Faber-Castell's Take the challenge

Over at the Faber-Castell Blog they have what they call Take the challenge on the first Monday of the month they give you a challenge ...this one is easy peasy...show us any art project that you are currently working on.

So this is what I am working on.....

about a week ago I made this really pretty water color card.....my mistake was giving it to a friends LOL now she asked me to make a couple more...she is gonna use them as party invites...Here is one done and a couple in progress...

just for fun

I decided to play along ----->Take the Challenge with Mou, October 2013 (Faber-Castell blog) October's  challenge is to create something that represents your cherished secret dream! I pulled out my art journal and got started....what I dream about the sun...warm weather that's the key.....trees I always wanted to live somewhere surrounded by just trees...no other houses in sight! and my wonderfully painted flowers haha...those represent my dreams of having a flower garden...that is one dream I know will never come true...I try every year but I just don't have a green thumb...I'm luck my grass is green!

thanks for taking a peek.....It was fun and a bit messy!

The End of Summer

Since its the end of summer I just had to make a layout of the things I will miss about summer...most of it I wrote in journaling on the back but I am sure you all understand what I'm talking about! I didn't really stress how this would turn out,I just kind of went with it and love how it ended...I did use the sketch from keeping the best and the criteria from Scrap for Help ( to use soda can clip) I am also entering this in the take the challenge over at Faber-Castell ....here is what I ended up with.

 the soda clips or tabs as we call them just seemed to fit this layout so it worked in my favor!

Challenges Entered
Keeping the Best -sketch
Scrap for Help-soda can clip
Faber-Castell Take the challenge

thanks for taking the time to come and check out my latest project!

my favorite destination and some news!

Good evening all.......I have a small project I wanted to share and some really good news too... First the project is just a art journal page I was playing with...I saw a post on Faber-Castell called take the challenge,Every month, on the first Monday, they post a challenge and their take on it. You'll have 12 days to take this on. Leave a comment to the challenge post with a link to your creation based on that challenge. The following Monday, we will pick TWO winners randomly from among the readers who participated in that week's challenge. And the winners will get a prize from Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft®.
Today's challenge is about making something about your most favorite destination...

So of course I used Maine,I miss living there but I am so thankful that I still get to go there for vacations but its such a long drive from Wisconsin....my favorite spot is at the lake...I used to just sit and read the paper...the quiet was so nice and the scenery is absolutely beautiful!
for this page I actually used the comics page from a Maine news paper I had stashed away......some old pieces of cardboard I had around some random stamps just because I hadn't used them yet and wanted to see what they looked like...lol and of course a couple mists...

thanks for coming to take a peek .....its not the best page but I'm still learning and an art journal is the perfect place to try new thing!

Now for my news.....
If you've been a follower of my blog from the beginning you know these last 9 months or so have been heartbreaking,I've struggled with a very hard loss and I am slowly learning how to live with it....We had to put off the wedding we had planned last October (it just didn't seem right to have it at that time) so this time we didn't plan,we didn't even invite anyone....no stress,no wasted money,no guests to fly out....have you caught on to my news yet? on July 3rd I got Married to the man of my dreams....and it was perfect!

yes I know the bands don't match but they fit us perfect....that and we bought them years ago LOL

Have a wonderful 4th of July!