Add Some Text

 Hi everyone. 

The last 2 weeks have flown by,  and it is time again for a new challenge at Try It On Tuesday. First let me thank Rosi for being our guest designer for our Winter Blues challenge, and let me also thank everyone who joined in.

This time our new challenge is 

Add Some Text

I made an art journal page in my small journal. If you look carefully, this page is slightly different from the one on the TIOT page, mainly because I added some details to the bow after I linked up to TIOT..

I started making my page by adding the calendar edge (from an old calendar) and then I used  Distress Stain to color my background. Does Tim Holtz even make the stains any more? I found several in a bag when I was recently cleaning up my work space, and I figured I might as well use them. (I hadn't used mine in a long time and last time I did a good cleaning, about 2 years ago,  I was planning on getting rid of all my stains. I'm glad I decided to let them sit in the bag behind some bins because I do like how they look. 👍)

It's also interesting how the 2 types of paper stained slightly different colors.

After the stain dried I used  a stencil and some bright green paint to decorate the background. I found the frame and the woman's face (2 different images) in my stash. I punched out the face so it would fit in the frame. After attaching them, I used a die cut to make the bow and the 2 garlands. I added some little foam confetti flowers to the garlands. Then I added a painted chipboard bee. I stamped the quote on white paper and the fussy cut it out.

Check out the other design teams art to get some more text ideas, and hopefully you will be inspired to join us at TIOT. This challenge runs for the next 2 weeks. 

I am also linking my page up to my It's On The Calendar challenge at Art Journal Journey. I would love to see you join us there also, but remember no cards, tags, ATC's are accepted at that challenge. This challenge runs through the month of January.

Thanks for stopping by.