A time to show (STUDENTS ABs, that is)

I was correct.  I can't see the links each of you added, unless I go to my Microsoft translator.  I never realized I would EVER have anything nice to say about Microsoft, but that translator has saved me!  I can't see any blog links if they are in Blogger, regardless of who has provided the link.  It makes it hard to join challenges, and even harder to see the people who have linked to me!

This week, we will start with

Color, color wheel, and paint:

Dawn found a clever way to display her color wheel.

BJ took this lesson to heart when she created this color wheel using magazine images.

BJ's use of primary colors.

Susan (from the Netherlands) spent a lot of time making her color wheel, but in the end, it was simply PERFECT.

Susan (from the Netherlands) took her pages seriously, and even showed the tools she used to create these sgrattito pages.

Susan (from the Netherlands) used cool colors and gesso for this sgraffito technique.
 

Sandee used the opportunity to create this fish story using the color wheel and the compliment of each color for the air bubbles. 

Debbie created her color wheel outside her book.

Debbie showed her use of both cool and warm colors in this spread.

Debbie made this for her sgraffito technique.

Not satisfied, Debbie later created the above for the sgraffito challenge.

Paula kept totally with her theme of Christmas with this take on the color wheel.

Then Paula offered two examples of color, this one using warm colors.

Elle found all these images for her leaf/tree book and used them for her color wheel.

Elle's take on her cool color spread created quite a discussion of how we feel about color.


Backgrounds:

Dawn used newspapers to scrunch color onto this page. 

Dawn explained how she chased watercolors using a heat tool in this beautiful background.

BJ used strips of paper for her background technique, while sticking with her British theme.

Susan (from the Netherlands) got carried away and created all the following:

Susan (from the Netherlands)'s cling wrap and acrylic background.

Susan (from the Netherlands)'s Napkins, Glazes, and Stamps background

Susan (from the Netherlands)'s oil pastel and gesso backgrounds.

Susan (from the Netherlands)'s shaving cream backgrounds.

Sandee's cling wrap background was perfect for her theme.

Debbie's Smoosh and Twist background, shows she used one page in the book and one page from the book..

Debbie's take on Napkins, Glazes, and Stamps.

Elle's interpretation of the grunge background was right on track.

Another of Elle's stamped and collaged backgrounds.

Paula's Christmas theme continued when she created this background using metal HVAC tape.

Paula used several elements to create this very dimensional and textured background.

Paula also used cling wrap and inks for this beauty.

Paula then tried a background technique I have had very little success with: soot.


Magazine images and frames:

BJ was right on track (no pun intended) with her frames.

BJ used several magazine images for this spread showing her countryside.

BJ's love of pink shows here in her flower garden created from various magazine images and cute rose embellishments.

Debbie incorporated her love for magazine images and crocheting to make this frame spread.

Debbie tore her loose Smoosh and Twist background she created earlier and used it for this spread in which she used mainly magazine images and the colored background to signify frames. 

Dawn was quite inventive in her use of magazine images and this frame made of sticky back tape.

Dawn also tried my roll technique and was very successful at it.

Susan (from the Netherlands) used washi tape and colored masking tape to create her frames.

Although Susan (from the Netherlands) said it didn't follow the theme, her magazine images were exactly on track for the above spread.

Paula's use of magazine images was perfect for this piece.

Paula created windows to peek through for her frame.

Pockets:

Debbie stuck with her theme and used maps from places she has visited to create her pockets.

Debbie has a hidden pocket, too!  The hidden tag is on the left and can be pulled out using the ribbon.

Elle created several pockets.  This one reminds me of a coffee filter.

Elle used several techniques to create this pocket and matching page.

Elle used a paper doily as her final pocket.

BJ's book was limited, but she still managed to make a pocket spread with matching tags.
 

Susan (from the Netherlands) got carried away, making pockets on both sides of the spread.

Susan (from the Netherlands) further made other pockets and added even more tags.

Susan (from the Netherlands) then showed her surprise.

This is Susan (from the Netherlands)'s hidden pocket.  

Dawn created these pockets.

Dawn then showed all the lovely tags she added.

Paula caught up by creating both a pocket and folded pages in her AB.  This is a good way to show a preview of next time.

Until then, I just had to show how Paula used her stocking as a hidden pocket.


I spent an inordinate amount of time on these photos.  It was totally my own fault.  I would go to one blog, get the images I needed for a specific lesson, then go to the next blog, only to realize I had loaded the photos AND linked the previous name in a wrong lesson.  I either had to move the photo, or go back and find the ones I needed.  I did this with about 16 photos, then threw up my hands in frustration. Nothing should be this hard.

That's when I decided I would make it easy on ME.  Next week will be the final week for viewing student entries, so you can rest assured I will be creating my covers after that.  Instead of showing artists by lesson, I will show each artist's example of (homework) the corresponding lesson.  That way I only have to copy the artist's blog link once and will know where I am with each person.  Thanks for understanding.

Also, BJ, Elle, and Paula, I still can't leave comments on your blogs.  My sincerest apologies, although I have tried the hint to uncheck the "sign in" box to no avail. 

Today is Day12, my regularly scheduled Sunday post. It was late because I celebrated Veterans Day earlier today.  And because I am having so many problems leaving comments on so many blogs, I decided to change how I display my comments, too.  Hopefully, they are now in a pop-up window.  When I first displayed pop-up and checked to verify, I got a full empty page instead.  Just another of Blogger's nasty tricks it's playing on me.  So I went back to embedded text because I couldn't see my comments.  Since I don't get comments in my e-mail, I had to see them to know you had been here.  When I rechecked the embedded text box, then rechecked the pop-up box, comments started showing again, but still not in a pop-up window.  Blogger is really, really testing my patience.  Be assured, no matter what form these comments take, there will still NEVER be word verification on my blog!!