It's November

Hi everyone. Happy November. 

I like November, even if we are getting closer to snow. Here in New Hampshire we may even have some before this month wraps up.  😟 

At  least for me, after a busy October, November is always a nice time to let out a big breath and relax a bit before December and the end of the year rolls around.   Of course it's easy to do that as it gets dark so early here in the Northern Hemisphere  now too. At my house it's  dark by 6 in the evening since sunset is  a little after 5:30, and after the clock change this upcoming weekend that will mean it's dark by 5. It's time to settle in for a long winter's nap I think. 💤 Smile.

Since it's a new month, it is  time to thank Neet for hosting at Art Journal Journey. October’s In Gear challenge was fun. I also want to thank everyone who joined us for this challenge. It was really interesting to see all the clever uses of gears.

It is time for a new challenge, and this month I want to welcome the very talented ,Jo who you most likely know from her blog Let's Art Journal. This month Jo has selected a theme of

NATURE

You can read what Jo says about her topic over at AJJ, but in a nutshell, the nature she wants you to use is that of the natural world around us.

Here's my first page for this challenge.

I started by using a magazine paper as my base. Then I stamped the branches. I debated whether to go with late autumn colors or early autumn colors for the leaves, and I ended up deciding to stick with early autumn. The birds were a piece of Dina Wakely printed tissue paper. That tissue paper  is a bit too thick for covering over things as it leaves obvious edge lines. To cover those up,  I sponged a bit of blue paint around my page. That meant I had to use a black Sharpie to color over where all the birds were so they would  show up. 👍

I finished with a piece of washi tape at the bottom, which I promptly covered over with some red paper scraps. Then I added the white lace paper trim and some blue little paper pearls. Finally, I finished with the quote as well as a little black Sharpie grassline just above the border. 

Just a reminder of our dreaded rules. Remember we only accept art journaling at Art Journal Journey. That means no cards, tags, atcs etc. However, your art journaling can be made in any way as long as it fits our challenge theme.

Nature offers so much beauty, and I hope you are inspired by some of it to join us at AJJ.  I'm excited to see what people create, and so I hope  you’ll join Jo's challenge.