by Jill Holmes | Jul 15, 2015 | Canvas
Posting quickly this morning. Getting ready to travel for work. Here are two sets of 4″x4″ canvases that I made to auction for a fund raiser. I got the idea for how to do the black letters from Dina Wakley’s Making Marks video–more on this...
by Jill Holmes | Jul 12, 2015 | Bible Verses, Journal Pages, Sunday Words
Joel 2:25-27
by Jill Holmes | Jul 11, 2015 | Watercolor, Weekend Wonderings
Diana Trout has been an inspiration to me for several years now. I love her book Journal Spilling and the class I took with her at JournalFest 2010 in Port Townsend, WA was one of the most enjoyable classes I’ve taken. I was SICK AS A DOG (I later found out...
by Jill Holmes | Jul 10, 2015 | Bible Verses, Handmade Journals, Journal Pages, Live Class
I seem to be in recycling/reusing mode this week. This post is a continuation of that theme… I had to help the Dear Husband with some computer work and some other things. During this exercise, it was determined that he needed a little notebook or keeper of...
by Jill Holmes | Jul 9, 2015 | Backgrounds, Creative Techniques, Journal Pages, Tips
The journal pages below were created by first applying a coat of gesso to the page. Then a watercolor media was applied. It could have been water colors or left over dye inks or even Distress Ink from Distress Ink pads used as a watercolor. In any event, it created...
