Hi everyone. Happy mid-week. I hope everyone is having a nice week so far.
I'm posting today with some art for a couple of challenges. First, I'm joining Sharon for her Hello Autumn challenge over at Art Journal Journey. Besides pumpkins, colored leaves and cooler weather, autumn is also the season (here in the US) when football begins.
To make this page I started with some watercolor paper and some green acrylic paint (to represent the grass on the field). Then I used a white paint pen and a ruler to make the field markings. The football and the helmet are very old Quick-kutz dies that I had back in my scrapbooking days. I stamped 3 little stars on the helmet and then added green clutter glue to them. They DON'T represent any particular team.
The words are from a very old Technique Tuesday stamp. And finally, to finish the page, I added some felt football trim from my stash.
And then I have a tag for this month's new challenge at Tag Along (and ATC's too). This month Lynn is hosting, and her theme is Circles.
You can see I went circle crazy!
I started with a 49 and Market die and some paper bag paper. Then I stamped The alphabet letters (no marking on the stamp) randomly on the background. I also stamped the dotted circles (Hero Arts). I used a 1 inch paper punch to punch out the paper circles, including those that were on a sheet of alphabet letters. Then I added the small dot circles and larger scribbles circles (from the same Hero Arts set). After that I edged the tag with black ink. I also stamped the quote on some white paper (Cornish Heritage Farms). After cutting it out and gluing it down I outlined it with a black Sharpie. I love how there are little circular dots on part of the quote words too.
That's it for me. Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by.
I especially love the circle page--both the overall result and the quote.
ReplyDelete...going crazy, I'm already there!
ReplyDeleteFootball season is my least favorite! Thank goodness for streaming! (I'm glad Rick isn't much of a fan either!)
ReplyDeleteHi Erika! Yes, the start of football is definitely a sign of Autumn! My family is all about football—college, professional, and high school—so I absolutely love your art journal page! Your stamped sentiment is incredible, too. And your circle tag is so fun and fabulous! I especially like the title, which is PERFECT!! (I wanna come with you, too! LOL) Have a great day, Sharon
ReplyDeleteI love those charcoal circles!
ReplyDeletePerfect timing as tonight is the first regular season NFL game of the year!
ReplyDeleteYes, it's football season here in the UK too!
ReplyDeleteI do like the circle tag.
Happy midweek wishes.
All the best Jan
They came out really good.
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha ha yes, I come with you crazy lady cause I'm already crazy. We would make a great team.
ReplyDeleteLovely page and tag
ReplyDeleteI came to peek as figured you must have posted, you had but my reading list shows nothing for anybody since Monday! Particularly like the pink and orange creation.
ReplyDeleteB x
And after saying how I likes the colourful circles I totally forgot to thank you for joining us at Tag-Along (and ATC's) challenge.
ReplyDeleteB x
A brilliant and colourful tag for my theme. I thought you were going round in circles and going crazy with the design. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Tag-along (and ATCs). Wonderful ATC too with that bold splash of colour and the great die cuts.
ReplyDeleteDear Erika, beautiful work. 😍
ReplyDeleteIris Flavia (am in hospital and forgot my password): I´m with Tom!!! Hus
ReplyDeleteI should give try to make a fall theme page in my journal.
ReplyDeleteI'm incredibly impressed with your football page and those die cuts. I used to be a big Dallas Cowboys fan, but not even a football fan anymore. I DO like this page, though. It goes well with Sharon's theme at AJJ.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely LOVE your tag. It certainly is full of circles.