Art Journal Prompts Week 26: Pets

I do not have a cat of my own, but I grew up with a cat and two of my siblings have cats, so when the prompt for week 26 of the Art Journal Prompts page was pets, it was an easy choice to make.  It's not that I have anything against dogs, but I am definitely more of a cat person.  This page is dedicated to Mizzy (RIP), Mr Boots, Mittens, Socks and Suzy Shoes.

WOYWW 421: Countdown to School Trip

Well, this time next week I will be in Berlin with a group of Y8 pupils, so unable to join in with the pleasures of WOYWW.  I will also be foregoing the pleasure of my friend's regular crafty company on Tuesday.  However, although there are still some bits and pieces to finalise before we set off at silly o'clock on Monday morning, I am making the most of today's session ready to share with all.  I don't know how many desks I'll be able to visit this week with getting everything ready, so many apologies in advance.  I'll be making up for it in the summer holidays!

My side of the desk shows the items that I used to make the tag you see on the right hand side of the desk (for further details you can check it out HERE). 

As usual my friend is working on backgrounds and toppers ready to make into cards at home.

Close up!

If you'd like to know more about why we share our desks each week, check out The Stamping Ground, where all will be revealed by our fabulous host, Julia.

Tag Tuesday: The Beach

The new fortnightly prompt for Tag Tuesday came out today and I couldn't resist getting straight on with my contribution for 'The Beach'.

Junk Journal Flick Through.

I call this my junk journal, not because I have created it myself, but because I use an old notebook for the challenges for the Junk Journals and Mindful Mixed Media Art group. It is not a 'proper' journal as I have to glue pages together to make them strong enough to work on (usually 3 pages).  Although I was introduced to the group fairly early on (I was about member 150) and the group has since grown to over 7000, I missed the first few challenges.  My first challenge was #4 Brown, Gold, Teal with the theme Circles.  I haven't missed any challenges since and look forward to seeing what this evening brings for challenge 24 (always 3 colours and a theme).  I was very wary early on about the types of media I used in the journal, but these days I'll use anything from acrylic paint to Brushos and Pixie Powders, although I mix these with distress collage medium rather than spraying with water to avoid getting the pages too wet.

Challenge 4: Brown, Teal, Gold, Circles

Challenge 5: Blue, Purple, Silver, Diamonds

Red, White, Blue, Lips

Turquoise, Lime Green, Red, Peace - I wasn't happy with this page.

Ivory, Copper, Royal Blue, Science

Burnt Orange, Olive Green, Tan, Nature

Pink, Blue, Silver, Heavenly - I won this one!

The challenge I set: Red, Orange, Brown, Strength

Black, Green, Pink, Feathers

Red, Green, Blue, Buttons

Purple, Cream, Gold, Lessons Learned

Green, Blue, Yellow, Into the Wild Woods

Pink, Orange, Yellow, Sunshine - my favourite colours so far.

Pink, Turquoise, Brown, Music

Purple, Orange, Green, Change

Pink, Green, Blue, Tolerance

Blue, Turquoise, Sand/Ochre, Seaside

Red, Pink, Orange, Watch the Birdie

Green, Gold, Purple, Reflection

There are very few of these pages that I didn't like by the time I had finished them.  Some colour combinations were more challenging than others.  I think that I am more prepared to take risks by being part of this group, so thanks for having me and I know new members are always welcome, so come and join us!  If you want more information about how each page was created, they can all be found on my blog under 2017.

JJJAMA Challenge 22: Purple, Green, Gold, Reflection

This page is for Challenge 22 for Junk Journals Junkies and Mindful Art.  As soon as I saw the theme was reflection, I had an idea for the first layer of the background!

Art Journal Prompts Week 25: Time

For the first time ever in 2017 I am completely up to date with the Art Journal Prompts and waiting for the new one to be published tomorrow!  For week 25 the prompt was time, which gave me the excuse to work with some more of the stamps and dies from the Time Traveller collection by Sheena Douglass.

June Mini Mission: Cake

This is my June mini mission for the Mission Inspiration group.  As usual I have ended up completing the mini mission before the main mission and have worked on a #8 Maniila tag.  This prompt was easy to complete (can't think why LOL).  I am also entering it in the Tag Tuesday fortnightly challenge.