More art journal pages

Here are a few more pages from my 5 1/2 x 8 mixed media art journal:

Art Journal Pages

A few recent art journal pages from my 5 1/2 x 8 inch mixed media notebook. I really like this small size, but the spiral binding does get in the way a bit when I want to to double page spreads.

Stash swappers

I recently participated in a stash swap with the Altered Book Swap Group.  These 2 pretty little gals are images sent to me by my swap partner Karen.  They found a lovely home in my art journal!

Thank you Karen for sharing!!

- Susan

Simple Pamphlet Stitch books

I made a few simple one and 2 signature books with sketch paper sewn into a few different covers, with waxed thread.

I like the look of the floral scrapbook paper covers, but I don't think they are the most sturdy covers. The orange wallpaper sample cover is definitely more durable.

The little notebook is stapled rather than sewn.

Craft Fair News

What a fantastic time at the St Michael's craft fair this weekend! Lots of friendly shoppers stopped by to chat at our table, which is always fun.



We'll be at a small show in North Raleigh this weekend at Olde Raleigh Village on Edwards Mill & Blue Ridge Rd. Hope to see you there! Christmas shopping is in full swing!

Window for Floating Image

I'm on a Christmas card kick right now, and this card is inspired by the Papertrey Challenge to create an image floating over a window.

Closeup of window:

The tree and sentiment are from the Papertrey Ink Winterberry set. Behind my window are some falling snowflakes made with the Papertrey Ink Winter Penguin set.


Card front:

Inside card:

I really love this idea and will probably try a few a more variations on it. I don't have a lot of punches to make the window, nor do I have a die-cutter! But I do have a small 1-inch hole punch, and I was thinking I'd try a card with a few small windows instead of one large window. So we'll see how that works out!

Thanks for looking!
Susan

Easy Fall Card

This clean and simple fall card was put together on a green card base and thin orange card stock. The house stamps and the cloud stamps are from the Unity Finally Fall set. And that's exactly how I feel - it's FINALLY fall!! Yay!

I don't do much Halloween crafting, but I feel like this card combines the Halloween colors of orange & black with a seasonal Fall look.

I was inspired to combine the Moxie Fab world image of houses with the One Layer Wednesday challenge of a Halloween card.

This isn't exactly one layer, but I didn't have any orange cardstock thick enough to make a card base out of. Had to improvise a little bit!

I got this orange card stock at AC Moore and thought it was going to be heavy enough to make cards out of, but it was nothing at all like the thick Papertrey cardstock. Really it's much thinner like patterned paper. Probably shouldn't even be labeled as cardstock! That's OK though, I'm sure I'll find a way to use it all up! :D


Thanks for looking! Enjoy!
Susan