Welcome May

    Hi everyone. Happy new month to you. It's May! In many places today is a holiday, but not here in the US. However it is the day that we get a new host and new theme over at Art Journal Journey . 😉

   Before I get to that, let me once again thank Gillena for being a wonderful host, and let me also thank everyone who joined us this past month. ❤ So thank you all!

    For May, we are welcoming one of our admin teamies as a host. You probably all know the creative and talented Mia. If you don't, you might recognize her blog Craftartista.

    This month Mia has chosen the theme of BIRDS.

   I had a hard time getting this first page to lay flat in my journal. You can probably see it better in the next photo.

  The background is made with blue, yellow, purple and bright green paint that I sponged onto the page with a crushed paper towel. Once dry, I added a large sticker which I thought was where I wanted to go. Then I realized it wasn't what I wanted so I sponged a little more of the bright green paint over it . It makes a good place (on the left side of the page) to add my leaves and flowers.

  The large green leaves and the flowers are made using some very old Hero Arts flower print rubber stamps. I stamped them on paper with embossing ink and then I added embossing powder to them to give them their interesting texture. Once they were heat set I then fussy cut them out and added them to my piece. The bird is fussy cut from a sheet of paper (that I think was by Graphic 45). The hello friends words along the bottom is from a sheet of Graphic 45 paper. 

   To finish my page I die cut and added a few details to the butterfly, and I stamped the quote which is from an old Allie Edwards set by Technique Tuesday. 

   Please don't forget our dreaded rules if you decide to join in. We are an art journaling challenge, so please only link an art journal page and not a card, ATC, tag or other forms of art. However, we do accept any form of art journaling and any size page.

   And just an FYI- if you link up through one of the social media platforms we may not be able to comment on your piece because we admins may  not have that particular platform or even any social media platforms.  

  Otherwise, I hope you'll be inspired by Mia's bird challenge and you'll join us at Art Journal Journey this month. I'm looking forward to seeing your creations.