Sunday, October 6, 2024

Weekend Art-Autumn is the Theme

    Hi everyone. I hope you're having a wonderful weekend. I've been busy with some end of summer chores like starting my garden clean up. The biggest issue is we have yet to have a frost so some parts of the gardens are not yet ready to put to bed yet, but it's suppose to cool down quite a bit this upcoming week, so I'm sure in a few days there will be a lot more to do. But as always with  a garden, I can still find plenty to do. 😏

       I'm here today to share a bit of art, starting with a journal page for Alison's Autumn Colors and Inspiration challenge at Art Journal Journey. This page is from the new autumn journal that I made last month.


     I  used some scraps of paper and also a piece of printed tissue paper. I then used watercolor paints to color in the berries and their stem on the tissue paper. I added the house image, die cut and embossed the oak leaf, and also glued down some bronze colored metallic trim at the bottom of the page. The 6 words starting and ending with the word Pioneer were ones that I stamped. 

      And this next photo is the cover page to that journal.  It started as a very brightly colored cover that I painted and collaged over. It's hard to believe it had a lot of pink, yellow and blue on it before I painted it. I added the wooden leaf, which I painted and inked, as well as the chipboard letters which were inked.


     I also have a tag today for Valerie's Seasons challenge over at Tag Tuesday.  Since my autumn supplies are still out, I started with a tag for this beautiful time of year.


     I inked the background as well as adding  a scrap of paper. I stamped and colored the oak leaves and acorns. I also stamped the  phrases and autumn word. To finish off my tag, I added a couple of felt leaves. 

      I am also linking up to Gillena's Sunday Smiles .  Enjoy the rest of your weekend and start to the new week everyone. 



18 comments:

ashok said...

Happy Autumn 🍂

Angie's Recipes said...

That house is beautiful. So are the pages! Happy Fall, Erika!

Tom said...

...autumn is in the here, pull the quilt up!

Christine said...

Lovely fall art Erika! The chill is in the air!

CJ Kennedy said...

Hard to believe that cover had pink and blue on it. Autumn is here for sure with frost predicted later this week. Enjoy the sunshine today.

Valerie-Jael said...

Autumn is a beautiful time of year, and I love your new journal, gorgeous. You will have a wonderful collection of albums to look back at in coming years.
And of course I love the beautiful tag you made for my challenge at Tag Tuesday, thanks so muc h!
Hope you are enjoying your weekend! Hugs, Valerie

Gillena Cox said...

Wow! Some nice ones. Thanks for linking to SundaySmiles

Much♡love

kathyinozarks said...

I am loving all of your autumn art Happy new week hugs Kathy

Lowcarb team member said...

I do like your Autumn themed art ... it's a wonderful season.

Enjoy the remainder of Sunday and have a good new week.

All the best Jan

Iris Flavia said...

I try (as every year) to make friends with the dark cold... your pages help, hugs!

Aimeslee Winans said...

Your page, cover and tag are all mixed media gorgeous! Love the layers, xoxo

*Vicki* said...

Now that is one very cool house! I want to see the inside! All of the Autumn leaves are very inspiring to me! I do love Fall time for sure! Beautifully done!

R's Rue said...

So pretty.
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craftytrog said...

Such beautiful Autumn art Erika!
Hope you're having a good week.
Alison

Sandra Wright. said...

An awesome Tag, I so love this time of the year, the colours are stunning and your tag is perfect for Autumn season. Thank you so much for playing along at Tag Tuesday x

Michele said...

your journal page and autumn tag are both simply gorgeous! thanks for linking to tag tuesday! xo

Neet said...

How I wish i had thought to make an album for autumn, such a good idea and one which I would have enjoyed making as it s my favourite season - just love the colours.
This page is delightful, love the berries on the right and the house is just like one I always wanted to visit when over there. Words and trim - perfect.
Fab cover for this special book and the tag for Valeries theme is so alight with the colours of autumn.
Great post.
Hugs, Neet xx

pinky said...

Oh wow that tag just screams Autumn! Super gorgeous, bright and cheerful Erika! I also love your journal page. That house is so beautiful!! Thanks for playing along with us at Tag Tuesday.
Pinky