Bathing Beauties At The Beach

 

Yesterday we hit a record high for Wichita, Kansas (USA).  It was 108 F (42.22 C) with a "feels like" 113 F (45 C).  I suspect even my heat loving friends will find it unbearable. 

Today you will find me at Art Journal Journey, where I'm joining my friend Erika, who many of you know as BioArtGal.  Erika's theme for the entire month at AJJ is In the good old summertime.  And because it's Friday, I'm also joining Nicole for Friday Face-Off and Gillena for Art For Fun Friday. 

It's obvious the title of this journal page is Bathing beauties at the beach.  Detail images are below.

 

 

I began by creating one of my favorite backgrounds where I combined a blue Staz-on reinker with 91% isopropyl alcohol.  However, when I auditioned the layout, I felt it was lacking.  I decided to adhere a napkin from my stash to the 5 X 8 in (12.7 X 20.32 cm) 110 lb background using a glue stick.  I then added the image I found in my stash.  Next, I added the computer generated title using a glue stick.  Finally, I adhered the two gold sea shells I found, along with other stickers, on a basement shelf I cleaned last week. 

 

Thanks ever so much for dropping by today.  It means the world to me.  I hope to see you and your interpretation of In the good old summertime at Art Journal Journey.  Bleubeard and I will also be joining Nicole at Friday Face OFF, and Gillena at Art For Fun Friday.

 

 

   

Please visit Bleubeard and me today at these three art blogs. 

  

 

She Sells Seashells

 

Today you will find me at Art Journal Journey, where I'm joining my friend Erika, who many of you know as BioArtGal.  Erika's theme for the entire month at AJJ is In the good old summertime.  And because it's Friday, I'm also joining Nicole for Friday Face-Off and Gillena for Art For Fun Friday.

Obviously, this is entitled She Sells Seashells By The Seashore.  Details are below.

 

  The tongue twister "She sells seashells by the seashore" became widely known in the 19th century and was later turned into a popular 1908 song by Terry Sullivan.  It is a well-known tongue twister that gained popularity in the 19th century and is often recited for fun and used to improve pronunciation skills.  It is also used in educational settings to help children with phonics and pronunciation.  The phrase continues to be a popular and entertaining linguistic challenge for people of all ages.  The complete tongue twister is below:

She sells seashells by the seashore,

The shells she sells are seashells, I’m sure.

So if she sells seashells on the seashore,

Then I’m sure she sells seashore shells. 

 

I began by adhering a napkin from my stash to 5 X 8 in (12.7 X 20.32 cm) 110 lb cardstock using a glue stick.  I then added the little girl that I found at The Graphics Fairy.  Next, I added the computer generated tongue twister using a glue stick.  Finally, I adhered the star button from my stash using E6000.  

 

Thanks ever so much for dropping by today.  It means the world to me.  I hope to see you and your interpretation of In the good old summertime at Art Journal Journey.  I'll also be joining Nicole at Friday Face OFF, and Gillena at Art For Fun Friday.

 

   

Please visit Bleubeard and me today at these three art blogs. 

  

Week 9 of Index-Card-A-Day or ICAD

 

It's Friday and time for ICADs.  Bleubeard and I are relieved we have made it through another, our 14th year of ICADs.  I'm joining Nicole for Friday Face-Off and Gillena for Art For Fun Fridays along with Tammy Garcia at Daisy Yellow (Index-Card-A-Day).      

Day 55: Flag.  Background is Encyclopedia.  Red dry erase color.  Postage stamp is Freedom Flag, a forever stamp first issued in 2023.  Names in red felt tip pen.

 

Day 56: Priority.  Background is vintage sheet music. Blue and red dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Railroad Mail Car, 1920s.*  Names in red felt tip pen. 

*A part of the Transportation Series used in bulk rate postage and met the single-piece rate for first-class mailings presorted to a five-digit ZIP Code.  First issued August 16, 1988.      

Day 57: Colorful.  Background is Spanish text. Green, red, and blue dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is postcard rate Hot Air Balloon first issued in 1991.  Names in blue felt tip pen.

 

Day 58: Moon.  Background is Crossword. Green and blue dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Neptune(?). Names in blue felt tip pen.

 

Day 59: Fly.  Background is Spanish text.  Red and brown dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Christmas Angel (an Alterpiece at Metropolitan Museum)*. Names in red felt tip pen.

 

* The 1974 10¢ “Angel Altarpiece” postage stamp was issued by the U.S. Postal Service on October 23, 1974, in Washington, D.C., as part of its Traditional Christmas series. This stamp features a detail from a Renaissance masterpiece by the Italian painter Melozzo da Forlì (1438–1494).  The design reproduces Melozzo da Forlì’s “Angel with Trumpet,” a fresco fragment originally painted around 1480 as part of a larger composition, The Ascension of Christ, for the Church of Santi Apostoli in Rome. Melozzo was celebrated for his pioneering use of perspective and for the grace and serenity of his angelic figures, which appeared to float effortlessly in heavenly space. The fresco was removed from the church in the 18th century, and surviving sections—including this angel—are now preserved in the Vatican Pinacoteca and the Quirinal Palace in Rome.

 

Day 60: Vintage.  Background is Russian text. Green and brown dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is 1870s Coal Car, part of the Transportation Series, used in bulk rate (third class or presorted) postage.  First issued  July 19, 1988.  Names in green felt tip pen.

 

Day 61: Independence.  Background is Encyclopedia.  Red dry erase color.  Postage stamp is Independence Hall.*  Names in red felt tip pen.

*Originally known as the Pennsylvania State House, it is the site located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were debated and adopted. 

  I'm creating ICADs but am not on the sites where Tammy posts.  Therefore, this is the only place you will find Bleubeard's and my ICADs.  

Today I'm also joining Nicole at Friday Face OFF, and Gillena at Art For Fun Friday.

 

   

Thanks for visiting today.  Bleubeard and I hope you enjoy the ICADs and will let us know your favorites.  We hope to see you at these art blogs, too.  We are delighted you dropped by.

 

Friday Smiles will be posted this afternoon.

 

  

Week 8 of Index-Card-A-Day or ICAD

 

It's Friday and time for ICADs.  I'm joining Nicole for Friday Face-Off and Gillena for Art For Fun Fridays along with Tammy Garcia at Daisy Yellow (Index-Card-A-Day).  This is the penultimate entry this year.   Would you like to see another ICAD?  Check out Gillena's current post.

Day 48: Independent.  Background is Crossword. Green and blue dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Spirit of 76 (I wish I had found that stamp in time for July 4). Names in blue felt tip pen. 

 

Day 49: Hero. Background is Encyclopedia. Red and brown dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Dwight David Eisenhower (34th President of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961, and known for his role as the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe). Names in red felt tip pen.

 

Day 50: Birdsong.  Background is vintage sheet music. Green and blue dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Bird on a flowering branch. Names in blue felt tip pen.

Day 51: Ancient.  Background is French text.  Green dry erase color.  Postage stamp is Pterranodon (genus of large, toothless, flying reptiles known as pterosaurs, with wingspans to over 20 feet/6 meters, which lived during the Late Cretaceous period). Names in green felt tip pen.

 

Day 52: Ring. Background is Russian text. Red and blue dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Bell (6.3 cents)  [The 6.3 cent Liberty Bell postage stamp was issued by the U.S. Postal Service in October, 1974 and is part of a series that commemorates the Liberty Bell, symbolizing American independence. It is a collectible item and can still be used for mailing]. Names in red felt tip pen.

 

Day 53: Cactus.  Background is Russian text. Green and red dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Bee on a flower. Names in red felt tip pen.  Not sure why I chose the word of the day, but I had nothing else prepared.

 

Day 54: Intricate.  Background is vintage sheet music. Green, blue, and brown dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is North Carolina Statehood, 1789.  Issue date August, 1989*. Names in green felt tip pen.

 

*From 1987-1990, the U.S. Postal Service issued a set of stamps commemorating the signing of the Constitution by representatives of the first 13 Colonies.  The stamps were issued in the 200th year after each state approved the Constitution, in the order each colony became a state.  Every stamp shows traditional symbols of the state. 

 

  I'm creating ICADs but am not on the sites where Tammy posts.  Therefore, this is the only place you will find Bleubeard's and my ICADs.  

Today I'm also joining Nicole at Friday Face OFF, and Gillena at Art For Fun Friday.

 

    

Thanks for visiting today.  Bleubeard and I hope you enjoy the ICADs and will let us know your favorites.  We hope to see you at these art blogs, too.  We are delighted you dropped by.

 

Friday Smiles will be posted this afternoon.

 

 

Week 7 of Index-Card-A-Day or ICAD

 

It's Friday and time for ICADs.  I'm joining Nicole for Friday Face-Off and Gillena for Art For Fun Fridays along with Tammy Garcia at Daisy Yellow (Index-Card-A-Day).  Would you like to see another ICAD?  Then please visit Rev. Arnoldo L. Romero here.           

Day 41: Grow.  Background is Russian text. Green and blue dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is grapes on a vine. Names in blue felt tip pen.

 

Day 42: Bus.  Background is crossword clues. Blue and brown dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is a school bus in front of a school. It is used when an additional ounce is required.  Names in blue felt tip pen.

Day 43: Relevant.  Background is French text. Green and brown dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Frank Lloyd Wright (a famous architect of the 20th century).  Names computer generated.

Day 44: Fresh.  Background is vintage sheet music. Green and red dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is lemons. Names in red felt tip pen.

Day 45: Huge.  Background is Russian text. Green and brown dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Venezuela dam. Names in green felt tip pen.

Day 46: End.  Background is Spanish text. Red and brown dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Help End Hunger. Names in red felt tip pen.

Day 47: Cat (It's Squiggles' birthday).  Background is Spanish text. Red and blue dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Postage Due*. Names in red felt tip pen.

 

*Postage Due stamps were issued from 1880 to November, 1985.  They were issued because postmasters who received cash didn't always claim the money at the end of the day. According to the Smithsonian Postal Museum:

The 1880 Report of the Postmaster General noted that the former system of collecting postage due had one great weakness: “In securing the full returns of [the postage due collected in cash] the department was entirely dependent on the fidelity of the postmasters.” Postage due stamps, affixed to underpaid mail as receipts for the underpayment collected, solved that problem by requiring postmasters to account for cash receipts that would balance any postage due stamps no longer in stock, in the same way that they had to account for regular postage stamp sales.

 

  I'm creating ICADs but am not on the sites where Tammy posts.  Therefore, this is the only place you will find Bleubeard's and my ICADs.  

Today I'm also joining Nicole at Friday Face OFF, and Gillena at Art For Fun Friday.

 

   

Thanks for visiting today.  Bleubeard and I hope you enjoy the ICADs and will let us know your favorites.  We hope to see you at these art blogs, too.  We are delighted you dropped by.

 

Friday Smiles will be posted this afternoon.

 

 

Week 6 of Index-Card-A-Day or ICAD

 

It's Friday and time for ICADs.  I'm joining Nicole for Friday Face-Off and Gillena for Art For Fun Fridays along with Tammy Garcia at Daisy Yellow (Index-Card-A-Day).  Would you like to see another ICAD?  Then please visit Rev. Arnoldo L. Romero here.    

Day 34: Birthday.  Background is Spanish text.  Red and blue dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Flag.  This is the biggest birthday bash in 50 years.  Names in red felt tip pen.

 

Day 35: Cute.  Background is crossword clues.  Red and blue dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Snowman from Christmas collection.  Names in red felt tip pen.

 

Day 36: Fresh.  Background is Russian text.  Brown and green dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is raspberries.  Names in green felt tip pen.

 

Day 37: Heal.  Background is Russian text.  Brown and green dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Franklin Delano Roosevelt*.  Names in green felt tip pen. 

 

* 32nd president of the United States. The longest serving US president and the only one to serve more than two terms.  Diagnosed with polio. Left him permanently paralyzed from the waist down. Used hydrotherapy to heal his paralysis. 

 

Day 38: Super.  Background is encyclopedia.  Blue and green dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Bobby Jones*.  Names in green felt tip pen.  

 

* Founded and helped design Augusta National Golf Club, and co-founded Masters Tournament.  

 

Day 39: Joyous.  Background is encyclopedia.  Red and green dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is precanceled Christmas dove and words Peace on Earth.  Names in red felt tip pen.      

 

Day 40: Horsy.  Background is Russian text.  Brown and green dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is another carousel horse.  Names in green felt tip pen. (I always advance my date stamp to the next day.  This time I forgot to do so.  Stamping over the previous day's stamp only created a bigger mess).

 

 

  I'm creating ICADs but am not on the sites where Tammy posts.  Therefore, this is the only place you will find Bleubeard's and my ICADs.  

Today I'm also joining Nicole at Friday Face OFF, and Gillena at Art For Fun Friday.

 

   

Thanks for visiting today.  Bleubeard and I hope you enjoy the ICADs and will let us know your favorites.  We hope to see you at these art blogs, too.  We are thrilled you dropped by.

 

Friday Smiles will be posted this afternoon.