It's February

 Hi everyone. Happy new month to you. It's February.  I'm not sure how much winter weather we'll have in my area this month, but  at least the days are already getting longer. That is always a little encouraging at least.

  A new month means a new challenge over at Art Journal Journey. Before I get to that, let me once again thank everyone who joined me during January. Everyone had some super ideas and made some wonderful art which in my mind made the month a big success. ❤❤❤

   This month I want to welcome one of my co-administrators. Well maybe I should say 2 co-administrators, since this month our hosts are the furry Bleubeard and the lovely and arty wordsmith Elizabeth. You probably know them both from Elizabeth's blog Altered Book Lover .

    This month the challenge has a  long name, which I will only write out once right here.

Anywhere, Any Time, Any Place with Any One

   I'm going to call it the 4 A's through the rest of this post. 😉

   Here's my first page for this 4 A's challenge.

   I was trying to hit some upcoming calendar highlights from this month, but in the process I forgot Asian New Year. (Shame on me.)  And I got carried away with hearts because I actually like the shape of hearts.

   I used a couple of pieces of packaging to create my background. Then I added  a tag with a stamped house and  also on that tag are a couple of left overs that were laying on my work table (the face and the trim along the bottom). The big hearts are from a very old Stampington heart cube rubber stamp. The black line ones are stamped directly onto the page and the red checked ones are stamped on paper and then fussy cut. The other stamps used as the small card suites (Postmodern Design) and also the various ways to say I love you (Magenta). I also added a queen of hearts playing card, a Mardi Gras mask from a Stamperia set and a die cut heart. To finish my page I splattered a bit of red watercolor paint over my page. 

  Please  don't forget the dreaded rules also. We only accept art journaling, but any kind of art journaling is allowed. But we do not accept cards, ATC's, tags or other art forms unless they are on an art journal page. I should also mention that we may not be able to comment on your link up unless you link through blogging because not all of us admins belong to  every or any social media platforms. So please, link up through a blog post.

   This should be another fun month because you have such an open challenge. I hope to see your art journaling over at Art Journal Journey.

  Since it is Sunday, I am also linking  up to Nicole's Sunday in the Art Room and Gillena's Sunday Lunch Break.

  Have a great start to the new week  and the new month everyone.