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    AJJ: green floral

    July 3, 2026 - By 

    I really struggled to name this one…maybe that’s what happens when I don’t include words. On occasion I’ve set that as a challenge for myself.

    Do you name your artwork? I like to so that my images aren’t just a basic string of numbers. I digress…

    I started this journal page with a piece of Tim Holtz Backdrops. After cutting to the appropriate size, I began my layering process once again.

    In full disclosure, I started with the 3 coordinating scraps of fabric my neighbor gifted me with and the small paper and fabric cluster. I pretty much worked backward find things that spoke to me.

    Bits of scrapbook paper and ephemera helped me round out the overall design.

    The tag I added screamed that it needed a dangle. I love having something with some movement or extra texture on a page. While sifting through a small drawer of beads and such, I found this perfectly matched charm. It may have been an earring in its former life but now it’s a lovely page dangle.

    Besides lack of a good name, this is one of my favorites for the July challenge theme of Fabric, lace and trims…oh my! over at Art Journal Journey.

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    Warm in the summer

    June 21, 2019 - By 

    Today, since it’s the first official day of summer, I thought I’d share a salute to summer journal page.

    The page began as so many do with a piece of what I like to call mop-up paper. Basically copier/printer paper. I have tons of it in various colors that came in a lot of scrapbook supplies I acquired several years ago. Working in loose sheets allows me to use thinner substrate knowing that it will be adhered to an existing page in the final journal.

    For background interest I glued book text in random places before covering the whole sheet with tissue paper. I love the texture tissue paper provides plus it softens the background.

    I used gelatos to colorize, blending with a baby wipe.

    After the background was settled, I chose a photo I had taken while on vacation a couple years ago. After resizing by tearing, I used my trusty sewing machine to stitch it into place. While I was at it I created a stacked fabric and paper collage embellishment for the top edge of the page.

    Next it was time for the words…the oh so important and vital part for me. Warm in the summer jumped out at me. I layered the words over script stamped tissue and fabric.  At this point I thought I was done, until I noticed a tiny pinwheel charm in my box of bits. It was the finishing touch that the page needed.

    Won’t you join me for Words to live by on Art Journal Journey?

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    Bracelet for a friend

    December 5, 2009 - By 

    Not being Catholic, I had to look up what the medal meant when I found it. It’s called the Miraculous Metal.
    Here’s a little blurb from the site I looked it up on.

    There is no superstition, nothing of magic, connected with the Miraculous Medal. The Miraculous Medal is not a “good-luck charm”. Rather, it is a great testimony to faith and the power of trusting prayer. Its greatest miracles are those of patience, forgiveness, repentance, and faith.

    The hummingbird also has powerful meaning in her life.

    I hope she likes the colors I’ve choosen.