Hello All.
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, if you celebrate it. Ours was spent at our daughter's, and we had a lovely few family days with our son, daughter & her boyfriend. Our new year was a quiet one, and I was asleep before midnight on new year's eve.
I have some catching up to do with my blog posts, my Care December and Art Journal Advent pages, plus some mini collages for The Ugly Art Club 5 minute challenge, but today I thought I'd show you my January art journal calendar spread.
My hopes for 2023 are to go on holiday again. Scotland would be my choice, or a nice cottage somewhere in the north of England. I'm linking my page to Mia's Use A Photo theme for Art Journal Journey.
I started with pieces of gelli-printed collage, then added a layer of dress pattern tissue. I scraped some white acrylic over the top, then added the photos. The circles were cut from gessoed book page, then painted with watercolour. I drew and painted some leaves and my title, and added dots and numbers and watercolour splashes to finish.
Here's my completed December calendar.
Thanks for visiting me today. I'm off to do some blog visiting now, lots of catching up to do.
Alison
Love the beautiful calendar pages - I had a very quiet Christmas and New year after being taken unwell on the 23rd so spent it in bed!
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Happy New Year, dear Alison! I love your new calendar journal, it's beautfiul as always. And thinks so much for linking to AJJ, much appreciated. Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteBeautiful calendar pages, the 2023 with photos is clever and well done.
ReplyDeleteI wish your year ahead is happy and inspiral 🥰
I love the new calendar for January. I couldn't figure out how people were going to add photos but yours look great. Thanks for sharing this with us for Mia's challenge. And happy New Year Alison. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteI love your new start for 2023. Your photo additions blend well. I love the blend of the colors you chose. Have a great and creative January!
ReplyDeleteAll beautiful pieces and I do hope you get to see Scotland. One place I would love to visit.
ReplyDeleteBoth beautiful- January certainly does look very much like you are making plans for your holiday, Happy New Year, hugs, Chrisx
ReplyDeleteLove the pages, Alison. The photos are a great touch on January's. Hope you get to fulfill your 2023 travel wishes, xoxo
ReplyDeleteI was sure I had left you a comment, but after refreshing, I apparently had not. You put a LOT of work into the January spread. I couldn't believe you put all those tiny dots around the circles. I love the background, too. Thanks for sharing this spread at Art Journey Journal using Mia's theme.
ReplyDeleteI hope you will be able to get to Scotland this year.
Happy New Year to you and yours! Your calender page is fabulous and I love the photo on the beach, the perfect reminder of happy times and a great way to start the year ☺️. All the very best for 2023! Hugs Jo x
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