Day to Night, Night to Day

Today Bleubeard and I are once again joining Halle at Halle's Hobbies, our host this month at Art Journal Journey.  Her theme is A Stitch in Time. 

I completed the page, but forgot any step-out photos.  That's when I decided to  show the materials I used to make this page.  I love my water soluble crayons, a gift one Christmas from my friend Cindy that just keeps on giving.  I've also used this wood mounted red rubber stamp before, too.  It was also a gift, but the giver no longer has a blog.

When I think of the passage of time, one of the ideas that came to mind was how time changes from day to night, then from night to day.

I colored the yellow side first after masking the other side using a sheet of card stock and washi tape.  I wondered if I shouldn't have colored the yellow side on the right where the numbers were more conducive to daytime.

Then I decided the way my life is, I'm up when others in my country are asleep, and I sleep when others are out and about. 

For the dark side, the mask slipped a bit and some of the blue bled into the yellow, which turned to a lovely shade of green.

For this page, I started by printing another clock from The Graphic Fairy (see my right sidebar for link) like the one I used on the first day of this challenge.  Before I cut it out, I colored a background in light blue and orange.  I wasn't sure how much of this background would show, so I colored the entire cardstock using my water soluble crayons.  The hard part for me was cutting out the clock, then hoping against hope I didn't mess up when I stamped the sun and moon stamp.  

I learned my lesson the last time I printed something and used these crayons, that 110 lb cardstock, used for the background, might pill.  Instead, I printed the clock on regular printer/copier paper and colored it in.  No pilling at all this time. I cut the cardstock to 8 inches squared (20,32 centimeter squared).  Finally, I printed the sentiment and colored it using the same crayons.

I thought I might share a few of my yard photos today, also. 

I took this photo right after I dug up and replanted my three Rose of Sharon bushes.  Note the wreath was still on the wall when I took this photo.

This the area on the south side of my porch.  Last year I planted bulbs there, but they never came up this year.

Even my lilies of the valley didn't bloom this year.

I need to mow again, but I wanted to show what used to be my herb and veggie garden.  I had to give up because the Bermuda grass took over and refused to let go, no matter how many layers of cardboard boxes and newspapers I put down.

Some asked about the wheat.  It was a by-product of hay bales I purchased last year.  Who knew there was real wheat in those bales that would actually grow. 

Last year I planted tomatoes in this bale, but the tomatoes died before they ever took hold.  So much for growing tomatoes in wheat bales.  I'm having the same problem on my back patio this year, too.

Soon I'll have enough wheat I can weave it.

The only plant still thriving in this bed is my blackberry bush.

Most of the lovely white flowers are now gone and soon I hope to have a few berries to eat.  The birds will get so many, I'll never have enough to make any kind of dessert or jam.

I appreciate you sticking around to see a part of my yard today.  Bleubeard and I are absolutely delighted you joined us in my yard, and we also hope to see you at Art Journal Journey.