Phi 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Good evening fellow bloggers! Hi to the Tea gang who are celebrating T Stands for
Tuesday over at Altered Book Lover hosted by Elizabeth! Also, a shout out to theWOYWW bloggers.
I was inspired last week by Jo at Let's Art Journal to do a little art journaling. She had mentioned For the Boys challenge on Try it on Tuesday. So this is my late entry. I have all these mixed media supplies and they just sit, so yesterday and today I played and played! So an art journal is something I am experimenting with, and if I can link this to her blog. I have only linked a project one other time to any blog. So that is an experiment, too! I was too late, but am linking to Art Journal Journey for Gils, Inspired By Challenge, as suggested by Elizabeth. And I already told you what inspired this art journal page.
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| I used Liquitex Matte gel for the base. Next layer was some TH Faded Jeans Oxide ink. I then stamped some TH images, & then sprayed with Blueberry Shake Memories Mist through a Heidi Swapp stencil.. I told you I was playing! Next I used a TH stencil and smoothed on some Heidi Swapp art screen ink. The mans face is from Mrs. O'Leary's Artful Illusions, I think. I have had it for years. I stamped it in VersaFine Sepia, and used clear EP and heat embossed. I used a spritz tool to spritz SU! Chocolate Chip marker over everything , then added the Washi tape as my finishing touch. |
So above is what is on my desk for WOYWW over at Julia's.. Now for my drink for T stands for Tuesday: You see my cup of tea on the table. These are flowers our former neighbor brought us when she came to visit us in our new home.
Last, here are baby swallows outside our front door, but they are gone now. They were so cute; I think there were five of them. We watched mom feed them and then watched as they left.
What an amazing post, Sharon. Since you were inspired by Jo to create that piece, you might want to join us also at Art Journal Journey, where Gill has chosen the theme Inspired by . . . . It will also give you a chance to log into Inlinkz, in case you want to join us for an anniversary T post. I really like the journal page and hope you will join us at https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteThose swallows are so cute, and your flowers are beautiful. I am also in awe of your new dining room. Thanks for sharing your art, your desk, your dining room, and your tea with us for T this Tuesday.
Elizabeth, I did take your suggestion and link up with Gill's challenge. Hope I did it right! Thank you.
DeleteThose baby swallows are so cute! Lovely art, too. Happy T Day, Valerie
ReplyDeletethe swallows are wonderful, and the flowers are just beautiful. Happy WOYWW Helen #2
ReplyDeleteHi Sharon, how great that you were inspired to do some art journaling. I really like your colours. Have a great week. Sarah #5
ReplyDeleteAww what cute baby swallows. Beautiful flowers from your ex neighbours. And love your LO. Thanks for sharing - Hazel #8 x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful baby swallows and flowers. Anne x #10
ReplyDeleteI love your wonderful page and really wished you would join in our challenges over at Art Journal Journey more often in the future! Thank you ! It would be amazing to see more of your beautiful art there Sharon!
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you also for this late entry to the last TioT Challenge!
The flowers your former neighbour brought are really beautiful and I LOVE this photos of the cute swallows! Thank you for sharing your pretty page and your life with AJJ and TioT and have a great rest of the week! I am your newest follower!
Great to meet you in blogland!
Happy T-Day!
HUgs, Susi
Hugs, Susi
Oh my, I was so excited and totally delighted to see that I inspired you to create this art journal page! The design with the lovely background (stencilling over white gesso I'm guessing) looks amazing with the shimmery copper stamping (heat embossing maybe?) and touches of gold 😁. It certaining feels like a wonderful world when I look at your page - perfect! Thanks for creating this for Try it on Tuesday and I'm so glad you joined in the fun at Art Journal Journey too. That's so kind of your former neighbour, those flowers are gorgeous and how lovely to see the swallows this year, so cute 😀. Thanks again and wishing you a very Happy T Day! J 😊 x
ReplyDeletea lovely card and fun photos! how nice of your neighbor to bring flowers...and the swallows are sweet. Are swallows considered good luck? thought I read that somewhere...? anyway, they must have been fascinating to watch!
ReplyDeleteI'm delighted you shared this with us at Art Journal Journey, Sharon. It was not only right, it was PERFECT.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness those swallows are adorable. Very nice journal page!
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Hi Sharon, great pics of the birds, and those flowers are gorgeous! I keep saying I'm going to try some art journaling, not started yet though! Have a lovely week, Hugs, Shaz #7 XxX
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for joining in with us at AJJ - I love your page Sharon, great background and that train stamp is fab!
ReplyDeleteJo's pages are always amazing and I'm so pleased to hear that you were inspired by her :)
How wonderful to have seen the swallow family grow and fly off on new adventures. Loved seeing your photos.
Happy Wednesday..... Gill x
my visitor has left and i can make my belated t-day blog tour.
ReplyDeleteyour page is lovely and so are the swallows. my dad used to say: where swallows live, there lives luck. wishing you that!!
Good morning, I love your page Swallows are special to me-we always seem to have a returning pair where we have lived-so fun to watch too. Your flowers are gorgeous! Happy T Day hugs
ReplyDeleteAh the babies are so cute and the flowers are beautiful, your dining room looks very cosy Sharon, hope you're both enjoying your new home.
ReplyDeleteGreat journal using mixed media, lovely colours.
Have a great weekend jan No 29
Love your post! we have a nest of Robins on out front porch, they will need a few more days before they fly. We have enjoyed them so much! Lovely card too! Have a great Week, Ginny M #30
ReplyDeleteYour art journal page looks really good, so congratulations on your experimenting. The flowers you got from your neighbor are gorgeous, but my favorite picture is the one of your sweet little tenants. Happy WOYWW and Blessings!
ReplyDeleteThose little babies grew up so fast, didn't they? And I love your for the boys art, even if it is too late for TIOT I am really glad you showed it to us. It is a wonderful world most of the time, isn't it? Thank goodness for that too. Life is too short to be miserable all of the time. Hope it was a fantastic T day. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteGood morning, Sharon. FYI.. you've bumped to #11 on the list. :-) I might have beat you had I gotten up at 3:30. I just could not go back to sleep.. then apparently I did. LOL
ReplyDeleteLove the dining room and what a sweet thing for your former neighbor to do. I hope I get the opportunity to see your place soon. Great journal page. Seems as if we're both playing with stuff that has been sitting!. Creative Blessings! Kelly #39
That's a very creative and striking page, Sharon. I hope you enjoy dipping your toes into art journaling as much as I am.
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers. I bet they make you miss those great neighbors even more.
The swallows are darling. Wait until you see all the swallows in Susi's T post today! What a coincidence.
Happy T-day! Hugs, Eileen
Loving the photos of the swallows they are so cute. Gorgeous flowers and loving your journal page. Wishing you a happy woyww, Angela x13x
ReplyDeleteI love your journal page, flowers, and swallow babies. The page is inspiring and gives me some ideas! For a minute I thought your dining room table was your workdesk, and couldn't figure out how you keep it so neat, lol! Have a great week.
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get you getting down with the journaling! Great page, and blimey, doesn’t it take a lot of stuff to do a page! That floral piece from your old neighbour is a lovely gesture, hope your new neighbours are as friendly! We too have swallows at Mr Dunnits workshop, they are a swooping joy aren’t they!!
ReplyDeletelovely journal page Sharon. What a pretty flower arrangement! And the swallows- so sweet. I would love if I had swallows nest on my porch:)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your visit- and I am now following you so I don't miss your posting:)
Hi Sharon, how lovely to have captured the baby swallows before they flew the nest, I hope they are seeking new adventures enjoying this beautiful life.
ReplyDeleteWonderful inspired by journal page, glad you managed to catch it before the end of the month.
Thank you for sharing WOYWW and your early visit, time for me to catch up with everyone now the day is coming to a close.
Creative blessing Tracey #4
HI Sharon, ooh I love that you got a shot of the baby birds before they left the nest. ( I have not seen a nest like that before so, it was a cool thing to see) love the textures on the page and that is very interesting to me that you colored the embossing powder after the fact :) ~Stacy #37
ReplyDeleteOh those swallows are lovely! I love to watch them flying around! I love your journal page! The flower arrangement is quite spectacular too! Belated Happy T Day! Chrisx
ReplyDeleteIt's always fun to catch up with you this way!!
ReplyDeleteSorry to be late calling in, it is a super post and your journal looks fantastic.
ReplyDeleteYvonne xx
Sharon i almost missed you !! How did that happen?? I just love seeing your swallows..They are sooo cute.. I've been thinking of Art Journaling for quite a while now but haven't dived in yet.. Too many other projects going on.. Maybe once i get a few other things done.. Happy Belated T day! deb
ReplyDeleteHad a chuckle over comments as I came down, a Sharon, now I’ve forgotten what’s at top!!! 😆 kinda!
ReplyDeleteLove the swallows they’re quite different from ours here in Oz. What an amazing journey in making that page, all the bits and bobs needed to create. Love the flowers too, stunning.
Thanks so much for your great desky share.
Happy belated WOYWW! Shaz in Oz.x #25
I am so excited to be taking some Art Journaling classes at CKC this year. I love yours and I really want to learn how to do that.
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