Sally Lamont's "Journey Of An Art Journal" Project

Artist Sally Lamont started a fantastic project around the beginning of the year.  I was lucky enough to be part of it, courtesy of an invitation from my friend and fellow artist, Sharon Parcel.

You can read about Sally's project here.

I received the journal from Sharon and really enjoyed seeing what Sally and Sharon had done with it so far.  It is a handmade journal using standard No. 10 envelopes on which to journal and also to use as holders for extra goodies.  I took my cue from Sharon who had enclosed a couple of cool little collages in her envelope.

Here are some of photos of Sharon's pages and then mine, which follow right after hers.

It was a great little project and I have now sent it along to another friend to add her own touch to it before it carries along its way and ultimately back to Sally.

Thanks Sally for a great project!  And thanks, Sharon, for inviting me to participate!

Cheers!
Joanna

Sharon Parcel's art on two facing envelopes

Sharon Parcel's little collages added as inserts into the journal

Sharon Parcel's journal page on the left, Joanna Grant's on the right

My journal page on the back of the previous one

Two inserts and two mini art bookmarks I added to my envelope page

Finished Art From Gelli Plate Printed Papers

Hello.  After showing so many gelli plate printed papers lately, I thought you might like to see some finished art made from that paper.  This has been such a fun process!  I don't know if I can stop!  I sure hope this is inspiring you to try out the Gelli plate for yourself (no, I am not paid to endorse it, ha!).

"True Love" mixed media piece with three kinds of gelli-printed papers.

Gelli plate printed tags with gelli-printed paper hearts

"Soar" art journal page with gelli-plate printed papers

"Beloved" altered tag art doll made with gelli-printed tag and heart

More Tags

Art Journal Page with Gelli-printed papers for background, bird and  moon.

More Gelli Art Fun - Part 2

So, in my last post I showed you some gelli plate printed pages I had made.

When those pages were dry I scanned them to show them in my blog post.  It occurred to me that I could use those scanned images to print  new pages that could be gelli printed again.  So I printed off a couple color copies of each to experiment with.

Color Laser Printed Copies Of Gelli-Printed Pages

Then I gelli printed those copied pages for even more interesting looks.  You can see where this is headed.  There is no limit to the fun and creative looks you could get if you keep going with this process.

Here are a few samples of them.  These are the pages from my March 7th post, gelli printed again.  I'm on a gelli roll !!

More Gelli Art Fun - Part 1

I am having SO much fun creating one of a kind papers with my Gelli Plate!  They make fabulous backgrounds for my mixed media, collage and art journaling projects.

Here's a few more that I made recently.  Follow along on my next post and see what I do with them from here.

March Magnet Madness - Abandoned Art

For the month of March, I will continue to abandon more of my art magnets in my own and other communities.

These are miniature prints from my original art and each one measures 2" X 3.5" (see quarter in the photo for scale).

As I mentioned in my January post to our Art Abandonment Group (Facebook), magnets are great for abandoned art because they are easy to adhere to different surfaces that you might not otherwise consider as a suitable location for your art.  I have abandoned magnets on door frames, utility boxes (those big ones in public places that house city electrical connections or water shutoffs, etc.), playground equipment, the doors in public restroom stalls (inside, of course).  I try to make it a challenge for myself to find really out-of-the-way places to abandon magnet art.  It is SO fun to think how long it might be before someone discovers it and if only to be a "fly on the wall" to see the wonder on their faces when they find it.

I love art by stealth!!

Cheers!
Joanna

VINTAGE EASTER IMAGES - FREE !!

Greetings!

This month's free vintage images collection features some of my favourite Easter images.  Just perfect for creating your own Easter cards or gift tags.

Just right-click your mouse over each image and save them to your own computer.  They are in simple JPG format, so you can crop them, resize them or edit them otherwise as you wish.

Have fun!

Joanna

Another CD Collection Giveaway !!

Hello, everyone!  Wow!  The first day of March already.  Is time ever flying by.  I think it's time for another CD collection giveaway, don't you?

As I've done the past couple of months on the first day of the month, I am having a draw for a free copy of one of my vintage images collections on CD.  If you've seen this draw before, you'll know that these are images that I collected over the years and then scanned and organized them into collections for other artists to use too.

On this CD there are over 3,000 vintage images, all in simple JPEG format, so they are easy to use, crop, alter as you'd like in your artful adventures.   You are free to use the images for any personal use including products you may sell but the collection is copyrighted (which means it can't be reproduced in whole or in part either digitally or in print to be resold).

Below are some samples of the kinds of images from the CD.

To have a chance to win it, please share this blog post on Facebook, and/or re-post to your own blog and leave me a message that you have done this.  I also invite you to sign up here to receive my blog updates if you'd like to keep in the loop as to what I'm up to.

I will make the draw on March 3 and post the winner's name here.  One entry per person, please.  Those who have won before are welcome to enter again.

As always, I appreciate your interest in my art and my blog.  Good luck everyone!

Joanna