Creators' Circle

Our April Meeting Projects

2010-05-10T21:11:00.000-07:00

For our kits this month, each of us provided a piece of the kit, (some of them even handmade), so there was lots of yummy product to work with....

Melanie provided the handmade fabric fowers
April provided some papers and some other goodies (a tag & handmade paper mache flower)
Bonnie provided the buttons, some white mesh, and handmade felt buttons
Jane provided a handmade leaf with the fabric button, cute little mushrooms, brown velvet leaf, and hand dyed brown fabric strips
Carrie provided a handmade fabric/ribbon/paper/butterfly banner and the pink thickers

Here are the finished projects.....

*April's Layouts*

*Bonnie's Layouts*

*Melanie's Layout*

*Jane's Layout and Minibook*

*Carrie's Minibook*

March Make & Take

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And here is my original.....

We missed Bonnie (she was a bit under the weather), but still enjoyed a morning of making these fun additions to our art journals!

I had been talking to April about a page like this for our Creators' Circle art journals, and finally had a chance to put one together (she helped me come up with the idea).

For our March make and take, I sewed some pretty fabric envelopes in three different fabrics. We attached the envelopes to a page in our art journals with ribbon, and decorated the outside with something to tuck the flap of the envelope under. Then, we typed lyrics to our current favorite song on a piece of paper. The idea is that your favorite song changes throughout the year, and when you look at this page, you remember that time in your life.

For the titles of our songs, we made little banners that were sewn onto our lyric sheet. Everyone made something different, and I love them all!!!

XO
-Carrie

February Layouts

2010-03-14T01:18:00.000-08:00

*April*

*Bonnie*

*Jane*

*Melanie*

*Carrie*

Layouts from our November Meeting!!!

2009-11-16T16:06:00.000-08:00

I am so excited to finally show the world all the amazing layouts created by our group!!! Our meeting in November was amazing.....we ate frosted sugar cookies in the shape of leaves, April provided a totally fun make & take, and we shared our creative ideas and projects.....here they are:

*April*

April always uses the cutest photos of her kids.....and likes lots of color.....her layouts always look like lots of FUN!!!

*Bonnie*
I love how Bonnie used an opaque white pen to make all the doodles on this page.....just adds so much, don't you think?

*Melanie*
Melanie always finds the most creative ways to use the elements in our kits.....the ribbon, paper mache, and embroidery thread look amazing together......and I love that she used the background paper as the base for her layout instead of cutting out all the little monsters!!!

*Jane*
Jane always finds a way to make her pages more mixed media than just paper.....she painted on canvas, and painted on the photo, for her first layout. For the second, she used a piece of fabric for the background.....doesn't is just add really great depth and texture!!!

*Carrie*
These layouts have woodgrain paper for their backgrounds.....it is not a wood table, I promise. They are simple, but have a couple cool elements.....I added some sewing to the plaid paper with white thread for texture, and splattered some navy blue ink just to mix it up ;)

Hope you feel inspired.....have fun creating!!!

Carrielicious October Kit

2009-10-13T15:03:00.000-07:00

Fall is in the air, pumkins, ghouls and stylish fall clothes are here once again. Thanks to Carrie for an amazing Fall Kit!

Layout Exchange

2009-10-13T14:59:00.000-07:00

September Layouts

2009-10-13T14:50:00.001-07:00

A layout for ME!

2009-06-23T12:44:00.000-07:00

At our last meeting, Carrie made me this wonderful layout...
I sent her a picture of my sister and I that I love. She and I, during one of her summer visits, we went to Point Loma to see the waves wash against the cliffs.
As always, Carrie made me this AMAZING layout! It's simple, yet beautifully detailed. She layered all these ribbons and lace.
Thank you Carrie, I love it!

A Layout for Jane...

2009-06-14T22:53:00.000-07:00

This is Carrie, and I am so happy that our group finally has a blog! Currently we are in the midst of a layout swap....so, this sweet girlie, Jane, emailed me some adorable pics of her daughter's dog, Django....here is the layout I made for her:

It was totally fun to do the paint splattering, and was impressed that my sewing machine went through the Fancy Pants Acrylic Page I took from one of their mini books! The background paper is also Fancy Pants, and the text is Prima. Thanks for looking :)

Creator's Circle ROX!!

2009-05-13T08:17:00.000-07:00

Dont you just Love being part of a community of Artists that inspire and encourage you?

I feel so very blessed to have such supportive kind ladies who continually shower me with positive energy. The collective musings of April, Melanie, Bonnie and Carrie have brought about growth and most importantly the bonding we all need as women :::: what an Incredible gift.

Thank you April for making it happen, for facilitating and feeding our creative spirits, you are loved, loved much for all that you are;)