This studio is so colourful...

...that my head is near exploding.  As I went through the scrap box for bits and pieces to add to some journal pages, I found a TON of accidental artworks, all 3" x 4"  and down to much smaller bits.  I thought you'd like to take a peek:

We (that's me, my students, friends, art buddies and studio visitors) use this scrap box for a host of things - tags, greeting cards, bookmarks, art journaling and more.  It's rather like digging for buried treasure.

And just in case you thought I'd been spending too much time drooling instead of playing, here are a few of the current in-progress pieces.

The plastic wrap from last week is now sporting some foil - more (something) to come, no doubt!

Love is not what the mind thinks, but what the heart feels.  Greg Evans, Cartoonist

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together,
keep me in your heart; I'll stay there forever.
Winnie the Pooh,  A. A. Milne

...and a whimsical journal spread

 While I'm working on another video technique, it's not going to be ready until some major editing gets done, and the editing elves are on holiday this week.  Check in next week to see whether their vacation is over!

What's happening in your studio this week?  Journals/cards/paintings/etc., or resting?  Keep me posted in the comments below!

I can be tricked...

...and when I've been out of the studio for a while, I need to be.  So I take this lovely box of scraps

 and with eyes closed, choose one.

Once I have my first scrap, I pull a host of others, this time actually using my eyeballs, and start to play with pattern and colour.

Once I create a stamped background and lay all this lusciousness down, I think it will be a great journal spread.  I was amused that I was able to find both parts of the word dream in the bottom left corner, even after someone had chopped it apart.  There is no such thing as an interrupted dream, apparently.

I was on a roll, so I pulled another - this one is such a beautiful accidental landscape that it deserves it's own page, don't you think?

And an oriental spread of red and green feels like a power page - this one will be fun to finish.

 Somehow this one has a musical feel to it for me - I'll be interested to see where it goes!

I'd love to hear your tricks for getting back into the studio after a hiatus.  I think there have to be hundreds of them and after these last few months I need to know them all.