Creative Jumpstart, Jan 07: Birgit Koopsen: King of the Castle

In today’s video, Birgit used a laser photocopy to collage onto her work. I don’t have access to a laser printer so tried with my ink printer - it worked, sort of... not nearly as clearly. My quote is by Adrian Michael: She’s the kind of Queen that knows her crown isn’t on her head but in her soul. I wish I had stamped the words rather than using a sharpie, but I guess only by trying we learn, right?

Creative Jumpstart Jan 06: Sandra Evertson

Wood burning for the home. I have a “Hot Tool”, but haven’t used it for much. Because I’m using Creative Jumpstart as a journaling exercise, I wanted to incorporate wood burning into a journal page rather than adding another object lying about the house. I have a book of paper thin wood pages so I stamped my own homemade stamp of a cat face and burned that. It worked quite well! I also burned a couple of wood tags I found at a dollar store - also worked well. And, I used a stamp designed by Cherryl Moote on my journal page and burned that - again, worked well! I painted and used a stencil for the background to tie it all together.

Creative Jumpstart Jan 05: Danielle Donaldson

Danielle’s video showed her watercolor painting a snail with his shell as a castle.... Well, I don’t know much about watercolor, but I happen to have some sample sheets of 200+ Daniel Smith Watercolor sample dots to play with. I think s/he looks more like a shoe than a snail, but I’m fairly happy with the way this turned out. Thanks to Danielle, I might just play a bit more with watercolor, and maybe take some lessons!

Creative Jumpstart Jan 04:Tania Ahmed

Tania’s theme is Home is a State of Mind. I really didn’t know where I was going with this but just followed the steps she took in her video, using my own colors and inspirations... and wow, I’m really, really happy with the way this turned out! Wonderful process and inspiration Tania!

Creative Jumpstart Jan 03: Andrea Gomoll

Andrea Gomoll talked about home as a feeling. I don’t draw faces (yet, maybe someday), so I used a stamp.

Creative Jumpstart Jan 02: Nathalie Kalback

Nathalie’s video for the day was about creating our own stamp of our home. She ironed a black and white photocopy onto the stamp to be cut out, but my photocopier wasn’t cooperating, so after unsuccessfully trying carbon and graphite transfer paper, I ended up drawing my house... only I forgot to revers it! Oh well, I love the stamp! I drew and tangled (I’m a Zentangle teacher), a shadow castle and garden surrounding my modest home. It doesn’t show in the photo, but the castle and garden have lots of glitter! Pretty cool idea Nathalie!

Creative Jumpstart Jan 01: James Luke Burke - Queens of my Castle

The first day of the new year, and first day of Creative Jumpstart. Today’s videos was by James Luke Burke.I loved the idea of overlapping some pieces that could then be journaled on the back. My choice was the queens (and King) of my home - the cats, past and present. I will probably always have at least one cat in my home. They RULE! I started with a page from an old book of “Everyday Things” - a page about cats. The big black guy (Zorro), is my King, or more accurately, my rascally Prince. Watching him are the Princess, Trisket, and the Matriarch, Merlin. In the background are memories (some hidden behind the pages) of other felines that have graced my life.