May 16, 2014

Lovely Snail Mail!

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Postcards have been arriving from iHanna’s Postcard Swap. Just look at these beautiful postcards…

Thanks Michelle for this one! My kids thought I made it – totally my style.

This one’s traveled ll the way from Hawaii, thanks Roscoe! I see the islands, don’t you?

I love the simplicity of this one from Austen, Texas USA, thanks Jill. Find more of her creativity on Jillybeans. I hope I got the orientation right, but I think it works either way.

This Delaware pigeon flew from Carol Stream, Illinois USA. Thanks for making me smile Mike!

What beautiful layering from San Franciso, California USA, thanks Kathy!

This beauty if from Richmond, Virginia USA, just love all of the bits. Thanks Ellen, nice to meet you too!

What good fortune to get this one from Washington State, USA. Thanks Stephanie, what beautiful texture!

May 14, 2014

Inspiration that’s blooming now…

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Lately, I’ve been having fun mixing “real world” art with the digital world and realizing just how much I enjoy it. Since I started art journaling, my art style has evolved into something more artistic and less structured or “designed”. The freedom while art journaling is wonderful – NO rules to follow and the only person I need to make happy is myself.

For a future photoDUDS release I’ve been playing in paint and using my Gelli Arts Plate. SO many prints were created, I just couldn’t stop. By scanning the best bits, I have the control to position elements the way I want in Photoshop. That is freedom too!

Here are some of the bits after I have combined them in Photoshop.

These are going to be 16×20 templates. Here are some of the details.

May 1, 2014

Postcards are finished!

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Well, the fronts are finished for the iHanna DIY Postcard Swap! They just need to be addressed and taken to the post office. Actually, I’m stressing a bit over what to write on the backs, I’m not much of a writer.

I’m happy with these 12…

Funny how plans change as I do things like this. As I start working on one, I change things that I DID like about another one. It is a process of evolving and knowing when to stop. Or simply time is forcing me to stop, because of a deadline.

Creating like this can be difficult for me because I miss the luxury of a computer. There is no way to nudge type, or make it bolder, or a few points larger, or the brown a little redder, or the yellow not so saturated… It is what it is. I find this helpful for me to loosen up and forgo perfection.

Not sure which 2 I will keep!