My next Journal page

The theme from The Greeting Farm for this week was "Cut & Patste". You had to cut a face from a magazinge/newspaper and then draw the body on yourself. Oh no thought i, cannot draw to save self!!! Also could not see a decent face to use. Then I had an idea. Instead of some random person's face, why not have the face of a friend? My friend Hels was the featured artist in Craft Stamper this month and there was a wee piccie of her on the top of the page. I've known Hels for quite a few years now and she is such a talented lady. She is a lover of all things Tim Holtz so I decided to use some of the techniques I've seen her use on my background. I used various Distress Inks, blended them all together and then splashed the page with water. The stamps are Tim Holtz and the papers I used for her hat and dress are also tim, Retro Grunge stash.
I hope she likes my little homage to her, please go visit her blog and see her amazing creations.
I am entering this into the following
She's Gone Digital - Art Journal pages
Crafting For All Seasons - Fall Colours
Anything Goes challenge - anything goes
Sweet Stamps - anything but a card
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My journey into Art Journalling

The Greeting Farm are doing a 24 week challenge to create an art Journal. Each week you are given the theme. Having never attempted this craft I decided to give it a go. We are on week 5 now and here are my pages

I am making up my pages separetely and then binding them all together. This week you had to use paper piecing, texture and layers. Those gorgeous papers are K & Co, I crumpled, distress and inked them. The cardbaord was from a box that delivered some goodies yesterday. I've admired other crafter's use of this material but had never used it before myslef.  I exposed the corrugated core, painted it with Claudine Helmuth Traditional Tan paint and then inked it with Brushed Corduroy DI. The raffia ribbon is from my stash.
The image is Friday Creeper form The Greeting Farm and I coloured her with Promarkers.

You can see here that her trousers and waistcoat have been paper pieced. I am entering this into the following challenges
Make it Monday - always anything goes
Stamps R Us - anything goes
Woodware USA - try a new technique


Hope you like my attempt, perhaps I'll share the other pages another time
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The Greeting Farm

Here are two cards I made for challenges over at Club Anya and Friends and the Greeting Farm. This first one follows a sketch at Club Anya. I have used Amy Butler papers from K & Co and some Bazzill cardstock in co-ordinating blue.

The second card is a Fresh Farm Friday challenge over at The Greeting Farm which again was a sketch. I have used a wonderful image that I was lucky enough to win recently and coloured it with Promarkers. I paper pieced the cap and shorts and the dress. All papers are from the Prima Paisley Road collection - I just love all the bright colours in it.Here is a wee close up

The button was from my stash and the sentiment is part of the same stamp set. It is called Sweet Tooth. As well as the FFF challenge I am entering this card into
Simon Says challenge - paper piecing
The Paper Players - anything goes
Bee Crafty - anything goes
Craft Emma - anything goes
Just Scraps - fussy cutting

Hope you like my cards and I would love it if you left a comment, they cheer me up no end
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