Buffalo Chicken Dip

Ingredients

2 (10 ounce) cans chunk chicken, drained
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup Ranch dressing
3/4 cup pepper sauce (such as Frank’s Red Hot®)
1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
1 bunch celery, cleaned and cut into 4 inch pieces
1 (8 ounce) box chicken-flavored ...

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ART PROMPT - Create something random in black and white and then add two of your favorite colors.

Black and white are by far my favorite colors to art with.  I find that the contrast is stunning and very pleasing to the eye.  In thinking of something to work on last night, I decided that I would create something completely random in black and white.
The following is what I came up with:

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Altered Book Journal

As many of you probably know by now, I am completely addicted to Art Journals.  I have purchased a few of them in the past and have most recently been handmaking my own (three so far).  Here recently, I have decided to take this addiction to an entirely new level and start an altered book journal.  I began working on this last night.

The book that I am using for this project is a rather thick medical book that I was able to get for free.  When using a book that is as thick as this one, you want to make sure that you glue at least two to three pages together (unless all you plan on doing is pen and ink).  Mixed media materials and any wet/damp media will cause your pages to swell, so unless you glue some pages together and/or cut some of the pages out of these thicker books, they will likely not close flat when they are full of your art.   Below is the book that I was able to use…I would personally rather use one that is not quite as thick as this one.  I can’t argue too much about this though…free material is a good thing!

The cover was painted solid black with one coat of  black Gesso.  After this dried thoroughly, I then glued bits and pieces of colored tissue paper to the cover and spine using a decoupage medium.  After the decoupage medium dried I then covered the entire cover with more decoupage medium and allowed it to dry overnight.  Isn’t that gorgeous!!!  I will probably go a bit further with this and personalize a bit more.

In the meantime, I couldn’t wait to start working in this journal, so I used some white Gesso on the first page and then took out my best black sharpie and just began doodling.  Here is what have done so far…

Altered Book Journal

COME SEE MY NEW BLOG

Hello fellow artsy ladies!  This site has now moved to the following link....

Come see!

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