Sunday Art

 Hi everyone. Happy Sunday. I hope your weekend is going well.

The weather has finally changed so goodbye to high temperatures and high humidity. Today is supposed to be quite comfortable. And so are the next several days too. Hurrah! I am finally going to turn off the AC that has been running straight since late June. And I am going to open the windows. It's about time. It will be nice not to have to constantly  turn up the AC and turn  down  the AC  during the day to try to keep the temperature as low as possible without just running the AC constantly on cold.  I can tell you my wallet is as excited as I am about the change in the weather 😏-smile.

Today I am sharing my last page for Alison's Come Fly with Me challenge at Art Journal Journey.  I've enjoyed this challenge, and I really wish the month hadn't become so busy for me. If I'd had more art time I would have tried out a few ideas that are still rolling around in my brain.  😀

I hadn't done any dragonfly pages for this challenge, so since this is just about the end of July, let me change that before it is too late.

I made my page by inking a page in a bound journal (that is so full I can't flatten the pages out as you can see on the right hand side of the photo).  I painted the clouds and outlined them with a  water based pencil. I used just a bit of water on the pencil line to get that lovely shadowy look. Then I added 3 Art By Marlene punch out dragonflies.  I also stamped this ancient Michele Ward/ Stampers Anonymous image 3 times. Finally I added the quote by stamping it on some white paper and adding it to my page. 

 And before I might be remiss, let me thank Alison for this really fun challenge at AJJ and also for hosting. Thank you so much for joining us. I also want to thank everyone who joined in also. Like every month, it is really fascinating to see how people approach the challenge. Thank you all for all the inspiration. 

Of course there's still a little bit of time to join this challenge before the month is over.  If you should be interested that is. Otherwise have a great rest of your weekend. I hope it's not too hot or too stormy.

Today I also want to share a tag for Valerie's Books challenge at Tag Tuesday .  I've started working on an Iceland travel journal with all the bits and pieces I brought home, and this tag will eventually go into the journal.

Iceland history is full of stories of trolls and little people. This image comes from a playing card. And the book page is in Icelandic. At one of the hotels (where we stayed) they had a shelf with books you could borrow, take or switch out.  One of them was in really tough reading shape, so I borrowed it. OK, so it won't get returned, but it is being put to good use. 😉

I covered my tag with book paper, added the playing card image, and added the title, which I cut from the map which I was given when I visited the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens a few weeks back. Then I added 2 different washi tapes and used a brown paint pen. Finally I added some brown and black  art "dots" to finish off the tag.

And finally, I am linking my entire post up to Gillena's Sunday Smiles.

That's it for me today. We're going out in my husband's boat because the rest of this weekend has been too hot or too stormy. I'm excited because the tall ships will be docked in Portsmouth, and we can cruise by them to see what sip is visiting this year.  Thanks  for stopping by my blog.