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    AJJ: Lilac

    July 9, 2025 - By 

    Today’s journal page for my theme of Botanicals was inspired by the Tim Holtz lilac card. I’m a huge fan of lilacs. They have a very old fashioned feel to me.  I have to admit though that purple is kind of out of my comfort zone when it comes to creating.

    I cut a piece of scrapbook paper to my desired size of 7×10 inches to fit the converted planner journal I’m using. Next I pulled pieces that I felt would coordinate well in my collage. The scrapbook paper ended up being more of a frame for the main collage.

    Layers and more layers is the name of the game lately. Keeping them all straight and adhered in the right order is the tricky part.

    It seems no collage is done without a bit of extra texture from a fabric, lace or trims me me as of late.

    I Hope you’ll play along and create a journal page for my theme of Botanicals and link up over at Art Journal Journey this month!

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    Be Brave

    July 12, 2020 - By 

    I was super inspired by the color of the packaging in the Ipsy glam box Mini-me got yesterday. I immediately took the paper and went to my work space.

    I began layering papers from my table. Who said a messy desk wasn’t useful?!

    This tiny snippet makes me happy. Its an off-cut of a masterboard. Just the tiny edge of a gold doily gives that pop and shine it needed.

    The page came together in less than 10 minutes. Finding the words likely took me longer than piecing together the page.

    The flower was a last-minute addition. Something was needed in that spot to draw the eye down through to read the words.

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    Summer journey

    July 6, 2020 - By 

    When I think of summer, I think of road trips. I grew up traveling across country with my parents. Sometimes we made it all the way to the coast. Sometimes to Canada. And other times just to the neighboring state…but we always drove.

    I have so many memories of back roads such as this. Dad never cared for taking the interstate freeway system. He wanted to see the small communities, the heartbeat of America. Times were definitely different in those days.

    I used soft pastel colors to reflect the innocence of the time…at least through a child’s eyes. I’m sure my parents wouldn’t agree but compared to life now…it was definitely innocent.

    I wish I were travelling down that road right now…

    Linking up with Art Journal Journey for When it’s Hot hosted by Erika aka BioArtGal.

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