Hello All.
I have a junk journal page to share today for week 3 of the Instagram Seek Gather Create challenge.
These are the items we had to use...
A leaf, Something smooth, Something red, A repeating item.
I wonder if I can link this to Elle's Art Journal Journey challenge, since I used a teabag? There's a map and some music to read too! 😁
Thanks for dropping by,
Alison
Hello Friends.
I've been catching up with arty projects, and today I have a couple of sets of mini collages to share for my 365minicollages challenge.
Days 228-231
Days 232-235
I really love these two sets, and I hope you like them too.
Thanks for visiting,
Alison
Hello All.
It's been a couple of weeks. maybe more, since I last posted here. Our son moved into his new house on 21st August, and we went up to help clear out the old rented flat, move him into the new house, then lay some flooring and put up curtains. It's a brand new house in Salford, Manchester, taken an age to build, and lots to do. Thankfully, the kitchen and bathrooms are all fitted out, at least we haven't got that to sort. It's getting there.
I'm glad to be home for a little while, before we head off on our hols, and I've been catching up with some artyness. I'll be sharing a few bits and pieces this week.
Today I have my September art journal calendar to show you. Over on the Art Journal Journey blog, Elle has challenged us to use Books, Cats, & Tea. I've used books and tea on my calendar. One of my favourite books is Thomas Hardy's Far From The Madding Crowd.
I used collage with teabags over the top as my base layer. I created a little teapot stencil, the stenciled my journaling teapots in pale blue, adding details with a red paint pen.
I added some book text from my spare copy of Far From The Madding Crowd, around the edges and bottom right.
I used a PaperArtsy stencil for my title with the pale blue Fresco acrylic and red paint pen outline. I finished with some black paint splashes.
A little close up shot of the quote from the book that I used.
Before I go, here is my completed August calendar.
I apologise for not visiting lately, I'll try and catch up with some of your blogs this week.
Alison
Hello Friends.
Here is my week two junk journal page for the Seek Gather Create Instagram challenge.
The 4 items to use were...
Acid Green, Fabric, Puzzle, Pebbles.
I'm linking my page to Chris' theme of Where In The World theme at Art Journal Journey. South London/Bexleyheath is where I grew up, and I've spent my married life in Orpington. I used the relevant piece of page from an old map book.
I've used PaperArtsy stamps on my gelliprint page and on the puzzle piece, and I created the 'pebbles' by making tiny blobs with a glue gun, then painting them with PaperArtsy Fresco acrylics.
Thanks for popping by my blog.
Alison
Hello All.
Today I created this page in my junk journal for Chris' Where in the world theme at Art Journal Journey.
I used a Canadian postage stamp which shows dragon boat racing in Vancouver.
Thanks for visiting,
Alison
Hi Everyone.
Seek Gather Create is a weekly challenge on Instagram in August, hosted by Tina Hois, Lisa Goddard, Laura Denison and Melanie Theriault.
Week one's items to find are ... Bear, Fish, Raindrops & Wild Flowers.
Here's a junk journal page I created. The fish doesn't look very happy 😂
There are prizes for joining in with the challenge, and I was thrilled to be one of the 4 random winners for week one. 😀
Thanks for visiting,
Alison
Hello All.
Here are my latest collages for the 365 Somethings challenge, another 2 sets of 4.
Days 220-223
Days 224-227
Have a great new week, and thanks for visiting.
Alison
