MessyJessyCreatesArt

http://www.donnadowney.com/ In the Mixed Media world, Donna Downey is a goddess :-) She recently had a sale on her workshops so I bought the one I have been wanting to take for a very long time- Working in a series Here is a glimpse of my work for this class.  I LOVED it and will be doing many more works in a series.  I ran out of canvases so I used what I had on hand....... tiles LOL.  And, I only did a series of 8.  My photography wasn't spot on and is a litle blurry but you can see them fairly well.

http://getmessyartjournal.cayleegrey.com/ Get Messy Art Journal Season of Magic Prompt Set #2 This prompt set was about exploring what magic means to you.  I thought I would look up the actual definition and then create another spread based on my interpretation of that definition.  We examined shiny and bright vs dark and evil as well as play around with stamping.  Here is my take on this art journal prompt set.

If you are a FaceBook friend of mine https://www.facebook.com/JessicaAnnLane3 , then you know all about my beloved cat Mitzu.  He needs medical treatment and we are trying hard to raise money to help pay for it.  I am doing several things to raise money: First, I am selling all of my Pirate costumes and Art Prints in my Etsy shop for 20% Off with coupon code PRAYFORMITZU   https://www.etsy.com/shop/messyjessycreatesart   Just in time for the holidays!  They make great gifts! Second, for those who would just like to donate a few dollars to help out, I have set up a GoFundMe account in which you can donate to Mitzu's vet bill.  You can also read his story    https://www.gofundme.com/vkbgdncc Third, I am having a yard sale and Art Sale all in one next weekend after Thanksgiving on Saturday, November 28th and Sunday, November 29th at my studio.  Friends and family have donated items to the yard sale in order to help Mitzu and I am s...

http://getmessyartjournal.cayleegrey.com/ The new season of Get Messy Art Journal has begun!  The theme is MAGIC..... yeah!  Magic of the season, Magic every day, Magic everywhere!  The first set of prompts were all about what magic mean to you, using magazine pages to illustrate this, and trying out different styles of lettering besides your own handwriting. I LOVE the catalog and clothing from www.freepeople.com  and used their newest catalog to help express what magic means to me.

Hello Everyone! As some of you may know, I am on Tangie Baxter's design team for her new Art Journal Pocket Pages.  They are so fun and easy to make and you can create digitally or traditionally.  You can even do hybrid cards! You can actually join in for FREE!!!!!!!! Yes, you heard me...... FREE!!!!!!!! http://shoptangiebaxter.com/pages/art-journal-pockets You can join in and see what AJP's are all about.  Here are my two design challenges for November that I just posted.  Head on over there, sign up, and see what everyone else is doing as well! This challenge was called "A Day in the Life" and I used Tangie's FREE AJP sheet. This challenge was called "Collage" and I used a different AJP page from another kit but the freebie for this challenge is GORGEOUS and I will be using it next week for a blog post/tutorial on Tangie's blog!

www.willowing.org Lifebook 2015 Week 46 with Violette Clark Childhood Memories

www.getmessyartjournal.com Get Messy Art Journaling WORDS prompt set 3 Cut Out Shape & Favorite Word

www.getmessyartjournal.com Season of Words:  Prompt set 2 Layout #1 Personal Biography, A Selfie, and A Dedication To My Spirit Animal Layout #2 Beautiful Paper, A Quote, and Paint

https://stampington.com/Somerset-Studio-Gallery-Winter-2016 Order your issue today and you can read my lovely article "Finding My Wings"!  Available December 1st, 2015

http://shoptangiebaxter.com/pages/art-journal-pockets October's challenge in the Art Journal Pockets Group was using animals in more than one block.  Here is my entry.  It was Tangie's black and white AJP (TB130) sheets that was free for the AJP group and I used colored pencil and water color with a bit of paint marker.  I am very happy with how it turned out :-) There is still time to get in on the November challenges ........ Let's see what you've got!