SFC103 + SC338

Asking me to pick my favorite Squigglefly image (SFC103) is impossible- there are so many that I use for all different reasons. Since I don't have time to make a card with every "favorite" I chose "Perturbed Tilly" because she has so much spunk! And it is an amazing likeness (self portrait) of the artist and my fellow team leader, Marlene. (Don't worry Marlene probably THINKS I am kidding!)

I paired the image with the SplitCoastStampers sketch for this week (SC338). Now that I own the Slice Elite I don't have to avoid sketches with large circles. Tilly's earrings were colored with a Bic permanent markers to match her outfit. The sentiment is stickers and they have the same texture as labels from a labelmaker.

My daughter is out of school for the summer and starting tonight we are going to spend some time daily in our art journals. I have been very good about doing a bit every day. Julie Fei-Fan Balzer has really inspired me. When she admitted that she doesn't always finish a page in a day it made me realize that I could RELAX and enjoy the process without worrying about completing a page per day. Now that I work that way, I find myself sneaking in work here and there when I have free time and I get more done than when I blocked out long sessions. Doesn't mean that sometimes I don't like long sessions too, but I can be an art journaler even if I don't have hours to play!