Paper, Mixed Media, Art Journaling Craftalong 2024

I’ll join if I’m awake!

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I haven’t been too crafty lately but I did manage to collage the front and back of my current art journal using just decorated paper scraps

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Do you decorate the cover before you start the journal? Sometimes I do and sometimes I wait to see where I’m going…

I usually do the cover toward the end. This one I am about 75% done and just decided to do something with the cover. it was an old library book with a jacket. the cover actually started to warp when I applied gel medium so it was difficult to work on.

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Hm…there is talk of hitting the beach this weekend, so I might miss Sunday. Keep me optional, but likely I will not make it. :slightly_frowning_face:

False alarm! Looks like we will be back by Sunday, so I’m still in! Woohoo!

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I’ve kept up with ICAD, just not with posting here. But here are the last few days’ cards.

Tulip

Hummingbird

Coffe or tea (but actually just coffee)

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I like your stitched elements!

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Thanks! The coffee one was a. . .challenge, but I like it more today than I did last night. And now I better understand why stitchers talk about the back of the project being a mess :laughing:.

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I’ll plan to join but will likely do something different, missing my crafting friends.

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Last November, @geekgirl posted a Neurographic Art card she’d made, I book marked it to try and finally did last night. These could be addicting Carlee :smiley:

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That looks great! glad you gave it a try.

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ok I love the staples and the layering and I LOVE the notebook fringe tab on the coffee one!

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for anyone that didn’t see, we are having an art zoom sunday. see link

@Abbeeroad we’ll miss you but have fun!

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Change of plans! I’ll be home Sunday and am looking forward to the zoom!

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Okay, I need suggestions for today’s card, strawberry. Here’s what it looks like so far:

I feel like it needs a quote or something in that big open space, but I don’t really have anything. Strawberry Shortcake wasn’t really a major part of my childhood; did she have some sort of catchphrase? Do you think I need to source a strawberry recipe? (Hmm…) Just leave it as is? Halp.

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Oh please make it something about how sweet this version is & she never needed to be made sexy she was just perfect the way she was.
Sexy is not the only value of a female, even the youngest of us.
I hate the sexification of everything.

There’s my little rant.

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I never liked her aesthetic so don’t really know much about her. What about a pic of a real strawberry shortcake? She’ll look like she’s excited to eat it.

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I need to catch up a couple of cards, but here are Thursday and Friday’s.

Opaque (in the form of properly obtuse emo-y song lyrics)


Shoutout to any Nine Days fans in the house.

Steampunk, by way of Lisa Frank :laughing:

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Sepia


Frame from a masterboard by Smmarrt. I think. If not, Reinikka.

Parfait

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For the first couple of days of July, I subbed in the Junk Journal July prompts for my ICAD.

Spark

Postcard

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