This piece is my entry for the June lottery at our Diva group. The theme was *At the Beach* chosen by last month's lottery winner, Sandee. I had a lot of fun using my imagination on this project! And again I have added one of my papermonzsters to create a playful and whimsical atmosphere to Tallulah's little story.

Karen BP and I decided to create a Yahoo group for artists interested in weekly art prompts. Today, June 3rd, is our very first weekly art prompt which is 'illuminations'. This is what my mind conjured up with the word in this spread below. I also used a colour prompt, blue, as well as one of my papermonzsters.
If you love art prompts, come join us for some fun with them @:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/imaginationartprompts/

SLOW WALK

This is the final page I created in Karen BP's calendar journal. I used a poem that I wrote a while back titled 'Slow Walk'....

Slow walk. A shroud of silence.
Unaware, yet aware of
A misty cloak of rain.
To each a blanket of grey security.
Rain, delicate and cool falls
Onto two solo faces
Pondering and drawn inward
To that hallowed place
Of oneness, solitude.
Yet, the pondering of each
Is of the other:
Apprehension
Chemical tension
Side by side
Alone, together.
Canopied in green indifference
Trees surround them
Under purple-bellied clouds.
And the slow walk continues
down Destiny's path....

Here's another entry in Karen BP's calendar journal. This spread was created using Christy's May journal prompt: "Write about your temptations." This was such a fun prompt for me, thanks Christy! After finishing this spread, I realized that I used the colour orange, which represents happiness, and the colour purple, which represents passion. Pretty neat considering that these temptations bring happiness to me, and they are my passions too!

SOUL SANITY

All day yesterday all I could think about was how my artwork saves my sanity. So, last night I got out my paints and sat down to my drafting table and just started to paint. This image is what I came up with, so far. When I get some more time to myself when I'm off work, I plan on adding some words and designs to the page. Creating art is my soul's sanity.

Over the weekend I created 2 more spreads in Karen BP's calendar journal. In the top spread titled 'The Calling' I created another one of my 'papermonzsters'. The words reflect how I have been feeling lately.
In the bottom spread, the photo I used on the left reminded me of my Auntie Gert's amazing flower garden she had out behind her house when I was a little girl. It was an absolutely magical place, and I meandered through it for hours and hours. Surrounded by incredibly vibrant colours, I would smell and examine all the pretty flowers, some of which towered well above me. What a lovely memory!

I received Karen BPs gorgeous ledger style journal this week to work in for the month of May. This is the first spread I've created in her book. I found the center image of Queen Elizabeth in one of my local newspapers Thursday and really loved the atmosphere of the photograph. Queen Elizabeth is currently visiting the US, so I thought since Karen lives in the US, and my family is from England, I'd create this spread around Her Majesty, The Queen!