Archive for February, 2010
The Eiffel Tower in Red White and Blue
BUT I LIED TO YOU!
I said I was quite restrained and held myself back from a complete shopping frenzy – HA! Yesterday, one week and one day later I received a package of tape from Japan! I forgot that I went to the third vendor, Washimatta, and bought tape to die for!
Pink Scissors Tape!
Designs, scissors and color!
Yes, the scissor tape comes in several different colors. I got pink – because I never get pink and bronze – because I always get bronze. Also got a bunch of black and white patterns because they can always sharpen up a piece that is dying of boredom.
I think I now have a respectable stash of interesting tape – nothing compared to tape-monster (see her stash here) Kelly Kilmer, but respectable. I am still looking for the kind she had in class that were in the plastic dispensers just like regular scotch tape – I like the little dots and stripes you can put right over a picture…next time I feel the need for therapy I’ll go look for that!
Striped and Spotted Overlay Tape
More Tape Overlay
If you are in Los Angeles there is an Addicted to Tape class at Stamping from the Heart on Sunday. See the weekend schedule by following the link.
Way back at the beginning of this blog I had a video showing the Sketchbook Project and then I kind of left you dangling and went off to NANOWRIMO land and then December land and never brought back the fruits of the Sketchbook Project. So here is a link to show you the photo gallery of my Sketchbook Pages that now reside in the Art Co-op Gallery.
Tape Mania!
I started with a company I had tentatively used before TAPESWELL. This is an outstanding company. I ordered the tape on Tuesday and I had it in my hands before noon on Friday. The tape was beautifully packaged in extra plastic bags for protection from the winter and the packing material is a strong tissue that I expect will end up on a journal page.
Here are my shopping guidelines when buying online:
1. always buy a sales item and
2. always buy the yummiest thing you see and
3. hold off and reserve a little money for the next vendor (LOL)
Number 3 just helps me not go hogwild, because – truly I could have bought ten times as much tape.
Addicted to Tape
I think I left off on the art class adventure report at the evening class called Favorite Things. In this class we made a book out of small paint canvases. As usual I had a ball making the book and then pooped out before getting to the part about adding the favorite things.
Front Cover
Inside front cover
Inside back cover
Stamped pages
The other feature of this nice little book is the fold out pages. I meant to make them asymmetric with larger and smaller folded portions, but ended up with them all tidily the same. This book seems to be tough enough that I will be able to stuff it in a backpack or purse – maybe on my next adventure.
Debbie Bick and Kelly Kilmer at Frenzy Stamper, Scottsdale, AZ
I have never been in a store like Frenzy Stamper before. I thought it was because I’ve been in Colorado for the last 20 years, but several women assured me there are NO other stores like Frenzy Stamper. If you are fortunate enough to live within a day’s drive of Scottsdale – a shopping trip at Frenzy Stamper is well worth the drive. I think maybe it is because owner, Debbie Bick, buys for her store only what she would buy for herself. i.e. everything you and I wish we had enough time, money and room for, ourselves. Follow the link to look at the FZ’s take on our classes.
Another Taped Page
I’m on my February adventure – a road trip to Arizona where I am in 5 art journaling classes with Kelly Kilmer for three days. My honey dropped me off in the Phoenix area and then went on to the Tucson Gem Show. Thus we have a shared adventure, the road trip, and we each get a personal adventure doing something we love! Not to mention that it is shirt-sleeve weather for us, though the natives are a little chilly. This post is about the 3 days of art classes and I will fill you in on the Road Trip Adventure next time.
Addicted to Tape
This is my first double spread from Tape class- such fun! All the background is different tapes and Kelly brought a couple of shopping carts worth of the newest and best tape…I think she might have lost money on me. I LOVE this class – I only liked/was obsessed with/had enough tape before this class now I am hopelessly lost! YIPPEE!
Love of Color Class - Lori, Toni and Kelly Kilmer
Toni and her Nana Rhoda, joined me for the Friday evening class, the Love of Color. We stamped, painted, washed and lifted paint for pages for 2 1/2 hours. We had to work fast to get our pages painted on two sides and had no time to be tidy and careful.
The Love of Color
Toni ate something that didn’t agree with her or caught something on the plane down here – so we won’t get to goof off together again, but it was really fun to meet one of my Sketchbook buddies in person.
Today was the PENS class – I can’t remember the actual name of the class, but we tried out every non-toxic pen I have ever heard of. We tried many colors and sizes of each pen including some glue pens with glitter and foil. Much to my dismay, my resistance to the lovely, but expensive Copic pens has disolved. Sigh…
Test driving the pens, pens, pens
At the evening class today (Saturday) we made yummy little books out of small painting canvases. My book has three signatures, the first time I’ve made a book with more than one signature. I didn’t remember to take a picture of the little book, but will try to post one tomorrow.
We have one more 6-hour class tomorrow in which we will make a Spirit Journal – I can hardly wait! I’ll post again with more about the art journaling classes as well as at least one post about the road trip.
