Wrapping Up January

     Hi everyone. It's the last day of January. As you probably have already read or know from your own January weather, this month meant a lot of cold, snow and ice (at least for me). It made a good reading month, and once I managed to get into the art groove, a good time for some art too.  But it was not overall a very exciting month since I was  hunkered down in the house much of it.   However, like my journal page says, snuggling up in bed under a pile of blankets also made some good sleeping too. In fact, some mornings the house was just a bit too chilly to even rush out of bed. 😏

      This is my last page for my "What's Up?" challenge at Art Journal Journey.  Thank you everyone who joined in. I really enjoyed seeing what was up with everyone, and I appreciated all the link ups.

  You might have read or remembered me mentioning that I was in a bit of an art slump early in the month. To inspire myself, I was taking pages I had made that I didn't really care for and then "fixing" them up. Today's page is one of those. All that is left from the original page is the girl on the  moon and one star. And even that star is a bit different since I added some glitter to it. 

   Plus leaving the moon and adding the background stars also fit my theme because of course you look up to see the moon. 

  I had to color over the original yellow background. I used black and grey paints, and even a bit of sponged on gesso. In some spots the paint had to be laid on pretty  thick so I  could cover up some die cut numbers that were on the page. Once I was happy with the background, I used a gold paint pen around the moon to help create moonshine. 

   I finished by using a star stamp and some white pigment ink. I added some gold glitter to the center of each star. Once all that was dry I  took some letter stickers and created my quote. 

  I'm hoping every has a great last few hours of  January 2026 and also a super start to February. Don't forget to check out the AJJ homepage tomorrow on the first to see who the new host is and what their theme will be.  👍