I Shall Wear Purple: Double Layered Tag

The challenges over on Mixed Media Art Journey have 6 part and you can use as many of them as you wish.  However when I saw them, a particular poem came to mind - Warning by Jenny Joseph.  The current prompts are make a tag, use purple, add scrap paper, add doodle, book quote and rip / cut / tear edge. I included all six.

Add a piece of copy paper used to clean a brayer to a #8 manilla tag. Seal with matte medium, dry and trim.

Add the top layer of a paper towel mop up sheet in similar colours to a second #8 manilla tag in the same way.

Use a pair of large deckle edge scissors to cut the top section off the second tag.

Glue the two tags together with the smaller tag on top.

Add stamping to the top tag section using two of the Mixed Media Journal stamps in Dusty Concord archival ink.

Add one of the Halloween Paper Dolls from Tim Holtz.

Add the first line from the poem ‘Warning’ by Jenny Joseph using a black Posca pen. Add the word purple using the Clarity Tall Letterbox Infill Alphabet down the side in Versamark ink. Heat emboss with purple embossing powder.

To finish, add doodling around the letters and along the deckle edge with a black micron pen.

Art Journal Insert

I finally got round to having a go at the August challenge over on Mixed Media Art Journey.  Each month six word dice are thrown and the resulting prompts make up the challenge.  It is the first time that 'Create Insert' has been one of the prompts.  I decided to use two tags to make the insert for the middle of a signature in my Eileen Hull Journal.

A Gothic Journal Page

This page was created for the July challenge on Mixed Media Art Journey, however, as it also fits the current Gothic challenge over on JJAMMMA (Junk Journals and Mindful Mixed Media Art), I am also entering it there.

A Bird does not sing: Journal Page

This page was made in response to the June Challenge on Mixed Media Art Journey.  There are 6 prompts each month.  These month's prompts in no particular order are: Make a page, add red, add texture, use scrap paper, add doodles and favourite quote.

My Smallest Ever Art Journal Page

This ATC sized mini journal page was created for the May monthly challenge over on Mixed Media Art Journey.  As usual the roll of the dice gave us six random prompts.

Crazy Cat Tag

This tag was created for the April challenge over on Mixed Media Art Journey.  Each month there are six random prompts which can be followed in any order to create a mixed media piece.  The first prompt this month was to create a tag, so I worked on one of the #8 manilla tags that I have in my stash.

A Happy Journal Page: Brushos and Stamping

This page was created for the March challenge over on Mixed Media Art Journey.  The prompts were: create a page; use yellow; add a pocket; word of the day; add pattern and rip/cut/tear edge.

Your True Colours: A Journal Page

This is the first time that I have created a two page spread in my Strathmore Mixed Media Visual Journal.  However, as that was the first prompt for the February challenge over on Mixed Media Art Journey, I decided to see how I could make it work in a spiral bound journal.  The remaining prompts were 'use blue', 'hide a secret', 'use a stamp', 'add a pattern' and 'song lyrics'.  As you can see, I chose the Cyndi Lauper hit 'True Colours'.

An Art Journal OOPS!

This page was created for the January monthly challenge over on Mixed Media Art Journey.  It was finished in January, even if I'm not sharing the process until the start of February lol.  Six word dice are thrown each month and the resulting six prompts have to be included in any order.  For January the prompts were: 'Create a page'; 'Use something recycled'; 'Add sparkle'; 'Use blue'; 'Add washi tape' and 'Favourite saying'.

Hipster Chicken Tag

This tag was created for the November challenge on Mixed Media Art Journey.  I can't resist a tag challenge and I love the Hipster stamps so I decided to use one which fits the colour scheme.

Never let go of your Dreams

I made this art journal page in response to the October Challenge on Mixed Media Art Journey; it also gave me the perfect excuse to play with some of the Call of the Wild Collection by Sheena Douglass.