Take two blank pages on a trip.
Fill with items from the trip plus those you have brought along.
Some details.... below, the "ghost" boy is from digital images from Itkupilli. I love running these off onto transparencies. The other boy is from Paper Whimsy digital collection. The stamp is from Stampers Anonymous:
The brown paper bag is from Trader Joe's. I cut out the airplane also from the bag to use on the opposite page and then added other images from the trip to Anaheim including part of the baggage stubs:
And then I had to do one more page - less busy. First the blank page on the left hand side:
The finished page (yes, my dear buds who know me too well - I am leaving the page alone in all its simplicity?)
And so boys and girls, so goes the travel journal in the Honeysuckles. I stayed home today on sick leave. Very very seldom do that but the cold has my butt kicked and I figured one more day of sleeping and napping and hot tea and chicken soup and cuddles from Oliver would make me feel better tomorrow morning. I hope so because I am going into work. I had to cancel my tennis date tonight - drat it but warm weather is coming the latter part of the week so I will make up for it if I feel better. Anyone interested in purchasing their own "travel" journal - which I love - it is by Randi Feuerheim-Watts, "Wide Open: Inspiration & Techniques for Art Journaling." I have had mine for about 1 1/2 years now. I love it and I love her, Randi. Go visit Amazon for a peek at the book.
The finished page (yes, my dear buds who know me too well - I am leaving the page alone in all its simplicity?)
I chuckle about this stamped image. It is from a collection from Stampington & Company, item G 1500 The Unruly Girls Club. These are stamps by Angela Cartwright. I refused to purchase them because I could not see using them for anything.... and then I bought them and LOVE them. I stamped the gal, drew over her with pencil and then a black pen. Used colored pencils and stamped the word imagine (hopefully spelled right since I was stamping backwards from the bottom up.... I know, we have all had those moments...)
And so boys and girls, so goes the travel journal in the Honeysuckles. I stayed home today on sick leave. Very very seldom do that but the cold has my butt kicked and I figured one more day of sleeping and napping and hot tea and chicken soup and cuddles from Oliver would make me feel better tomorrow morning. I hope so because I am going into work. I had to cancel my tennis date tonight - drat it but warm weather is coming the latter part of the week so I will make up for it if I feel better. Anyone interested in purchasing their own "travel" journal - which I love - it is by Randi Feuerheim-Watts, "Wide Open: Inspiration & Techniques for Art Journaling." I have had mine for about 1 1/2 years now. I love it and I love her, Randi. Go visit Amazon for a peek at the book.
Tonight, let's remember the "slogan" on the coaster in the Grand Californian Hotel. Yes, Mr. Disney, you do everything with class:
Relax, Reflect and Drink in the Moment
6 comments:
At first I thought you made the backgrounds you began with, then linked to Amazon and found the journal. You sure added a great deal to these pages. No one can say you don't know how to fill a page!
For a travel journal, this is fantastic. The pages you have created have sparked my creativity and strengthened my belief that scraps and memorabilia not only have a place in our art, but prominence.
I am lovin the travel journal, pages look awesome.
Debby
Oh Marlynn, You must be ill if you canceled a tennis match!
I do hope you are on the mend soon!
Your journal pages reflect your innate creativity. I love seeing the step by step process. You always amaze me how you put your lovely art together.
I haven't been on the computer much lately. But I did manage to get on tonight for my tea cup post.
Hopefully I will be back on in full force soon!
Hugs,
Terri
These pages are just wonderful, Marlynn! You should teach a class! I hope you're feeling better today.
oh no have you come down with a case of having too much fun ... hopefully you are already feeling much much better!
Such a lot of fun and interest in your journal pages ... PW kids fit anywhere so sweetly! Great use of the spectacle stamp and you certainly did a fine job cutting it all out too!
Take care my friend! Glad you're home!
oxo
You have such a marvelous eye! I love travel journals, and wish I'd kept one myself. I did take notes for articles -- but that was work, and not nearly as much fun as you're having with your beautiful journal! You make me want to keep a journal...
Hope you feel better. Take care of YOU!
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