Hi everyone. I don't know what happened to June, but happy July to you.
Before I get too far into my post, happy Canada Day to my friends north of the border. 🍁
Thank you Matilde for hosting over at Art Journal Journey last month. And thank you everyone who shared some Houses and Buildings. It was fun to see all the various houses and buildings people created. I can see it was a very creative month.
But since it's now July it's time for a new challenge and a new host. This month I want to welcome Halle back. She's been with us for several summers now, and we love having you. Halle always has a great theme related to sewing ❤, and you can see some of her fantastic quilting and art pieces over at her blog Halle's Hobbies.
This month Halle's theme is Fabric, Lace and Trims, Oh My!
My first page is all paper and rubber stamps, but I do have some sewn pages coming as the month goes on.
I started with an 8x8 (inch) sheet of sewing themed paper. It had a pink vibe, so I painted my journal page pink, and once that dried, I attached my page. I then rubbed just a bit of the paint on the edge of the paper to soften it and make it look more part of the overall page.
I added a few stamped images to it including the bottom scissors, the snaps and the purple-ish pattern piece. Then I used my old Martha Stewart button paper punch and made the 3 buttons you see on the bottom left near the scissors. The other buttons were already printed the paper.
The top partial butterfly was on some scrap paper. I fussy cut it and added it. Then I had some butterfly washi tape that I added to continue the butterfly theme. To finish my page I added some paper lace on the left side, and I stamped the quote from an old Hero Arts sewing set.
I hope you're excited about Halle's theme and will join us over at
Art Journal Journey. Please remember we are an art journaling challenge, and we accept any type of art journaling, but we
do not accept CARDS, ATCs, TAGS, etc.
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I hope you have a super start to the new month, and I', looking forward to seeing some sewing journaling for Halle's challenge.
