Autumn Magic

 Hi everyone.  Happy new month to you.

    I'm back again for my second post today with a journal page for our newest challenge at Try It on Tuesday. Thank you to everyone who joined our Black and White Plus One Other Color challenge, and thank you  Lia  for hosting .

   Since it's now October (can you believe that?) our challenge is all about the present Northern Hemisphere season. Our latest challenge is

AUTUMN MAGIC

     For my journal page, I started with a background that was red with black and had some attempted page designs on it, none of which were working for me. I decided to give  all that mess a coat of gesso, and then cover it over with lots of die cuts and also some punch outs to make an autumnal collage.  It's  jumbled and messy ❤, but what I wanted to capture was the mosaic of color you get when you look closely into the a forest that's in full autumn regalia.

   I left the little birds black and white just to give your eye something to be drawn to.  I love all the colors of fall, and I think the little birds do too.

   Be sure to check out the rest of the Autumn Magic from the other designers.  There's so much you can create with this theme. And as usual, our challenge runs for the next fortnight. Hopefully you'll be inspired also we'll see you there.

     I will also be linking up my journal page to Alison's Autumn Colors and Inspiration challenge at Art Journal Journey. Please remember at AJJ we only accept art journaling. No cards, tags, ATC's or other forms of art please. 

Happy October

      Hi everyone. Happy October to you. I feel like I was just writing happy May or happy June (grin) and now here we are in autumn. October is a lovely month though, one of my favorites, and I'm excited for our new Art Journal Journey challenge also. (FYI, this is a scheduled post as I'll be home from Quebec sometime today-October 1.)

     But first, let me thank Aimeslee for being a great host last month. I think we all enjoyed her Anything Goes challenge. It was a lot of fun to see all the various themes people used on their journal pages.  Thanks again Aimeslee for hosting, and thank you everyone who joined in.

     This month I want to welcome the talented Alison, who you probably know from her blog Crafty Trog's Arty Adventures. The theme she chose is

Autumn Colors and Inspiration

    My first page for this Autumn theme is one from my Harvest/Garden journal.  Autumn is the season of Scarecrows, and for some people counting up their garden trophies. And of course, you wouldn't need a scarecrow if it wasn't for crows. 

      On the left side of my page I have a watercolored background, a die cut and colored scarecrow as well as some die cut wheat shafts and crows. There's also a stamped and fussy cut crow and a couple of layers of tape. On the right side I have a watercolored background, a stamped garden image (that I used markers to color), some more die cut crows, and a fussy cut image of a blue ribbon that I then enhanced with a brighter blue marker and some glitter glue.

     Please remember at Art Journal Journey we only accept art journaling, but any type of journaling works for us. Please no cards, tags, ATC's and other non-journaling forms. And if you link up through social media, we may not be able to comment on your post. 

     I hope you're as excited about autumn colors and autumn inspired art, and  we'll see your journaling at Alison's challenge.