Hello July

 Hi everyone. Happy July 1. June flew by; I can't believe we're starting a new challenge at Art Journal Journey already. However I will admit, June 1 seems like a long time ago. I think I've gone on garden time. Early June was Iris blooms, and they seem like they bloomed a long time ago, so therefore the start of June seems like a long time ago. 😏

Since it is a new month, it's time for a new challenge at Art Journal Journey. First let me once again thank Matilde for hosting in June. And let me thank everyone who joined her What Makes You Happy challenge. It was a fun month, wasn't it?

But now that it is July,  I want to welcome Halle who you might know from her blog Halle's Hobbies. I believe Halle has hosted AJJ before, but it's been quite a while, so it is really great to have her back! ❤

Halle's theme for July is all about sewing and things to do with sewing. Her theme is

I've Got a Notion

According to Halle, anything to do with sewing works. You can stitch, use buttons, trim, zippers, threads, or as far as I can tell, anything related to sewing. Check out the AJJ homepage to see what Halle wrote.

The sewing related pieces on my page are some die cuts, some cloth trim and some pieces of thread. I started by taking a sheet of water color paper and 2 pieces of cloth trim. One is black and one is  a fabric measuring tape. I stitched them down on the water color paper, and then I cut them out. I had to do this extra step because it is very hard to stitch into a spiral bound journal, unless of course you take the page out. 

I used some super sticky tape to attach the trims to my page. Then I stamped and colored 3 mandala's. I fussy cut them and added them to my page. Then I die cut the scissors, the thread spools and well as 3 paper buttons. I embossed the buttons, and then, before gluing them down, I put a thread through the holes. I also wrapped some thread around the die cut spools. After everything was glued down, I finished my page by stamping the Material Girl quote several times around my page.

I hope you're feeling inspired to "sew" a bit and join Halle this upcoming month at Art Journal Journey. Please don't forget our dreaded rules that say we only accept art journaling. But that journaling can be of any size or format.

And have a super start to the new month too.