the 21 Secrets classes continue

The latest class that I finished from the 21 Secrets workshop was Carissa Paige's.

I liked the class and am striving to think less and just let things happen. I am getting better at it but not quite all the way there yet. I guess I'm a work in progress.

Anyway this is the spread that I did after her class. I used several of my own foam stamps on this spread which was fun. The flower around her eye is an outline of a bit of textured paper that was part of the first layer on the page.

 

 

 

Lydia

I'm here with a quick post this morning before beginning my regular Monday morning housework routine to share a journal page inspired by a reading in church yesterday.

In Acts chapter 16 we learned about the conversion of Lydia. Lydia was a business woman who sold purple (not sure if that was fabric or dye, but purple for high society) in the market place.

She met up with Paul by a river where she was baptized. Later she invited Paul and his companions to stay in her home (sort of a home base from which to spread the word).

 

This is the beginning of my spread - in my mind I picture a sunny and bright, joyful day when they met each other.

 

 

 

Keeping in mind that Lydia sold either purple dye or purple cloth I painted up these pages to use for my images.

 

Using various sections from my purple pages this is what happened in my journal.

 

The river on the left is where she was baptized and became a Christian (the fish). Later, being a woman of some means she had a relatively large home and invited Paul and his entourage to come and stay there with her.

 

My truly simplified version of Acts 16:13-15.

 

Have a great week!

 

Renee 

 

 

 

 

more Secrets...

That is... more of the 21 Secrets class.

I have been having fun moving along at my own pace with these journaling classes. This week I've been working on the Hali Karla and Danielle Daniels lessons. I'm using a great journal that I made in Terri Kahrs' class for the work and have been using stamps made from Kate Crane's class.

This is my newest spread and is my take on the Danielle Daniels class.

 

 

 

I worked on a few pages after watching the videos for Hali Karla's class as well.

 

 

 

 

This first spread represents my longing for all the beautiful shades of green in Spring. Our winter has dragged on for months and I can hardly wait for the trees to start budding out and for the flowers to start poking through the dirt.

 

 

 

 

 

For these pages I used a few of the leftover paint chips that I have in my stash pile as well as the last few bits and pieces leftover from the previous spread.

 

While searching for just the right word for the page I came across "Inside" and it just felt right. Sometimes if I'm on a roll with my journals I close my eyes and imagine different color schemes. These are the ones seem to be the ones floating around inside my head lately.

 

It also makes me think about when the kids were little and I would say they need to use their 'inside voices'. I used my 'inside colors'.

 

 

 

 

 

Finally this little number - What Scares Me Most. I have a couple of ideas of things that I would like to try and am dragging my feet. Through these pages I'm trying to figure out what stops me. What am I afraid of? What is the worst thing that could happen if I try? What scares me most? Good thing there are a few more pages left in the journal to figure it out!

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

Renee

 

 

 

my third face in the world

Our round robin of faces continues. This is Penny Stewart's face as I received it.

 

I added lips and cheek color and she ended up like this.

 

 

She will go to Selva next week for the final touches and then back to Penny. We are nearing the end so the additions are getting a little harder. When I look at this one I imagine a mermaid so am anxious to see how Selva imagines her.

 

everything is connected

Our Earth Day bottle swap is finished. This is the fun bottle I received in return from Roc Nicholas.

I had fun digging through all my new treasures. Among them is one of Roc's new stamps - stacked cups (you can see the top of it through the bottle). Roc's stamps are available at www.stampotique.com.

Beside waiting for the postal carrier to deliver my bottle I've been working on several classes in the 2013 21 Secrets workshops. The latest one I'm taking is by Hali Karla. The first part of her class had us starting out with several blank papers and without over-thinking it start adding color using any meduim that felt right.

 

 

This is the stack of pages I ended up with using Hali's process. Before moving on to the next step, one of the pages (bottom right) was begging to be finished a little differently.

A few weeks ago in church one our readings was Psalm 30 and it's been on my mind ever since. This is my painting inspired by that Psalm.

 

 

In addition to be background created in Hali's class I also used a treasure from my Earth Day bottle from Roc. The little bird that my girl is holding is a sticker from Roc's original art that she included in my bottle. Everything is connected!

 

Thanks Roc for the bottle of goodies, thanks Hali Karla for the page inspiration, and thank God for JOY!

 

Save the Earth

I'm excited about a fun Earth Day swap that is coming up hosted by Terri Kahrs.

We are to fill an empty water bottle with a wide assortment of goodies for our partners. Once filled we duck tape it shut, glue the screw cap on tightly and then mail the bottle.

 

 

This is the assortment of goodies I included. Actually when I got to filling the bottle I managed to cram in a few more small trinkets into the open spaces.

 

 

This is my bottle ready to take to the post office to mail to my partner.

 

How will you commemorate Earth Day?

 

Another Face in the World

The Face in the World round robin continues...

This is Lizzy Love's face as I received it.

 

I added nose, lips and a bit of cheek color and shading around her eyes and will now send her on to Selva for her additions.

 

This is how she looks now. Can't wait to see the completed piece.