New Journal 2012

On Monday I got in the studio to work on some pages

that I had been gathering the stuff for since the

beginning of the new year.

I wanted to try sewing more papers, card and ephemera

together.

I had been given a pile of 1970's craft books and

the images were so fun and colourful they yelled to be used.

I don't know about anywhere else but Thrift stores and Charity

shops are finding hard to sell second hand books.

Now I have been taught over a lifetime to cherish books,

so cutting them up is a big deal!

It took some courage to start doing it but as

you can see I had fun.

No first editions were harmed in this process!

Purple Journal Pages

This weekend i made another journal page for my large

sketchbook. I will be teaching 'Sketchbook Inspiration',

techniques and types in the New Year.

I have a collection of different types, so I am

always working in one or another.

Here is a short video of my pages and how they start.

Journal page 2011

So first page of my new made journal all about Goal setting and

how to maintain your ideas and enthusiasm!

I loved putting the pages together and creating out of a pile of old

magazines! I mean old, some were from the 80's and older.

I don't buy many magazines these days.

I grabbed a pile from the studio over Christmas to go through,

a real mis mash of gardening, craft and fashion,

many I had been given.

I flicked through pulling out the odd thing that was of

interest and left it all in a pile.

You know,one of those piles you get round to and it

gets bigger if you don't do something about it!

Now normally they would have gone straight into recycling

but with going away and flu they stayed in their box ready!

I must have known I would be needing them.

So on Tuesday I sat down and creatively went wild!

See more of my sketchbooks on my website

click on this link

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Making a Journal

I normally start a new sketchbook at the start of a New Year

but this year I wanted to try something different and make my own,

using the skills I use with my gift books and years of sketchbooking.

(see my Decembers video post)

I also love the journal pages of Teesha Moore so

followed her instructions and made my own journal

and had some fun cutting out pictures and journaling in a

Goal Journal.

I am putting down ideas and inspiration for 2011.

Thank you to Teesha, this inspiration started my creativity going

due to the flu flooring me!

See Teesha's how to technique videos on her site.

www.teeshamoore.com