 3 of these and I will get a bunch of ATCs back to see how other artists used the same image. All of the Paper Imagery Designs images are named and this one is Rosia.

My big accomplishment this weekend was designing, making and finishing  15  ATCs for my

Paula's Kit Club swap this month. The theme is Storybook and our latest kit has a forest/nature

focus.  I decided to use Winnie-The-Pooh in the 100-acre wood to merge the two themes.  I  used a Pooh quote on each card.  I hope none of the people in my swap mind that I went over the edges a little. I simply cannot help myself- I am just an over the edge kind of girl!

The last project I completed THIS weekend was this chipboard house page for my Mixed-Media Madams tip-in group.  I really like how this one turned out. The words on the roof are some of the  lyrics from the song, Home from The Wiz.  I will try and add it to my playlist so you can hear it and we can make this a multi-sensory experience!

Now I have to go and do my lesson plans for the upcoming week. I did complete a journal page and I will post that next.  I hope you all have a lovely week and squeeze in some ART time!

My attempt at a self-portrait page- anyone else?

This week I added a few simple pages featuring my first attempts at self-portraits from my new book, Mixed-Media Self-Portraits.  The first one is a photo I copied and traced and added some color details.  The second one I traced on vellum and colored in non-traditional colors.  I feel like I would have fit right in on the original Star Trek show- Captain Kirk might have thought I was pretty hot, huh?  So if you are hesitant to draw a self-portrait, this is a good way to start AND you can pick a photo you like!  We will definitely have to re-visit this theme to try some other techniques and versions. Don't worry I WILL get to the gritty, super-realistic self-portraits, I just didn't want to scare you so early in the year.  Who else did this theme and is brave enough to share? Let me know and I'll post a link to your blog or post the scans. Don't leave me hanging here.... 

 I will go ahead and post a New theme for next week a little early because I have to go back to work tomorrow and my son is going back to school in Connecticut. I don't think I'll remember to post in the morning!    In this week of fresh starts and promises of resolve I have been thinking about a powerful one-word prompt-  BALANCE -  How do you manage your life's balancing act?  The constant yin and yang, give and take, ebb and flow ?  I know it takes thought and effort and hopefully some teamwork is involved!  I hope this prompt gets you thinking, writing, drawing, cutting and pasting !!!!!