Art Journal Calendar - June 2021

 Hello All.

Before I show you my June calendar, I have some very sad news to share. I sadly had to have my sweet little guinea pig Angus put to sleep last Friday night. He'd lost his appetite and lost a lot of weight. I took him to a vet on Thursday, who said they could find nothing wrong. But, on Friday night he started fitting, and I quickly called the night vet, and took him in. 

Bless him, he was was sweetest little guy, and I miss him so much. I didn't know his age, as he came from the animal rescue, so maybe it was his time. I'm glad I was able to take care of him for a happy two and a half years.

So it wasn't a happy end to May, but here's to a better month ahead.

Here is my bright and cheery June art journal calendar, with lots of butterflies for Mia's Butterfly theme at Art Journal Journey.

I laid down a base of torn gelliprint collage, scraped some Ice Blue PaperArtsy Fresco acrylic over the top, then mixed Tango orange and Cherry Red Frescos, and stencilled the butterflies using a hand drawn and cut paper stencil. I added outlines, wording, numbers and doodles with paint pens.

Before I go, here's my May calendar all filled out.

Thanks for visiting, hope you're having a good week so far,

Alison xox

Gratitude Junk Journal Day 23

 Happy weekend everyone!

It's Day 28 of Leah's Art Every Day Month Challenge, and here's another of my Gratitude Junk Journal pages, with the theme of Gratitude For Pets. 

I featured Angus, one of my sweet rescue guinea pigs. He was my first rescue, and he's such a cutie! He rescued me too, at a time when I was feeling very low, having just had my autoimmune hepatitis diagnosis.

I hope your weekend is going well. Thanks for dropping by.

Alison xox

We're All Splashing The Paint Around

Happy Sunday Everyone!

I haven't been crafting much lately, and there's a good reason. A new little guinea pig came into animal rescue a week or so ago, 3 months old Elliott.

I decided to bring Elliott home, and try to bond him with my Angus, to give him a bit of company. When I saw them sharing the wooden bridge shelter in the garden run, my heart just melted! I'm so happy :-)

I did manage to create a page last week for Try It On Tuesday's Splatters & Splodges challenge, and I'm also linking up to Chris' We're All/Going theme at Art Journal Journey. I used some prompt cards.

Wishing you all a great week ahead.

Alison xox

365 Somethings - Week 47, and A New Friend in my Craft Studio

Happy Monday morning everyone!

As it's Monday again, I have my week 47 set of teabag art to share with you for IHanna's 365 Somethings Challenge.

For this set, I crocheted some snowflakes in different shades of 4 ply cotton yarn. I stamped a wreath (Artemio Stamps) onto the teabags, then used a snowflake brad to attach the crocheted snowflakes.

Then I simply adhered the teabags to 4x4" card blanks to make some more Christmas cards. I would like to enter my cards in That's Crafty's Winter Wonderland Challenge.

And finally, let me introduce you to Angus the guinea pig, my new craft studio buddy. On Saturday, I took pity on him at the animal rescue sanctuary where I volunteer, and decided to adopt him. He was so timid at first, but today he finally found his voice again...Squeak Piggy Squeak!

Have a creative day, and thanks for dropping by,

Alison xox