Seek Gather Create August 2024 - Week Two

 Hello All.

Here is my week two page for August Seek Gather Create.

The items are...

The colour teal, a grid, leaves, and a bird silhouette.

I'm linking my page with the stencilled wild bird to Jo's Wonderfully Wild theme at Art Journal Journey.

Thanks for visiting.

Alison xox

June Art Journal Calendar

 Hello All.

I'm a bit late posting my calendar, but here it is finally. I'll be honest and admit that I forgot. Lol!

I used my favourite technique of starting with a layer of collage, and my journaling shapes are birds, that also make me happy. So I'm linking up with Matilde's theme of 'What makes you happy' at Art Journal Journey.

To create the birds, I stamped one on some thin card, then carefully cut it out to make a stencil. I used another stencil to create a garden for my birds.

And here's my completed May calendar.

Thanks for visiting.

Alison

Art Journal Calendar - July 2022

 Hello All.

I have my July 2022 Art Journal Calendar to share with you today. 

I have used Wendy's theme of Doors/Arches for Art Journal Journey. The white arches are made with a That's Crafty! mini stencil. and I used a Tando small cardboard arch to create a stencil for the journaling arches.

And here's my completed June calendar, filled with walks, dog walks, mini breaks, and not much time for making art.

Wishing you all a very happy and creative July,

Alison

February Journal Recipe - Day 12

Hello All.

It's Day 12 of my February Journal Recipe collaboration with Shilpa, and here are today's prompts...

Colour - Gold

Shape - Hexagon

Technique 1 - Write 3 words how you're feeling

Technique 2 - Add drips of paint

 I'm linking my page to Elizabeth & Bleubeard's What's Your Style theme at Art Journal Journey.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison

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

Creative JumpStart Day 11

Hello All! 

Day 11 of CJS was Everyday Storytelling with Riikka Kovasin.

 We used different techniques on old receipts and bills, then cut them into little squares to create a mixed media grid background on an envelope. Then we created an art doll focal image, and added some words and doodling.

I used a mix of Carabelle Studio and PaperArtsy stamps, and Tim Holtz word stickers.

Mixed media is my favourite kind of art, and I'm linking this page to Erika's Favourite Things theme at Art Journal Journey.

I hope you're all having a lovely weekend,

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox