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    Junk Journal November challenge

    November 9, 2019 - By 

    I did it. I committed to a new challenge. Even knowing I’d be behind in the beginning.

    I’m over halfway to being caught up.  Not too shabby.

    Time Travel 1/30

    All the pieces fell right into place for this one. I had the tag premade from another scrap busting project. The clock face is vellum. I have no idea where I got it…I have a small baggie of clock faces and gauges in vellum.

    Collage 2/30

    I wasn’t sure where I was going with this one…I didn’t really think, just started layering papers. I knew I’d end up with a focal image or words. The fussy cut elephant told me she belonged on the page. I love elephants. One Saturday I spent the afternoon watching documentaries on elephants while cutting fabric. Such a great way to spend a couple of hours.

    Old-fashioned 3/30

    I’m sure this prompt was meant to be old -fashioned as in a period in time and all that went along with it. My mind went in another direction entirely. I immediately thought about Don Draper of Mad Men. The character had a drink of choice…an Old-Fashioned.

    I did my best to mimic a low ball glass with whiskey. I even added ice cubes.

    Reduce 4/30

    I didn’t particularly care for this prompt so this is what I came up with to get it over with.

    Fox 5/30

    This one feels a bit too scrapbooky. I journaled about the time we had a sick fox under our deck. It was really gross…we could smell it before we could see it. The police and animal control were in the area looking for it as they feared it had rabies. It ran away before they caught it. I never heard the end of the tale but I have to assume they got it or it crawled in a hole somewhere and died.

    Stay tuned for more pages as I get caught up. You can also see them on Instagram if you can’t wait for them to post here.

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    That pumpkin time of year

    September 29, 2019 - By 

    The other morning I just couldn’t help myself. I had to create. Everywhere I turn there are pumpkins. My emails are filled with fall decor and pumpkin spice lattes. 

    I ended up working on this page until moments before I had to leave for work. It just had to be done.

    Linking up with Art Journal Journey for POLKA-DOTS, STRIPES, PLAIDs or PATTERNS. I think this qualifies…

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    Junk Journal July part 3

    July 14, 2019 - By 

    So far so good with #junkjournaljuly. I’ve been keeping up each day. I was only late in posting once on my Instagram. I call that a win!

    In previous posts, I shared the concept and prompts list as well as days 1-5. So I guess that makes this post part 3.

    I knew I needed to add a couple of pages to make this journal last the full 31 days of July.  The page was quite flimsy so when I found a greeting card that I liked it seemed the perfect thing to glue straight down to add stability to the page.

    I also wanted to add the list of prompts somewhere. This blank white page was the perfect canvas. I dug out my typewriter and crossed my fingers that the ribbon still had some ink.

    The ribbon was decent but there was something else funky with the carriage. I had to really fuss with it each line. As you can see some lines I was more successful than others. Oh well…that’s what makes it eclectic and unique.

    Day 6: Note to self

    Fairly self-explanatory. I ended up covering the entire card on this one since it was pretty boring white.

    Day 7: Florals

    I covered the top of this page with a vintage look floral paper. I added a calendar cut out stamped with the date in proper placement.  Next, I stamped flowers with Staz-on ink. I loosely watercolored the blossoms with my used but new to me watercolor set. This really helped set the calendar back into the page. The words felt perfect.

    This is what the fold out looks like both open.

    I know I’ll definitely need to make another fold out perhaps two since I am still a few pages shy of completion with the journal.

     

    I could have used the front of the card but those bunnies were just too darn cute.