Some news for you....

I have decided that I need to take a break from the blog.  So I am going to start that break starting today.  I wont be back till September.  I am taking a long break, some of things that I am going to do, is try to change up my art.  I feel the need to do something different, than , this art that I am creating, is this  who I really am.  Who am I as an artist I don't  know, but I intend to find out,

I am going to work bigger than an ICAD, I want to work big, I want my art to flow, to tell a story.  I don't know if I can do this but I am going to try.  Another thing is I keep taking courses, but you know something I never have made anything from a course I have taken.  So I am going to revisit all the courses I have taken, and try and make something from each one.  And as you know hubby has retired, so we have to figure out things around here, to make our lives work.  Its hard on him, and harder on me, I have had 4 years of retirement and figured out a schedule, now he is in the mix, and I have to remix the schedule to include him.  So I have my hand fulls, for awhile.  I wont be away from the computer, I will still be visiting you but I just wont be blogging.  So watch for me in September.   

Lee

Come get happy....

I made this using hand painted paper

a peice of corrugated cardboard I had laying around

a quick sketch and marker gal

the word "happy"  and the |numbers on the side

came from a free collage sheet from http://aweebitwarped.blogspot.ca/2012/05/for-amy-and-you-too.html

 Shelly Massey who is an amazing artist you should check out

Were you one of those people in high school who was always happy, you never saw them in a bad mood, always had a good word for everyone?  I was not , I was quiet, had a good group of friends who were the same as me, you know what and I hate to say this "we stayed clear of those happy people"  Now that i am older and wiser, it's nice to see people who have a great attitude towards everything.  So I guess the lesson I learned was don't judge people....

The dark ages.....

Just in case you wanted to know what I used here is the breakdown:

I had a faux piece of paper that had this typewriter on it

I then had some scrapbook scraps (the circles)

the cardboard, I had on my worktable I had paint splatters on it

and the hi sign came from a pair of Hurley jeans my daughter had

and I cut it down to fit

then I aged the paper with some Tim Holtz distress ink

Do you know I learned how to type in high school.  When I was in high school back in the dark ages, if you could type you could be assured of a job.  Another item that has gone the way of the not made any more.  But let me tell you learning how to type was one of the best things I ever did.  I can't imagine typing with two fingers.

Starry Eyed

I read that quote somewhere and wrote it down, and now can't remember

where it came from?  First day of hubby's retirement, I think I need a stiff drink.....

smile your on candid camera

This is a picture of my old camera that I drew and used sharpie markers to color, I had some old film by Tim Holtz,and this old picture, dont know where it came from.  I save words in a folder just in case I ever want to use them, and I thought this one fit perfectly.  Have a great Sunday.

He's at the post

This happens to be my favorite so far.  I happen to love the horse races, (see something new you now know about me).  I don't go very often, but I do watch all the big races on TV.  We have the horse racing here everyday of the week and on the weekend.  So I will go once in awhile, I dont  bet big but I always bet to to win.  I must have got the horse race bug from my MOM she loved the races.

Hello June and ICAD Challenge

This is number 1 in the ICAD challenge.  So far I am moving right along creating these cards, but I know its going to come, when I dont have any ideas left.  So I am going to try to make it for the month of June, and we will see after that.   I will tell you a bit about this one, I used painted paper by me.  The words tiles are from Tim Holtz has this word booklet, the clock that says me, is from Athnropoligie that I got in the mail for my birthday.  And the June calender is from Selvage Stickers.

I had the time of my life...and I owe it all to you

Well its the end of the challenge, and I probably wont draw flowers for at least a couple of days (lol).  I had fun.  But now its on to the ICAD challenge, I have been creating them I think I have done 10 now.  So today its off to the airport driving the neighbour, creating some ICAD's, cleaning the house and enjoying my day  I decided this flower looked boring so in Photoshop Elements which I know little about, I created some texture.

Moleskine love

Another little sketch in my moles kine.  I was timing myself, I gave myself 10 minutes to sketch and get some colour down.  I was also practising my lettering which needs help.

A new Challenge in June

Well I have decided to join the ICAD challenge again this year, we will see how long I can create an ICAD everyday, did it the full two months last year but it was hard, the idea well was empty by the end of the Challenge, why don't you play along with me, here is the link, its starts June 1.

http://daisyyellow.squarespace.com/icad/icad-faq.html

only two days left for this challenge

Hello my name is Calli Lily

Well meet Calli Lily she got that blank stare from smelling to many flowers.

I see that now I need to change up the facial expressions of these girls, they all look the same.

So from now on more expressions on these faces.

Flower Dazed

It's something had in my sketchbook, but its flowers.

Only 4 more days left, then what?

Chicks gone wild

I dont know if i have shown this one before, its a little old sketch I did awhile ago.  I was just playing around trying to develop my own style of art.  I see that when I scanned it, the bookmark thingie got in the way. Well its Saturday, its sunny and its about the yard and sitting on the deck today, so I am going to get to it.  Do you have a Saturday routine?

Tape Background

wanted to try something a bit different , tape background

on board today

aqua size

Michaels to use coupon

walking the dog

lunch with a friend

planting my window box with herbs

dinner with hubby

what's your day look like?

Balancing Act

Lately I am finding life to be a balancing act.  I know I have said this before, but I need to organize myself so I have time for everything I want to do and accomplish.  I need time to keep the house at least tidy, I need time to exercise, and  walk the dog, cook the meals, make ART , and to communicate with the hubby.  I have made exercise a priority in life, and swim daily, at the same time, allow myself 1 hour of swim time, do the  errands that need doing on the way home from the pool, when I get home I walk the dog, and then its 12:00 so this is when my life gets screwed up, I want to create art, but the house needs attention, and when hubby retires at the end of the month, what then.  I think he needs to get his own schedule, I do expect him to pitch in with the housework, so that should lighten my load.  So I guess I need to set a time to go to the studio and play.  At night I sit with the hubby and watch TV and usually sketch or read art magazines.  He goes to bed pretty early, and I am a night owl, so I could go to the studio then. I guess it will all work out in the wash but its going to be a new experience after 39 years of marriage to be home with the person 24 x7.

Maybe I need to get a part time job (lol)

Overworked, overthink

Another page out of my Teesha Booklet.  I think its finished i am just going to journal on it.  I have left it sitting for about a month now, and nothing more has come to me.  Sometimes i have a habit of overworking a page.  Do you think sometimes you overwork or overthink things?

As you can see still keeping with the flower theme, day 23.

Old is new

You might have seen this one a few months ago, I am bringing it back.  I have more flowers that I have recently done, but I have to scan them yet.  No time today as soon as I am done posting, I am gone swimming, and returning some stuff.  So some old new art for now.

Stuck in the seventies

When I started "Judy" that's what I am calling her.  She did not have such wild hair, but she took on a life of her own, the way it seems all my art does.  So she is a girl stuck in the seventies, with the big hair, and all the flower power.  So today is holiday Monday here, so I am keeping it short and sweet.

I wear my sunglasses at night

Get out your sunglasses, its the long weekend in Canada, the sun is shining, the grass is finally green, the barbeque is gassed up it;s time to plant those flowers, and time to Party.....So here;s a pop of red ,for your Sunday.

Spring Cleanup

I decided it was time for some Spring Clean-up on the Blog.  I decided it needed a new header.  I also cleaned up some old links that had not posted in  awhile. Still got a few more things I want to do.  Still with the May Challenge, this one now that I look at it looks like a Christmas tree, I assure you it is not.

I also have been busy making a couple of art journals, and some ATC's.  The one above is an ATC.

I always thing of Spring Time as a renewal, and like to spring clean my house and now the blog, do you spring clean?