Welcoming a new host at Art Journal Journey

Today we welcome a new host for the month of July at Art Journal Journey.  Please welcome my friend and co-administrator Erika, who many of you know as Bio Art Gal.  Her theme is When It's Hot.

I was thinking outside the box with this spread. 

When I thought of hot, I thought of chilies, those peppers that could be either hot or mild.

I sewed around the green chilies with variegated thread.  I wanted to set them apart from the red ones, which are definitely hot.

I cut some of the red ones from the tissue and added then to the word "hot."

They even look hot on the page!

Of course, if you don't like red hot chilies

you have an alternative.

It's true that some people like their chilies hot, but some do not.

For this page, I started by sewing a sheet of vintage sheet music to a sheet of 110 lb. card stock.  I went up and down the length of the sheet and sewed the two together using the same green and white variegated thread I used on the tissue.  I don't think you can see the sewing I covered over with the chili tissue paper.   After sewing around the green chilies, I colored the sentiment using water soluble crayons, and sewed the words, along with the label taken from a can of green chilies, to the substrate.

I want to wish all my Canadian friends a wonderful holiday.  Happy Canada Day one and all.

Thanks beyond belief for visiting today.   Bleubeard and I are happy you stopped by.  We hope you will join Erika, Yvonne, Bleubeard, and me this month at Art Journal Journey with your own art inspired by When It's Hot.  Please be aware, we want to see your altered book pages, journal pages, loose journal art, canvases, fabric pages, and digital art.  However, we cannot accept cards, ATCs, ATCoins, tags, or 3-D art not attached to your journal page, and will be forced to delete your entry.   Be aware of size requirements, as noted in the dreaded rules, too please.


As an aside, I want to thank all of you who sent your kind thoughts and well wishes over my eye.  The surgeon gave me an IV containing an anesthesia before he gave my eye a local shot to numb the pain.  Apparently, in addition to my eye problem, I had a bad reaction to the anesthetic that was used.  They kept me until 10:00 p.m. my time, when I was finally well enough to go home.

They did all kinds of tests on my eye and looked at it every which way.  In the end, the consensus was I should wear a patch that the doctor gave me for a week.  I'm to return next Monday.  If at that time, my eye isn't better, they will discuss options.  However, he was quite optimistic and felt it now just needed to rest and heal.  I can bathe, but not shower.  I can't wash my hair until Monday and must wash my face by hand every day (not in the bath).  It's a good thing the cats don't mind if I have a bad hair day!!  Thanks to all for your concern.