Busy Spring!

 

                                                     I am sorry ,It has been awhile since I posted!.Yes i am still doing some Zetti pages,but want to finish my album,before I start posting,just have three sides left!

I saw this gray work on U-tube and wanted to try it!It is something easy to carry with you ,to work on when you have those Doc.Appt.ect!These were fun,you start with a few swirls and find a saying,poem or what you want to write,use a pencil,then go over it with a light shade of warm gray,using a darker warm gray to shade and some black!It looks really cool afterwards!try it!

Spring has been really busy as we had to sheet rock,mud and tape an old upstairs room,now all we need to do is sand and paint it!Saving that for a rainy day. We still need to finish putting in the Garden as we have had too,many rainy days here!days!lol!We also Welcome A New Great Granddaughter,Miley Jane,she is in Texas,so we haven't had any contact yet!We are hoping her Mother  will come back here so our grandson can see his daughter!Everything is in limbo right now,and we don't know if she will take off again!



New Background By Itkupilli

                                                             Well as you can see I put a new Background and header on my Blog,It had been awhile so i had to figure out how to do it all over again,Lol!

Something has changed here and I am trying to work around it!We were supposed to do A Prompt Journal page or spread this Month on What we Believe.I decided to use it for a drawn version of Me when I was 17 also.Sometimes i like to try something different and this was it!I am thinking about adding my family  and writing something kind about each one,some of their strength's.This is for my self and not for the prompt.The Zetti page is the one I will submit for the Prompt Journal page,Zetti is always fun and relaxing to do!Just get a page or cardboard,put fun ,bright papers around it and start putting different body parts or images together,or make your own!It is not hard at all!Oh and add doodles if you wish!

Great Grandma!

 Yes I am A Great Grandma for the first time at the ripe old age of 56!Our newest addition to this big family is Kayden Mykal Appleby!He is our Miracle Baby.His umbilical cord fell off during Birth,He may not have made another few days. It was A good thing he was born the day he was.Jan.22,2011.he weighed 6.6 so he was still a nice size!He is A very good Baby,I just wish he would drink a little more formula at one feeding,I am sure he will be doing that soon!Ok so not every Baby drinks 6oz at their first feeding like his Grandma(my daughter Tracey)did!The nurses all said she was a Piggy!
 Well since he was born I have been working on A Winnie The Pooh baby panel Quilt!Trying to finish it up for his crib,then will work on a real hand made Quilt for Him.The panel took a lot of Quilting,but I am almost done!Well I need to get back to some Art soon anyway,I am having withdrawel Pains!lol!

Journal page prompt

We are doing a Journal pages every month from a promt,or theme.These are the front and back of my Journal and A Favorite color prompt for this month!I thought this was a great idea miss Roc came up with. If we get snowed in,I don't have to try to get this mailed as we are doing this in our own Journals!I Love the idea!I have been trying to take the time to make my own Journal anyway!Of course I can't forget the Baby Quilting I have to get done before Our Great Grand son gets here,and our Great Granddaughter later in May!

Halloween fun!

Never fear Super William is here!

Witchy Miss Jada!

I made these little pockets and filled them with fun things and candy for our Artsy Gals get together.We had a lot of fun with vicki's older sister Jan joining us,I think I got more talking then Art done,but it was great to see everybody again,Deb hasn't been able to come the last couple of get togethers,and we sure do miss Jessica,who is going to college classes.We made these fun spoolies at Vic's house,of course I didn't get them finished,so I played more when I got home!These are easy and fun,something even kids can make!

Processing

Just thought I would post my latest pencils I am working on,This is the early stages and I already have changed a lot on Williams face and lips,and moved his eye over ,It is a constant stand back and critque process,I am almost done with this one now.It is called "The Piggy Back Ride"

Four More Pages of My Journal!

  

 These are my next four pages.For those that asked it really isn't hard to do Zetti pages or a Journal. I start with An Acrylic or Watercolored page,Use golden's Acrylics and water down ,don't use some of the cheap paints They won't take sharpies !Make some colorful paper strips,you can use left overs,cut some from Magazines,paint some,Mix and match! Use some Black and white checks,stripes or others as they  give great contrast,it is so important to add to your page!
 Etsy has many artist selling collage sheets,some specializing in Zetti,or you can Photoshop and re-color old photos.You can cut faces ect. from Magazines,but make sure you alter them lots!I use my laser printer as there is no printing to show through the back like A magazine,I just scan and print out the pic.The fun of Zetti is putting large head on small bodies,or animal head with human Bodies or opposite.I usually lay out my pieces and decide how I like them before I glue them down!Lettering is the hardest thing for me because my hand writing sucks!lol!I challenge you all to try this if you never have!Post a link here if and when you do,I would love to see your pages!I have learned a lot from some really fantastic Zetti Artist on A private trade sight,and am still learning!Check out some of my favorite links!