7gypsies Photo Tray Project Continued...

7Gypsies Photo Tray

Well here I go again:)

Here's part 2 and part 3 of my ongoing 

7gypsies Photo Tray Project.

I'm bouncing back and forth between

a half a dozen projects at the moment

and realized that I hadn't posted the

second part in the series, (whoops:)

Anyway, being absolutely nuts for

all wildlife and pets, this project is incorporating both.

In my previous post I started this project 

with an Altered Photo of 'Big Boy'

our local well known deer.

Part 2

Homage to 'Doodlebug'

(grin).

These are flight feathers that belong

to someone who shares our home with us.

Part 3

'Doodlebug'

'Doodlebug'

Is a 4 year old, male 

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker

(Woodpecker)

He came to us as an injured baby, who ended up

not being able to return to the wild.

(Believe me when I say, a story in itself!)

This picture was taken of 'Doodle's' (for short),

in my kitchen (grin).

(Another story in it's self:)

As you can see I still have 3 more slots to fill,

so stay tuned, as there will be more

wildlife, and assorted pets included:)

Something a little different:)

Enjoy!

'Spreading the Love'

I'm such a tease:)

This is from a Mixed Media Canvas

I'm currently working on, and will

reveal in the next few days as

it's almost finished...

Now that we're nearly into the Month of June,

I thought I would begin collecting information

from you all for another 

'Spreading the Love'

Blog Post.

In an earlier posting, I nicknamed,

'Spreading the Love'

to list any Special Events, or Proud Occasions,

or Special Projects that you, my readers

would like me to do a shout out for you:)

So if you have a Contest coming up on your blog or,

an Art Piece you've just finished and are proud of,

or a Project that you'd like me to pass onto my

readers, then please email me the information

and pictures and I'll get it posted with the group:)

I'll be posting this information and referrals

in a week or so, depending on submissions.

Cheers!

Enjoy!

New Journal Assemblage- Get coffee!!

New Journal Assemblage

Would suggest you get a coffee or something

 sweet to eat as this is a big blog posting:)

Lot's of eye candy in this post!

(grin).

Ok, so this isn't so exciting...it's cardboard.

Chipboard to be precise:)

Cut and scored to make my journal.

I cut to to make a 5" x 7".

I chose scrapbook paper to begin layering

the journal cover inside first, as you'll see

in a moment why:)

Cutting each piece for the inside cover and

spine so they would match on the folds.

This will help in wear and tear, opening and

closing the journal over time.

Instead of gluing, I used this great product

I purchased from Retro Cafe Art

called 'Acrylic Mounting Tape'

I used  the 2" x 18' roll with this

project. It works great in adhering 

the heavy scrapbook paper!

( I love this adhesive tape! I just

used it to repair a piece of my

counter top in my kitchen!

Worked great!)

So here we are, the inside of the journal 

has it's base paper:)

Using the New 'Tim Holtz'

Idea-ology

Ring Binder clips

(also purchased from Retro Cafe Art!)

I chose the small size ring binder clips, and

used my deep throat hole punch tool

to punch the holes to put the 

ring binder clips on with.

You need to do this first, as you'll see

in the next part.

I chose this wonderful scrapbook paper

from 'House of Three'

'Daily Junque' Map paper to use for

the front of my journal.

Same process as before with the inside

cover, cutting each piece including the

spine piece. Here's where I made a mistake,

but in art, mistakes turn into learning:)

Because the ring binder clips come with

the brads to attach, I made the mistake

of cutting the holes in the spine through

the paper on the cover. To cover the 

clips once you've attached the binder rings,

this outer piece should not have the holes cut.

Whoops:)

So here's how I corrected the mistake...

I used 7gypsies cloth gaffers tape to cover the

spine:) I think it looks great! And it

covers the brads really well, and helps

reinforce the spine.

See! Mistakes are ok in art!!

Now to Embellish:)

As you can see from the previous pictures,

(got a little ahead of myself:)

I've started stamping and attaching goodies

to the front and inside the cover.

Here comes some of the fun goodies:)

This is an ATC that I have made

to enter into a wonderful Contest at

Retro Cafe Art's Facebook Gallery

http://krishubick.blogspot.com/2011/04/atc-frame-contest-150-in-prizes.html

(Please go check out her contest and enter

before June 1st! or at the least go vote for

a favourite! And no, not just mine, as

there are Fantastic Artist Submissions

on her Gallery Page!)

So I took my completed ATC for the Contest

and added it to my journal. Using her

wonderful new line of masonite pre-cut

windows!

So here is the completed 

Front Cover:)

Now for the inside:)

Inside Front Cover:)

From this point, I think the pictures speak

for themselves, so here's a list of the

pages inside that I made for the journal:)

Page 1

Page 2

Tag for Page 2's Pocket

Wonderful Stamp from Red Lead!

Used coloured chalks to embellish.

Back of Tag for Pocket

Lovely Paper Whimsey Pear:)

Page 3 With all the bells and whistles

again goodies from Retro Cafe Art!

Page 4 (I love this flower:)

Page 5

The feather is from our dear little

bird 'Joey' who is a 

Rosie-Bourke's Parakeet.

She's a brilliant pink colour!

(This is a flight feather from her wing).

Page 6 Love this bird cage:)

Page 7 More goodies

from Retro Cafe Art

Love the bird cut-outs!

Page 8

This one is my favourite, as some

of you know, I refer to my art room

as the 'French Peacock Room'

(Sometime I'll post pictures of it

if you're interested, just leave a comment

to let me know if you'd find it interesting).

Page 9 I love the balloons:)

Page 10 A bit of room for some journaling:)

Back Cover

I love these stamps and colouring

them with the chalks!

Great fun!

So I hope you'll be inspired to create a

journal for yourself!

It was a great project, tons of fun,

and a great learning experience.

I'm no teacher, but if you're really

interested in learning how to make

a journal of your own, may I suggest

a Wonderful Internet based Company

and a Great Tutorial Teacher

Melissa Samuels!

http://blog.melissasamuels.net/

Well, hope you had at least some chocolate

while going through this post!

I'm off to go have some myself:)

Please leave a comment if you enjoyed

this post, it'll encourage me to

post more of my projects in stages:)

Enjoy!

Tags

'Love' Tag

Happy Victoria Day!

To all Canadian's having a look

at my blog today:)

And for all of my American Friends,

Happy Memorial Day soon to come:)

Isn't nice to have an extra day off!

Currently working on about 4 projects

for listing later this week and next,

so in the meantime, here's some of

my tags I've made to give you a

bit of inspiration!

'Always Loved Nature'

I enjoyed making this one, of

course since it's bird-related!

Budgie flight feather:)

This one was made for my dear friend

DorisMae Honer, a Newly Published

Canadian Author in Celebration

of her New Book.

'A Tale of Spirit'

(Link in my Favourites List)

DorisMae has always said that

she feels that the 'Owl' is her

'Spirit Guide'.

(I just love seeing her 'spread her wings'

with her first newly published book!)

Proud of you DorisMae!!

More Posts Later!

Enjoy the Holiday!

Cheers!

7Gypsies Photo Tray Project

7Gypsies Photo Tray

So my latest ongoing project, 

(there are always 3 or 4 of these

on the go:)

I found a great purchase at our

local Michaels Craft Store here

in Victoria. Turns out they had

just heard about 7Gypsies products

and had only brought a few of these

in to 'test' the market....

I bought 1/2 of what they had

on the shelf! 

So after seeing tons of projects using

this tray for family pictures and such,

I decided mine would be for the 

'Wild bunch' 

in my life, backyard and in

my home.

As this will be a slightly ongoing

project, I decided I'll post each

space as it is accomplished.

This is 'Big Boy'

Our local longest living 'patriarch'

of our herd. At this time, I figure he's

related, (fathered), at least 5 generations

of our local herd.

There's a long history with Big Boy, and

wonderful stories to be told, and yes

he was this close when I took the photo:)

Now, the photo I used a new technique

that I've been experimenting with.

Taking sand paper, inks, baby wipes,

any other mediums to play with the photo.

This works great if you don't like the

background of a photo, or if you just 

want to create a 'grunge' look,

which is what I was going for with

this photo.

Don't know yet who's going to be 

featured in the next photo,

so stay tuned, as it'll be a totally

different species:)

Enjoy!

LaPomme Package from France Arrived!

Well it was like Christmas at my house

today:)

The purchase of the Vintage Sewing

Shelf arrived today from dear

Apol at LaPomme's Shop

on Etsy.com

(In my Favourite's List:)

And look at the wonderful way that

she wrapped it in 

Vintage French

Music Paper!

I can see a project coming soon 

using this!!!

Layer after layer of wonderful

treats!

Arrived in tact!

Isn't it something!

I'm intending on using it to put all of

my wonderful ink pads in!

For quick use!

(My Art-Pal Leslie is laughing her

heart out right now, wondering

where this is going to be

displayed in my over crowded

art room:) :) :)

I'll find a spot! And when I do

and have it all full of ink pads

and labeled, I'll post a picture

for you all to see:)

Cheers!

Enjoy!

1 Month Anniversary:) :) :)

I can't believe it, but it's my

1 Month Anniversary 

of starting my blog, 

but the best thing is

as of this moment, 920 Views, 

and already 

17 Wonderful Google 'Followers'!

I'm 'gobsmacked'

 at where you all are viewing me from!

Here's just a look at some 

of the wonderful places!

Worldwide

Rio De Janeriro

Lisbon

Weisel, Germany

Padova Veneto, Italy

Jakarta

Norderhein, Westfalen

Nottingham, England

Cenon, Aquitoine

Netherlands

Bankok

Tokoyo, Japan

Londrina, Parana

Brighton, E.Sussex, England

(I know Brighton and Eastbourne!)

Christchurch, New Zealand!

And THANKS You all in the U.S.A!

Indiana, Michigan, Ohio

N. Carolina, Oregon, Missouri,

California, Tennessee, Arizona,

New Jersey, Virginia, Illinois,

Montana, Texas, Colorado!

To name just a few:)

To to Everyone here in 

Victoria, B.C. and across

Canada!

Big Hugs!

If I'd known you all were coming,

I'd put the kettle on! (GRIN!)

I want to Thank All of You for 

showing interest in my

assortment of postings and my

new passion, it's heartwarming

the emails you've been sending

to Encourage and Congratulate.

Hugs to you all!

(My poor husband when I hit 1000 Views!:)

HANG TAGS

Here's another medium that I enjoy playing in,

making Hang Tags.

'Princess'

This was a beginning of an idea

I had for a Hang Tag.

I named her 'Princess' in the beginning,

(She's one of Gale's Beautiful Girls

Graphics from Paper Whimsey 

and

the Fantastic Frame is from

Art Tea Life Graphics on Etsy.

(You'll occasionally see this

frame pop up from time to time

in my pieces, I just love it's look!)

As I studied her, I kept thinking that

she needed to be celebrated a bit further...

So I made her 'Queen' :)

Thanks to ArtChix for the Wallpaper Background,

(this is beautiful paper to play with:)

And the beautiful crown,

(sorry folks, I think I bought them out of all of them:)

If you look close at her, you'll notice

that her jewelry is a little more fitting for a 

Queen   :)

Enjoy!

A Little Birdie Told Me....

Happy Sunday Everyone:)

At the moment here in Victoria, B.C. it's pouring with rain,

cold, windy and seems like Spring is never going to 

arrive, yet Summer is getting close.

I'm in the mood for some colour!

'a little birdie told me'

Mixed Media 8 x 10 Framed Collage

I had great fun playing with this, tons of 

Vintage Dictionary paper, ink, stamps,

embellishments, I really enjoyed how the

colours came together in this piece.

Unfortunately, in the photograph it doesn't 

show how it's all layered very well.

In person it all jumps out at you.

Framed, (it's the glass thing again:)

Enjoy!

'Cate's Life' Using Vintage Photos

'Cate's Life'

5 x 7 Mixed Media Canvas

(Acrylics, Vintage Photo and Vintage Paper,

Embellishments, Inks, Graphics.)

'Cate's Life' Celebrate Spring Everyday'

'Cate' as I call her, came to me as a purchase in a group of Vintage Photographs. When I saw her face, she spoke volumes to me.

The original photograph is an 8 x 10, beautiful picture of her in all her period dress, sitting in a garden.

I estimate, that the photograph was taken mid to late 1800's,

and I like to think that 'Cate' may have had this portrait taken

due to her age, I estimate mid 90's. Or maybe even 100!

(She looks very much like my grandmother and great-grandmother on my mother's side, and they both made it into their mid to late 90's, there's hope for me:)

Because the portrait was taken in a garden, looked like a vegetable garden, and the poised photograph, in her 'Sunday' best dress, 

I'm in hopes that 'Cate' will appreciate that I have put her

in a Spring setting, and that I honour her wonderful

spirit that made me notice her in the first place:)

Enjoy!

News:) :) :)

I'm thrilled tonight to find out that the Company

Graphics45

in Portland Oregon 

has accepted my submission of the Canvas

I did using their Scrapbook Paper Line

'Le Cirque'

for the Tribute Canvas for my Mum:)

They've allowed it to be listed on their website's 

Gallery page at

http://www.g45papers.com/gallery/idea-details.php?ProID=1453&ProCatID=All&DID=All

My Mum would have been so

proud:)

(Happy Mum's Day).

Also a 'Shout Out' for

Charmed Memory Graphics

at Etsy, (Link in my favourites list)

for the extra clown graphics!

Many thanks!