Spring Inspired Shaped Note Cards

Oh I can really feel spring in the air and most days the sun is shining so bright plus no chills.  Today is such a special day because hubby and I found spring flowers blooming in our front yard.  With such a sunny day I got inspired to make shaped note cards that I can just take it with me in my handbag ... writing sweet messages to friends and hubby while at work.  It is a very simple project and so happy that I got to play with one of my first acquired Cricut Cartridges and that is Accent Essentials.  After cutting shapes I used different stamps using Close To My Heart Inkpads.  It has been a very very long time since I played with such tools.  I guess I just got focused on mixed media specifically art journaling that I stopped stamping and cutting images from my cartridges.

Here's my simple springy shaped note cards.  Although simple I find it useful and cute =)

For details:

Have a great week everyone!

(Week 08) - Journal 52 : Found Poetry

Honestly, I almost gave up on this week journal :  Found Poetry.  I can't find any English material here at home nor anywhere that I  may find inspiration thus use in my page.  I was nearly to asking what would the punishment be if one does not submit for the week.  You might be wondering why so let me explain to you my reader more of the week prompt.

It says at Journal 52 that:
"For this week’s prompt, we will explore found poetry. Whether you decide to write a haiku or a sonnet or a freestyle poem – all depends on what you can find to make poetry out of!
According to Poets.org, “Found poems take existing texts and refashion them, reorder them, and present them as poems. The literary equivalent of a collage, found poetry is often made from newspaper articles, street signs, graffiti, speeches, letters, or even other poems.”

Using an old book or magazine, create a poem for your art journal using words cut out from the pages or by block out parts of the text with a marker or paint. Don’t worry about rhyming or making sense – just find words you like and put them together on a page!

If cutting up a book or magazine makes you cringe, you can always copy/print a page of text and use that!"

See what i mean?  It might be so easy for you but when you're in Sweden and you are an immigrant and still feels uncomfortable with the language you will really have a hard time for this prompt.  Anyway, as I almost gave up and thought of checking ALL my Cricut Cartridge cases - thinking that I can definitely find poetry in every title of my carts BUT something fell from my bookshelf yesterday morning and Lo and Behold I found few of my roller stamps packaging and at the back are words in ENGLISH, yehey!!!!!  I read and read and stared at it as a whole and viola I was able to make a poetry out of it.  I decided not to cut each words coz I think I will just save the packaging board for reference everytime I will use my roller stamps in my Project Life.  I stamped the words instead.

Here's what I made for my journal page:  I used gelli plate with Adirondack Dye pad for my background then I doodled and used Faber Castell Pitt Pens for coloring... stamping here and there ...adding washi tape and the bunny foams =)

The title of my found poetry is .............. C E L E B R A T E !

Hello Sunshine

today we....

love, love, love

happy memories

Here and There

this and that

I love you lots.

Today

at this moment

documented

real life

happy memories

celebrating

best day ever

all together

let's fly away.

The Materials I used:

Roller Stamps where I found my poetry

Gelli Plate
Ranger Adirondack Dye Pad (instead of paints for my gelli plate)
Posco Pen (black)
Faber Castell Pitt Pens
Stamps
Washi Tape (flag and word celebrate)
Bunny Foams


Hhhmmmm I think I'm ready for the next prompt and I wonder what it would be =)

Happy Sunday!

(Week 07) - Journal 52 : When I Grow Up

It's time once again for my weekly journal under Journal 52 and it's all about what I want to be when I grow up.  All of us I believe had dreams when we were a kid about what we ant to be.  I also believe ALL parents asked their kids about the same question, right?  When I read the prompt which says "
When you were a kid, did you know what you wanted to be when you grow up? Maybe you wanted to be a teacher or an astronaut for example.

For this week’s prompt, create a page about your “dream job” – what would you do if you do if you could do anything? If you already do work you love, make a list of the things you enjoy about the work that you do. If you’re not sure, then think back to being a child – what activities did you enjoy or what did you hope to do when you grow up?"

I, of course had an immediate answer to such question even up to now when someone asks me and that is for me to :be a STEWARDESS.  I remember I'm always in awe when I see flight attendants in their clean and crisp uniforms and all of them I must say are beautiful indeed in their own way.  I do have a cousin who was a stewardess and I adore her.  Imagine, they get to travel all over the world and even when they are serving food in the plane they stay elegant until one leaves the plane either for next flight or just going home.  Yes, I tried applying and I humbly say I got accepted but it was really my dad against the whole idea.  He told me horrible and possibilities that may happen to me so at the end I pursued my career in Fine Art major in Advertising plus music.  I stayed in the private world for a decade and joined the government as one of the Presidential Staff Officer concentrating on Social Media and Advocacy for 2 Presidents.  My last stint in the government was being the Chief-of-Staff in a prestigious PR agency.  I have no regrets on the path I chose for I met my hubby at the right time, gave birth to a healthy baby boy.

Aside from being a Stewardess, I dream to of course be married to a loving, kind-hearted, understand, patient, good provider, and God-fearing man .... then have a child ... be a fulfilled woman in a lot of ways that I don't have to go into detail about that .... grow old with my husband and die peacefully.  ALL of which God has given it to me except for the fulfilled woman part coz I'm in the process as well as the dying part AND being a Stewardess hehehehehehehehehe BUT I'm thankful for that because for many years now I get to travel to see the world with my family anywhere I want PLUs I'm the one being served in the plane and not the other way around.

The main technique I used here was clear packaging tape transfer which I will share with you later.

What was your childhood dream when you grow up?

Happy week-end everyone and God bless!

Mini Post-It On-the-Go Keeper

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Don't you just love post-it notes?  Oh, well maybe I'm the only one who is addicted to post-its and it's really embarrassing to take a picture just to show you how many I have for now.  While I was cleaning one of my make-up drawers, I found hubby's I.D. card he had during one of his conferences in Stockholm.  Upon seeing it I knew what I'm going to do about it.  Surely it would be handy for me coz I love sticking post-its in my filofax, the Bible, my Project Life planner and the likes.

Here's what I did:

I think I will look for more plastic I.D. cards here at home and use it as my post-it keeper.  The next project I have to make is my washi tape on-the-go keeper so I don't have to take the whole bunch everytime I needed it.

Oh my!  Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and I know millions of people will be celebrating it tremendously.  As for me, I really do not dwell much on this event eversince I was a kid and luckily hubby feels the same way because for us EVERYDAY is really a Valentine's Day =)

 So to all of you celebrating the V-Day :  Have a great day with your love ones =)

(Week 06) - Journal 52 - The Lost Art of Love Letters

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Aw, what a sweet prompt this week - The Lost Art of Love Letters!

I was giggling all the time when I was conceptualizing my art journal page for this week much more when I was making it happen.  It brings back memories - the time my hubby saw me at internet and he sent a letter to me.  From then on we exchange love letters everyday until the day he came to Philippines and proposed marriage to me.  Although we exchanged love letters thru internet I feel that it was best in our situation coz we were both not getting any younger.  Imagine the waiting and anticipation when the letter will arrive from mail posts!!!!!  I think it would have been a total longingness that one cannot breathe hahahahaha!

Here's the prompt I got at Journal 52: 
With it being Valentine’s Day this week, I thought I would bring up a lost art: Love letters.

For this week’s prompt, take inspiration from a love letter. Use a love letter quote or try writing your own love letter to a friend or family member, your sweetheart, secret crush, or even to yourself.

Receiving this prompt we hurriedly read and read ALL our letters to each other and it made us both laugh and blush like teenagers!  YES!, I printed out and compiled ALL our letters a week after I migrated here in Sweden.  Hubby wrote touching letters that I had to close my eyes and randomly pick one for me to use in my journal page.  I picked the letter dated June 28, 2002.  Every element in my page has a meaning =)

Materials Used:

Sizzix Tim Holtz Alteration Die :  Vintage Typewriter
Foil Cardstock - silver
Crystal Beads
Wooden Beads which I took from old bracelets
Leather string
Postal Washi Tape
Sweden flag Washi Tape
Fabric hearts
Fabric were I cut and adhere the tree and woman in blue
Felt hearts and bird with branch
Stickles
Handmade envelop using shrinkie plastic

I still love receiving love letters from hubby.  For me, writing a love letter is something very deep instead of sending love text messages - it's one of the setbacks in this new age.  I guess I'm still old-fashioned.