Thursday, September 19, 2024

Yellow

      Hi everyone. Happy Thursday.  It's been a lovely week (again) so far weather-wise at my house; these are all bonus days with cool nights for nice sleeping and warm days. I love it!❤

     Today I have a couple of journal spreads to share from my Garden/Harvest journal.  Today's theme is yellow.

     I'm linking up to Aimeslee's Anything Goes challenge at Art Journal Journey and also to Creative Artiste Mixed Media challenge blog  #108. The theme there is always Anything Goes.

    This first page is all about bees and honey. My bees are doing very well, and they made a lot of honey. However they didn't make any for me to take.  😒  Oh well, I would rather they have food, especially since we have long winters here in NH.


      The background is made with a bit of paper layering as well as some ink coloring. On the left I used 2 die cut sets.I used black paper and a honeycomb die. I also used a Hero Arts set to make the honey pot, the honey dripped and also the word honey.

      On the right side I used some die cut bees. I used a glitter pen on their wings and added some little art gemstones to their bodies. I also added some yellow ric-rac trim and a felt sunflower from my stash.


      My other spread today is all about  Corn. On the right side I used a sheet of cardboard colored paper. There are 2 holes punched in the top where I added some green twine. I stamped some corn stalks along the bottom, and I also stamped the large corn image which is from Impression Obsession. I used markers to color the corn and watercolor for the background. I framed it with a layered frame and added some vintage yellow stamps (I don't recognize what they are from) behind it. I  used my favorite cow stamp on acetate, added some bright yellow trim and also some yellow washi tape. The corn word is cut from a sheet of paper.

        I had all these little plastic ears of corn I wanted to use, so I created a cornfield with die cut corn stalks and a stamped and fussy cut fence. I first stamped some corn stalks along the bottom for depth, and then I added the die cut stalks and the fence. The windmill top is a slightly altered sticker, and I drew in the legs. The corn seed packet was cut from a  sheet of paper, and I added the punch out quote. Funny, the quote was just laying on the floor as it must have fallen out of an envelope or package, I think it wanted to be on this page, and since it works great, I added it.

      Here's a close up of my favorite cow stamp so you can see it better. I colored in the daisy that was in it's mouth.


There you have it. That's a lot for today, so that's all for me. Have a great rest of your day!





12 comments:

  1. I am sure that you are a little disappointed not to be able to get at least a little honey from your hives, but if the bees are doing well that’s the key isn’t it? As you say they face a long, cold winter ahead of them. All the best - David

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  2. Beautiful, happy spreads boath 🤩 Good that the bees are well.
    Our weather is at last turning cooler and rainy. I took a freh nordic walk today 😃
    Have a great time there far , my friend 😘

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  3. ...yellow is such a cheery color.

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  4. The plastic ears of corn look great--adds a 3D effect.

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  5. So lovely! I love the one with those little ears of corn.

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  6. Oh, those are wonderful, happy pages, I love them!
    You are so creative, it´s a joy! Thank you for sharing, hugs

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  7. Isn't yellow a cheerful colour.
    Here in the UK we saw a lot of yellow today as the sun has been shining :)

    Wishing you a happy end of week.

    All the best Jan

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  8. Your journal pages are absolutely beautiful, Erika. They have such a positive, sunny vibe. Your current weather sounds lovely, too. Warm days and cool nights, great for sleeping. Sounds like Northern California :) Enjoy the rest of the week! Hugs - Carola

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  9. I love the yellow honeybee page. I haven't seen honeybees all year until the last few days when I've been seeing them on the wild coleus. I have no idea where their hive is.

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  10. Yellow isn't a color I'm in love with, but I do love what you've done with it in these pages!

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  11. I love these journal pages and fun theme for a journal I am so happy to read that your bees are doing well hopefully next year you can harvest a bit of honey. hugs Kathy

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  12. honey and corn. Well how about some honey-roasted corn
    Happy Friday, Erika.

    much♡love

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