I just returned from spending five days with my crafty friend Bev at her home in Alabama. We officially dubbed the experience our Alabama Art Camp.

We had lots of different artsy things (and some non-artsy) that we wanted to try during our time together. In the photo above, we were trying to color Tim Holtz Paper Dolls using the Ranger Distress Crayons. We tried doing it with multiple mediums ... I decided I preferred the look of the Derwent Inktense Pencils, which I used on these.

We also watched a movie and the first episode of Ballard on some evenings, where she had the perfect set-up for me to color images she had pre-stamped me from her collection. These are from Hero Arts Art Meowseum. I used the Spectrum Noir Tri Blend markers.

I also had the luxury of floating in her pool in the early morning hours while it was mostly in the shade (also happy seeing the results of all of my leg work in the gym in the photo). The weather could not have been more perfect.

On the next day of Alabama Art Camp, we had some GelliArts printing fun. Here are a few of my favorites.
This one reminded me of poinsettias and may show-up on a future Holiday card.

And I loved the repeating patterns of these geometric masks.

I also got a some kitty cuddles.

On another day, we had fun giving her MInc Machine a workout with lots of different foiling fun. These were all foiling toner card fronts.

We gave Grid Journaling a try. I tried coloring patterns with acrylic markers, while Bev did amazing painting & collaging with texty paper. I will certainly pull my Journal back out to try other fun mediums.

We also spent an afternoon watercoloring florals.

And the next day, I pulled the markers back out to color a few florals that didn't get painted.

We also managed to put together two 1000 piece puzzles ... I always forget how much I enjoy puzzling. Here is the second one we completed rather quickly.

We also had lots of good eats that I somehow failed to capture on film I ate grits twice (yay for the south). Beverly also baked me lovely sweet breads and fruit salad for breakfast and a lemon ice box pie. I tried first Dirty Soda at Sonic (and loved it, so I'll be recreating it at home). And, I even got some chicken livers, a rare treat.
It was a lovely crafty getaway.