The Old Rugged Cross

Ever wondered what a tangled stack is?

Here is the definition once again:

rows of tangles that go in the same direction and touch. They may be vertical, diagonal, horizontal, circular, or semi-circular as long as they touch. There may be words in between the tangles.

For this piece, I cut this page out of an old Broadman Hymnal that my grandmother gave me when I was around twelve years old. A really long time ago. The Old Rugged Cross is a song that has meant a lot to me over the years. It is also one of the songs we used at my father's funeral.

I began by tangling the stacks, making them touch as per the description, and leaving words in between. I went through and boxed the phrases in micron, then highlighted them with pan pastels. Deciding which phrases to use - keeping a consistent thought running -  was really the hard part for this page.  The rest was fun and games. Super easy to do and I really like the way it turned out.

A Little Tink

I wanted to title this post You Can't Go Wrong With a Little Tink, but figured that was definitely too long! "But," you say, "there is in fact a little Tink in this picture!" and you would be right, hence the proposed title of You Can't Go Wrong With a Little Tink. Hahahaha! 
Actually, this is the first page of a new journal I have started. It is called a Grid Journal because you build it in grids ~ on top of grids. Mixed media artist Martha Lever is teaching a workshop called Lollapalooza 3: The Big Grid Journal at Creative Workshops. If you are interested in learning how to make one of these fun - and different - art journals, click on that link. It takes you straight to the ordering page :). 
You should seriously check it out, but use the link because if you google it you have to first figure out how to spell lollapalooza and that isn't easy!
My friend Cindy has started a grid journal as well. Here's a link to her first pages - Cottage Remnant. And while you're there, you should leave a little love in her comment section so she will know someone's been there :).