In the clouds

 

Now that my herbs and veggies are finally planted, I can turn my attention to Art Journal Journey, and my dear friend and host this month, Mia who can be found at Craftartista.  As you can tell, Mia's theme for May is Birds. 

I call this In the clouds.  A detail of the bird is below.  The sentiment reads "Her head was in the clouds."

 

I have no idea what the bird species is, but she is a beauty.  And because the bird has a face, I'm also sharing this with Nicole and Friday Face Off. 

 

 

Of course, it wouldn't be Friday without a giggle or two at Friday Smiles. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

Bleubeard, Squiggles, and I hope you found at least one or two of these giggle worthy.  Happy Friday and have a great Friday Smiles, Friday Face Off and Art Journal Journey.  

 

In the graveyard

 

We are joining Elle from Empire of the Cat in the graveyard. She is our host this month at Art Journal Journey.

Bleubeard, Squiggles, and I are spending time in the graveyard tonight.  Detail images are below.

I created the background using water soluble crayons.  All images were stamped, except the gravestone, which I created using a black Posca pen.  Because the background was rippled from water, I had a hard time getting the stamps to properly adhere.

Bleubeard, Squiggles, and I thank you for spending a bit of time with us today and hope to see you soon at Art Journal Journey with your own Halloween or Steampunk Halloween entry.

 

 

Bee Feed Flower Mix

 

Today I have an offering for Halle of Halle's Hobbies at Art Journal Journey.  Halle is challenging us to think about Botanicals, which is her theme for July.  Because I have multiple media, I am also joining Creative Artiste's 117th challenge, where the theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes.   Additionally, Try it on Tuesday's theme this fortnight is Summer Blooms, so I will join them, too.  After all, summer is when these bee feed flowers bloom.

I think you see where I got the title of this latest post.  Details are below.

This entry began when I found the unopened flower mix in my stash.  I decided to color a partial page the same colors as the mix using water soluble crayons.  I wish I had thought to color the bottom of the page, too, but didn't think of it until after the page had been assembled.

Once the page was dry, I began the assembly.  I first layered pages of various foreign texts in place depending on size, beginning with the crumbling vintage sheet music.  Once each had been glued in place, I added three labels from my stash.  I tried to get two pages captured under each label.  Finally, I added a row of what I have always been told is called German scrap to the bottom of one of the pages.

 

Thank you so very much for your visit. I hope you will join Bleubeard and me at Art Journal Journey, Creative Artiste, and Try it on Tuesday. 

 

 

Gilt Edge

 

I'm once again joining Matilde from Craftowanie, our host this month at Art Journal Journey.  You probably know by now her theme is People.

I'm sure you can see where I got the title Gilt Edge.  The vintage sheet music background was colored using pink and brown water soluble crayons.

 

This is a detail of the focal image before I mistakenly covered the words with the brown fancy fibers.  I believe (but am not certain) this image came from The Graphics Fairy.

Bleubeard and I are very grateful you stopped by today.  We would love to see you at Art Journal Journey with your own interpretation of People.

 

Because there is a face in this post, I'm also sharing it with Nicole's Friday Face Off. It's been awhile since I participated, but hope to do so more often.

 

The musicians

 

It's once again time to join Matilde from Craftowanie, our host this month at Art Journal Journey.  Her theme, in case you didn't know, is People.  

Today's entry is The Musicians. Details are below.

I began by coloring 110 lb. cardstock using water soluble crayons.  Once dry, I adhered the washi tape, then the gifted die cut musicians.

I sincerely hope you will join Bleubeard and me today at Art Journal Journey.

 

Her ticket to love and happy belated Juneteenth

 

Happy belated Juneteenth!  I had planned to write about this U.S. Federal holiday but I was offline due to the storms and my computer malfunctioning, so it wasn't possible to create a post in time.  Instead, I give you the post originally planned for Wednesday.

It's once again time to join Matilde from Craftowanie, our host this month at Art Journal Journey.  Her theme, in case you didn't know, is People.  Because there are multiple media, I am also joining Creative Artiste's 116th challenge, where the theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes.

For lack of a better title, I named this Her Ticket To Love.  Detail shots are below.

The background is cardstock I cut to 5.5 X 8.5 in. (13.97 X 21.59 cm).  I colored the background using a yellow water soluble crayon.  I first laid down the girl to see where to position her.  Once I knew where to place her, I removed her and adhered the three tickets.  Next I adhered the brown paper doily, but only glued it the length of the center because these flimsy doilies have a tendency to buckle when glued.  

 

Earlier I sprayed several of my handmade shimmering mists onto a used file folder.  I then cut the heart freehand.  Unfortunately the scanner doesn't show the shimmer.

I bought two packages of TH paper dolls at different times.  I was surprised I got this woman in both packages.  Both packs had three sizes of the same lady.  I believe this is the last one of her.  

 

I adhered the paper doll to the page.  When she was in place, I added the two rows of washi tape to the bottom of the page so she would have something on which to stand.  I then glued her legs in place using a glue stick.  

Media used include a water soluble crayon, three tickets, doily, various shimmering mists, used file folder, paper doll, and washi tape.

Thank you beyond belief for stopping by.  Bleubeard and I would love to see you today at both Creative Artiste and Art Journal Journey.