Florence Turnour's Blog

I have coined a new word: illustriteration. Pronounce it "ill-lust-ritter-ation." In my infinite wisdom, I have engaged in another art form, the art of illustration.  I am finding that much of illustration is iteration, hence the new word. I like creating with some constraint, making pottery that's functional or jewelry that's wearable.  Now, I am learning to make 2-dimensional artwork that illustrates. The internet is a fabulous resource to learn about illustration. Children's book illustrators use their blogs and websites to post their portfolios, advice, and wonderful trailers for their new books. An ad for this Craftsy class crossed my newsfeed just as I was considering this, and on a whim, I signed on. The class is great; the instructor Shadra Srtickland gets right to the point, inviting her students to create character, spreads and story and then illustriterate to make the whole project one piece. (See how useful my new word is?) For my class project,...

My entry in the JustRite Challenge #77, "Tag You're It" is really these Dress Magnet tags , but I colored this other magnet while Benjamin was working on his tag, and decided to include it as well. I'm enjoying this magnet paper, but you have to double it to use it since the magnets are so wimpy. For this one, I cut out two sheets of magnet paper with my JustRite  Vintage Label and Banner Dies , and then stamped the airplane from JustRite's  Going Places  cling set on cardstock. I colored the image and glued the magnet on the back. Then I made the tag/holder for the magnet using a Spellbinders die and the larger die from the  JustRite Vintage Label and Banner Dies . I stamped the image again in mauve and cut it out with a Spellbinder classic circle. Here's the disassembled set: Thanks for looking!