Wednesday, March 24, 2010

I Dream In Colors

About a year ago the I Dream In Colors collaborative art journal group began.  I've worked in many books with a wide range of color palettes.   This past week I've been creating pages for Sarah's (one of my friends from Australia) journal.  Her colors are red, black, and white.  These are the pages I came up with, and the book will be heading for Jacquie in Florida today:


The pages are 8x8".  I went through my stash, but primarily took elements from scraps.  The elaborate headdress I added to the figure was cut freehand from a scrap of embossed Ten Seconds Studio black metal.  The bird on the second page was punched from the same metal.  The birdcages are die cuts I received with an online order.  Most of the papers I used to create the collaged background were also from the scrap pile.
I did a bit of doodling with my black and white Sakura glaze pens.....love them!  They add instant shine and dimension and write over virtually every surface.  
The quote, of course, is from the Maya Angelou poem, "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings."

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14 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 24, 2010 at 6:57 AM

    Love it. I just love the colors. You are truely talented.

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  2. Sarah WMarch 24, 2010 at 7:01 AM

    Ooh la la. Love it. Oh boy I am going to love this when it gets back to my hot little hands.

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  3. Carol's CraftsMarch 24, 2010 at 8:02 AM

    Wow, Eileen, your pages are beautiful. I love the colors.

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  4. Tammy DMarch 24, 2010 at 8:35 AM

    Those are gorgeous. I'm sure both will love theirs.

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  5. Kim MailhotMarch 24, 2010 at 8:37 AM

    Wonderful colors and you made great use of them. Love those gel pens too !
    Cheers !

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  6. Sherry GoodloeMarch 24, 2010 at 8:37 AM

    That crown is cool that you cut freehand Eileen. And the colors and papers and doodling and . . . well, these pages you've created for Sarah's book are just beautiful! What a fabulous addition these pages will be for her book *smiles*

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  7. Angie Hall HavilandMarch 24, 2010 at 9:30 AM

    LOVE it Eileen!! Love how you used the vintage wallpaper :) Do you need more now?? HEE HEE

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  8. Julie AnnMarch 24, 2010 at 10:28 AM

    Beautiful!!

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  9. LoriMarch 24, 2010 at 10:45 AM

    These are awesome! Love the headdress from metal, very cool! All the different elements you used just work great together, as anything coming from you would. Fantastic pieces.

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  10. DiannMarch 24, 2010 at 3:08 PM

    I always look forward to your ART in the journals and I was just delighted to see today's work...it's fantastic, Eileen! I'm a fan of the headress too and love that its from metal....I'm sure Jacquie will love it!! Diann

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  11. AnonymousMarch 24, 2010 at 8:28 PM

    Oh Eileen...such BEAUTIFUL pages!!! I LOVE all the red and all of the goodies to make your eye travel around the pages......

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  12. 2amscrapperMarch 25, 2010 at 8:17 AM

    I love what you did with this color combo. Perfect quote. This moves to the top of my list of favorite art pieces that I've seen on your blog.

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  13. jrmathersMarch 25, 2010 at 11:50 AM

    You do such amazing work with everything you do I love visiting your blog

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  14. teriMarch 26, 2010 at 9:41 PM

    Red is my favorite color. I love what you did with it here -- sophisticated and elegant!!

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