How is everyone? I noticed a bit of a slowdown in blogland and I hope it's only because many are on holiday. I do notice your absence and think of you.
There is a special anniversary celebration happening over at T Stands For Tuesday hosted by Bleubeard and Elizabeth! So I made a few things to help with the celebration:
A journal page to celebrate 4 years of T Stands For Tuesday. Thank you Elizabeth for hosting, and for sharing all your fun adventures in art and life! Won't you grab a cuppa and join us there? Elizabeth is also having an ATC swap for anyone that wants to participate (not mandatory) where you send out an ATC and receive one in return. The rules are on the blog. I brayered acrylics on my journal page then added the flowers with a stencil and titanium white. I guess most of you are familiar with these cups by now:) Yes, the stamp is from a Darkroom Door set I won- Coffeetime :) I stamped the cup 4 times on 4 different patterned papers, fussy cut each one then stacked them on the page. The checkerboard - like mesh stamp is from Magenta and the letters and number are a foam stamp set from Making Memories. The ink I used is Versafine Sepia.
As I am participating in the ATC exchange I made two ATCs:
Products: vintage book text; vintage images (Retro Café Art); teacup stamp (and OLD PSX stamp); German scrap ( ARTchix studio); inks- Staz On Azure, Distress Tea Dye; gesso; Stickles Diamond glitter glue.
In addition to T Stands For Tuesday I am joining in at Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge #28.
For the Simon Wednesday Challenge (theme is plaid) and the new Simon Monday Challenge (Get in Shape) I have this card which I made the other day for a male friend:
I have another journal page to share:
and again a close up:
This is the second page I've done after watching some You Tube videos using household things such as a toilet tissue roll and and this case q tips to make the lavender flowers. So much fun! And lavender reminds me so of summer and of France and so this is for Art Journal Journey for the theme of "summertime love" hosted this month by Elizabeth, along with - as always - Paint Party Friday!
Do you have any fun household items you use in your art? What are they? I use bottle caps and old credit/key cards quite often, along with corrugated cardboard. The tines of a fork make nice marks...
The moving out for son and gf continues in between stays home yet as there was a glitch in that the elevator has not gotten the final inspection (the inspector never showed up for the appt. and until he signs off legally no one can live in their apartments yet although they are able to move things in so long as the agent unlocks and locks the apartments. Many people are having to stay in a nearby hotel as they have no where else to go. At least the apartment owners are footing those bills. But geez...
See you all in between the moving fun as it continues:)
" Life is a celebration. Enjoy it well." Uruj Shahid
Love the journal page and ATC celebrating T day! Awesome.
ReplyDeleteYour journal page is so lovely and elegant and your ATC is wonderful ~ all lovely art work here and do hope the elevator gets straightened out so your son and gf can move along with the rest of the tenants ~ ^_^ ~ Happy Creating to you ~ xxx
ReplyDeleteBoth journal pages were close to my heart. I loved them both, and the one you created for Art Journal Journey is fabulous. More on that in a moment.
ReplyDeleteYour are truly ready for the ATC exchange. These are lovely. they are actually very romantic and inspiring. The cups remind me of lace.
I simply adore the four cups. They are both beautiful and colorful in a vintage sort of way.
That's a lovely birthday card that seems to get forgotten in my haste to look at your wonderful cups and lavender summer entry. I am in awe of these flowers. They are fabulous, and I often look for household items to use in my art, especially since I don't have the fancy items most people buy.
Thanks for sharing the beautiful flowers for Art Journal Journey and the ATCs and the cups journal for T this almost Tuesday.
Beautiful artwork and the special anniversary page is just right.
ReplyDeleteA shame about the lift but better to be safe Inreckon
Happy T Day
Love Chrissie xx
Lovely art and ATCs, hmm, I forgot to put mine on my page! Good luck with the move. Happy T Day, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeletethe stacked 4 for T are wonderful! and i´m totally in love with this lavender spread. instant summer and Holiday Feeling included!
ReplyDeletehappy t-day, linda!
Gorgeous creations here Linda! I love the journal pages, ATC's and a card!! my goodness you have been busy! All of them are absolutely fabulous :-)
ReplyDeletethanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Luv
Lols x x x
I love your journal page and your atc's great art!
ReplyDeleteHappy T Day Kathy
Wow, your 4 for T Day is wonderful and the ATCs are amazing with the pretty blue and white china, roses and gold borders - someone is going to be very lucky to receive those as happy mail 😁. I liked seeing how you created your lovely lavender page too 😀. Wishing you a very Happy T Day! J 😊
ReplyDeleteA wonderful T-Day celebration page Linda and amazing ATCs and a fantastic lavender page for AJJ! You really rock!!!Thanks a lot for all your support for AJJ again this month!♥♥♥
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oxo Susi
I love your tea pages especially the blue teacup. It looks so delicate. I've done a floral spatter painting and used cotton swabs to dab flowers. So much fun. I once used a wine cork to paint blobs clustered together to make pansies. Happy T Day
ReplyDeleteWonderful post -- you put me to shame!!!!! I absolutely adore your journal page --- led me to the tutorial! Those flowers are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteSandy xx
Hee! Hee! I seem we are on the same wavelength (I'm saying no more) I love both of your journal pages! Your ATC's are very elegant - definitely taking tea - a chunky coffee mug would be so out of place! Happy T day! Chrisx
ReplyDeleteLove your art today Linda ♥ What a pain in the butt with the moving glitch! Hope it get remedied real fast !!!
ReplyDeletethis is fantastic flower Journal and wonderful ATC!
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Elke
How many challenges did you hit this time, Linda? I lost count ;-) All of them are terrific. I especially love the lavender. Thank you for the clever idea for painting them. So simple but so effective.
ReplyDeleteHappy T-Day! Hugs, Eileen
Its a wonderful Tea anniversary page Linda and the art on your post all looks fantastic.
ReplyDeleteHappy T day.
Yvonne ss
I am a tea lover so this really speaks to me! Beautiful work! Hugs, Autumn
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting and commenting on my blog ~ yes come for a sail and bring your seasick pills ~ love to have you visit ~ ^_^
ReplyDeleteLinda your ATC's are lovely... this is my first... well maybe my second time making an ATC... They are just too small for me to want to make all the time but this time i thought i'd join in.. Perhaps i should have made mine tea related... didn't think of that until just now.. whoops.. Your ArtJournal page is something else too... Something about stacked cups i just love it and want to do a canvas painting of it... Happy 4th Anniversary and Happy T day! Hugs! deb
ReplyDeleteThey look great
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing at Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenges x
Sounds like there is a lot going on in your world Linda. You've made some wonderful art, and I hope your son's apartment situation gets cleared up soon. I bet those owners can't be too happy having to foot hotel bills.Let me know if you don't have my address. (dekn@tds.net). And happy T day celebration Linda. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteLove your anniversary Tea page! and the lovely flowers too...Q tips make great little dots don't they?! Mostly I use napkins or paper towels for blotters but have been known to scrunch up plastic wrap and use it to make a textural imprint in watercolors when they're still wet. Beautiful ATCs...the recipient is a lucky girl! happy 4th anniversary T day!
ReplyDeleteIt's always time for tea as far as I am concerned and I love your tea themed art.
ReplyDeleteHi Linda, thank you for your lovely comments, dogs are in the dog house today - well one is, and I may have blown it with the trust thing so I am a bit down. I love your lavender paintings, they are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteCazzy x
Oh my gosh Linda! What gorgeous ATCs and that journal page is beautiful! Such a nice card for a male friend - I don't see cards for men very often. Hope oyu are having a great week, Happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteHi Sweetie, happy PPF and have a great weekend, hugs,Valerie
ReplyDeleteI really love your teacups! So pretty and the design is wonderful! The ATCs are adorable too and your partner is lucky! Have a great week :)
ReplyDeleteGreat bunch of art, Linda. I love the lavender fields and the stacked teacups. Such clever ideas. Hope your son's moving out goes more smoothly now and the elevator can get inspected. I am also having a time getting people (workmen) to show up.
ReplyDeleteLove your journal page Linda and beautiful work for the challenges this week!
ReplyDeleteSome lovely little atcs....adore your sweet little lavenders....xx
ReplyDeleteLove, love the Lavender Fields ~ beautiful! ~ Happy Friday to you ~ xxx
ReplyDeleteHello Linda,You were prolific this week! Birthday card, q tip experiment. ATC. I like the variations you made in your ATC. I might jump in for the exchange. I find creating something little so much fun! Have a lovely week.
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Love your floral journal page!
ReplyDeleteYou have had a creative week since I visited last time. Lovely post as usual, Linda.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your visit my sit.
Have a wonderful weekend xx
My favourites are the floral journal page and the crop of it
ReplyDeleteHappy PPF
much love...
So many lovely things to look at, I really like your tea art and your journal pages, so pretty.
ReplyDeletewow, you did an incredible amount of work this week. Of course my favorite is the cups. Have fun with the swap, everyone will love your work! Visiting from PPF.
ReplyDeletealso, thanks so much for your amazing comment. What a lovely thing to say! Hugs, have a great weekend!
ReplyDeletewonderful collection of cards and so various! Love the different styles! Your masculine card is perfect, love the design! Thanks for joining us this week on Simon says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog! barbara
ReplyDeleteI love your summery flower. And like you I have noticed that fewer people are onlind. I hope they have a great summer.
ReplyDeleteLove your gorgeous flower piece Linda!! Stunning...would make fabulous greeting cards...love the green and purple!! Yes blog land is falling off a bit... It usually does in summer...also people are finding instagram faster I think. Thanks for looking for me... you are such a love!! All wonderful work. I hope all the glitches for your sons move get quickly rectified!! Hope it's not a Big Band Theory situation where they never fix the elevator..lol Happy moving to him and his lady!!
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Brilliant work once again Linda, it's always such a pleasure to visit you and you've certainly been busy this week. I love the cotton bud idea and have a garden full of lavender so might give that a try. Thanks for the inspiration :D
ReplyDeleteHappy PPF to you and congrats to the T stands for Tuesday gang...quite an achievement and those ATC's will be a winner for sure.
I've used the mesh bags avocados come in as resist to daub paint thru. And rubbed over them to apply paintsticks to fabric.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful art! I love the flowers. What a wonderful idea to use q tips. These days I mainly use brushes and sometimes my fingers...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work. I especially love the fancy teacup ATCs.
ReplyDeleteEverything looks fantastic. Well done on all of the art.
ReplyDeleteYou are right ~ my doggie is Double Love ~ ^_^
ReplyDeleteIs theme for this Tag Tuesday cake???? I hope ^_^
Posted my Cake tag today ~ I cropped it wrong but if people go to my blog they will see the right one ~ it is very simple ~ also subscribed to your blog ~ thanks, ^_^
ReplyDeleteThe tea journal page makes me want to move in for a cuppa. The lavender page feels positively fragrant. Good luck with your son's move.
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