Teabag Art for Elizabeth's Earthday Recycling Month.

 Hi everyone.

I'm back today, after dropping off the blogging planet, with a recycling page for Elizabeth's (Altered Book Lover) Earthday celebrations. Elizabeth is sharing my teabag art junk journal page on her blog today.

On a mixed media background I created a pocket with a used teabag, and inserted some cut off scraps from a previous project, adding a little button and some words for my finishing touches.

I'm typing this post one handed as a few weeks ago I tripped and fell in the street, fracturing the top of my humerous, the ball part of my arm that fits into my shoulder socket. Fortunately it was my non-dominant arm, so I'm not completely helpless, but my newly retired husband has stepped up and been amazing in his new job as my carer. Luckily I had this page already made, but I'm sure hubby would have helped with this too.

Thanks to Elizabeth for including my art on her blog, and to you for visiting today.

Alison xox

Junk Journal July

 Hi everyone.

I'm trying to motivate myself to get back to art journaling again, so I thought I'd join in with Meg's Junk Journal July challenge on Instagram.

Here's the junk journal I made, using Amazon packaging and various papers.

I glued a downloaded list of the prompts to the first page.

Here are a few of my pages so far.

Day 1 - Spark

Day 2 - Postcard.

Day 3 - Fold.

I'll try to remember to post a few pages every few days, but my blogging is a bit erratic these days as you may have noticed 😀

Thanks for visiting,

Alison

AJJ - Numbers

 Hello All. 

Today I have a junk journal page to share for Matilde's Numbers theme at Art Journal Journey.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison

Junk Journal Pages

 Hello All.

I thought I'd shared a few more pages from my junk journal.

This one started with a word stamp that I carved, then grew into a wonky mandala.

I used a round paint brush and watercolour paint to create the leafy stems on this next page.

On the next page, I traced around some metal letters then painted them with watercolour paint.

And finally, a page for Bleubeard & Elizabeth's Recycle, Re-use & Re-purpose theme at Art Journal Journal, on which I used an old piece of stencilled fabric and some book text. I used the metal heart clip to stamp the spirals.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison

AJJ - Anything Goes

 Hello All.

I have another page to share for Valerie's Anything Goes theme at Art Journal Journey.

I'm also linking my page to Try It On Tuesday's Go Green challenge. My page has some green on it, but it's also in my handmade junk journal.

Thanks for visiting me,

Alison

AJJ Anything Goes

 Hello Friends.

I have a page to share for Valerie's Anything goes theme at Art Journal Journey today. 

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

Care December. Days 14 - 20

 Hello All.

I don't know where the days go. I did do a lot of walking with friends last week though, which is such a joy and blessing. The weather was almost Spring-like on Friday, and I even spotted a butterfly!

I'm back today to share my final week of pages for Kasia's Care December challenge.

Day 14 - The White Thread with Claudette Hasenjager. This seems like a good page to link to Mia's Use A Photo theme at Art Journal Journey.

Day 15 - Snowflake.

Day 16 - Light like a feather.

Day 17 - Mindfulness reminder. I keep the chipboard heart on my desk as a reminder.

Day 18 - Intentional Social Media. Use social media, but don't let it become harmful to your well-being.

Day 19 - White Icing. What is your white icing?

Day 20 - Thank You.

That's the end of my December pages. I hope you enjoyed them. 

Tomorrow I'll share some 5 minute collages I created over Christmas and New Year, for The Ugly Art Club's 5 Minute Challenge.

Thanks for visiting.

Alison

Care December Days 8-13

 Hello All.

Here are some more pages I created for Kasia's Care December Advent challenge.

Day 8 - Impermanence.

Day 9 - Boundaries.

Day 10 - Carving. I used a face carving I made earlier this year. It's one of my favourites. You'll see it again ;-)

Day 11 - Bird's Eye View.

Day 12 - Seasons. 

A snowy winter scene for Jo's theme at Art Journal Journey. 

I used little wooden snowflakes mounted onto foam to stamp the snowflakes.

Day 13 - Celebration.

There's that face stamp again! It's so useful.

Thank you so much for dropping by!

Alison

Art Journal Advent Days 11-16

Hello Everyone.

I have a few more pages to share, that I've created for Michelle & Tamara's Art Journal Advent.

Day 11 - Your greatest gift of 2022. Definitely being able to see more of my family. Our daughter moved into her new home in June, and we've been to stay with her a few times since. She's very excited to be hosting us and her brother this Christmas.

 Day 12 - Simplify. 

An abstract snowy woodland walk for Jo's Snowy Winter theme at Art Journal Journey.

Day 13 - Self-confidence. Just a fun abstract collage. :-)

Day 14 - Building Castles in the Air. Do you recognise a couple of my collage fodder watercolour pieces from earlier in the year?

Day 15 - Vulnerability. Bees and hedgehogs are on the danger list, and I used some fragile teabag papers.

I always put out some water in case a hedgehog passes by, but I've sadly never seen one in our garden.

Day 16 - Unfiltered. Struggled with this prompt, so I just threw a bit of collage down, and a watercolour butterfly I created earlier this year.

Thanks for visiting today.

Alison

Care December 2022

 Hello All! I hope you're having a lovely weekend.

I'm joining in with two Advent challenges at the moment, Art Journal Advent that I shared yesterday, and also Kasia's Care December 2022. This is another challenge with daily prompts to get you thinking and creating.

I made a junk journal for the challenge, this one's about 7x7", with pages of different sizes. I like to use recycled packaging for my covers, and a few other recycled collage materials.

Here are my first week's pages.

Day 1 - Good Intentions.

Day 2 - The Harbour.

Day 3 - The Blank Space.

Day 4 - Grow and Heal.

Day 5 - Cleansing.

Day 6 - The White Unicorns.

Day 7 - Love Letter.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit me.

Alison

Art Journal Advent 2022

Happy Saturday Everyone!

To keep myself motivated in December, I've joined in with a couple of Advent art challenges on Instagram. One of these is Michelle and Tamara's Art Journal Advent 2022. There are daily prompts to get you thinking and creating. I try to spend about 30 minutes or less on a page.

I first created a little junk journal. It's about 6x6", and the pages are smaller and different sizes.

 And here are the first 10 pages. I wrote the prompt on each page, hopefully it is legible.

Oops! I just realised I didn't write the prompt on my last page. The prompt for Day 10 is 'YES'. 

Some of my pages are looking a bit snowy with the white ink splatters, so I hope I can qualify to join in with Jo's Snowy Winter theme at Art Journal Journey. I hope I haven't broken any rules. I nominate my Day 6 page for the theme, I think the little girl is looking out of her window at the snow ;-)

Apologies for the very long post.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison