Happy Mother's Day and Week 2 Joggles AJA

I am so excited! I have a new post up exactly when I said I would.  I'm not doing too bad after only 1 week post op. Still bruised and uncomfortable but it gets better every day and my blood pressure is finally in the normal range without medication. Life is good!

Week 2 of the Joggles 2016 Art Journal Adventure was working in a grid. For me, the first step was to decide what I wanted in my grid. I chose Doodle Flowers by Inkadinkadoo and a bird set from Close to My Heart. Once I had my stamp positions worked out I penciled in my grid blocks and used Archival Ink to stamp my images inside the blocks.  For the background, I used the same technique I had used for last weeks page, wetting the area where I wanted the color to be and then floated on my 2 Distress Spray Stains (Ripe Persimmon and Mustard Seed) being careful to avoid my grid blocks. Once the background was dry, I colored my stamped images with Distress Markers and a water brush. I used a PITT pen to outline my grid blocks and doodle on the block backgrounds on the left page. On the right page I decided to just add a color wash in the opposing corners of the blocks using a water brush and the same 2 spray stain colors as the main background. The final touch was to add some tiny leaves in the top left corner with a PITT pen and fill them with a few metallic Gelly Roll pens.

If you like what I'm doing and/or want me to continue with this blog, please leave me a comment so I know I'm heading in the right direction. Any encouragement would be very appreciated.

Til next time...