I need a New Normal

Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2013Tuesday, March 26, 2013 by Traci Bunkers | 5 Comments

Hello! Things have been overwhelming for me since I last posted. In the midst of me trying to deal with my health situation, my grandfather died. His funeral was supposed to be the day before my appointment with a neurosurgeon. But we had another blizzard, which caused the funeral to be postponed to the next […]

Crafter’s Workshop Spring 2012 Stencil Blog Hop

Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2012Thursday, April 19, 2012 by Traci Bunkers | 24 Comments

I am one of the artist’s participating in the Crafter’s Workshop Spring 21012 Stencil Blog hop to promote Julie Fei-Fan Balzer’s Spring line of stencils. I chose to use the Pointy Circles stencil, and naturally wanted to use it on a journal page. I took pictures to show step-by-step not only how I used […]

30 Days of Get Your Art On – 09.03.11

Posted on Saturday, September 3, 2011Monday, November 19, 2012 by Traci Bunkers | 5 Comments

I worked in my journal tonight. The left side is the end of one signature, and the right is the beginning of another. So there is a gap in the middle. Before I did anything, I put some masking tape down over the gap to make it easier to paint. I used my MacBook Pro […]

30 Days of Get Your Art On – Day 20

Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2011Monday, November 19, 2012 by Traci Bunkers | 5 Comments

Tonight I finished the journal page that I worked on for Day 18. As you can see, even though it was fairly full before, I added more. I can say for sure that it’s done. I did all kinds of things tonight on it, adding more layers of stamps, some hand-carved, some “commercial” stamps. The […]

“What About Me” Visual Journal Spread

Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2011Monday, November 19, 2012 by Traci Bunkers | 3 Comments

This is a journal spread that I started during an art journaling workshop that I taught this spring in my studio. I haven’t worked in my journal, well, since that workshop I think. And this morning, I really, really needed to. I usually work in order in my journal, and finish up a spread before […]