Kate's Book Came Home!

Yesterday I recieved my Girlfriends Traveling Sketchbook in the mail! After roaming the country and over the ocean and back, it is now here in my hands and I'm loving each and every page!

The first half of the book includes artwork from Soulbrush in England, Lynn from California, Babs in Oklahoma, and Cathie in North Carolina.

The second half features artwork from Lynnette in Virginia, Karen M from New York State, Mim in Massachusetts, Suki in New Hampshire and Karen C. from Chicago, Illinois.

Girls, I simply adore each and every wonderful page and I will treasure this book for the rest of my life. Thank you all so much for participating!

Suki's Page for Kate's Book

I am so thrilled to see this new page for my book!! Suki, as usual, has done an outstanding job! I always love her collage work and this is no exception. This is the back of my page.

And this is the front. I wonder if she knows how much I love the moon and stars? Surely, she must. Suki, I love, love, love this. Can't wait to get it home. Thanks for the timely finish, too.

Karen M's Page for Mim's Book

I am late getting this posted, but here is Karen M's page for Mim's book. Mim decided to go with the theme of "Home" and I really like this digital collage. Very nice, Karen. If you would like to see Mim's entire book, which just recently came home, please click HERE.

Mim Has Added Her Page to Kate's Book

Mim recently received my,(Kate's) book and has added her new page. Since my theme was "I Believe...." Mim followed that theme beautifully, and purple is my favorite color!

This is the other side of the page and it is fantastic! Mim used Neocolors watersoluable crayons and acrylic paint on watercolor paper. I can't wait to see it in person. Thanks, Mim!

Karen M's Page for Kate's Book

Karen M has added this lovely page to my book using bits and pieces of things from her grandmother's notes, recipe books, and journals. The little bird is watercolored. My theme is "I Believe" and Karen's page is titled, "I Believe I Can Fly". Thank you Karen, this is so beautiful and I simply cannot wait to see it in person.

Lynn's New Page!

Amazing Lynn has created this unique and wonderful page as the last addition to Babs' book.
In her traditional style, Lynn has used everything but the kitchen sink in this page. On her blog she says she used tissue paper, glossy paper, magazine cut-outs, stick on gems and beads on a fabric bag! Lynn, this simply couldn't be more creative and unusual. Babs will love it!

Lynn's Book Has Flown Home!

Lynn's Girlfriends Book has travelled around the country and over the ocean and now it has returned home! The diversity of creative talent shown in these books is outstanding! She has many lovely and exciting pages to show you, far too many for me to post here, so be sure to click HERE to see all that she has to share with you. Way to go, Lynn! Thank you so much for participating in our project and I hope you enjoy your book for years to come.

JOSS HAS TWO NEW PAGES DONE!

Joss has been busy with two sketchbooks lately. She says she is experimenting with collage and has discovered gesso. Here are the results:

She says, "I have just discovered gesso and am playing with it. So, I used gesso and tissue paper and acrylics for Babs' book, and this is the result." Joss, I think this is wonderful and it is so perfect for Babs, who really likes abstracts! What do we see here? I think I see a tunnel there at the bottom, and a big, beautiful pink sky overhead.

Next is her page for Lynn. For this one she says, "And this is my very last page for Lynn. I used gesso again, with silver foil paper, and sand and acrylics. I loved the result, and I hope Lynn will too." Again, Joss, this is super! I am very partial to purple, so this one really speaks to me. They are both lovely and I'm sure their owners will love them.

I believe this is the last page for Lynn's book, so it is now on its way to her. After completing her page in Babs' book, that one will be finished as well, and Lynn will be sending it home to Babs. Mine is still out there somewhere, but I'm sure it will find its way home to me eventually. This has been great fun!

Kate's Page for Lynn's Book

This is my page for Lynn's book. I love crazy quilts and Lynn makes the most wonderful art quilts, so I made her a paper crazy quilt.

I have one more book to finish before I will send three to England. This next book will be Joss' and hers will be done.

Kate's Page for Babs's Book

This is my page for Babs's sketchbook. Babs said her book didn't really have a theme, so I went with "Girlfriends". This is a black and white transparency I made by coating a potocopy of a photo of me with my girlfriends celebrating one of my birthdays, with gloss medium. Then, when dry, soaking it in water and gently scrubbing off the paper from the medium. What is left is a clear photo on the medium. I collaged a picture of a sunbrella from a catalog onto watercolor paper along with my transparency, then watercolored the background and the transparency. This is for you, Babs. "Let Them Eat Cake!"

I have two other books to work on, then off they go to Merry Old England, where Soulbrush will add her art.