Getting Ready for 17 Days of Green

At Christmas I created a 1-25 art journal and enjoyed it so much I decided to try it for another holiday. I missed an opportunity at Valentine's Day but decided to move forward with one for St Patrick's Day. Honestly I'm not exactly sure what it will look like just yet. I just know it will involve shades of green, orange and white. I decided to make some base pages ahead of time to help make the process smoother. I also decided to keep it cost effective by using 5 x 8 index card dividers instead of a "purchased" book. I used these for the Christmas art journal and found they worked fairly well.

Here are the base pages. I painted them. I didn't worry about getting them "covered" perfectly because I know I will be collaging over them etc. Some of them actually have a bit of texture to them because of the way the paint dried or the use of the brush. I'm going to hole punch two holes in them and use binder rings.

Next I have some St Patrick's Day images selected from the internet that I need to print and I need some ink for my stamp sets as I have several St Patrick's Day and shamrock ones that I think it would be fun to "play with" for this art journal. I only have a couple days of prep time left and then the pages begin! One a day for 17 Days! I hope you'll visit again and see how the project is going! Happy art journaling to each of you!

Clear Tag Album

Here's another inspiring little project from Vicki over at This Art That Make Me Happy...a clear tag album. This one has a warming summer theme of learning how to sommersault...but I could also envision it made up with some cute photos featuring red or pink....add a few hearts and it would make a lovely little Valentine's day gift for a grandparent or someone else special!!

Valentine's Day House

Vicki Chrisman's blog is wonderful. With tons of creative projects, this little Valentine House captured my heart. It is adorable! Check out her blog at This Art That Makes Me Happy. Make sure you watch the slide show. She has houses for all the holidays. Here's another view of the house. She lists materials that you need. Look for the blog to be featured often on the BEST of the CREATIVE

Tag Valentine Card

Isn't this just the cutest little Valentine created by Angel over at Angelosity?


She also shared how her friend had cut it apart and used it as part of a scrapbook page. With cards this cute....it's sure to be a super sweet Valentine's Day.