This journal page started with no particular aim in mind. I took some pens, stencils and oil pastels to a JJAMMMA journal meet up together with my Strathmore Visual Journal and simply played around. I didn't finish the page until the next day as there were several ways that I felt it could go.
This tag was created for the 'Tis' the Season' challenge on the That's Crafty challenge blog.
I'm still feeling lousy and not up to any major projects, however I didn't want to miss a blog post. I therefore used a page background that was already created, together with some pre made bits and pieces to put together a journal page; it took all of 10 minutes, but I liked the finished look before crawling back into bed.
I am not feeling well today, hence the late blog post (for me). I went straight to bed last night instead of creating and preparing today's blog post. Instead, I made this quick tag this morning with left overs from yesterday's journal page (see HERE). I am entering it in the That's Crafty fortnightly challenge: Green with envy.
The current challenge over on Tag Tuesday is Music; however as I've only used Visible Image stamps I will also be entering it into their November challenge which happens to be 'tags'.
The November theme for the challenge over on Tag It Tuesday is 'Gratitude' and this is the first of my entries. As I was short on time, I decided to go with a mainly journaled approach, however I have no doubt that I'll have a go at one more before the month is up!
This tag was created for the fortnightly Tag Tuesday challenge; this time the prompt is 'book print'. I decided to combine some of my favourite techniques with one of my favourite stamp sets (Bookworm by Darkroom Door).
This page was actually completed on Saturday even though I'm only sharing it today, so I am keeping up with the new art journal prompts. Now I just have four back prompts to catch up with and the new prompt to complete!
It's not really surprising that the idea of angels and starry skies came to me given the prompt. For once I decided to go without any words and let the images speak for themselves. The photos don't really do the shimmery finish justice.
I just finished my Mission Inspiration page for January 2017 and wanted to share it as soon as possible. There has been a slight change to the prompts this year; eight instead of ten, with the addition of colour prompts and some words to inspire. You can join in with the challenge here. I had a ball creating this page, the word prompts: Genesis, regenerate, determination, hope and resolve are perfect for this time of year. They also fit in with one of my resolutions: to craft and blog every day when I am not at work.
I have been meaning to try this background method for ages, ever since I saw it on Sue Wilson's blog. However it wasn't until a friend spent the afternoon making backgrounds using the same method that I had a go myself. As I had to make a card for my husband to give to a colleague, I thought that I'd kill two birds with one stone.
I had to make two birthday cards recently for crafting friends, so I decided to use the card coloured with the left overs from my tag adventure and the Crazy Cats by Tim Holtz. I wanted the cards to be similar, but not exactly the same; therefore I used two different cats, even though the accompanying stamps and accessories were the same. I was really pleased with the finished cards, especially after I finished off the cats' eyes with Glossy Accents.
