INSPIRATION Art Journal Pages

Here are my INSPIRATION art journal pages I did in response to a prompt in the art journal group on CCS.

LOVE art journal pages

I made my first art journal pages this week.  They are two sides of the same piece of paper.  Eventually, if I keep at it, I'll bind them together to make an art journal.  Inspired by my friends on CoachCreativeSpace!  The theme for these is LOVE.

The second pic includes one of my poems.

Super Secret Embroidery Projects

I started embroidering floursack towels for some CoachCreativeSpace friends.  I can't post pictures of them until they are finished and in the hands of their owners.  I can post the progress I've made on the Love towel I'm making for Kari.  She is in love, so I picked out these designs and the floss for her.  I've made pretty good progress on it thanks to a couple movies and insomnia.  Floursack towels are blank white towels that are really big, lots of room to embroider on!  Kari has already seen what I've done so far.  I did find out doing this that there's an art to doing iron-ons.  It seriously helps to have the iron on the highest setting for half an hour before using the iron-ons.  Makes a much darker image. I use all 6 strands of floss so it's easy to cover up the lines.

Creative Mistakes

I started a new embroidery project tonight, twice! I ironed-on the designs on patterned fabric and they didn't show up enough for me to be able to see all the design. So I got out some white fabric and it finally worked. This is a present for a CoachCreativeSpace friend, so I can't go into any more details. :)

Starting Over

I just joined the 30 Days of Creating challenge on coachcreativespace, so hopefully that will jumpstart my creativity.  I've been sick with a bad cold lately and haven't felt much like creating.  I didn't win the Sublime Stitching combo contest.  But I entered!  All for now...

A Princess Among Dragons

For the July/August Challenge in the Art Challenges~ group at http://creativesouls.ning.com/. DMC floss backstitched on cardstock with Far East Matstack papers. Stencil designs by www.spraypaintstencils.com.
What really helped me finish this was Dan Goodwin's suggestion on Coach Creative Space http://coachcreativespace.ning.com/ to work on one project at a time through to the finish.  Of course you can't always do that.  Actually I think it was in one of his blog posts.  This is just embroidery on paper or Dutch Embroidery.  I just printed out the stencil designs and poked holes along the lines in pink, green and purple cardstock.  I used black DMC floss on the dragon and variegated floss on the rose and stem.  After sewing I stuck it all together with double-sticky tape.  I used DCWV papers around the edges.  Here are pictures of the process.

The back.

Hat for Mary

Here are pictures of a purple hat with variegated floss roses on it that I made for my friend, Mary.  She is a member of Coach Creative Space, the site is one of the main reasons I'm a creative person.  You can visit CCS at: http://coachcreativespace.ning.com/