Author: Dina

Check out all the cool layouts from the ScrappeMania team…it was so fun to be their GDT this month!

but just have one to share for now….

I hope everyone has a great Memorial Day weekend…

Some of this is in my "grunge" book, some isn't…I think I have blue ink permanently in my cuticles.

Had so much fun scrapping with Danielle Thompson's Kitschy Digitals goodness…

ETA: kl says a couple of kits are left…go get 'em!!

The kits are sold out (you really need a subscription, yo)…go check out the amazing gallery!

I posted this little collage on the KR blog…all collage elements come from the KR April main kit.

You are going to love the May Kenner Road kit(s)….the May kits go up on the 14th at 9:00 p.m. Pacific time. They've been selling out lickety split, so be there early to get yours. Even better…become a subscriber & you won't miss out.

I thought I'd share a little art journaling process that I enjoy. Those of you who have taken my Art Journaling 101 or 102 classes know that I don't like to waste ink or paint. If I have extra paint on my palette, I put it on another surface to use later. Same with ink…if there's surplus ink on the stencil, I turn it over and press it somewhere. The results are typically unpredictable and deliciously grungy.

I bought a small bound journal from Mister Art. It's about 5.5" square and the pages are decently heavy. I started wiping my excess paint & ink on its pages, and the result is a grungy, impulsive journal that has no real rhyme or reason. I'll wipe paint on top of paint, paint on top of ink, do whatever I feel. I don't stop & think about it, I just do it. I don't worry that these pages aren't composed nicely because, well, they're just leftovers. The process is very freeing and sometimes serendipitous. Sometimes I like how the random elements come together, and I add text & other images to the page.

I call it my "grunge journal."

Today I found myself with a free day …well, really, I don't ever have a free day. But today was a day that had no imminent deadlines, so I was able to create for just me…and oh, what fun. I started two canvases and worked in a new, luscious journal that I bought in Holland.

I hope your Monday was equally as messy and creative…