Art Advent 2024: Days 9 through 12

 

I am once again joining Michelle of RaspberryBlueSky and Tamara of MaraKreativStudio and their Art Journal Advent Calendar for 2024.

 

  Day 9: Dreamy.  Nathan Fillion can eat crackers in my bed any day.  He is definitely my idea of dreamy.  And having two of him is twice as nice.  Image found on internet.

 

Day 10: Letting go.  Mother kitty knows she can't hold onto her babies forever.  Image was a rubber stamp image I fussy cut and adhered to the page.

Day 11: Keep.   He's definitely a keeper.  He looks a lot like Squiggles.  Image was also a rubber stamp image I fussy cut and adhered to the page.

Day 12: Ups and downs.  I was a bit literal with the arrows as my idea of ups and downs.  Sorry, I cropped a bit too close to the top left arrow.  Arrows found on the internet that I fussy cut.

Days 1 through 4 can be found here. Days 5 through 8 can be found here.

Thanks for joining me on this 24 day advent adventure.  I appreciate your support.  I hope you like how I interpret some of the prompts.

Another repeat T post

 

 With my left arm still in a sling, it's hard to take decent photos.  I hope you like these repeats.

   I loved this mug because so many T Tuesday participants are or have been teachers (Erika, Carola, Valerie, and CJ).  Something else caught my eye in the background, too.

 

  It is the Wichita, Kansas flag.  I picked one up expecting to see "Made in China," but was surprised when I read "Made in USA."

Now it's time to share your own drink related post.  It can be photos, a place you visited, movies, postcards, books, sketches, mixed media, drawings, paintings, tags, scrapbooking, or other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional, as long as it in some way relates back to a drink, any drink.  Regardless, please share below and Bleubeard and I will gladly visit, as will other T participants.  Please link only your T post and not your blog in general.  Bleubeard would like to remind you that old photos are acceptable because they may be taken any time, not just on Tuesday and not just this year.  Please remember to visit your fellow T participants. 

 

 

 

Calendars update

 

 Today I have two calendar updates: one for Art Journal Journey and one for Art Advent 2024.

Since all the images were on the right side of my December, 2024 calendar, I decided to scan, rather than photograph this calendar page I decorated for Sharon's theme at Art Journal Journey.  You may know her theme is Snow.

I am also joining Michelle of RaspberryBlueSky and Tamara of MaraKreativStudio and their Art Journal Advent Calendar for 2024.  This is my fourth year joining, even though I am not on Instagram where they post.

Below are Days 5 through 8.

Day 5: Discover.  The first thing that came to mind was a Discover card that I copied from the internet and colored the "O" using yellow and red crayons.

Day 6: Magic Moment.  (Anytime I can show a cat in my art, that's a magic moment in my book.  Images taken from a cat food ad.)

Day 7: Silence. (Freshly fallen snow.  There's nothing better than the silence after the first snow of the year.  Gifted watercolor painting created by Dianne Bishop Carey.)

Day 8: The sweetness of doing nothing. (Focal image from a travel magazine.  Added butterfly from my stash.)

Days 1 through 4 can be found here.

Thanks for joining me on this 24 day advent adventure.  Thanks also for joining Bleubeard and me at Art Journal Journey where we celebrate the theme Snow.

 

Art Advent 2024: Days 1 through 4

Today I am joining Michelle of RaspberryBlueSky and Tamara of MaraKreativStudio and their Art Journal Advent Calendar for 2024.  They post to Instagram.  I do not.  That means the only place you will see my Advent Calendar pages will be on my blog.

Day 1: Start Today (Decorate my home for the holidays)

Day 2: Simplicity (The little black dress and string of pearls)

Day 3: Pursue your passion (Art and photography)

Day 4: Fearless (Mother, I am not afraid of that frog)

Thanks so much for joining me for this 24 day event.  I hope you like how I interpret the prompts.

T Stands For Repeat

 

This post is for T Stands For Tuesday only.  If your Second on the 2nd and your T post are the same, PLEASE add it both places.

  I realize I have shown this before, but with my hand in a sling and my typing is so slow, I decided to share this again.

It's now time to share your own drink related post.  It can be photos, a place you visited, movies, postcards, books, sketches, mixed media, drawings, paintings, tags, scrapbooking, or other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional, as long as it in some way relates back to a drink, any drink.  Regardless, please share below and Bleubeard and I will gladly visit (hopefully we'll still be able to leave comments) as will other T participants.  Please link only your T post and not your blog in general.  Bleubeard would like to remind you that old photos are acceptable because they may be taken any time, not just on Tuesday and not just this year.  

Remember, this post is for T Stands For Tuesday only.   

 

If your Second on the 2nd and your T post are the same, PLEASE add it both places.

 

Second on the 2nd

 

This post is for Second on the 2nd, only.  If your Second on the 2nd and your T post are the same, PLEASE add it both places.

As most of you know, I like my Second Look to somehow reflect what our current host at Art Journal Journey is featuring.  That means, since Sharon has chosen Snow, I am also sharing from November, 2021. 

  "Let it snow" was for an AJJ challenge in November, 2021.  The entire post can be found here.

For the past three years I have joined Michelle of RaspberryBlueSky and Tamara of MaraKreativStudio and their Art Journal Advent Calendar.  I plan to play again this year.  They post to Instagram.  I do not.  I thought I would show two of my favorite pages from 2022.

 

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Now it's time to share your own Second on the 2nd.  The rules are quite simple and everyone is welcome to join the fun look back.  All you have to do is bring back a post that you are especially proud of, or perhaps one you shared before anyone knew your blog existed.  Any post, any genre, any artistic endeavor is acceptable, as long as it's been published sometime in the past.  Then link below (direct links only, please) and Bleubeard and I, along with other Second on the 2nd friends, will be by to visit.  If your T Stands For Tuesday post is the same as your Second on the 2nd, please share it both places.  This is for Second on the 2nd, only.  

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Snow

 

I want to begin by thanking Wendy of wendysartandcraftjournal for being such a great host during the month of November at Art Journal Journey.  I wish I could have played more because I had several spreads I had started.  Thanks for being a great host, Wendy.  We look forward to seeing what you have planned for your year 7!

This month we welcome a first time host to Art Journal Journey.  We are delighted to present someone you may know from other design teams: the talented Sharon Fritchman who's also known as That Girl Fritchey.  Sharon's theme is Snow.

This is actually plan G. Plan A was to use a snow leopard which I know I have in my stash.  However, after looking for two days, I decided to create snowflakes for a background and a snowman for the focal image. That turned into a disaster, so what you see is what you get, or plan G.  Detail shots are below.

I found this image in a book, then added the word Snow using my color laser printer. I outlined the word using a blue felt tip marker.  

Sharon, Erika, Bleubeard, and I are delighted you joined us and hope to see you this month at Art Journal Journey as you share your own interpretation of Snow.

Please remember we welcome art journal pages that meet the theme requirements, altered book pages, canvases, loose, or stand alone pages including fabric and digital art.  I (and the administrators) cannot leave comments on Facebook or Instagram entries.  We do not allow cards!!!  We also don't allow tags, index cards, ATCs, or ATCoins, unless they are part of a journal page, and as much as we don't want to, will be forced to delete your entry.  Please remember if your blog is not in English, we ask that you translate it for us since the translation tool doesn't work on some blogs, including mine.  Hope to see you and your Snow entries soon at Art Journal Journey.