17 Days of Green: Day 4

I wanted to get a little different look on this page and I happened upon the frog in a magazine...and with the saying...'its easy to be green." I thought it would work nice on this page! It's day four and I feel like I am getting a little be more flow to the journal process.

17 Days of Green: Day 3

I wanted to make a page that was about GREEN but ended up making a page about Ireland (well sort of). I can tell that this project is going to STRETCH my mind with trying to keep the pages different.

17 Days of Green: Day 2

Here's the day two page. I am really liking the metallic pen in gold....it goes on very smooth and is nice and shiny. I used a Celtic design I printed off the internet and then a Irish saying. I then added some design around the design. It's pretty simple but I like it!

17 Days of Green: Day 1

Today is Day One in the 17 Days of Green series. During the first 17 days of March I will work on my St. Pat's art journal and share it with you here at The Creative Spirit. I hope you will create an art journal too and post that you are working on one in the comments section along with a link to a blog or photos so we can see your work also! For me as always it is not about being a great artists (I'm not).....it's just about the fun of creating. The photo above is my cover page. The photo below is today's page. Some days I'll work on one page and some days a two page creation. It will depend on time and my creative muse.

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