Art Journal Caravan - A new journey

A new year and a new Caravan from Tangie Baxter at Scrapbook Graphics.    Tangie and her co-conspirators  er, ah....co workers are sponsoring a second year of prompts, digital scrapbooking kits, fun, and opportunities for personal growth.  It is meant to be a personal journey; to touch those parts of you that are easy to pass over.  I debated whether to join again this year.  I got behind a week or 10, and once I was that far behind I gave up.   I also didn't have a clear idea of what I was supposed to accomplish with these prompts and kits.  I have a much better idea now.

This is for week #3 of the Art Journal Caravan.  I used the kit that was created for this prompt and some elements from last years kits.  I decided that I will not only create something even when I don't feel like it but I will also be honest about the emotions that are running through me (and sometimes running my life.)  I really hope that this will help me to break the funk that I find myself in and also fulfills the part of me that needs to create my vision of art.
Stop by Scrapbook Graphics and check out the gallery and see what the participants are doing.  Studio Tangie Blog is also another place to visit if your curious about Tangie Baxter and her kits.

SPA - Cats!

I will be one of those women who have lots of cats when I get old.  I feed strays....at my age I should really know better.  So I present CATS for Sunday Postcard Art.

If you can't see the small print, it says "Cats are evil, mean, sneaky, and nasty, with many other fine qualities."
For this lovely creation I used elements from Tangie Baxter (I used stuff from Junque Journal), Cottage Arts (I used their Soldered Sentiments which includes the ribbon attachments in the kit), and Irene Alexeeva (I used FaLaLa and Whispers).
I am thinking about putting together these SPA's that I am creating and putting them into notecard form for gifts and personal use. (I don't have commercial license to use them for profit)  I think they would make great notecards.  Wouldn't you like to receive Mimi (the "eyeglasses girl" in your mailbox when your feeling a bit down in the dumps?  What about the "whats on your mind?" when you've had an especially bad week at work?  I think we truly disregard our art work a little too much.  So I don't have the commercial success of Irene or Tangie, I am still a success in my own little circle of friends.

Finally!!! An ARCH template!

Ignacio the founder and creative GENIUS behind Nice Crane Designs has created at Gothic Arch for those of us who want to create and submit digital arches as well as paper ones.  I used mine today for the first time and I am sooo happy!!

I even went to Adobe.com and posted an inquiry on the forums asking how I could make my  own cookie cutter template for the arch, but got no response to my inquiry.  So Gothic Arches, I'm BACK!!
Thanks to Nice Crane Designs for such a wonderful tool!  Tangie Baxter for the elements from her Art Journal Caravan and Parcel #2 kits,  TLC for their blog train goodies that I collected from Craft Crave (formally known as DigiFree)