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    T Tuesday: AJJ Houses and Buildings edition

    June 22, 2026 - By 

    Welcome to my twofer post…I’m combining T Stands for Tuesday and Art Journal Journey today.

    I was sitting on the deck after my morning walk just enjoying a slow morning.

    While I was sitting listening to the birds I felt inspired to create. I recently unearthed a journal that Elizabeth aka alteredbooklover made for me YEARS ago. The earliest writing in it goes back to March of 2009. Anyway I have been wanting to make another wonky junky journal so when I found this one again I knew I had to play.

    I started with the base page that had some items already stitched down. I was feeling the wonky wild vibe so I purposely chose bold papers to build my house. I added a bit of marker in different places to further sell the idea of a house. I was able to use this bit of found text to complete my vision. Love it when I plan comes together.

    This page is not for AJJ. It just is the adjoining page and the pieces just sort of fell together.

    The pages complement each nicely.

    Linking up with

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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!