Sunday, April 17, 2011

More Scrappy Stampy Gluebook Pages

Happy Palm Sunday!  As some of you know, I've been a bit neglectful of my blog, and it's because I really haven't had much time to craft just for fun (although I am working on some very fun projects for Craft Stamper.... they will be coming in late summer/early autumn).  Anyway, that means my only other craft time has been - in the carpool lines, of course.  So I bring along my traveling art case and use up my scraps.  The images above are leftovers/rejects from this ATC project.  This is turning out to be a fun way to experiment - for instance, I love the look of the blue paper torn away to reveal some text on the left-hand page.  I'll have to incorporate that in a card or scrapbook page (or even - gasp! - a canvas someday).

Her are a few more:
Some favorite birdies from CHF and Artistic Outpost.

Using up some of my purple scraps.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful spring weekend! I'd love to leave you with a stanza from a poem that always speaks so perfectly to this time of year.  We are having a beautiful spring here in North Carolina, but we just had some powerful tornadoes go through yesterday.  Thankfully our house and family are fine.  You just never know with springtime weather.  This is from Robert Frost's "Two Tramps in Mudtime":

The sun was warm but the wind was chill.
You know how it is with an April day
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You're one month on in the middle of May.
But if you so much as dare to speak,
A cloud comes over the sunlit arch,
A wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you're two months back in the middle of March.

19 comments:

  1. I love the soft colors and the way you put the pages together, so beautiful! Connie :)

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  2. Great glue book, and it always does me good to read Frost! Valerie

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  3. Your Glue Book is becoming more and more beautiful with each page you work on. That colour of blue is so lovely.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  4. HI Jean, your glue book is fantastic, I woud love to be able to do something like this it allworks together so well, hopefully you might do something for the Craft Stamper along these lines, thank you for your kind comments that you have left on my blog
    hugs and best wishes

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  5. Terrific pages Jean and so beautiful. Look forward to seeing what you create for the magazine. Annette x

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  6. Beautiful work, Jean, love all these pages. And what a great use of time!

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  7. You're "leftovers" are pretty darn amazing! LOL.

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  8. Your gluebook looks so famous, i love it.
    Can you tell me,what´s the name of the stamp with the dress?
    Many greetings Sabine

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  9. I just love looking at your gluebook pages.. One day I am going to give this a try.. Thanks for sharing it with us..

    Hugs, Linda

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  10. Lovely book and scraps indeed. lol

    love Dawn xx

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  11. What a gorgeous book, Jean! Can't wait to see what you're working on for Craft Stamper--how exciting!

    Glad you & your family are safe from all the horrible storms I've been hearing about!

    Hope your day is wonderful...

    Julie

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  12. Wonderful projects.....funny how we can't wait for Spring...then we have to put up with those horrible storms...glad you are all safe.....we had snow yesterday on top of my spring Daffy's.....Mother Nature must be mad about something!

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  13. wow...this is beautiful! I just adore your blog...beautiful. cherry

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  14. the colors are so delicate and the composition is just perfect. an inspiring and lovely creation. xo

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  15. Ah such wise words . Sunny Greece is having rubbish weather ! Beautiful pages ! Colour combination's and images in perfect harmony.

    Marie

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  16. Would like to start a glue book by myself when I see these awesome pages! Very beautiful, lovely colors as well!

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  17. UAU! these pages are wonderful! so delicate and elegant! Brava!

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  18. Beautiful gluebook pages Jean! Such a great way to use your scraps and have a well-composed page. Can't wait to see what else you're doing for Craft Stamper - I've loved your articles - especially the repurposed vintage blouse pieces - I was in love with the cover photo of that issue and thrilled to find out it was your piece :-)

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  19. Unbelievably gorgeous!

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