tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72566984165556726832012-02-19T17:20:32.753ZRandom Scribbles, Musings and various works of Art from a newly born artist.Pippa (pjbear)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05439322883144462059noreply@blogger.comBlogger13221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256698416555672683.post-12680277916528786992012-02-19T17:20:00.000Z2012-02-19T17:20:32.763Z

 Layered Letters - pulling all we have learnt together!Painted & stamped background, letters on top!

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I can't remember seeing this before, but I'm also not sure if this is a new idea, but I like it anyway!   Decorate, stamp, spray, whatever you like a filter paper  Fold and glue anyway you like to make a pocket or pockets, decorate! Add decorated tags, thanks to Luthien for larger tag in this picture, then add to page - simple!

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This is an amazing opportunity - if my BLOG is picked and I win a place then one lucky reader who leaves a comment on this post saying why they'd like to win a spot on this course will be a winner as well! Are you an artist or creative person? Do you love angels? Would you love to connect more deeply with your angels and guides in your everyday life as well as in your creative practice? Are

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  Different coloured inks -Pink, Purple, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Red, Turquoise & GreenLesson 18 has not posted for me (or a few others!) so I'm continuing with the great whites lesson 17, but bringing in the Parallel Pen and Calligraphy Faber Castell pens.

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 Thanks to Rebecca Alexander & Sheri Romero for my gorgeous napkins!

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Thanks to Cheryl Connell for my 6th mixed media postcard, sweet birdie!

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Thanks to Deb Prewitt of Blue Twig Studio for a lush chocolate card & 3 delightful napkins!

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 Practicing with white pens - Uniball Signo UM153 and a Tippex pen

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All the way from Kentucky, thanks to Sandra Smith for her sweet postcard, love the blinged up smiley frog.

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 Happy Mail from Jan Blount, lush napkins and loads of gorgeous items to use in my Book of Days!

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Thanks to Luthien who sent me this lovely envelope of goodness, original art work too, so gorgeous, so happy!

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Do I intend to do a lot of practice - heck yes! Good price from Tiger Pens

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Practicing with Fountain & Parallel Pens and coloured inks, this is addictive!

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Pure Indulgence Day!

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January's ATC's for the monthly swap I'm in arrived today, sadly only 7/8 arrived (these things happen) a great variety of themes which is amazing, they are safely stashed in my ATC folder (which is huge now!) Thanks ladies, looking forward to February, mine are already done and posted, can't stand being late LOL!

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 Smartly dressed, ready to go!It just so happened that the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 car was in The Mall today, drivers Lewis Hamilton & Jenson Button sadly were not! The perfect bag in the Radley Store, I also got a freebie Laura Bailey Canvas bag and they're sending me some goodies that were missing from the bag due to delivery issues. Had a makeover with the lovely Jayden at the

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"A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires."~ Hedy Lamarr

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Practice on graph paper, then in Mixed Media Journal, practice makes perfect, like being back at school, learning italics!

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What brings me joy?

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Letter Love - LOVE!

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Two amazing lots of happy mail arrived today, both very special in their own unique waySharon Benini sent me an envelope made from a map page in which my happy mail was enclosed - amazing!  Emily Candy sent me an amazing handmade Art Journal with lots of lush ephemera and a couple of cute stamps!

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 Thanks to Kay Oft & Cyn Bird for my colourful napkins!And the amazing Nancy Wolf for her stunning collection, love them so much!

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Five lots of lovely colourful mail - ooh exciting!

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Inspired by Gigi's gorgeous Happy Mail & Napkins which I received this morning and really brightened my day, I used the colourful doodled envelope to do a page for my LIAV (Life Is A Verb!) prompt - Intensity - Saying YES! If I hadn't said YES to joining the Mixed Media Postcard Swap (thanks Shannon), said YES to joining the Napkin Swap (thanks Nancy) and YES to sending Happy Mail (HM) (thanks

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Thes gorgeous napkins and Happy Mail arrived all the way from Canada from the amazing Gigi Butterfly, thank you sweet lady!  and this was the envelope, I'm so going to use this on a page!

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My napkins for the napkin swap from Allurynn in Colarado, USA

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Had a bit of a mental block on this one, not sure why, watched all 3 videos at least twice, the picture above was my basic collage.This was the finished paint over collage picture! Her wings are made of dried flower petals from Dawn Burnside a fellow Brave Girl

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LBD of lettering, I don't have any Sakura or Gel Pens, so I sorted throught my pens to find all the white and metallic ones to try out, the results are here. Some suprising results, some I didn't use because the practice writing was SO bad! Then I had a bit of a doodle!, I'll stick these in my MMAJ

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Multi Day Spread (MDS) for this coming week, used loads of Happy Mail, makes me so happy, napkin base, brayered white, stencilled flowers, loads of secret places to journal!

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Lots of Happy Mail used on this Intention page for LIAV (Life Is A Verb)

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Lesson 11 - Artfully Distracted and boy was I! I used Promarkers and it took 3 hours!

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 From this to this, Lesson 10  - Delightful DoodlesUsed Promarkers to colour - this is right up my street!

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Indulge me, I loved my quote so much I had it made into postcards by Vistaprint! I love this so much!

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The most amazing postcard arrived today all the way from Australia, Joan Flynn send me a fabric postcard it is stunning and soooo intricate, I have attached sticky magnets to it and it is on my noticeboard for me to admire, thanks Jean. This mixed media postcard swap is very exciting.

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 Another stunning postcard arrived today from Harriet, all the way from the USA, visit her blog to find out what she's been up to!

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 Gorgeous paper napkins, trims & printed papers from Jill Kane, I'm such a lucky girl!

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Lesson 9 (3) done with Soft Artist Pastels

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I'm not going to buy any Pan Pastels, as lush as they look and everyone is raving about them BUT I have 2 sets of gorgeous Soft Artist Pastels I found in my art box which when used with cotton wool buds are amazing!

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 Lesson 9 (2) with watercolour paintsLesson 9 (4) with Aquamarkers

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 Letters in the round (1) on exercise grid paper with Tombow markers and Soft Artist Pastels.

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What a gorgeous collection of paper napkins sent by Paula Wayne in the USA, I can't wait to use them on many pages in Book of Days and my art journal!

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Happy Mail from Kaere, a surprise extra with my order of Melody Ross goodiesMore Chip Art!

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 Book of Days Multi Day spread for this weekGot so much Happy Mail that I really needed to do a couple of pages using just that, all ephemera used is from my Happy Mail stash! Have journaled on that blank side but too personal to share.Hidden journaling behind paint swatch, still journaling to do for tomorrow to complete!

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 Third and final attempt!

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Second attempt, I'm liking this more than I thought!

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First trial.

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 My 1st Alphabet - Crazy CurveMy 2nd Alphabet - Spotted Dip

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 My House! I inhabit my story, but my story is linked to my heart!  Each window is a flap, under each flap a question. Who am I? What do I love most? Why do things happen? When will I be satisfied with my life? Where am I going? The roof is hinged, private journaling answering the questions will be hidden there!The accompanying page using the cut out hearts as trees in a forest.

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I'm such a lucky girl, a 2nd lot of Happy Mail from Pattie Bloomfield, what a gorgeous serviette/napkin, can't wait to use it on a Book of Days page

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Pens for Letter Love with Joanne Sharpe, 23 different writing nibs, my favouritea are Faber Castell Pitt Calligraphy, Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pen (XS) & Tombow ABT Dual Brush Pen (Point) My new pens from Cult Pens arrived today, some colours in Tombow, the Pilot Parallel with coloured inks & Faber Castell Pitt Calligraphy & Pitt Artis (XS) pens.

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My 2nd gorgeous postcard arrived today from Mark Montano in LA, USA, there was some Happy Mail included and of course in the lush envelope was cut up to use too!

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 Easier to get in the box to get the toys, than reach in!

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Such a cheeky boy and so cute!

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 It's this way Nana, go left!

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 With a quote this time, on the left plain, on the right spray background!

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  Used inks to colour background.

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 20 different alphabets + make up one of your own! Uncoloured grid - watch this space!

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Letter Love 101 with Joanne Sharpe Front cover of Letter Love   Lesson 2 - 19 different pen types, lower case & capital letters Lesson 3 - Play, Practice Write, Repeat!

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Book of Days, Sisterhood of the Book 2012 tattoo logo used as designed by Jennifer Bond Schildknecht - quotes on life and afternoon tea!

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Happy Mail from all over the world - it's OK to do NOTHING!

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Felix is mainly helping today, but I have to keep him away from the brush water LOL! Book of Days Napkin Swap envelopes on the work top, all ready to post if we don't get snowed in! Sneak peak of my new stamp set as well.

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Wind turbines (yukky!) and relaxing, I used Happy Mail and items I picked up from my shopping trip.

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GREEN - I'm in Wales, so love the greens I chose, tip in (with oodles of journaling on) from Art Shop I visited in Machynlleth, bought the gorgeous stamp of bird & cage from there too! I used Happy Mail and items Liz found in her stash that she gave me to use + items from shopping trip.

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I went to stay with my good friend Liz & her DH Jeremy for 2 nights in mid Wales, they have converted a barn into their lovely home and next door they have a holiday cottage they rent out which is quiet & peaceful with stunning views. My room was top right (in photo above!) above the kitchen and it was nice & warm.I relaxed, got loads of art work done, went shopping locally, went to a local

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 The journey home today! The fountain yesterday! The stream - Wednesday!

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Went shopping in Machynlleth, mid Wales on Wednesday, the town has some beautiful little shops that sell unusual things, I was in 7th heaven! Beautiful tissue paper, lush stamp set and unusual ribbon! 50metres of tape that looks like a tape measure, some stampboard to carve and some sellotape that has images on it!LUSH napkins for a Napkin Swap I'm taking part in!

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My lovely postcard from Pam Parker arrived all the way from Australia today and I was a lucky girl as I also got some lush houndstooth tissue paper and some colourful Ozzy stamps, of course I cannabilised the envelope as well!

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Trish Bee must know me better than I thought, with the Trouble with a capital T stamp LOL! She sent me a beautiful Geisha Girl stamp too, I'm a lucky girl thanks Trish

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Just a quick note to say that from tomorrow early morning I am away for a couple of days with a dear friend, Liz at her beautiful home in Mid Wales, the picture is of the holiday cottage next door to where I'll be staying in a beautiful barn conversion. Rest assured I have taken art supplies and felting materials as I intend to keep busy, I will be visiting a local market, attending a WI meeting

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A playful, fun, self portrait for Week 5 of Life Book, with Kylie Pepyat-Fowler

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Anonymous sender, loads of texts to use in collaged pages!

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Lovely Happy Mail from Phyllis, beautiful napkin, ATC, gorgeous card to use as a tip in and loads of embellishments!

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Lush Happy Mail from Rita gorgeous heart punchinella will be used loads, I've never been able to find any in UK. Love the poppy, beads & feathers too!

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First painting in my new Book of Days! Symbols of the Empress include waterfalls, ears of corn, femininity, beauty, fecundity, venus, pomegranate, pleasure, happiness, romance, delight, art,charm, luxury, success & dissipation.

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Sketched and outlined on a ripped out page of my new Book of Days, about to start painting!

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This will be my last page in my first book, from tomorrow I will be starting my new larger volume - YES!A rare moment of brotherly love!

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 Penultimate page in Book of Days - Volume 1, Happy Mail from Judith Clarke & others!

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A rare, in fact rarer than Hen's Teeth photo of the two grandson's hugging, I really love this! So glad I had my iPhone with me to take the shot, in fact they were so amenable I got a few shots!

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Happy Mail from Judith Clarke who runs a lovely B&B in Whitby, she sent a lush hand made mini book with my name on it, perfect for jotting notes & lists in.

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Dark skies, hailstones and a DH out on a motorbike - not the best of circumstances!

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Felix has been mainly helping (althought here was some attempt to paint a paw print as a signature!) this afternoon (see my WIP doodled page on work top!), the reason it's so dark, see next post!

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I doodled this page onto 140lb watercolour paper, then scanned it, so I could print off a copy whenever I wanted to colour or paint with different media.This is the original print painted with inks, very therapeutic to do!

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All things FLESH! Found an online shop for Artists in the UK called SAA (Society for All Artists) gor my first order at discount price and FREE p&p. They had of all things, flesh coloured ink, I love the Daler Rowney Acrylic Inks and to find one in flesh was awesome. Also got 2 FC watercolour pencils and after 10 years I have run out of masking tape and needed to buy some more, the final purchase

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Am I addicted or what? My new lovely Crafters Workshop Templates came from That's Crafty, they're the cheapest I can find onlune and they're delivered so quickly - thanks Laura

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Torn - page ripped when I was removing it from pad, decided it was apt under the circumstances!

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Thanks to Becky Young I did another Happy Mail page!

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 Chinese New Year celebrations at Grand Son's school!

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Whilst looking for something else, I stumbled upon my unfinished pages from Dina Wakely's Graffiti of My Life Course, they will perfect to go into my Book of Days Volume 2, lots of lovely colour, tags, stencilling - YUMMY!

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Thanks Becky Young for my "Happy Mail"

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 Carrying on the yellow sunshine theme, thank you card used as a tip in left room for loads of collage, mailed all my Mixed Media Postcards today to USA, Canada, Belgium, Holland and one to the UK!

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Nature's paintbrush, a completely different feeling today, Yellow the colour of sunshine!

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A double page LO for Monday, dark brooding thoughts, meant sleep eluded me!

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 Original doodled page, scanned Coloured with Faber Castell Big Brush PensColoured with Indian Inks

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 My front cover - finished (I think!) added some ribbon roses, some stencilled dots, stamped the tie tapes and added my title, will write date on spine. Inside cover and first page, pockets with tags, added stamping, will work on tags tomorrow.

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Spread your wings & fly! I used Happy Mail items! I've altered my current Book of Days so I only have enough pages in it to last until 31st January. 1st February new Book of Days begins (see next post!)

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My Book of Days Volume I is lovely but too small, I think that I shall try to finish it very quickly (probably by 31st January) so that I can start in my new Book of Days Volume II. I started with a larger than A4 heavy book bought for £1 from a book sale place at our local steam railway, it's got beautiful illustrations of all things Leonardo de Vinci, I also wanted to use scanned images from my

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H loves this book, it makes noises and has a steering wheel! What more can a 2 year old ask for?

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My lovely Artistcellar Stencils came today, courtesy of Nancy - it was cheaper for me for her to order them to be delivered to her, then her ship them to me and me pay her, that doesn't make much sense but they were so light they wouldn't have been worth the $8 I was going to be charged when actual postage this way (even paying twice) cost me $7.50, matter of principal to save 50cents!

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Lots of photos of the various aspects of today's page. I cut up an ATC holder to paste into the book, used business cards & tags as flip outs, used collaged items from Happy Mail, made a picture of a door into an opening door to display a photo Angela had sent me from the Xmas ATC Swap. I stamped, I embossed, I journaled, I enjoyed!

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