Button Up

I am once again joining Chris from PearShapedCrafting, this month's host at Art Journal Journey with her theme of 101 Ways to Stay Warm.

Light and shadows played havoc when I tried to photograph this two page spread on my dining room table.  The sun is definitely in the southern hemisphere now, as is evidenced by the light coming through my south facing windows.

 This was a play on a song, but I changed the last word from "free" to "cold."  The font is Swis 721, and gave me the opportunity to color in the letters using a metallic gelly pen.  In case you can't read it:

Button up your overcoat
when the wind blows cold.

 I was surprised no one had used this TH paper doll, the man and his adorable little dog to create one of Chris's pages.  It seemed like the opportune time to do so.

I stood the image on a layer of built up pink paint chips, then placed cheese cloth over the top that I hoped would look like snow on a single step.  I used pop dots to hold the paper doll slightly away from the page.

I chose a pale lavender and white acrylic background to indicate the cold.

In case you are wondering, I skip around in this book.  I don't create a page or spread, then go to the next page.  I have no idea why I do this, but it's how I always work in my altered books.  The only time I've created art in order was when I created a Kings and Queens altered book for my friend Kathy one year.

This is Day 25 of AEDM and I created a two page spread in my Challenges altered book.   I'm also linking to Art Journal Journey.  Hope to see you both places.   As always, I am most grateful that you visited today.