Thursday, August 27, 2026

Signs of Summer

 

Today Bleubeard and I are at Art Journal Journey, where we're joining our friend Erika, who many of you know as BioArtGal.  Erika's theme at AJJ is In the good old summertime.  This will be our penultimate AJJ post for August. 

And because tomorrow will be Friday, we're also joining Nicole for Friday Face-Off and Gillena for Art For Fun Friday.  

There are several signs of summer and several faces on this journal page.  Details are below.
 






 
I began by creating one of my favorite backgrounds where I combined a blue Staz-on reinker and a brown Staz-on reinker with 91% isopropyl alcohol.  I deconstructed a gifted napkin from my stash.  I then adhered each piece that was shaped like a postage stamp.  Everything went well until I got to "Tropical Life." It slipped and the glue stick was so strong, I was unable to move it without fear of tearing the napkin.  Also, some of the edges flipped backward.  Everything was perfect until I added the glue stick.
 
Thanks ever so much for dropping by today.  It means the world to Bleubeard and me.  We hope to see you and your interpretation of In the good old summertime at Art Journal JourneyBleubeard and I will also be joining Nicole at Friday Face OFF, and Gillena at Art For Fun Friday tomorrow.
 
Art Journal Journey 

Friday Face OFF    Please visit Bleubeard and me at these three art blogs. 

   

12 thoughtful remarks:

Iris Flavia said...

To sweet summer!

My name is Erika. said...

Tropical vibes just scream summer. I like these images. This is a great idea for AJJ. Thank you again for joining in. hugs-Erika

Lowcarb team member said...

Lovely images which make a lovely journal page.

All the best Jan

kwarkito said...

c'est très beau et très joyeux

Tom said...

...make all of your days, summer days!

Gillena Cox said...

Lovely stamps
Happy Friday
Thanks for linking to AFFF

Much love

Gene Black said...

Nice journal page. I need some tropics about now! What glue stick are you using?

Maria Medeiros said...

lovely tropical page! Love all the colours and it is so fun and very joyful! Have a lovely weekend :)

DVArtist said...

These are so beautiful. Very summery and tropical. I really like the the colors on all of them. Thank you for sharing with FFO and have a very nice weekend.

Jenn Jilks said...

It is a really cool hobby. You combine a sense of esthetics with colour and patterns.

Christine said...

Lovely

Carola Bartz said...

I was wondering what the "postal stamps" were made of until I read your description. Very clever.
Have you received my mail with the book pages?