Junk Journal meets Art Journal Journey - Spring

Couldn't wait to see what I could do in my Junk Journal for the challenge over at Art Journal Journey.  This month it is "Spring" as chosen by Jo and I immediately thought of the little Junk Journal I have that has people in it.  It was about time I added to that.

My page (something in my head to be honest) wanted me to do something along the lines of "Springtime in Paris" and so I sifted through my yellow stash of papers left over from the month before's challenge settling on a floral one and a gingham one.  Then it was a case of gathering some bits and pieces to decorate with.  I chose a lovely ticket for a show but after I stuck it in found it said 'December' and so it had to be covered up.  Luckily I had some small replica French postage stamps and, as that was the next topic on my Junk Journal list, it worked fine.

A bit more ephemera, two lovely young ladies and the page was finished bar the wording.  I was sure I had a rubber stamp suitable but could not find a single one so it was off to the computer for a bit of assistance.

Hope you like my entry:

Jeudi Journal

This week's quote is "If you promise to go away, I promise to stop ignoring you" and the only thing I could think of was to use a figure facing one way and one facing the opposite way - unfortunately I don't have any.  So I chose the sitting down girl who looked, to me, as if she was ignoring someone, ie the figure next to her.

The background was already done from a previous mopping up type session and with a bit of stencilling on top.  I felt it was busy enough to warrant being left as it was rather than adding any other stencilling or stamping.

In order to give you, the viewer, a clue as to who was doing the ignoring I added a couple of arrows pointing from the girl sitting down to say she was ignoring the other, although by her face I would say it is pretty evident who is the ignorer.  I chose to leave these without any colour at all as I felt it gave it more impact.  After-all the background and figures were both very colourful.

So here it is.  Got an idea for next week but we will have to wait and see if I can execute it.

WOYWW 509

In so many ways these weeks fly by and in others they are dragging a bit.  Still, it comes as a shock when I realise that it is Tuesday and time to look at my desk for Ms Julia and her weekly blog hop.

Another week where I have not been very productive on the crafting front, I do hope that in a short time I will be up and running producing lots of artwork.  I look back at some of the artwork (Mixed Media) stuff I have produced in the past and think how much I would love to be working on a piece right now.

My desk is getting a bit of a mess, the 'shove to the left' technique is getting a bit out of hand as I don't want to be lifting and stretching to put lots of things back on the shelves which means I have to move some other stuff first as things sit behind other things.  Those wide shelves, which seemed a good idea at the time, can be a bit of a pain - I should have asked for elastic sides on my room instead of shelving.

Anyway, I have managed to do something - my March pain diary is ready.  There's not a great deal to it but I thought that March heralded Spring so it had to have a spring-like quality about it - what better than daffodils and crocus.  So here it is, my March Diary (blogged yesterday but still hanging around my desk as you can see).

I stamped some Hyacinths in the bottom corner of the first page, the second page has Daffodils and Crocus in two opposite corners, you can just see a Daffodil peeking at the top.  These were coloured in using my coloured pencils for a change from Promarkers.  I really enjoyed playing with them and think I might examine the value of this medium a little bit more.  

The two pages are on my glass mat which still has not been cleaned off from my Jeudi Journal exploits of the past weeks and those pieces of craft mat material are my page protectors, useful when I am painting a background in my journal.  

Well, that is it for this week.  Why not join me over at Ms Julia's for a spot of blog hopping, better known as 'desk nosing' - it's good fun I promise.

It's Spring at Art Journal Journey

This month they are celebrating 'Spring' with Jo at Art Journal Journey so I need to get my sunny face on and join in with them.  There's so many ways we can think of Spring and I hope I can come up with some Junk Journal pages before long but for the time being I am showing you my Diary pages for March.

I had intended doing this last month and entering it for "Yellow" on Art Journal Journey so I was particularly happy to see Jo had chosen "Spring" as her topic for March because I wanted to use some Spring flower stamps.

I just used some yellow cardstock as my base and stamped Hyacinths, Daffodils and Crocus - all flowers which are coming up in my garden or have been over the past few weeks.  These were then coloured in with coloured pencils and the edges of the squares were touched with Distress Ink in Mustard Seed.  I did try them with a green DI but preferred the yellow even though it was to go against a yellow background.

Why not do something Spring inspired and join in yourself!

Jeudi Journal

"I refuse to become what you call normal" is the quote for this week.  I had it in my head which figure to use but then I had to change journals so it had to change.  Do I go with an animals head on a human body or a human head on an animal body?

The background was already done from a previous journal day with Dyan at Art from the Heart - red and orange "blobs" from the roller - so I just went over the whole lot with Dyan's yellow paint.   I was going to do something else with the background but I left it but added some little buzzy bees at the top.

Nobody but nobody walks around in a corset type top with suspenders and striped stockings, but if they do they certainly don't have their head in a box.  Well this "not normal" woman does and she is.  Mind you her friend is a bit peculiar too with that hair and those studs going across her face.  Not sure who is normal here!

I am, once again, linking this to Art journal Journey where the theme is "Yellow" - a lovely sunny colour for February.  Maybe that is what brought us the real sunshine of the last few days.

WOYWW 508

Another spell of gorgeous weather - two hottest days in February ever recorded?  Climate Change!  Wonder how many of you have been crafting and how many have been enjoying the spring like weather.

I have my journal page for you to see, nothing else.  As you know I finished my square journal on Thursday last - totally full!  So a rummage around and I have started on this flip one which I began a while ago with Dyan at Art from the Heart.  The figure on the other page is one of those compilation figures from a magazine.

The page already had reds and oranges on it so I went over it with some yellow paint (red and yellow make orange, don't they?) and now I have to think up some figures to put on for my "Jeudi Journal" challenge with my friend, Wendy, tomorrow.

You can see my pot of Yellow Dylusion paint, with the foam circle on top that I use to paint my pages with.  Just beyond it is the Ranger tool that the foam sticks to for putting paint on the pages with.  There's also some green and orange paint on my glass mat waiting to be cleaned off from last week, ooer!

That's it for this week - see you at The Stamping Ground shortly.

Art Journal Journey

Another page in my Junk Journal which can be entered into Rike's challenge over on Art Journal Journey because, once more, I have a yellow background.  I need to use some of my scrapbook paper up in this colour and I must admit it makes me feel sunny when working with it.  I think it is a colour that should be used more often because it is such a happy colour.

Once again I used the Wildflower die to cut some flowers.  This time I wanted to make them with dark colours and I chose to use two burgundy ones and a moss green one.  I felt they worked very nicely against the yellow background.  As you can see I bunched them together and put a single word on - Hedgerow.

There's just a few days left to do another entry and I have plans for it, I just hope I get around to it.