Good Morning..say hi to Jack and Flapjack..cheryl brought scones and a playmate for flapjack..we both made out with that visit!

And mom helped me with the red tray..whoops was old and blue..now red with resin on it and some stenciling.

And got a picture of her cleaning up the sink..she was always more fun in the kitchen and she proves some things don't change with age..she loved helping me out fixing salad etc...!!

have not done a whole lot, but doing trial and error from nancy reyners book...then the ideas in the Altered Surfaces book from Golden is just making me drool..so hoping to get to some this week end.

flapjack continues to 'do what delights him'..which is just digging, playing, playing and playing. John says ' I have never walked so much..played so much..and done not much else"!!!

Mom helped me in the kitchen last week and loved it. We have forgotten just how much she CAN do..she loves wiping up the sink and helping with dinner...its sad...parts of them are old..but there is still alot of busy busy time inside that 94 and 10 month little lady! She thinks she can do anything...until she tries to get up...will say ' judy what happened, yesterday I walked to church and back'. sure mom.

my friend sandy finished another great class at Frenzy..the dog house. its adorable so soon as I figure how to get from my email...to my blog..I can share. Taking anything from my Iphone or camera is easy...just throw me something new and I have to check with my Mac lady, debbie!!!

who happens to be in London..relaxing with a broken toe! See debbie..a birthday..a year older..and the Toe gives out!

have a great week.

following nancy reyner

well you know I am following Nancy Reyner's Acrylic Revolution book...and have fallen in love with fiber paste. So far I have rusted some pieces and now I tried a stencil using the paste, removing and whalla..it did not fall apart. looks and feels just like paper. You can then embellish, emboss whatever and its easier then when stencil is on your substrate and allows you to choose exactly where to put the embellishment without realizing you don't like it after its already stenciled on your art!

I am finding using my craft paper is perfect for this, although you could use freezer paper.

WOW..what is Flapjack doing while I am sitting here quietly writing in my Artist Way journal..digging a hole??????????? nope..guess he just wanted a cool place to sit. These guys are smart!!

Well as Artist Way says...Do what delights you!!!

ACRYLIC REVOLUTION AND ME

well as you can see..I have my studio table all set for painting. nothing else there! and its filled.

decided to follow Nancy Reyners Book Acrylic REvolution and do at least 2 techniques a day...waiting for time didn't work..time waits for no one..and I am actually accomplishing more then i think with just the few minutes as mom is in bed..awake having toast or whatever since i can hear her.

the cheesecloth is wet when layed on the canvas so it sticks..no glue. then painted between the cracks and you can't really tell but the outcome actually looks like the cheescloth is still there due to the thickness in places with the paint. then I added the idea of doing a transfer over with black and white to watch the colors come thru the transfer. I think you can get a background for some transfers this way rather then trying to paint a transfer after!

I also did the feather painting, the ribbon and the eye dropper. IThis morning i started the coarse Pumice gel techniq..I have covered the canvas..will let it dry and then..you will see the rest after I follow the other steps. interesting effect with coarse pumice.

and I liked the fiber paste with the rust so I covered a 8 x 8 grundge board so i will have the rusted paper, thicker..and bigger..wanting to maybe cover a book during micheal demengs class this summer. will show you the 8 x 8 when its finished..but i also added a picture of the previous fiber paste since it has really rusted even more!!!

and of course flapjack got his first bath!!!! Thanks to aunt cheryl who led us thru this..( had to buy some DAWN) who would have guessed. new doggie parents..getting there!

now have to go help john fix the brand new sweeper that he tried out and got a string caught!!!!

life goes on!

fiber paste

well Debbie had a birthday and I love when someone gets one year older..except for some reason they still never catch up to me!!! darn!

but it gets us all together...goody goody...we had a great time! who's next?

and..flapjack had a birthday. one year old. should have put a party hat on him , but everyday

is a party..he is so cute...happy...we love him.

but now i have cleared the studio table and have decided to concentrate only on paints and mediums. no gluing ..no paper, no journals. i have had the mediums for 3 years and yet never learned all the interesting applications, like the fiber paste.

in the pictures i have taken fiber paste and made a thin piece..almost looks like paper..thin and able to be cut. then i used metal paints and activator to rust the piece...nice because now i can cut this up into any embellishment i would like, that resembles old rusted metal.

then.i did a stencil over the top..using the same applications, paint and activator to make it more interesting....

and now i am on to more testing...i intend to do nothing but testing and painting until august 1..then i will evaluate myself..as to just what i learned!!!

see ya

ONE DAY AT A TIME..

WELL FLAPJACK CONTINUES TO AMAZE US WITH HIS RESILIENCE AND EASY DEMEANOR....AND THE GIRLS ARE STARTING TO GIVE HIM A LOOK....AS ABBY DID YESTERDAY...HELLO!!!

HIS PAWS ARE SORE BUT HE STILL RUNS BACK INTO THE HOUSE AFTER DOING HIS ' DUTY'..(exactly where he is supposed to) AND ON TO HIS FAVORITE PILLOW HIS GODMOTHER GAVE HIM!!

MEANWHILE I DECIDED TO GET BACK TO THE STUDIO AFTER AT LEAST 2 WEEKS LAYOFF...AND IN 30 MINUTES WITH A NAPKIN FROM MY FRIEND SANDY AND AN IDEA SHERRY SHOWED US. ( USING THE BACK OF THE CANVAS) .PUT TOGETHER MY CAPPICCINO BOX. THE CUP IS A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT I NEVER HUNG...AND THE BEANS ARE REAL..JUST STALE!!! USED THE HANGER HOLE TO PUT IN SOME METAL BEND 'STEAM' EFFECTS.

YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE NAPKIN IN THE BACKGROUND.

SO MY PROMISE IS TO FINISH SOME 'UNFINISHED PROJECTS'...LETS SEE WHERE THAT TAKES ME..SOME ARE 2 YEARS OLD!!

ENJOY YOUR MEMORIAL WEEK END!!

flapjack flips out.

WELL. POOR FLAPJACK...NOT HOME 48 HOURS AND IN TROUBLE...

THATS MY FRIEND JAN IN DENVER WITH A ' WELCOME FLAPJACK BASKET..TOYS, BLANKET..FOOD..BRUSH..SO CUTE!!!

AND SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES...

YOU CAN WHICH IS WHICH!!!

TOOK MOM FOR HAIRCUT AND THE SOUND OF WHEELCHAIR FALLING FROM BACK OF SUV..SPOOKED HIM...HE WAS IN HIS KENNEL BUT DOOR NOT LOCKED..RAN..RAN..RAN. WE LOOKED FROM 1PM SATURDAY UNTIL 9PM. EVERYONE HELPED. NO LUCK

SUNDAY JOHN WENT BACK TO AREA AT 5AM. WE ALL JOINED. SEARCHED EVERY SINGLE PLACE. NO TAG SINCE JUST ARRIVED HOME AT 9PM FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT HAD COLLAR . GRANDKIDS, FRIENDS JOINEDIN THE SEARCH....TO SAY THE LEAST JOHN WAS DISTRAUGHT!!

FLAPJACK IS SUCH A DOLL...NEVER BARKED..NEVER WHINED..SO CUTE. BUT OUR PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED THE MAN WHO PICKED HIM UP..HAD LOST A DOG ONCE THAT WAS RETURNED..CALLED US AT 1:00 SUNDAY...WE WERE EXHAUSTED LOOKING FOR HIM..IT WAS A PRAYER ANSWERED.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE..HIS PAWS ARE SEVERELY INJURED FROM WALKING IN 100 DEGREE PAYMENTS FOR 30 MINUTES AND THEN CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS THAT WERE EVEN HOTTER...SO RIGHT NOW HE IS AT THE VET..HE STILL H AS YET TO WIMPER OR BARK..HE IS JUST SO CUTE..CALM. WHEN HE RAN..HE RAN SO FAST 3 PEOPLE TRIED TO GRAB HIS LEASH AND COULD NOT..AND OBVIOUSLY HE KEPT THAT PACE..BURNED PAWS AND ALL TRAFFIC WAS SLOWED TO 10MPH BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE STREET...UNTIL HE WENT OVER THE TRACKS..AND REALLY GOT BURNED..AND THEN WENT OFF ON A SIDE STREET AND COLLASPED, WHICH IS HOW THE GUY WHO WAS FOLLOWING..GOT HIM...HE IS A STRONG STRONG LITTLE GUY!!

SO WISH HIM LUCK..AND WILL UPDATE EVERYONE LATER!!!

classes, luncheon, birthdays

hi...boy has this day flown.

well sandy,and I found ourselves posing with claudine Hellmuth at her class at Mystic paper along with 30 others...way too large a class..but we did take home some techniques to share!!!

my favorite was the vaseline/paint peeling...Lena was there...hiding from the camera but I did catch her if you look closely thru these pictures!!!

and in between I attended a luncheon with cheryl ( she cooked.I ate) along with Sharon and Judy..more friends..yes I am a lucky friend-haver..( new name I made up and of course the star.Jan.de'Atre..wonderful...fun...sharon, judy and myself! Yep, ate everything!!

the box...was a last minute birthday gift for cheryl because I have not finished her REAL birthday present...I think I started it a year ago..but heck, she will never know.........will she?

The red canvas with moms picture was a transfer..now I have to embellish...pearl necklace? lace trim? gold somewhere? transparency? I have no idea. will play with it for a while but promise it wont' go into my ' in progress' drawer!! I will finish this!

No mothers day pictures..son Johnny took them all..must remember to get out my IPHONE next time!!! But Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers! cheers.!

p.s. the class picture wasn't really for publication, but hey, we are what we are..and we were having fun!