Namaste ~ Ella Get Messy is an art journal challenge where a gang of crafty vixens are sharing art journal pages we have created to practice our skills and push past our creative limits with hopes to inspire. We share our pages without restraint every week, and once a month we create around a prompt. Go check out these crazy talented ladies who are… Continue reading Thank You
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Get Messy Week 12
My art journal pages this week were quite enjoyable to create (having Murdoch Mysteries on on the background made it even better). The first page is a dreamy, winter-evoking piece (inspired by this darn Bomb Cyclone weather!). I drew the deer silhouette and then spent a good while shading it in just so. I adore… Continue reading Get Messy Week 12
Get Messy Week 11
This week's Get Messy pages... Page one was something I had on my mind to try - weaving on paper, but with ribbon instead of more paper. The idea is fantastic and the results are really nice, however, paper (especially magazine paper) can be so flimsy and that can lead to some frustrations (and the… Continue reading Get Messy Week 11
Get Messy Week 10
I have been finding myself following a sort of pattern when it comes to my pages. The first page is often a collage or full page image of sorts (to help cover the bleed-through of the previous page - this particular notebook has rather thin/somewhat transparent pages) while the second page is done directly on… Continue reading Get Messy Week 10
Get Messy Week 9
Get Messy Prompt Time! This week is the October prompt which was about gratitude. It's a lovely prompt and one that flowed easily onto my pages. Gratitude is beautiful and a mind filled with gratitude and appreciation is one brimming with such loveliness that one cannot help but be draw to it... Page one is… Continue reading Get Messy Week 9
Get Messy Week 8
Illusions and beetles and Oscar Wilde...yeah, this week was definitely all about a bit of fun! For page 1, I illustrated and colored in a charming cigarette beetle. Mind you, I am no Coleopterist nor am I into Entomology - I think insects are best left to the wild and away from me (or at… Continue reading Get Messy Week 8
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