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Art Journal Collab Project Update: (Part 4 - Final)

13 April 2008 – 10:04 pm

Yay! Finally finished the art journals. Well, sort of. I finished all the pages of the very first art journal collab project here. Now, all we need to do is proceed with our 52WoC virtual party #3 that was postponed, so that we can choose our winners. And, they can come up with their input for the covers.

Anyway, here are the last pages from the collab submissions…

Toni’s second submission is: Lemon Yellow + Happy. And, I aimed for simplicity in these pages -

Art Journal Collab Page

Next is Chloe’s page, with her words: Sky Blue/Turquoise + Hope. Was really happy that I had the opportunity to use my blue laser mesh here -

Then, there’s Jami’s page, with the words: Maroon + Horses. This page was a toughie for me. I didn’t think I had the right Maroon material, so I just used the closest possible one. It was a gorgeous, textured handmade paper. And again, I didn’t have any horses from my stash. Then, I realised that I had these cute rocking horses charms. Good one -

Art Journal Collab Page

And finally, there was Jayme’s words: Pink + Passion. Love the words - so this was sort of easy, fun pages -

Art Journal Collab Page

These last pages are a mix of Jayme’s Pink + Kari’s (1st submission) Purple submissions. Tied the whole thing together.

Art Journal Collab Page

So, there you go. I really enjoyed doing this with you all. Maybe one day, I’ll come up with another art collab project. Thanks again to all of you who participated.

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52WoC Party 3 Postponed

11 April 2008 – 11:33 pm

Day 99 - Project 365 - 8th Apr 08: THE BOY & HIS BALLOONAfter all the virtual dusting and planning for today’s 52WoC Party (Part 3), I ended up running out of time to prepare the finishing touches. So, I hope you don’t mind that I postpone the party for another couple of days or so.

Besides, I really want to post the complete version of the art journals first before we announce the winners. And, I’ve been really swamped with work and stuff, so I didn’t get to do that. Unfortunately, last week’s illness delayed my schedule.

In any case, I closed the Collaborative Art Journal Project today. I’m no longer accepting submissions for the pages. I think we have more than enough pages to fill the books. I’ll be working on the remaining pages - and choosing a winner from those who submitted their words for the pages during the 52Woc virtual party. I really enjoyed doing this project - and I’m looking forward to doing another one with you all one of these days.

Anyway, watch this space. We’ll have our virtual party soon!

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Art Journal Collab Update: Part 3

10 April 2008 – 11:53 pm

Hi, all. With the 52WoC Virtual Party coming soon, I’m trying to finish the art journal collaboration project as soon as possible. So, here are the latest pages (photos aren’t good quality, but ‘am planning on taking photos of the project again when completed):

Kari’s Page (Part 2):

Kari sent a second submission for the project. And her words are: Blue + Imagination. I really like the blue patterned paper I used here.

Kari's Page 2

Amy’s Page:

Amy submitted the words: Gold + Connection. I love metallics, so I enjoyed playing with my materials on this one. Including a glittery star! The ‘connection’ bit was a bit tricky. Decided to go for overlapping circles, as a way to interpret the idea of connectivity.

Amy's Page

Heather’s Page:

Heather submitted Purple + Sunshine. Very visual. Enjoyed using an envelop here for a page. And, also used various embellishments here.

Heather's Page

There you go. I think there’s 3 or 4 more pages to go before the art journals are complete. ‘am really looking forward to completing this project. And, finding out who gets to keep them!

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Art Journal Collab Update 2

25 March 2008 – 11:04 pm

As promised, here’s another update on the art journal collaboration project. Let me present to you the latest pages… (The top pages are for the main art journal and the bottom ones are for the mini art journal.)

Here, you’ll see Toni’s page (on the left), combined with Em Dy’s contribution. And, on the right, you’ll see the full page for Em Dy, where the words Red + Health were used. Really love red and I enjoyed creating these pages. One challenge was to figure out which reds to use from my stash. The health bit was a bit of a stumper too.
Art Journal Page

Then, on this page on the left is Em Dy + Nenette. And, on the right, you’ll find Nenette’s Burgundy + Tea. The burgundy and tea thing almost stumped me. Realised I didn’t have a lot of burgundy in my stash. I managed to find a pack of burgundy raffia and some handmade paper in burgundy with gold bits in them. Ended up with a more complicated set-up for this page.
Art Journal Page

This is still part of Nenette’s burgundy + tea page. Had to use the handmade paper on top of another paper. And yeah - I used tea stains on the page.
Art Journal Page

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52WoC#10: Collab Project Help

17 March 2008 – 10:28 pm

52 Weeks of Blog CommunityHey, hey, hey! We’re on Week #10 of our 52 Weeks of Blog Community Project.

And, this week’s task is both a help alert and a double whammy. :)

As some of you may be aware of, I’ve launched the Art Journal Collaboration Project a few days ago, in conjunction with our 52WoC Month 3’s prize of a customised art journal.

At this time, I’ve only received 2 entries so far. And, I’m hoping that I can encourage a few more of you to participate, so we can come up with more pages for the art journal. Hence, this week’s task! ;-)

All you need to do to be included in Week #10’s round-up next week is to participate in the art journal collab by leaving a comment saying 1) Your favourite colour and 2) The first word that comes to your mind at the time.

By doing this, you get TWO chances to win an art journal - both the main art journal and the mini art journal. This is only effective between today, 17th Mar 08 to 24th Mar 08, while Week #10 is on. Once Week 10’s done, the art journal collab project may continue (if we don’t reach the target 20 pages yet), but entries will no longer be counted for 52WoC.

PLEASE NOTE: You must leave your collab project entries in the original art journal collab post only, not in this post. Thank you!

Easy peasy? I hope! :-D But, as always, you’re welcome to contact me if you have any questions/clarifications.

BTW, Kari and Toni - you’re welcome to join again!

Anyway, as I promised, here’s how the pages are coming along… (Also, see last week’s round-up of participants below…)

Art Journal Collab:

Art Journal Collab 1A
Page 1: Kari - incorporating her entry in 2 pages - the main and the mini art journals.

Art Journal Collab 1A
Page 2: Kari + Toni - a mix of both Kari’s and Toni’s entries… Although primarily, Kari’s still.

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Collaborative Art Journal Project

13 March 2008 – 9:51 pm

Getting Ready to CreateAs I mentioned in 52WoC #9, one of the prizes for Month 3 will be a customised art journal. And, in the spirit of community and interaction, I thought I’d come up with my first online art collaboration project.

Yes, we can all build the art journal together.

Now, how do we do that?

Well, the basic idea is just for you to leave a comment in this post telling me 2 things:
1) Your Favourite Colour
2) The First Word that Comes to Mind

I will then incorporate your 2 things in to the art journal - and include your name in the package that will be sent.

Also, I will be documenting the progress of this art journal in the next 4 weeks during 52WoC Month 3’s tasks (Weeks #9 - 12). And, show you what I’ve done to “your” page.

To make things a bit more fun, I will create an additional mini art journal based on this collaboration. So that the main art journal will be used in Month 3’s raffle. And, the mini art journal will be the prize for a raffle draw to folks who participate in this collaborative art journal project.

Some Notes:

1) Since I’m not sure how many people will participate, and I want to make sure that we have enough pages to make the art journals, you are welcome to have more than one entry in this collaboration. But, if possible, leave your second and subsequent entries every 5 or more different entries from other people. However, I’d like to limit it to 4 entries per person.

2) When leaving 2nd, 3rd or 4th entries, you can use the same prompt as above (Favourite Colour [or 2nd fave colour, etc] + Word that comes to mind).

3) Every comment you leave will give you 1 entry to the mini art journal raffle.

4) The covers of the art journal will be left for the winner of the 52WoC Month 3 Raffle + the raffle for this project.

5) If you’re not joining this collaborative project, please avoid leaving a comment in this post. You’re welcome to leave a comment in other posts. :-)

6) We will close entries either at the end of Month 3’s tasks or when we reach 25 entries, whichever comes first.

Again, if you have any questions or clarifications, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

I’m really excited to see how this project will turn out! Since I’ve never done this before, I’m a little bit nervous. But, I’d like to think that excited nervous is a good thing!

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