Lisa Vollrath's at it again...

Another countdown coming our way, for mother's day. Here's the link.

Mini Collages

Here are some of the mini collages I was working on last week. All the images I used are from ArtChix Studio and I used various rubons I had lying around. Just trying to use whatever I have in my stash. The smallest squares are 1"x1", the two medium ones are 1.5"x1.5" and the cat one is 2"x2". This was fun to do, trying to find images small enough and words too. Dictionaries are great for that!

When inspiration strikes...

...it's best to follow. For a week, I've been looking at my pictures from New-York, wondering how to use them in a layout. I finally decided on a 2-page layout but then was stumped for colours. I brought my New York paper with me to SC and asked Catherine for some help. She suggested this gorgeous blue to match the Radio City neon sign and some white for matting and journaling. I picked up some Thickers for the title. But I still felt like it was missing something. Yesterday, as I was shopping with mom, I found the perfect gray to match with the page. Yep! That's what I needed. On a whim, I decided to cut up one of the pictures (an original no less) because there was a big spot of light in the corner that annoyed me. And lo and behold, that was what pushed me to finish these pages! I spent all of today's afternoon on it but it's done, scanned and now posted online! Yay me! For the journaling, I searched my old diaries to find only a small entry about the trip, which was mostly about what I had bought instead of what I had seen! Darn teenagers!!! Oh well, at least I remembered some of the stuff already. I'm really happy with the final product. This was my first 2-page spread done all on my own!

Beauty surrounds us

As I walked by the water, I couldn't help but take pictures of this beautiful sunset. The waves were making chunks of ice move on the water and it sounded like tiny notes of music. What a perfect evening!

Free images again

Another countdown by Lisa Vollrath. This time, for Easter. Follow the rabbit this way!

New medium

I tried my Oil Paint Sticks over the weekend... LOVE how easy they are to use and it's definitely a different look and feel compared to acrylics, which is what I usually use. I made a simple painting with only red, yellow, blue and a bit of white. Sort of looks like an explosion of light above the sea... Or a bonfire under the night sky if you turn it upside down. I was only playing with the colors, spreading them and mixing them. I suppose my Muse did the rest!

The end of swapping... for now!

Yes, I've decided to stop my swapping career. Only because it consumes too much of my time and quite a bit of money (shipping mostly to US and Intl.) I finished preparing and packaging my last swaps, which will probably cost a lot to ship. Now, I will concentrate on personnal projects: painting, scrapbooking and other crafts (ATCs, artist journal, altered art, cards, etc.) So many projects, so many passions, so little time! And with the warm weather coming soon, I want to go outside more and take pictures... of anything and everything.