Janie O'Brien's amended post

This the cover. I used inks with stencils. Inside the front cover there is a pocket with file cards for you all to tell your story, and hopefully you will also complete a small whimsical portrait of yourself.

This is the back page. For this page I used water colour and made my own collage elements for the foliage. The little man in the spotted raincoat leading a dalmatian doggy is also a collaged element.

This page is the main journal page. I have done a few changes since my first post. Completely mixed media and with a smile represents my life here in Cairns with a friend looking on who I miss immensely.

AAJS 4 Favourites by Jan Mullane

I have made my journal from an old envelope and folded it in half so the pages in the signatures are A5 size but a spread is A4 in landscape. Shouldn't be too expensive to post!

I base coated and then used some Tim Holtz printed tissue to cover most of the outer cover and inner covers. I then added  some collages elements and some stamping.

There is a pocket in the back made from the envelope opening for some journaling card that can be completed by each person who works in the journal.










You have already seen the back page is from the Dot to Dot June challenge. This is the inside back cover.

The Inside Front Cover has the contract and posting order and I was really pleased with the printed tissue as it had mentions about Contracts and dates etc.

Then I started the journal off with the first page. I chose all sorts of favourites. I have stamps from Teesha and stickers I purchased from Roben Marie and techniques from Jane Davenport's site done by Courtney Diaz....

It was a lot of fun to do. I hope you enjoy working in the journal too.

Colleens Things with Wings is ready to Fly

This is my first time entering a journal swap. I'm really looking forward to this experience. It is such an honour to work in all the journals & I'm thrilled that I will see everyone's work in mine. 

I enjoyed putting the journal together. I covered a Manila folder with fabric, inside & out & 

re-enforced the spine with an extra piece of thick board.I stitched pockets inside the front & back of the cover. Two signatures of 3 pages were added with ribbon tied around the spine & knotted on the outside. A few beads from my very limited supply were tied on the ends. The pages can be removed to work on.

Inside the front pocket are some tags for the girls to keep. Maybe they could replace it with a tag for me. A gelli print was used for the contract & round order. I stamped some wingy things on this.

For my title page I did a painted & stamped background & covered it with a picture of butterflys, that I absolutely adore.

My spread has a small flap.

I loved this picture of the mouse, which I found on pinterest, & knew I had to use it.

The back pages.

New Journal - Homage to Art

For this next journal swap, I decided on the theme of 'Homage to Art'.  We all admire other people's art and often try to emulate it in our style.  Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!  So I'd like the peeps who work in my journal to pick an artist, blogger, or piece of art that they admire, and have a go at doing a page!

My journal is around A5 size, and adapted from a Teesha Moore tutorial.  For my cover, I've done a page in the style of Roben-Marie Smith, using some word tiles I found at Typo.

My back cover is a Dina Wakely.  Love using these bright colours!

I also have a flap that goes goes over the front, and have done this bit with some help from Alisa Burke.

My inside front cover has the copy of the contract, and some textured flowers a la Toni Burt.

My front page with the intro and instructions, is based on Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's journals.

At the back, I have a journal sign in page painted like Mark Rothko.  If you don't know his work, Google him - very simple but effective pieces, that sell for squillions!

The inside back cover is based on some doodles by Cherie Bitanga from The Jar of Salt - I love her work!  Plus I found a great quote by Adam J Kurtz to include.

And the inside of my flap is based on the girls that Angela Kennedy does (Penny Stamper).  I love her style!

Geez it looks like I went overboard doing all these pages, but I wanted to try so many different artists!  Lastly, I did a journal page based on Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night.  I went and saw his exhibition at NGV recently, and though sadly this painting wasn't there, I've always admired it, and love his free style of painting.  This page has a flap, so I've included the lyrics from Don McLean's song "Starry Starry Night" and on the inside flap, part of a letter that Vincent wrote to his brother Theo, in September 1899.  

I really enjoyed setting this journal up, and look forward to what the other participants decide to try.  It's great for your art to get out of your comfort zone and try new things, so embrace it!

Cheers, Lisa x

Inspired by Teesha Round 4

Here we go again.  Travelling Art Journal #4.

  This time around I have taken my inspiration fron the talented Teesha Moore.  Teesha loves bright colours, she loves quirky borders, lots of texture using dots, dashes, slashes, lines.  She is into collages and altering them.  She loves pointy hats and striped stockings.  Lots of illegible journaling and colourful quotes.

To begin I created my journal from Stonehenge paper and used a Teesha video for instructions. To decorate the cover I tried a technique I saw on line.  I painted coloured blocks all over, then after it dried I stencilled with black paint and then again with white, making a third layer.

I began my Title pages with my signed contract and the list of players in postal order.  Opposite I used a quirky image and added some information to help people along.

Nest I did my spread.  I chose another quirky image to collage over a bright background.  The background has various marks made on it as well as some stamping and stencils. I outlined the lady in gold pen and highlighted some of the gold in her costume.  Also used Inca gold with stencil to make a kind of halo.  The quote reads....Collect as precious, the words of the Wise and Virtuous which  I chose because my image is called The Night Collector.

This is the back page where I have added some little tags for people to sign and date when they receive the journal and maybe add a few words about their experience.

The next pictures are close-ups showing the borders I have added.

I hope you all have fun and enjoy a little bit of Teesha.