Saturday, September 1, 2012

A New Month and a New Calendar Spread

  I just can't believe it's now September but so long as the summer weather continues I'm happy!

  I've been participating in Kate Crane's 366 Calendar Project on her blog The Kathryn Wheel since January of this year and it's time to share my completed August pages and my September pages all set to go. You can view my previous calendar pages on older posts beginning in March. January and February's are in my Flickr photostream as I didn't have a blog then.




  I chose to make contact sheet size copies of some of the friends we spent time with during our extended vacation this month to complete the little bit of space I had left. You can see how the pages began in this post.

 Here's how my Sept. pages began:

 
  I brushed lime green, turquoise and yellow acrylic paints over the pages. When dry I took a piece of plastic canvas and sponged orange acrylic paint thru it halphazardly for making marks on the pages with a grid-like pattern.





  I continued adding pattern to the pages by sponging gesso thru punchinella, using several size bottle caps to make the black and white circles and using a foam dauber and orange acrylic for the larger dots. Then I spritzed the pages lightly with Dylusions ink sprays in Black Marble and Squeezed Orange. I took the spray top off the bottle of the Bubblegum Pink and used the pipette attached to it to add some random splatters. I liked the way this turned out so much , and knowing that most of it would be covered I saved individual page scans to be used in the future. Actually, it didn't take me long to use them as you can see here on one of several prayer flags I made:


  I simply resized my scan, typed the sentiment over it, made a mirror image, printed it out on t-shirt transfer paper, then ironed it onto muslin. I'm giving this one away so check the end of my post with the info for your chance to win, along with a necklace giveaway.

  And last but not least here's my Sept. calendar spread ready to go:



  I'm linking this up to Kate's blog and then will visit the other inspiring links there. Anyone is welcome to play at any time, whenever they can, so take a look-perhaps you will be inspired to record your days in an artful way.

 Please be sure to check out my Summer Inspiration Giveaway  on this post. You have thru Sunday Sept. 9th to leave a comment telling which giveaway you prefer.I will randomly choose a winner for each sometime Monday Sept. 10th. Good luck to all!

                                                    "Follow your heart. It knows the way."

20 comments:

  1. Wow, I love the background on your September pages, stunning!

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  2. Your August turned out so pretty. I like all the layers in the new spread.

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  3. Your august pages look filled with sunshine and I love what you've done for September!

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  4. Ah I can see you are a beach lover too. I love your August calendar and September is so bright and cheery. The lavender cheese was a white cheddar with lavender buds in it. Very tasty.

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  5. Love the energy of the background page you created, Linda!Thank you so much for your kind words on my page.

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  6. I love the way you made your background. Thanks for sharing!

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  7. FAB! Your August pages are great, I love how you are using it to remind yourself of what you enjoyed. The September pages look so colorful and bright. Thanks for showing how you did it. I love seeing the process!
    Well done : )
    Thank you so much for coming by my place for a visit and for leaving such a kind comment. I really appreciate it!
    Hugs,
    Terri

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  8. Amazing journal calendar pages Linda.
    They are a wonderful reference for your art as you have fun experimenting with different methods and mediums.

    Enjoy your Sunday!
    xox
    Shane

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  9. Oooo I love your August page, great idea to put photos on and September is looking very interesting

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  10. Beautiful background!. I love how everything 'floats' on your page :). Almost like fireworks!. Hugs.

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  11. It's amazing what you can adapt to your art. T-shirt transfers, teabags, rusty stuff... it can all contribute. Love your muslin!

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  12. It's always interesting to see the stages and progress of a page. Thanks! Patsy

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  13. August looks wonderful filled in, and I adore your September background.... GORGEOUS!

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  14. I'm not sure which I like better, August or September. Both are lovely and the colors are so vibrant.

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  15. Your September Calendar looks wonderful. I love that grid pattern and the colors you've used on this page.

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  16. I see you've had a lot of fun creating your background again. Gorgeous :)

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  17. Beautiful calendar pages. Loved seeing the process, thanks for sharing! Valerie

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  18. I need to dig out that plastic canvas. I know I have some somewhere... I really like the effect created with it!

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  19. Really fabulous colors dear Linda ... seems the calendar pages are turning so quickly

    I admire you for being able to cover up so much of your pretty backgrounds...this is such a great project!

    oxo

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  20. Wow, great pages. Love the photos of your colourful background:-) Thanks for being a part of the challenge. Hope you will still be joining the challenge for october - the link is up!

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