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    Rose garden journal

    July 25, 2016 - By 

    After sitting down to create ATC’s for a swap (more on that another time), I was feeling quite inspired. I decided work in my art journal with the current AJJ theme of In my garden in mind. I definitely wasn’t going to limit myself to the theme though.

    rose garden journal

    Turns out that was the direction I was heading anyway.

    After painting on the page with my fingers, I added some more background texture with stamped text to simulate greenery. I fussy cut around one of my rose photographs then went off to find some words.

    rose garden journal

    I like that I leave you hanging…wondering….”what did she realize?”  I added a bit to line-work with both black and white pens before stamping my date and calling it a day.

    Stop by Art Journal Journey and check out all the fun entries for this months theme.

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    The answer is…

    October 9, 2015 - By 

    Forty-Two I believe

    Now who can tell me what I’m referencing?

    Forty-Two I believe

    This page was created on the back of a Ritz cracker box bound into my door journal. I very rarely use this journal…in fact I had put it away in the cupboard and forgotten about it until yesterday.

    Forty-Two I believe

    I seem to do my pages about a year part…so at that rate I’ll be done with this one in about 8 years. HA!

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    Only darkness

    September 16, 2015 - By 

    I’m linking up today with Art Journal Journey.  This month’s theme is Through My Window.

    I wasn’t sure I was going to play along with the theme this month. It didn’t really speak to me. But as I was searching through my bin of found text, this sentence appeared at my finger tips.

    AJJ: Only darkness art journal page | Halle's Hobbies

    Generally I don’t work backward like this. Usually I create the spread then finish with words.

    I began with a crazy paint splattered background that was super ugly. To many colors that didn’t quite mesh. But this often lends itself to depth in a page when adding layers.

    I had intended on only using paint for the page but It became clear to me that having more texture would be the way to go.

    AJJ: Only darkness art journal page | Halle's Hobbies

    Since I was going all in with texture I decided to keep my color palette small.

    AJJ: Only darkness | Halle's Hobbies

    I’m glad I decided to play along. Challenges have a wonderful way of drawing me out of my comfort zone. It’s strange really that sometimes those are the pieces I’m most proud of at the end of the day.

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