Hi everyone. It's Tuesday so you probably know that it's time for a new challenge over at Try It on Tuesday. Before I get to that, let me ask if you checked out our Annual Spotlight? If you joined any of our challenges in 2025 you might be in it.
Our top five winners from our Santa challenge (our last theme for 2025) will be shown next week.
This new challenge is our first challenge for 2026. As always it runs for the next 2 weeks, and this challenge may favor those of you who live in cold places since this time we're asking for art about the cold. Our challenge is officially titled: It's Cold Outside.
I made my journal page using a 6x8 inch sheet of printed paper. I thought the sweater design made a good background for when it's cold. That paper didn't quite reach either end of the background paper, so I decided to add some washi tape. I also bordered the knit image paper with some die cut borders. I used a very very old Cheery Lynn die for those.
The snowflake is a die cut using silver paper. I colored in the center with a silver marker and then added a giant gemstone to the center. To finish, I stamped a few quotes.
Don't forget the other examples of cold weather art on the design team's blogs.
I am also linking up my journal page to my "What's Up?" challenge over at Art Journal Journey. "What's Up?" with me there is that there's been lots of cold weather. 😨 I'd love to have you join if you do any art journaling and you can read about this challenge over at the AJJ home page.
I hope you're inspired by cold weather, even if it's warm and summery where you live. I hope to see your art over at Try It on Tuesday.
15 comments:
Your page definitely has a winter chill vibe! Love it!
What a fabulous, wonderful idea your page is with the knitting pattern and the paper underneath! Absolutely beautiful!
It's 0 degrees here!
Hugs Elke
I love that sweater design! Now I seriously want a sweater with a giant gemstone :-))
Love the chilly art. Looks pretty. Was outside this morning and it's cold and still. I love that! Wishing you a groovy week.
A very beautiful page! You make me like winter, hugs
So beautiful -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
this one has a very nice, wintry feel to it!
...Erika, I wish you many more creative challenges in 2026.
Stay warm, Erika! I saw in an earlier post that you have a new teapot as well, so I'll amend that to 'stay warm and drink tea.' 😊 Love the cable knits on your art journal (I was all excited thinking it's actual knitted fabric 😂) and all of the additional embellishments you added make it seem extra frosty. Hope your husband is feeling better now, and that the cold will soon be back to enjoyable levels. -Anita xx
Oh Erika, this is brilliant! So clever to use the sweater background. I so hope you join in on Sunday in the art room. This is just the type of art that should be shared. Have a great day today.
Gorgeous! Another inspiring Winter design for the journal class I"m taking.
Happy New Year Erika, your knitted paper certainly gives the page a wrapped around warm hug, we have our fair share of cold weather in my lil part of the UK. Hope you and yours are keeping well now? Take care Hugs Tracey xx
Erika linda arte, maravilhoso o design, feliz terça-feira bjs.
A fantastic page Erika, I'd love to have that background knitted, it would make a cosy sweater for a cold winter day.
Best wishes for the coming Year to you and your family
Happy New Year!!!! LOVE that background knitted paper! It definitely fits the theme this week! ((HUGS)) Helen
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