Frolic in the Flowers

 

I want to wish everyone who lives in the states a very happy Labor Day and everyone who lives in Canada a very happy Labour Day. 

I completely forgot to scan my completed August calendar until I saw Chris's yesterday.  As always, Chris and Alison put my calendar pages to shame.  Here is the completed month of August for those of you who want to see my boring life.  Last month Erika asked if I used a different calendar (or planner) for appointments.  I explained I never have appointments, so what you see is what you get.  

 

My no-name, no-photos allowed group didn't even meet in August because so many of the members were on vacation and they couldn't agree to a date when at least half the members could attend.  Except me, of course!

Elle from Empire of the Cat is our host this month at Art Journal Journey.  Elle has given us several themes, which are Books, Cats, and Tea.  I will be working most of the month in my new Cats altered book.  However, I also got a bit carried away with kitty stickers for my September calendar, too.  Because my calendar pages are so wimpy, here is my second entry in my Cats altered book.

Let's Frolic in the Flowers.

Nearly a year ago, a friend showed me her new quilling needle tool.  I was fascinated.  She even brought her glue with the teeny tiny applicator and her quilling shape board.  Trust me when I say, these were NOT the first flower petals I made.  I made a bunch that were horrible and enough decent ones to create this single flower.  My friend showed me what I should do to attach the flower and the stem, along with the backing to the flower piece she had already cut and I accented using black dye ink around the edges.  She even encouraged me to turn the completed flower assembly into a tag, although I seldom use tags in my art.  I also created the sentiment in my word processing program.  I even drew the little flower.

My friend had several of these background pages cut, so she left them with me.  I didn't have any of the green we used on the quilling tag, so I improvised with black that I adhered at two corners.  I also outlined the backgrounds using black dye ink.  The cat and the butterfly are stickers sent to me by my friend Jeanie.

I needed a background for the page, so I found a sheet of scrapbook paper (8.5 X 11 in.) that I adhered to the book.  I used too much adhesive on the page and when I closed it to make sure it would set properly, the pages stuck together.  

Thanks for joining Bleubeard and me on this Labor/Labour Day.  Bleubeard and I are delighted you joined us and hope to see you at Art Journal Journey as you share your own interpretation of Books, Cats, and Tea.