New addition to Art Quest - Faux Chipboard

I am finally caught up in my Art Quest Sketchbook! The latest challenge was Faux Chipboard - using Fun Foam. I didn't have any of the fun foam stickers, but I did have one sheet of black fun foam. I decided it would be best to keep it simple - and cut out the easiest shapes possible, hearts and diamonds!! Although I did challenge myself by cutting out the word "L O V E". The fun foam shapes were adhered to the page using E-6000. The background and the fun foam shapes were all painted with gesso and then acrylic paint. I then stamped over the fun foam shapes with a diamond stamp, a lace stamp, and a Love background stamp. I then adhered an image on top of the large heart and added some background stencils and a "Friend" stamp. With Valentine's right around the corner, I thought this was most appropriate :)

Another background for Background Noise

I added one of my own favorites to this sketchbook . . . . Paint Dragging! Fun and easy and very effective!!

Shining Stones Swap

After creating my shining stones backgrounds, I signed up for the swap that Chrissy is hosting. Here is the card I created from my backgrounds:

Art Quest Sketchbook and Challenge #2 "Dictionary Page"

I have finally created the cover for my Art Quest sketchbook which we started last year on Art Ventures. I had completed the first challenge - and am working hard to get caught up :)

Here is the cover:

And here is Challenge #2. We had to randomly select a dictionary page - and then a word, which I did by running my finger down the page and counting to five. And here is my take on "fish-monger!"

Instant Art Swap

The premise behind this swap is to create pieces of "instant art" that you can use to finish a project. Adrienne suggested that every get a zippered binder with plastic sleeves to hold the pieces. Then when you need that certain something to finish a project, you can look through the binder. For this swap we had to make 5 photo slides, 5 ATC backgrounds, 5 itty bitties, 5 images (in two sizes) and 5 tags. Below is one set of what I created.

Pea's Ponderings

I was in a journal page swap in a group called Paper Dolls a couple years back. We each made X amount of journal pages ready to journal on and received one back from everyone in the group. I just now created a cover and bound these. I look forward to journaling in it :)

I love the song "Big Girls Don't Cry" and used that behind a transparency of my face! My son thought it was for a swap and asked "who wants a picture of you on their journal?" ROFL! I choose this because it sets the tone for my some of my personal goals for 2008! Clarity, Peace, Serenity! I couldn't ask for more!!

Here was an actual page I received - and I thought WOW !! How is that for spooky!! I made this the very first page in the journal!!

Background Noise

I have started another journal, titled Background noise, at the direction of Trish Bee of Next Generation Stampers. We will be showcasing our background creations, complete with instructions.

I have come up with a "Pea Rating Guide" for each of the backgrounds that I create. My personal rating scale will be comprised of how easily the background can be made, on whether or not I have all of the necessary materials already in my house, on the "noise" factor . . . . can I create said background while my family is still in bed, and last, but certainly not least, do I LOVE what I have created :)

To start off our book, Trish choose Shining Stones . . . . and I can tell you that the Pea Rate is a PERFECT 10!!
I LOVE IT . . . . AND, I didn't burn down the house while creating it!!

Here is the cover of my sketchbook . . . I will be cutting a one inch square from each background that I create and adding it to the cover as I go.

Here are the journal pages for the first background we all created . . . . Shining Stones

Here is the backside of the last page and inside of the back cover.

Here are some larger examples of the backgrounds. I will be using one of them to create a swap on CCSwaps, where we have to use this background