A new month, a new host at Art Journal Journey

Before I reveal our new host at Art Journal Journey, I want to thank Erika for her hosting July's Art Journal Journey.  We are all proud of her and the beautiful entries that gave us lots of ideas and inspiration.  Thanks, Erika.  Now I want to share a get well card I received 

from my dear friend Halle at Halle's Hobbies.  I was so impressed with the composition of this card, I told her I might have to steal (oops, I mean borrow) her design.  Little did she realize I would use it as my introduction to this month's Art Journal Journey host, who is

Alison, AKA Craftytrog who you'll find at Craftytrog's Arty Adventures. Alison's theme this month is Pockets and Tags.

This is my entry, based on Halle's beautiful card.

Of course, I had to put my own spin on it

by sewing all the pieces to the substrate.

For this page, I began by gluing a sheet of paper cut from a World Book to a page in my altered book.  To that, I sewed sheets of cut or torn card stock, colored papers, a strip cut from the same World Book, and a tag to a sheet of black card stock.  Once this assembly was complete, I glued it in place over the sheet of World Book I had already adhered to the altered book.  Once adhere, I stamped the word Courage on the tag.

Thanks beyond belief for visiting today.  Alison, Yvonne, Erika, Bleubeard, and I hope you will join us this month at Art Journal Journey with your own take on Pockets and Tags.  We welcome art journal pages, altered book pages, canvases, loose or stand alone pages, and digital art.

I need to be clear about one thing, though.  Your pockets and tags MUST be part of a journal or larger loose page.  Be sure to check the minimum size of your journal page, too.  Pages that don't meet minimum requirements and tags or pockets that are not attached to a journal page will be deleted.  Thanks so much for understanding and following the dreaded rules at Art Journal Journey.