366 Somethings Week Eleven

Hello Everyone! I'm back today with my collaged index cards for week 11 of the 366 Somethings Challenge.

Do you have any favourites this week? I think it's 71 & 72 for me, although I rather like 77, which includes a teabag and tea packaging.

Wishing you a happy and creative day,

Alison xox

Art Soothes The Soul

Hi Everyone!

I have an art journal page to share today, that I'm linking to Eileen's 'Green' theme at Art Journal Journey. The page started with various green inks, before I added lots of other media.

Kasia from Everything Art is running a week long challenge on Facebook and Instagram, with prompts to soothe our souls. It's called Soothe Me Art Journaling. The challenge started last friday, but I only spotted it yesterday, so I'm a few days behind. This is my page for day one.

I hope you're all managing to keep calm and carry on creating.

Alison xox

Birthday Cards

Hello lovely followers!

I had a couple of birthday cards to make this week, this first one is for a sweet little lady who turned one on International Women's Day. She's already a seasoned traveller, as her parents are from Australia, and her mum is currently studying in the UK.

And this one is for my nephew. He'll be 28 on St. Patrick's Day. I'm pretty sure he doesn't read my blog, so I think I'm safe to post.

And finally, after getting a few spam comments recently, I've decided to add comment moderation to my blog. Such a pain!

Have a happy and creative day,

Alison xox

366 Somethings Week Ten

Hello Everyone! Here are my week 10 collaged index cards for the 366 Somethings challenge. I can't believe I've made 70 collages already! I'm still loving the challenge. A wee bit of art every day feels so good.

Which one is your favourite? I think 66 and 69 are mine, with their pieces of Christmas cracker.

Thanks for dropping by,

Alison xox

AJJ - Green

Happy Friday Everyone! I have a page in my Dina Wakley journal to share today, created for Eileen's Green theme at Art Journal Journey.

As you all know, I've been using up scraps on my collaged index cards lately. I decided to use a few of my green coloured scraps on this page, adhering them down, then scraping DecoArt Crackle Paste over them randomly. Before the paste dried, I lightly spritzed with water and sprinkled some PaperArtsy Infusions (Sage & Slimed) over the page. 

Once everything was dried and crackled, I adhered two gel-printed ovals and a leaf, adding white marks and some found book text. I finished with splashes made with my orange Posca paint pen.

I love how some of my paper scraps lifted and curled up, once the crackle paste had dried.

Wishing you all a happy and creative weekend,

Alison xox

366 Somethings 2020 - Week Nine

Hi Everyone! I nearly forgot to show you my 7 collaged index cards for week 9 of 366 Somethings, so here they are, only one day late :-)

Hope you're all having a happy and creative week,

Alison xox

March 2020 Art Journal Calendar

Hi Everyone! It's a new month, so I have my March art journal calendar to share with you today. 

I tried out a mono-printing technique by Dan Tirels for my background. Here's Dan's YouTube channel. He has some great video tutorials.

Art Journal Journey has a new challenge theme of 'Green' from Eileen The Artful Crafter, so I used a few different green PaperArtsy acrylic paints for my mono-printed background. I hand-cut a stencil for my journaling flowers, although they look more like clouds! I used Honeydew acrylic, which is a very pale green. After stencilling my title and adding the numbers, I decided to add some contrasting orange splatters with a Posca paint pen.

And finally, here's my filled in February calendar...

Wishing you all a creative week,

Alison xox