Tuesday Post - a recycled envelope

Hi Everybody! 

Today I have another entry for Elizabeth's recycle, repurpose and re-use challenge at AJJ.  In the past I often used to tear pages out of my journals because I didn't like them or I didn't think they were right or good enough etc. I don't do this these days, I leave everything in! Today I want to show how I repurposed this to make something useful....

This was a quick sketch back when made with diluted acryl paint, book paper and soft pastels:

I took one of the ubiquitous envelopes from Amazon:

I cut a bit away from my page:

Added part of a letter and some gesso:

Brought it all together and added some more colour using soft pastels again. As you can see, I still have a lot of things to recycle:

The quote is 'Creativity takes Courage' from Henri Matisse:

This was quick and fun, and I now have a large envelope to hold A4 papers or scraps or whatever:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T sTands for 2nd on the 2nd and more

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are all doing well.

I am trying to do less just now, as I tend to do too much and then I get very exhausted again. But it's hard!

Today I have some collaged pieces from 2016 /2017 for 2nd on the 2nd. Collage and painting are always my favourite occupations:

When I grew up in London I saw 'Bill Posters will be prosecuted' everywhere. I thought Bill Posters was a person, and felt very sorry for him:

Here the images were inspired by Enrico Baj:

And here a warm welcome to all of the nice ladies of the T Gang who visit for Elizabeth's TsfT, where we share drinks and more:

Some Easter decorations with Tea-pots in the background::

These will be presents for the family that lives above me:

And of course, there is no T Day without drinks:

I made this journal page for Heike using a repurposed photo I took in the Pizzeria:

And some funnies/thinkies:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

New Challenge at Art Journal Journey

Hi Everybody!

Today we are starting a new challenge at AJJ and this  time our hosts are our lovely Bleubeard and Elizabeth .Their theme is:

Recycle, re-use and repurpose

I am  sure we all have loads of stuff we could use for this - I know I have! Cardboard, old envelopes, scraps that are too good to throw away, a few inches of leftover ribbon or lace, journal pages that we started but never finished, cut outs from magazines - you name it, I'm sure we've got it!

Today I am sharing 2 A4 pages, made years back and never finished. Today I gave them some finishing touches and added the little girl and the embellishments - taken from another old journal page  - and pasted them onto a pink, paper tote. It looks a bit crinkly just now, as I took the pics before the glue had dried.

I made a few of these totes a few years back, and I think I will alter more of tthem as I have  so many which need to be used....

I discovered thes pics on my camera, I took them some weeks back and forgot all about them:

Canada Geese for David:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!