Crowabout: January 2010

Thursday, January 21, 2010

More Pages...One Smarty Pants Page...Gathered Materials...Freebie

You guessed it!! PMS time again! So this first page is an example of just that LOL Me being a smarty pants! hee hee

Credits:

Teesha Moore...PaperScraps(Flickr)

other images either came from my own personal stash or magazines.

Another page for my ..more forgetful than I Valentine! Words or titles from songs that I sing to him.

Credits: PaperScraps(Flickr)

...and some images from this weeks Collage Play with Crowabout group on Flickr collage sheet with imagery of my own and also Flickr members, altered magazine images.

Image credits are purely my own....with the exception of some letters from a magazine. The little guy in the big red coat is something I created all by my little self hee hee. The page is still in it's WIP stage but thought I would show you anyways.

Now, I said I was going through all my materials and gathering them up to take a class by Mary-Ann_Moss "Remains of the Day." And this is what I came up with....so far...ahem....I didn't realize just how much scrap paper I had!! I should be ashamed! LOL I will also add to the stash some wonderful decorative papers I had purchased awhile back and they are just sitting in a box. More shameful paper stashing! Good heavens!

Anywhooooooo.....

A freebie vintage advertisement for you to use in your art!

Many Blessings and big hugs!

xoxo

NancyB

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Eye Candy and Another New Art Journal....

Another new art journal!! I have like 3 or 4 going on now...this one is specifically for the Art-Journal-Caravan A Journey in Discovery....my journal will also be used in the future for something very fun! Hint: class hee hee...Ahhhhh gave it away! Good clue though right? LOL

My one word for the year is "Determination"...a word that covers many things for me. It was the one word that popped in my head when AJC asked us to pick one word to concentrate on for the year. For one, it covers my determination to get things done...to keep going...not give up...finish what I start....etc etc. I think you get the picture!

Image Credits for this page go to....Tangie Baxter...Cemerony...Angellea...JadesFunkiJunk and some images from Flickrs Collage Images group...sorry the list of names I had saved for credits to those disappeared with all the other info that accidently got cleaned off my computer! Eeegads! And also images from a collage sheet that I WAS going to list on Etsy...sadly it is gone too. No worries! I can make a new one! ;O) AND SAVE IT TO MY EXTERNAL HARDDRIVE! LOL

I want to thank everyone who has stopped by with their good wishes and thoughts for my info that was lost on my computer. Thank you so much...your words mean so much to me! Thank you for some of the giggles too! hee hee

Another page created for AJC....Images from Tangie Baxter...Teesha Moore...TumbleFishStudio...Flickr Collage Images Group and a few of my own, a few altered magazine images....and that funky person on the right side of the page, is also my own....I don't really know where I pulled that out of my imagination! LOL But I like him anyways! You know how if you stare at a pattern for awhile you start to see faces...etc....ok maybe or maybe not...but it happens to me alot and thats where that funky person came from. ;O)

Copyright 2010 Nancy Baumiller All Rights Reserved (You may NOT copy, download or print for any reason without permission)

Here we are looking at the tall skinny piece with the yellow background and the gal in blue. This is in the center of where the pages of the journal fold on either side of the black and white striped border.

Image credits go to....Anahata....JadesFunkiJunk...BeckyF and a scrap from a book I have for the body. The striped border is by me.

Copyright 2010 Nancy Baumiller All Rights Reserved (You may NOT copy, download or print for any reason without permission)

Just kind of a silly page I decided to do, where I drew and painted my own little creatures!

Other image credits....Tangie Baxter...Teesha Moore...TumbleFishStudio

Copyright 2010 Nancy Baumiller All Rights Reserved (You may NOT copy, download or print for any reason without permission)

Another tall skinny part of the art journal.

Image Credits: JadesFunkiJunk, scraps from a book I have and some of my own personal imagery.

One last page before I go....I have tons more pages to show you but this post is getting reallllllllly long! So I will save them for another time!

This is a background in my art journal, I have sinced collaged on it, I will show that another time too!

But I thought it would be nice to share!!! You may download and print it out...you can use it for a background or cut it up for borders...I don't care...as long as it is used in your art...art journal...and not used for collection on a cd or collage sheet for sale. Hope you enjoy playing with the background!

Ok I am off to go sort through some paper for a class taught by Mary_Ann_Moss "Remains of the Day"!!! Oh! I cannot wait! I have yet to pay for the class....because I am still gathering materials and also need to order a special foot for my sewing machine. I just want to have all my ducks in a row before I go for it~! hehehe Off to play!!

Much love and hugs!

NancyB

Monday, January 11, 2010

When Crap Hits The Fan..........

Hello Everyone...

Just to let you know I am back .....my computer was acting stupid...and when Hubby got home he was to wipe it out and reload my computer....one little thing....the man forgot to save my files...2 years worth! I didn't kill him ...thought ya might want to know that! LOL

Sooooo....here I am to start fresh! Luckily I was able to salvage my Etsy collage sheets...Thank goodness for customers....I was able to retrieve them from Sent emails....YAY!! A big THANK YOU to all my customers...if it were not for you all would be lost! The biggest hugs to you all!

Was working on a new sheet for my shop....and it, if I might add was pretty damn awesome! It's gone! So I have to create a new one! Ahhhhhhh pisseroonies!!!!! LOL

I also lost my list of favorites! Thank God for Blogs and that I already have them here! But I believe one of my favorites was not on my blog...yet....I wanted to add it but sadly I can't find it...and due to lack of memory...in my head that is....I cannot remember their name or their blog name.....I had just started visiting them too! I know it is one of you and remember that your taking MaryAnn Moss's class....and you had a blog entry showing your tons of colorful pages with all the red colored threads from sewing them.........but which one of you is it!!!!!???? Please help me! I would love to come back and visit you!

Lastly.....I lost everything from the class Collage Dreams on Paper I taught last Fall 2009!! I thought I was being a miss smarty pants and saved everything to a file...including everything I wrote for the class...all the pictures ....all the videos and goodies that went along with the class! GONE!!! Can I please have permission to commence schmucking my husband upside his head???!!! LOL Just kidding.

So with that said....I am working diligently on a BRAND NEW CLASS....hopefully I can put it all together and offer it to you this spring of 2010!!! I won't say no more about it at this time...cuz I kinda want to keep it hush hush till I have everything in order and saved on my EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE!!! Not taking any chances of losing stuff again! LOL

Sad to say that I won't be able to offer Collage Dreams on Paper again! I had a few inquiries but I really hate to disappoint those individuals. So maybe I can make it up to you with a NEW class...no it won't be like the last one...but I will say there will be art journaling involved and lots of playing and making a REALLY BIG MESS!! Lots of fun!!

I am off to create a NEW collage sheet for my group on Flickr ...Collage Play with Crowabout...yup this weeks sheet was lost too!

Anywho! Stuffs to do! Missing you all bunches!

Love and Hugs!

NancyB

Friday, January 1, 2010

A New Year....A New Journey and a New Entry in my art journal...

First off! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I know I am a little late but better late then never! *wink*

This art journal page is the beginning of a new journey!

For Christmas my wonderful hubby bought me this

http://artjournalcaravan.blogspot.com

Art Journal Caravan with Tangie Baxter and Amanda Sexton

I am ready to take this new and exciting journey!!! It looks like tons of fun!!! It starts today 1/1/2010!! Wish I could of told you about it sooner but just discovered it right before Christmas!

I (as you know) am no digital artist and not a scrapbooker....but this seemed to be calling my name loud and clear. I am definately not new to art journaling....but not above learning new things!!! So that is where I am at right now!

Image Credits (for art journal page):

Background: Rubyblossom (Flickr)

Border Elements: Top Border: Tangie Baxter...Side Border: By me Nancy Baumiller and a couple small bits from Jackandcatcurio (Flickr) and Tangie Baxter....Bottom Border: jadesfunkijunk.etsy.com

Main Image: Hat/Face: jadesfunkijunk.etsy.com....Body: Magazine bit...Legs: leftover scraps from book.

Other Imagery: #3 Magazine tid bit....Large Eye: Magazine tid bit...."passport to dream" by: Tangie Baxter (I used a clear tape transfer for this)....Wing: by ImageVillage.etsy.com..."25 cents" cut from an image by: Wackystuff (Flickr)

Railroad photo: by I honesty can't remember...and can't find it...I know I found it on Flickr Collage Images....I had it wrote down but somebody cleaned my desk and can't find the paper either. See what happens...I can find anything when the desk is a mess but clean?? Not so much!

Anywho! The lettering is done with a variety of pens...My evil evil ball point pen and Sharpie poster paint pens.

Crowabout group news on Flickr!! We are starting up again tomorrow 1/2/2010!! After a nice and lovely break...cept for the part where I was sickish and hugging the toliet with the flu LOL

But yes! We are at it again this year!! New collage sheet will be posted to the Crowabout group tomorrow morning for all to spend their weekend playing with paper or digital art!!!

If you haven't joined and would like to or for those who haven't received their invite(that sometimes happens in email hell) Please feel free to email me and I will send your invite to come play!!!!!!!

Thank you for stopping by, I enjoy your visits!

Much love and hugs and many blessings for you!

xoxo

NancyB