Kasia's Advent Calendar Challenge - Day 7 - Tea Time

Hi Everyone!

Here's my art journal page for Day 7 of Kasia's Advent Calendar Challenge.

Tea Time. Take time for yourself & relax.

I had to use some of my tea bag collection of course!

Another page for Yvonne's challenge at Art Journal Journey.

Alison xx

Kasia's Advent Calendar - Day 6 - White on White

Morning All!

Day 6 of Kasia's Advent Calendar Challenge was a tricky one for me. I do love some colour! However, I did my best, and used white gesso, white crackle paste, some net and sparkly organza material left over from my daughter's May Queen dress many moons ago, and some silver star confetti.

I don't know if you can see, but I stapled 3 little squares of the organza on the RH side. This was very tricky to photograph, as the light was fading too.

I'm linking up to Yvonne's Words & Numbers theme at Art Journal Journey.

Have a great weekend, & thanks for visiting,

Alison xx

Kasia's Advent Calendar - Days 4 and 5

Hi Everyone!

Here are my latest two pages for Kasia's Advent Calendar challenge.

Day 4 - A Walk.

I walk with my parent's walking group every Wednesday. This week it was very frosty, but also beautiful and sunny.

There's my Mum ahead in the red coat. Isn't that tree on the right stunning?!

Love this tree, and how blue the sky is.

And here is the page I created. I used a PaperArtsy stamp set for the bird and branches.

Day 5 - Sticks and Twigs. On our walk we were supposed to pick up some twigs etc. to use today. I already had a pinecone, and found a fir sprig in my garden to make some marks. I made the black marks with the pinecone.

I'm linking this page to Yvonne's Words and Numbers theme at Art Journal Journey.

Kasia's Advent Calendar Challenge - Day Three

Hi Everyone!

Here's my art journal page for Day Three of Kasia's Advent Calendar Challenge. The prompt was 'Allow'. I'm going to allow myself not to get stressed, to enjoy the peace of Christmas, and to have time for some winter walks. 

I'm linking my page to Yvonne's Words & Numbers theme at Art Journal Journey.

Here's a photo I took of yesterday's sunrise. It was so beautiful!

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xx

Kasia's Advent Calendar Challenge - Day Two

Hello Everyone!

I'm back to share my Day Two page for Kasia's Advent Calendar Challenge.

The theme for Day Two is Fairy Tales. We are remembering our favourites books from our childhood, and are also challenged to re-read them if possible.

Thanks for dropping by,

Alison xox

Kasia's Advent Calendar 2019 - Day One

Morning Everyone!

Kasia of Everything Art is holding her FREE Advent Calendar art journaling challenge again, and I enjoyed it so much last year, I'm joining in again. It's not about learning techniques, but about allowing ourselves a little bit of creative time in the busy run up to Christmas, with daily prompts and meditations.

We also use limited supplies, choosing a colour palette with different mediums, and keeping them at hand in a box, so that we don't have to spend precious time searching for things to use. I chose turquoise, red, olive green and gold, which are favourite colours of mine. I'm using a journal that I made myself too.

So here's my day one page. The prompt was to make a little postcard with what you wish for, and write yourself a message on the back.

I'm also linking up to Yvonne's Words and Numbers theme at Art Journal Journey.

Wishing you a happy and creative day,

Alison xox

Art Journal Journey - Words and Numbers

Happy December Everyone!

Here is my art journal calendar for December, with lots of words and numbers, so it's perfect for Yvonne's challenge at Art Journal Journey.

I started with a collage background of old book page scraps, a receipt, and I think there is part of a magazine too.

I used some red paint with a Carabelle Studio number stencil. I stamped December with a PaperArtsy alphabet stamp set, and stencilled 2019 with the Carabelle numbers stencil, then outlined with a black pen.

For the holly shapes, I stamped the holly (from an Artemio stamp set), cut out the larger holly to make a stencil, then stencilled with green paint. I added black outlines and red paint berries. I also stamped the holly sprig in each corner.

I hand-wrote the day numbers, and finished with white paint pen splatters.

Wishing you a great new week,

Alison xox