77 gorgeous JEWELRY DESIGNS

WOW! I never knew stringing beads could bring me so much joy. Jewelry Stringing magazine is my first buy into the world of jewelry design. What an incredible art form. The possibilities are endless. 

Amy knows color fun!

Color theory is a new discovery for me and I have found a great blog that truly is a visual color party for the eyes and a great tool for newbies like myself who are overwhelmed on what color combinations to work with for new projects.

This is one of my favorite Color Palette Fun boards from Amy's blog site.

http://amybeads.blogspot.com/p/color-palettes.html


Enjoy :-)

Big Idea Festival - Day Six: NEST

Day 6: August 20, 2011
Featured Artist: Emily Falconbridge
website/blog: http://embers.typepad.com/
Challenge word:NEST

This is my entry for day 6 of the Big Idea Festival - the word for today was NEST.

Day 6: Nest (mixed media from art journal, photography, and edits using Photoshop CS3)

You might notice that this entry is quite different from the other postings in layout design and style. I am still evolving in my personal style of digital scrapbooking. In playing around in the studio this evening I discovered that I enjoy the results of merging (hands-on crafting and digital editing using Photoshop CS3). Its the best of both worlds for me.

Hands-on crafting: here is a photo of the original "real" layout of corrugated cardboard pieces covered with various collage papers sewn together in my art journal.

Mixed media in recycled art journal.

Photo taken at the Farmacy of an artichoke.

Hands-on photography: here is a the original photo I took of an artichoke at the Farmacy I volunteer at. I used Photoshop CS3 to weave new elements to the background of the page, add embellishments and tweak the color tones, light levels and added text to tell the story of what the word "nest" means to me.

Enjoy,
Sandra