Friday, 9 July 2021

Strips 'n' Stitches

 Hello All.

Tiffany Sharpe's tutorial on Willa Wander's Fodder Challenge was about using up those trimmed pieces of paper we all keep, and stitching them down for a beautiful background. 

Here's the start of another page in my art journal. I attached my stitched piece over some teabag papers.


Then I sketched and cut out some book page flowers.


I decided the flowers needed more colour, I used Stabilo Woodys for this, and I also added some white ink splashes.


I'm linking my finished page to Alison's Summer Countryside theme at Art Journal Journey.

Thanks for dropping by today,

Alison xox

12 comments:

  1. I am thrilled how you made the journal page. So beautiful!!!!
    Hugs Elke

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  2. Fabulous page,love all the stitched strips and the book page flowers look perfect
    Carol x

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  3. Oh My! I absolutely adore this Alison! I have some book paper flowers but not sure I'll use them now!!! This background is amazing! Hugs, Chrisx

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  4. Totally gorgeous! Hugs, Valerie

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  5. That's a great idea to use up those paper scraps. And it looks fantastic too. Especially when you add those pretty flowers. Nice page for Alison's challenge at AJJ. Thanks for sharing with us at AJJ. Hugs-Erika

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  6. Yes a very lovely background for collage! Beautiful work, xoxo

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  7. Gorgeous summery flowers, and the background is amazing. The stitched layers over the teabags - yum! Thanks so much for joining us in the Summer Countryside at Art Journal Journey.
    Alison x

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  8. Inspirational and beautiful. Love this kind of paper collage technique.
    Happy Sunday xx

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  9. I also saw that video, Alison. I may have to try that, too, since I love to sew. However, I doubt I will use as much glue on the scraps as she did before she sewed them on the page. Since I can't draw as well as you, I think it would be great to combine this fodder lesson with the sticky one. I absolutely love your incredible flowers, though. They are fabulous and so is the page. It's also perfect for butterfly's theme at Art Journal Journey.

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  10. Great idea for a background - and the flowers really bring it to life. Lovely.
    Hugs, Neet xx

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  11. Awesome layers on the background, its a fantastic page with the flowers. Thank you for linking to Alison's theme at AJJ.
    Yvonne xx

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  12. The background looks beautiful with the stitched elements and it's the perfect backdrop for those pretty flowers too - amazing 😀. Happy wishes! Hugs, Jo x

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