Going Into July

 How is everyone? I just cannot believe June is about over already and that means new calendar spreads for July.

Here are the full spreads:

 July is typically a very hot month so I wanted to convey that with my choice of colors and theme. Here are the individual art pages:

 For this page I painted bright acrylic paints all over the page then brayered some white gesso over it to soften it . painted the sun and added white gesso and charcoal pencil to the rays for more depth. "Sun kissed" is a clear stamp from studio g. I used this page for my new banner by stretching and cropping it to fit. My son thinks it looks a bit odd but I don't care;)
 Joining Art Journal Journey one last time this month for the theme of "circles". Looking forward to the new theme in July.

 here I used a deli paper gel plate print for the background. The three stencils I used are from Hobby Lobby. I LOVE using stencils on the Gel Plate along with deli paper! The photo is one I took in Cape May. The image is from a collage sheet by ARTchix Studio. The sentiment was written with paint pens.This particular page is for the Simon Monday Challenge ( stencil it).

 The theme this past week for the Simon Wednesday Challenge is to "use patterned paper".  I could work with this theme indefinitely and still not go through my paper stash!

 This is the card, and envie:

 For the card I used this pretty patterned vellum (Hobby Lobby) over a white note card. The Love die set is from Simon Says Stamp. I tried to match the envie by stamping with the Floral Shadow stamp set by Altenew, three dots from Magenta and frame from Stampa Rosa along with these inks: Onyx Black Versafine; Archival- Buttercup, Pink Peony, Leaf Green and Sky Blue; and Clearsnap Fluid Chalk ink in Warm Red.


 I also have another coffee postcard:

  Products: heavy card stock; text page; Coffee time stamp set (Darkroom Door); numbers stamp (Dylusions); postage stamp; Distress ink in Vintage Photo; Versafine Onyx Black ink; Archival Leaf Green, Turquoise inks; white gesso. Linking to T  Stands For Tuesday and Try It On Tuesday (theme is numbers and/or letters).

 Of course I'll also be joining Paint Party Friday this week!

  Looking forward to watching the Tour De France cycling race which begins Saturday, July 1st and ends in Paris, France on July 21st. It's starting this year in Dusseldorf, Germany, going into Belgium, then Luxembourg before going into France. So excited to be watching the countrysides! What  are your plans for July?

 "The winds of grace are blowing all the time, but it is you that must raise your sails."  Tagore