Jumped into the Junk Journal

because you can never have too much junk and journals/albums said no scrapbooker ever.

I DREW THAT EMU.

I really don't draw that well but wonky is really good or even thought I could

but goofy is okay in s/b'g.

It's been fun so it's all good.

The die behind the emu is new (as in just got it and have been lusting for it)

and love it in the background along with a snarky saying

. I didn't realize until now that 

I used it on side by side pages 😐

its all good.

The other side is my parents with my dad's parents on their wedding day.

I've been following Susanne Rose Arts and 

I love her well pretty much everything she does but I 

starting a junk journal intrigued me so

here's another page.

So the pages with the cute toddlers - one is my mom

(see arrow pointing) and she came in second at a beauty contest.

I'm bummed that newspaper was torn on HER side

but some is better than none and does add that something something

to a heritage/junk journal page.

Very fun.

It is sooo much fun to do because your just glue

random pieces of paper, slap paint and gesso around artfully

and then do whatever you want.

I did find some of these pages perfect for some heritage 

photos, mixing it with new and some pages

may or may not have pictues.

GASP!

I know. 

Homemade project life cards

 I love making my own project life cards.

They are so much fun when Tim Holtz and his oxides and distress inks 

are at your fingertips.

I added the coffee cup which I drew was added.  I

fussy cut that adorable house from one 

of those embellishments from the Pink Fresh paper pad

which I have to admit that all the cards came from there.

Finally used some really really old Studio Calico washi tape

and that stamp on the circle where I attempted a

concentina fold with tissue paper.

The butterflies are a Michael's stamp - like in the $1 bin

and that card was made with shimmer powders.

Love them.

Also just between you me that circle with the conentina fold

is covering up and hole that said Good times.

I thought if I cut it out I'd like that "look" and

because the card I used it on had journaling and those

itty bitty grey dots covered the writing 

AND

therefore a repurpose of that premade acrylic card that

I whacked up because it seemed like a good idea at the time.

The struggle was real.

3x4 size

Scrappy pages in my 6x8 album

 

Actually, all the parks have pamphlets of some sort

and it tells so much more than I would

wanna chat about in the journaling

which as you can see not.real.chatty.

 

 

 Then there's OMGEE put stuff on the photos.

I like to think I was over that a long 

time ago, but alas, I don't really mean it LOL,

 

So just to keep things steady on in my mind

for these photos I didn't add too

much embellies.

I did flip the pamphlet only because I punched

the holes on the wrong end but

found I love it because it sort of encompasses the 2 pages.

 

I do have to say, that the 3x4 page pockets

also present a challenge.

The majority - and I mean majority of my photos

are landscape.

Had to do some tricky photoshop although

I do admit that cactus are perfect for portrait.

I'm getting better.

 

 

Traveler's Notebook - More tags and envelopes

As you know by now, I love tags and cards,

but I also love envelops.

I have some neat ones, big enough for a photo

or filler stuff.

The first tag came from Treasured Memories S/B store

and they had a "shop hop". 

Sadly, they were the only shop and that just

had to be in my TN.

The yellow envelope has the journaling for the

shop hop as I was able to meet up

with my pals Holli and Brooke and had the

best time spending each other's money.

I drew that flower freehand.

Yes, I know...but it is a big deal for me because

I never thought I could draw and as long

as it doesn't have to be perfect,

I'm golden.

On the other page, we dined out at our favorite

steakhouse in town. 

Prime.

We always have a great time with our

friends Wayne and Dara 

(and don't they always take a great photo-

which is very annoying to us that don't)

And the rodeo.

So.much.fun.

And Lee Greenwood showed up out of the blue

and sang God Bless the USA.

This is our second year and it was a lot of fun.

Those riders are such athletes.

I kept the ticket and basically used it as a title

with some road signs.

I remembered to take pictures again and I

snapped this enthusiastic look of our friends 

having pizza with us.

Dispite the look we did actually have a great time.

How about that "guest check" is that

a hoot or what.

No clue where it came from.

Sigh.

Actually, the photo is on a tag - not a page

because it really did need a page.

Tim Holtz

No idea on the road signs. 

(I even got up to look)

 

Just doodling around

I was up late one night and I bought these mixed media

art journals to mess around with different

kinds of inks, paints, crayons, stamping and also

use them for journaling without all the creative stuff in it

so I decided why not mess around and doodle.

So I grabbed a black pen and graphite pencil and just

started messing around.

Now, I seriously have no drawing skills. 

However, I found I can draw flowers so I started with that.

And then birds, a really bad copy of some

Dina Whakely's birds but none-the-less they came out

seriously not bad.

I also did the backgrounds, my fussy cut doodlings are on.

Not bad for an amature.

I love how they came out. 

I colored them in with distress crayons and honestly 

using them like watercolors made my drawings look pretty good.

Surprised me too.

Found more backgrounds I did with TH inks and Nuvo shimmer paints 

because I did a lot of doodling that needed a background.

So I laid all these out and didn't adhere them because I

was not sure I want to add to the backgrounds

so just to keep things interesting

 I opened the window, next to my desk, 

and everything blew everywhere

Good thing I took a couple of photos LOL.

It'll be fun putting them all back together.

 

Traveler's Notebook - celebrating going into year 2 on the road

So during all the hubbub of COVID-19 we

have reached either our ONE year anniversary on the road

in the books OR

we're celebrating going into year TWO.

We are excited about year TWO. 

We'd be even more excited

if we could reach our first destination in KY on time,

however, we're gonna hang in place until

the hubbub dies down.

It'll be fun.

 Some really old Studio Calico project life cards

and some Tim Holtz going on.

And yes I handdrew the 2020 (pencil lines are your friend)

and you are gonna see more handdrawn stuff

because it gives me the illusion that I can draw stuff.

On the back side of the card, I made a pocket

 to inse rt a tagfor journaling that talks about our fun year

that we had and are gonna have.

Whooooo knew - hand drawn & hand stitched

I have been following Lisa Fonseca for awhile on utube

and she's an amazing scrapper.

She draws, cuts out, and stitches the most amazing critters

and things for her pages.

Very unique.

So I embraced my inner Lisa and made this owl.

I have been drawing this owl since high school and I wish

that it was an original idea of mine, but alas,

it was a classmate that sat next to me would draw all

this fun figures.

And this one, and 2 others, are ones that I can do.

I just wish I remembered her name.

Sigh.

In my defense it was a really long time ago.

So I traced it out and began piecing it together 

and because she also stitches

 I decided to do the same.

I need to do better on the hole spacing thing but

overall it turned out not too bad and really kind of makes it.

And there's the back - love the washi LOL

but I'd have never done that on my counted cross stitch.

 So in keeping with the fun - I used some really old 

grungeboard Tim Holtz alphas and made them two-toned.

 And in the spirit of doctor Suess I couldn't resist the whooooo.

 A great photo of Sam and Lou was perfect

for the owl and vice versa.

Studio Calico.

I love how it turned out. 

I can't say that I'll do this a lot  because it is very work
intensive, but it was fun.