At any given time when you walk to my computer, you'll see at LEAST a dozen tabs open but more often it's more than 20. I keep open challenges I'd like to play, boards I frequent several times a day, articles that I'd like to read when I pour my afternoon coffee and longer blog reads.
One such tab that I've had open for about a week now was the Cure for the Winter Blues Challenge on the Moxie Fab blog.
Add that tab to a recent chat that I was inspired by over at JBS Mercantile, and I was soon pulling out my paint, my stamps and my Glossy accents and making a fun new mess all over my desk.
In the chat with Karen Grunberg, she had mentioned Six Word Memoirs and curious - I wrote it down on my little note pad and looked up what exactly that was when chat was over. Six Word Memoirs - the challenge of storytelling in just six words!
I think my spine might have tingled. How fun!!
For the cover of my book, I use a Maya Road Chipboard Tag
and I painted the center white, and the frame I painted with my jenni bowlin Soap Powder
Acrylic Paint Dabber
I then stamped my title letters, again using my stamps from my Stepping Stone add-on
from Studio Calico
onto a piece of Sassafrass patterned paper (pocahantas and me)
the word six was from my American Crafts Remarks Stickers (Shane)
I adhered the stamped letters using my Glossy Accents
And then after applying the six stickers as well - I went over the whole top with my Glossy Accents
And then I went to be and let it dry
My left brained self was really letting my right brain out that night
All photos/items described in this book will be done with six words. My spine just tingled again!
I did this page this afternoon - and boy, was it fun.
I just happened to be flipping through the book trying to figure out where I'd play next, and this set of words caught my eye. Could it be more perfect? Even Wendy was impressed - Really, mom? Those words were just right there in the book like that? They were! I used white acrylic paint to paint over all but those six words, and then used my .05 Pigma Micron to outline the words, and my .005 to create the scallops. I colored in the scallops with my YR68 Copic.
The patterned Paper Posies just happened to be fluttering around my desk, leftover from a past project and worked well here. They are happy to finally have a home.
And this page I created while thinking that you know, it's fine that dinner is late tonight - it just helps us to get adjusted to this weekend time change. Who needs dinner anyway.
My kids pretending to be fish at Potter Park Zoo in January.
Silly kids.
Fun, right?
I've already got my next picture pulled - guess what I'll be doing this evening!
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Calvinball points = 9
Calvinblog points = 8
Bonus Points = 2.5
Total = 19.5
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love those pages!
Posted by: Jennie M | March 06, 2012 at 10:06 PM
Cool!
Posted by: Mom | March 06, 2012 at 10:12 PM
ok, no smack talk from me. very cool what you've done so far. especially finding that phrase and highlighting it! but i'm still thinking... dang that's going to be a lot of CB points! ;)
Posted by: Julie Weis | March 06, 2012 at 11:51 PM
I did Jake's sixth year scrapbook like this. It is one of my favorite books I've ever done! It's fun and very mentally invigorating to challenge yourself to write a story in six words :).
Posted by: Jess | March 07, 2012 at 06:22 AM
oh my goodness your brilliant girl!!!!!! this is so cool and awesome!!!!!! i LOVE it to tiny pieces!!!!!! i must do it very soon!!!!!!
Posted by: doris | March 07, 2012 at 06:48 AM
Love this.
Posted by: Tina | March 07, 2012 at 08:43 AM
Love your book. Have a question though. I'm taking a class at Studio Calico using an old book as an album. They are tearing pages out, then sewing several pages together (those are the ones you decorate). This keeps the book from getting too thick. Are you removing pages too?
Posted by: Kathy R | March 07, 2012 at 09:01 AM
Super Duper awesome! I just painted my book (Doing Maggie's class over at SC) I finally figured out what I am going to do and love the start of yours :)
Posted by: Ellie A. | March 07, 2012 at 09:29 AM
That is an awesome project!! I love the colors you are using!
Posted by: ginny | March 07, 2012 at 09:35 AM
what a cool concept -- 6 words or less. love seeing your progress with maggie's class.
Posted by: cassi | March 07, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Love those stamped circles. Very cool.
Posted by: marcy | March 07, 2012 at 10:58 AM
This looks awesome!
Posted by: Tara LeClaire | March 07, 2012 at 11:05 AM
Very, very cool!! :)
Posted by: Mary Jo | March 07, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Holy Moley! That is the coolest thing ever! I may have to copy it----that's six words, right? Although I am a fellow Calvinballer and mightly jealous of your progress, I bow down to your artsy-ness.
Posted by: marianne b | March 07, 2012 at 01:26 PM
Wowsers! 19 points already. I'm so far behind!!!
But my goodness, I am just loving this project you've got going. FAB-U-LOUS!!
Love the idea of the 6-word memoirs, although I think I'd have such a tough time sticking to it. Can't wait to see more :-)
Posted by: Natalie Elphinstone | March 07, 2012 at 02:11 PM
Love it. I really love the color of the book pages.
Posted by: Lakisha | March 07, 2012 at 03:13 PM
This idea = AWESOME! I've done layouts inspired by the 6 word memoir but a whole album is genius!
Posted by: PaulaSG | March 07, 2012 at 05:46 PM
love, love! I also want to know what you do with extra pages...I tear out, glue together, haven't tried sewing.
Posted by: Gayle | March 08, 2012 at 01:41 PM
I love the idea of 6 words! haven't heard of this before. Your book is wonderful!
Posted by: Laura | March 09, 2012 at 04:16 AM
oh this is sooooooo cool!
Posted by: betsy sammarco | March 09, 2012 at 11:23 PM
This is so cool! Can't wait to see some more pages!
Posted by: Heidi | March 10, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Hey Torm! Thanks for linking this up to the Cure for the Winter Blues Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)
Posted by: Cath | March 11, 2012 at 01:24 PM