Mixed Emotions!

I am taking Marit's and Michelle's mixed media and art journaling workshop entitled

Mixed Emotions.

It just stared this past Monday, February 4th, 2013, and I was so excited and a little nervous about joining this class.

I had the pleasure to work on my very first lesson last night using the inspiration word: 

Courage!  

Our first lesson was taught by Michelle LaPoint Rydell.
(I met her through Scrapping the Music!)

To get see a sneak peak at the workshop, check out her blog post here.  

And for even more "inspiration," have a look through the rest of her 

creative blog entitled Inspiration Everywhere!!!

Here is my first page made for this workshop.  Keep in mind, I never painted
my own letters or used Gesso before.  

Whoohoo!  It was invigorating!

I wrote my journaling on regular note-book paper and adhered it to white cardstock.  Then, I printed one of my favorite photos on vellum, cut it into strips and adhered it right over my journaling.  Last, I painted my inspiration word, COURAGE, with Gesso, then with white acrylic paint over top, all the time keeping my letters translucent! I outlined them with my black marker, then decorated each letter with black dots.  Finally, I wrote my quote around the outside of my page.  

I even got some wonderful feedback from Anne who said: "Hey mom, this is different from anything else that you have made  - I love it!"  She even asked me to help her with her next student council project.  YAY!!!!!  Now that's what I call positive feedback!

If you want to learn more about this class or others that Marit is offering, go here:

Thank you, Michelle, for the inspiration and the amazing first lesson!!!  

 . . . and thank you for stopping by my blog today.  It is snowing lightly here, so please drive carefully today!