Art Journal Pages

The Scrappy Green Journal is almost finished.

Showing a few more pages...

Elizabeth had placed the opera figures on the

left page with the blue and rust background,

and the colored bars with the numbers 

at the bottom. I added the pen work, the

strip of blue polka dot fabric, and the

Listerine ad.  Just couldn't resist...

The page on the right with the cartoon

is a flap that opens up

so I got to add images and writing beneath the flap too.

The '$1000 Beer' is courtesy of Elizabeth,

and it made me smile.

I also added the black & white striped 

fabric at the top, and a 'tab' of 

painted watercolor paper.

Here, Elizabeth had painted the left page with purple

and added the giraffe sticker.(which is also sparkly)

I added blue watercolor paint, stickers,

book and magazine images, and bits of

leftover papers. Those bathing beauties on 

the left are from a vintage book, describing them

as being arrested for indecency in those

'skimpy' bathing suits!

On the right, Elizabeth had sewn the green paper

with many zig-zag stitches, and the iris image.

I added the woman image and the building. (a flap)

Beneath the flap I created a 'found poem' 

from words gleaned in a book.

On the back side of the flap, I did a

mini collage with some pieces of the

'Collage fodder' page that I showed in

a previous post. Yes, I started 

cutting it up already. Only the first 

snip is the hardest.

This has been such a fun journey...

alas, there is just one more page to go,

as seen above. Not only was the

journal a generous gift, but has

'kept on giving' as they say, through many

hours of wonderful art-collage-fun!

Thank you dear E.