Treasure Trovember 2025, Week 1

 

For the sixth year in a row, I am playing in Treasure Trovember.

 

I can't get everything on the scanner, so what you see here are the images from Week 1.

These are the Week 1 prompts.

There are a total of 12 grids.  They were all supposed to be 2 7/8 inches square, but I hand cut all of them and some were much smaller than others.

The furniture is a couch.

The basketball bounces.

The man's hands are a body part.

The dots are blue and yellow.

The martini glass is make using gold leafing.

It's obvious the drinks are in glasses.

Thanks for taking time to visit.  Originally, the prompts were given at Collage Lab.  For this and last year, the prompts have been on YouTube.  Please join me every Sunday in November for Treasure Trovember, 2025.

 

 

T Stands For It's Beginning To Look

 

  While at The Spice Merchant two days before Halloween,

it's beginning to look like Christmas.

I've shown you mine, now it's your turn to share your T entry this week.  The rules are extremely simple.  Your drink related post may be anything from a photo of a glass, cup, or mug, to an actual drink.  You may choose to share a sketch or a digital, hybrid, or traditional page in your scrapbook, art journal, or altered book, as I have done.  Maybe you'd prefer to share a tag, or wow us with your photography.  You might choose a postcard or decorated card.  You might even draw an image on a used tea bag.  Or perhaps you prefer to review a place you visited, a movie, or book.  It makes no difference as long as it's drink related.  And don't forget that the more unique and outside the box it is, the better we like it.  Please tie it back here, and please link only to your T post, not your entire blog.  When you link, Bleubeard, the T gang, and I will be by to visit.   Bleubeard would also like to remind you that your photos may be taken any time. 

 

 

Second on the 2nd: TIME

 

As most of you know, I like my second look each month to reflect our host at Art Journal Journey's (AJJ) theme. That means I needed to find something related to Wendy's theme, A moment in time.

Some of you have seen my TIME altered book.

   This is the cover and the first altered book cover I sewed.  If you want to see the book in its entirety, you will find it under Three of my competed altered books.  Alternately, for a direct link, click here.

Now it's time to share your own Second on the 2nd.  The rules are quite simple and everyone is welcome to join the fun look back.  All you have to do is bring back a post that you are especially proud of, or perhaps one you shared before anyone knew your blog existed.  It could even be one that holds special meaning.  Any post, any genre, any artistic endeavor is acceptable, as long as it's been published sometime in the past.  Then link below (direct links only, please) and Bleubeard and I, along with other Second on the 2nd friends, will be by to visit.  This link will be good until Monday 3 November at 4:00 p.m. my time.   

 

 

Time on my hands

 

I want to once again thank  Elle (eotc), who was a wonderful host last month at Art Journal Journey.  I wish I had not been so sick last month because I had several pages started in my Halloween altered book.

Today we welcome a new host and a new theme as we always do the first day of the month.  Welcome a long time host, Wendy from wendy’sartandcraftjournal.  This is Wendy's seventh time hosting.  Her theme is "A moment in time," and she has given us lots of examples of what the theme could represent on the Art Journal Journey blog.

 It's obvious I named this journal page Time on my hands.  Details are below.

 

I love a good pun and that's why I named the journal page what I did.  You can see there are a lot of hands on this collage entry.

 

Please remember we welcome art journal pages that meet the theme requirements, altered book pages, canvases, loose, or stand alone pages including fabric and digital art.  I (and the administrators) cannot leave comments on Facebook, TicTok, or Instagram entries.  We do not allow cards!!!  Period! We also don't allow tags, index cards, ATCs, or ATCoins, unless they are part of a journal page, and as much as we don't want to, will be forced to delete your entry.  Please remember if your blog is not in English, we ask that you translate it for us since the translation tool doesn't work on some blogs, including mine.  Finally, we do not allow back-links to any journal page published prior to the start date of this month's challenge. Hope to see you and your Moment in time inspired art soon at Art Journal Journey.

 

Thank you so much for visiting today.  I hope you will join Bleubeard and me at Art Journal Journey with your own interpretation of A moment in time.

 

 

Steampunk Halloween

 

I'm sharing this Halloween inspired spread with Elle (eotc), who has been a wonderful host this month at Art Journal Journey.  Her themes are Steampunk, Halloween, or Steampunk Halloween.  Since it's the last day of the month, this is my final entry.

I call this Steampunk Halloween.  Detail images are below.

 

 

I apologize that this scan is not what I had expected.  I will get to that shortly.  I first colored a sheet of deli paper with metallic turquoise acrylic paint. I then adhered it to my Halloween altered book.  I colored the pipes with brown dye ink and green dye ink so they would look old.  I then adhered them to the page and added the die cut pumpkin.

The top of the page didn't lie flat when I scanned it.  Therefore, the top pipe looks distorted, although it is not. 

I hope you will join Bleubeard and me at Art Journal Journey.  You still have time to share one more entry.  Once again, I want to thank Elle for being a great host this month at AJJ.

T Stands For Random Spice Merchant Mugs

 

Last week, some of you got the misguided idea I could call a doctor and get the help I needed with my illness.  Although I have tried for several years, I can't seem to find a medical doctor who is taking new patients.  I have visited Emergency Care twice and was no better off once I left and was stuck with a bill I really couldn't afford.  Instead, I am now finally taking some OTC flu and cold medication.  

Since it's T Tuesday, let's look at some random mugs from The Spice Merchant.

I've shown you mine, now it's your turn to share your T entry this week.  The rules are extremely simple.  Your drink related post may be anything from a photo of a glass, cup, or mug, to an actual drink.  You may choose to share a sketch or a digital, hybrid, or traditional page in your scrapbook, art journal, or altered book, as I have done.  Maybe you'd prefer to share a tag, or wow us with your photography.  You might choose a postcard or decorated card.  You might even draw an image on a used tea bag.  Or perhaps you prefer to review a place you visited, a movie, or book.  It makes no difference as long as it's drink related.  And don't forget that the more unique and outside the box it is, the better we like it.  Please tie it back here, and please link only to your T post, not your entire blog.  When you link, Bleubeard, the T gang, and I will be by to visit.   Bleubeard would also like to remind you that your photos may be taken any time.