she's a rainbow today

hello thursday!

it's totally crazy that it's thursday already isn't it, where in darnations has this week gone? lol

i have a little rainbow love to share with you this morning, and it's a good thing too as i need something bright and cheerful to wake me as i stare out at the drizzly grey morning here in sonoma county. i swear we've had about a week of heat here this summer, otherwise it's been all overcast mornings and temps hovering around 78. not exactly pool weather, ya know? lol

anyways... in my last design team package from jbs we all got a sample pack of jenni's new ranger line of paints & ink pads to play with. the six colors you see in the layout above were in my package and i finally had a chance to get them out and play with them a few days ago.

i gotta admit the layout was kinda a secondary idea. i wanted to try out the daubers so i simply painted each colored arch on a piece of kraft cardstock, just a sample run, to see how the colors looked on the kraft and how opaque or sheer they were. each time i painted a new row, i'd hear that crack of the dauber top when the paint began to flow and i have to admit, it made me a little silly-happy. i felt like i was in kinder again getting messy with the finger paints only these aren't messy.

i also have to admit that it's been along time since i've done any collage work... since i was on creative therapy a few years ago i think. but, now that my hands are wet i have that good old itch to play in my art journal. i need to conjur up my inner dina, lol.

the mini butterflies are from the jbs summer CHA release as well and i love how cute they look layered over their matching colors. i just added some tiny attacher stamples and glued them on the arches. the border pieces {which you can see in the full lo pic} are from my jbs scrap stash, i just picked bright colorful pieces, cut them at random and glued them around the border, then stitched them in place with the machine. other than the paint dry time it was a super fast page to make.

also, just wanted to give you southern california girls {or those of you who like to travel for classes} a little heads up that i'll be teaching at artistic affaire moulin rouge in march 2011. registration begins on october 17th, yay!!

happy thursday!
xo

Comments

[Keri]

I love your blog, and this LO is so awesome! Love the little bits of JB sewn around the edges, love what you did with the daubers and butterflies, and love the one photo-corner that's been decoratively punched...thanks for the inspiration! :)

[Diana]

OMGoodness KL, this layout is so darn cute...love it and love the picture of your rainbow even more. I so needed a colorful rainbow today after teaching 85 5th graders today so thanks for sharing your love!!!

[Lisa Dickinson]

this is genius KL! i adore every little bit of it!

[Reija]

Fun and creative, so you. Apart from all the awesomeness all over the page, I love that little punched photo corner!

[Natalie E]

Awesome layout, I love it! I especially love how some of the little butterflies are distressed - it just helps break up the solid colours of the paints (which are awesome by the way!) What a clever idea for a page :-)

[erin]

gorgeous...love love love this one KL!
ok= moulin rouge??? how did i miss that event- were there previous years links so i can check it out for price points, etc. where in so cal?
this girl just may need to be there, among your goodness!

[Heather I.]

Very cool layout!!