Flora and Fauna

I really wish T Tuesday didn't land on the first day of the month, because I was really excited about joining Jo at Let's Art Journal, our host this month at Art Journal Journey.  In case you haven't seen, her theme is flora and fauna.

I created this in my Challenges altered book.

In case you didn't know, the dictionary definition of fauna is:

Animals, especially of a region or time.

I found the perfect image showing both animals and plants of a specific time period.

In addition to flora (plants of a specific region or time) and fauna, there is also fungus:

Any of a large group of plants without chlorophyll, including the yeasts, molds, smuts, and mushrooms.

I was so glad I found this image that complimented Jo's theme perfectly. I first washed some blue handmade shimmering mist over the page, then added the focal image.  I outlined and framed the image with washi tape hoping it would feel like a time line.  Finally, I cut definitions from two dictionaries, and added some circles I punched after I colored the paper using the same shimmering mist.

Yesterday when I visited Alison, she shared her latest calendar pages.  It was then I realized I hadn't decorated mine for April (and still haven't), nor had I finished the month, nor scanned it.   So here is my April calendar page, just as I had left it on my nightstand, without filling in the final two days, or any days in May.

I had planned to make this a bit more attractive, but I bought this cupcake stamp at Dollar Tree (red rubber on a wooden base) for $1.00 (USD) and tested it on my calendar page.  Other than that, the last few days this month had me working in the yard, creating a rock garden, and planting a few plants.  Most will still need to go into pots, though.  One nice thing, it's been so dry this year, this was my first mowing for 2018.

Thankfully, May, 2018 is ready to write in.

Thank you beyond belief for visiting me today, not laughing at my puny calendar, and hopefully joining Susi, Jo, and me at Art Journal Journey.