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Fuller/Banks Family Picnics

Cupid Shuffle Family Style
Nothing quite like the fun of all generations of the  Fuller and the Banks clan coming together to dance . You can't see them all in the photo because there are two groups of  dancers. ( we could not get them all to come together (Banks and the Fullers ) but there were at least twenty people in each group dancing to the same music but in different sections of the park! So much fun ... some of us will probably be stiff for a couple of days !! Music was "great" ... the "teachers" were great !!

Journal Back
I'm sure that at some point as I'm inspired,  I will complete the covers of my Art Journal, but I thought I'd share what I had done so far. Go check out Eclectic Paperie's blog , the E- Team is doing a Blog Hop, those are some very creative women!

Art Journal

Art Journal Cover
I used a  Mixed Media Journal I got from the sale bin at Michael's, covered it with GCD Studio Paper  "Spring In Bloom", love this paper, it's got a really cool texture to it. I embellished it with  Recollections   Card Making Embellishments from my stash I added Tim Holtz's  Ideology corners and a hinge clip ( on the back). I printed out the quote and distressed the edges with spun sugar distressing ink on the front. On the back I stamped a quote from Tim Holtz's stamps, and a butterfly from my stamp stash.

A Journaling We Go Part 2

My Art Journal Part 2

Oh my goodness... I can't believe how fun this was. The E-Team at Eclectic Paperie invited the bloggers to participate  along with them in their Art Journal Challenge. Can't believe I'm doing this! I loved the quote for this month - A woman is like a tea bag , you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. Eleanor Roosevelt . I was inspired by members of the design team, I too like the tea cup idea. I envisioned a woman coming up out of the tea cup "celebrating" who she was. I started my page by distressing it with shabby shutters, spun sugar and dusty concord distressing inks. Then I stamped it with  my Deco Lady stamp from Stampendous, when I stamped her something had gotten under my mat so parts of her hair did not "print" ( Oh no... now what! )... aah Hampton Art stamp to the rescue, I stamped her at the spot that did not print... hum... I think I like this... so I used a second Hampton Art stamp for my dancing lady . These are the Graphic 45 Vintage Ladies. Now I needed a tea cup... drawing is NOT MY GIFT ... aah Sizzix Tea cup die  cut from K & Company Jubilee paper , distressing the edges in tea dye distressing ink and tied a tag at the handle ... yay ... saved the day!  I used a flourish stamp from my stash for the steam which I stamped with sepia archival ink.  I colored the stamps using a combination of color pencils, gelly roll metallic pens and a watercolor paint pen. I embellished the ladies dress and around her hair with diamond stickles, once that was dry I spritzed it with heirloom gold perfect pearls mist. I printed the quote on my computer and tore the edges and distressed the edges with a combination of spun sugar, dusty concord and tea dye distressing ink; so that it gave an effect of being in the tea steam. Let's see I think I covered the details oh ... I added sections of the flourish to the tea cup, and a tea bag to the quote. New experience , but fun, I look forward to stretching my creativity with these challenges... Thanks E-Team for allowing us to participate!

Monthly May Challenge

Monthly May Challenge
I liked my card and realized it could be my May Challenge for Inspiration  Emporium ( blog.inpirationemporium.com). They are doing a May challenge with flowers, any flowers... perfect! My flowers were colorized with fired brick, worn lipstick and festive berries distressing ink and then misted with perfect pearls perfect pearls mist. The card idea came from Swirlydoos. Check my previous blog post for details.