Just a peek, a tag, and a journal entry

Some of you asked what I was doing while I had no access to my computer, I'll show you.

First, I finally got all these individual journal pages placed back to back in clear folders and added to my three-ring binder.  I wanted to add three holes using my hole punch to the pages, but decided to use clear binders instead.  Now I wish I had used my three-hole hole punch.  It would have been quicker, easier, and far less frustrating.  Now that it's finished, I will need another binder because this one is incredibly full and doesn't quite lay flat.

I've also been sewing.

Right now I'm working on a scrappy journal that will hold all pink background pages.

Although it will cover all seasons, it will honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Believe it or not, I have been cleaning my house.  Deep, deep cleaning.  Every room, too.  I even cleaned my refrigerator freezer from top to bottom, inside and out.  You wouldn't believe all the items I've allowed to spoil from non-use.

I've also taken time to make a tag for Valerie's theme, which is Farm Animals at Tag Tuesday.

I chose these pigs, which are red rubber wood mount stamps (very old from All Night Media) as the farm animal of choice.  Here I added ribbon and a message:

You are covered
front to back.

I colored the pigs using one of my handmade shimmering mists.  I grabbed my dye ink, instead of solvent ink, so the black ink ran when I added the mist.

Of course, I couldn't stop there,

I had to also create a page in my Challenges altered book.  It's obvious this is for Jo's theme at Art Journal Journey which is Texture, and Try it on Tuesday's latest challenge which is Scraps.

It's obvious the texture comes from

the corrugated cardboard and 

the fluffy rose fabric.  These are also scraps, left over from other projects.

Even the bits of German text is a scrap, as are the other two pieces I sprinkled on the page.

I didn't stop there, though.  The fabric ribbon I used on the pig tag is also left over from another project.

These pigs are so cute.  If only I could learn to stamp properly.

Here is more evidence of scraps.  Nothing is too small in my world.

I began by laying down a sheet of used pink printer/copier paper.  If you look closely, you might be able to see the printing on the back of the page.   I added the rose fabric to the corrugated cardboard I removed from a box destined for the recycle bin.  I added the assembly to the page, then added scraps of German text and finally, the pig tag.

What have you been working on?  Thanks for stopping by and seeing what has been keeping me extra busy these days.  I still have two more rooms to deep clean, so I'll be finishing that in my "spare" time.  I also hope to see you at Tag Tuesday, Try it on Tuesday, and Art Journal Journey.