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    AJJ: Memories

    July 21, 2026 - By 

    This page was inspired by the souvenir photo I came across in my stash. My parents loved to roadtrip and would buy postcards or photo booklets from the places we visited. I have vivid memories of Yellowstone although I had not seen this particular geothermal feature until my last trip to the park in 2019.

    I used a bit of vintage wallpaper and a length of ribbon over top of the woodgrain scrapbook paper to frame out the photo. After I layered a washi sticker to join the layers.

    Just that little bit of ribbon wasn’t enough texture for me so I grabbed a bulb pin and created a little dangle of layered fabrics and a scrap of burlap as well as a tiny bead for good measure.

    Since this whole page was inspired by a memory this leather tag fit the bill.

    I hope you’ll join in on the fun and create a page or several for my theme of Fabric, lace and trims…oh my! over at Art Journal Journey.

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    Mid-century vibes

    July 17, 2024 - By 

    This page started for me with the “atomic” paper and a handful pf photos from a local antique store. This little boy, Tony, looked to be up to some mischief.

    Evidently it was Saturday morning cartoon time and someone forgot to turn it on.

    I put together some found text to tell a little story after finding a couple other papers that seemed to fit that mid-century vibe.

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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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