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    Keep moving forward

    September 7, 2025 - By 

     

    I decided to play along with Mia’s theme of “make your own background” over on Art Journal Journey this month.

    Truth be told I’ve been wanting to play with paint lately but most of my crafting lately has been done in my sewing room…basically because I’d made my basement craft zone unusable. I’ve been working on sorting and cleaning. Finally made enough room to paint!!

    I had intended this journal to be a writing and keepsake journal but it spoke to me to be used today. Who knows…maybe it will be a bit of everything. There are no rules with creativity.

    I did a bit of finger painting on then put down a stencil and wiped away a bit of the paint leaving some fun circles. After waiting for that to dry…ugh, I hate that part…I used a flourish stamp to add a bit more interest.

    Lastly I layered a couple bits of paper then added a chipboard floral focal point and a Tim Holtz words sticker.

    The layered paper and fabric piece at the bottom of the page was already attached as a tiny pocket before I started. I made it work with the overall design.

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    AJJ: Red florals

    July 30, 2025 - By 

    I wasn’t sure I’d get another journal page completed for my July theme of Botanicals over at Art Journal Journey.

    I wanted to use another one of my digitals that I had printed ages ago. The aged paper look along with the maroon florals set the color palette.

    I found a couple stickers and a small ephemera piece that complemented each other nicely. I’m not a huge fan of shiny stickers but these worked for me.

    I love the subtle text in the background of the digital. It’s not that noticeable until you take a closer look.

    Since I love texture and textiles so much, I layered up some vintage pieces to frame up my page a bit.

    This will be my last of the Botanical series. I’ve filled my planner journal to capacity.

    It’s been so much fun guest hosting for the 4th time! I thought it was only three but after updating my collaborations page I realized it was my 4th time guest hosting. Thanks for coming along on the journey!

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    AJJ: Flower Specimen

    July 26, 2025 - By 

    Todays journal page came from a little sewing table organizing. This always seems to happen to me. I go to organize then get distracted or inspired, abandoning my original quest and dive in to my latest thought.

    There happened to be a stack of sewing pattern paper at the back of my table begging to be used, as well as some fun orange papers I picked up in a grab bag at a recent rummage sale. This was enough to get my mind onto creating instead of cleaning and organizing.

    I folded the pattern piece to the approximate size of my journal, then stitched a rectangle in the center to hold things together as I began building the page on the other side.

    I used a length of eyelet lace and a scrap of vintage plaid for the next layer…giving them a little stitch together before using Fabri-Tac to adhere the piece to the sewing pattern paper. The teal brought out the leaf color from the orange floral paper just perfectly. Plus I love that combination. I also really love pink and orange together.

    I decided to highlight the “specimen” with a circle die cut before layers some ticket and label stickers.

    Behind the floral paper is a pumpkin vine embossed piece. Not really my cup of tea so I covered the majority of it with the floral paper. I ended up adding the bit of fabric ruffle to hide the rest of the pumpkins…out of sight, out of mind.

    The upper corner felt a little lacking so I stapled a tiny piece of handmade paper and added a tiny specimen card with a butterfly. These additions made it felt complete.

    I had so much fun making this page. Getting distracted isn’t always bad, I guess.

    Stop by Art Journal Journey and check out the linked pages everyone is creating based on my Botanicals theme this month!