Thought for the Day

Thought for the Day-
August 19, 2020
Uncontrollable events in our lives often come without warning. We don’t get a notice in the mail or a reminder on our phone. How we handle such situations depends impart on the magnitude of the uncertainty as well as our faith, character and personality. When the unexpected arrives, we need to remember that nothing takes our God by surprise. Possessing a patient spirit, know that our heavenly Father is victorious at all times, will help us to “let go and let God”.
Have a blessed day!
Cathy

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

20,000 Leagues...

I have had several folks ask me why I have not posted anything lately.  While I have not posted any recent projects, I have continued to write and post my "Thought for the Day” on a daily basis. Do I get a little credit for that?

All I can say is, "kudos to those bloggers who manage to post with regularity”.  Even with my children grown, I am finding that it is difficult to do.  Life gets in the way, I guess.  

It’s not that I have not been in a creative spirit, it’s just that I often get so excited about starting a creative venture, that stopping to photograph and write about it tends to break the “flow of things”.  After I pull out all of my materials (my toys, as I call them), I find that I am just so focused that I don’t want anything to break my momentum.  I hate to admit, but I tend to get a little irritated if the phone rings, even if it is a precious family member.  I need to work on that.

I did just finish a spread for my Altered Book Consortium’s round robbin.  The theme of this book is 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.  Having just gotten back from a cruise on Saturday, I was excited to work on this one.




It may be hard to tell, but there are multiple layers involved with this one.

I first began by painting the background with acrylics, in sort of a wavy pattern, using various shades of blue and some yellow.

Next I added some images of sea plants that I cut out of scrapbook paper. I sprinkled some fine glitter on top of them which adhered to the edges of my images where some glue had “leaked out”.


*Aleene’s Original Tacky Glue was the only adhesive that I used on this page.

I then glued on some, what I will call, leaf skeletons.

To create depth in the depth blue sea, I glued on some “waves” that I cut from plastic gift wrap.

For the next layer, I added some flowers.  I put some foam circles behind my flowers before gluing them down to give added dimension.

Lastly, I added some netting, the mermaid and the words.

The mermaid is a cardstock image that I found on a calendar and her body is fabric.  I also used foam circles behind the mermaid so that she “floated” on the page.

I have only been back from vacation for 3 days now and I already want to get back out on the water!



For now, I will just have to relive my days at sea while I work on my travel journal from the cruise.






“Look at that sea, girls--all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. We couldn't enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds.” 
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables