Big Idea Festival - Day Eight: LIVE

Day 8: August 22, 2011
Featured Artist: Lisa Day
website/blog: http://www.lisaday.typepad.com/
Challenge word: LIVE

This is my entry for day eight of the Big Idea Festival scrapbook challenge.

Day 8: Live (digital scrapbook page created using Photoshop CS3)

I used a free download pdf sketch available to readers if you visit Lisa Day's blog page. I placed the pdf image on my background layer to use as a template and then started to layout my page. I used photos taken today of my niece Amelia and the clay stamps we created. We used the air drying clay that she received as a gift for her birthday. We now have to wait for 48 hours for the clay to completely dry. Next Monday she will come back to my house so we can move on to the next step of using our stamps to make ATC cards. I cannot wait!

We had so much fun today and I can't image living life any other way then creating art, with an open mind my eyes wide open, full of exploration and discovery, with opportunity to use art for healing and surrounded by love of family and friends.

Enjoy,
Sandra

Big Idea Festival - Day Seven: CHERISH

Day 7: August 21, 2011
Featured Artist: Amy Sorensen
website/blog: http://www.amysorensen.typepad.com/
Challenge word: CHERISH

This is my entry for day seven of the Big Idea Festival scrapbook challenge.

Day 7: Cherish (digital scrapbook page created using Photoshop CS3)

 
Enjoy,
Sandra

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