Yet another Journal

I love doing journals.... this is the third one like this, that I have finished... it is all me...  I love painting papers... so I took a stack of papers, 8.5 X 11 and cut them in half... and then bound them to create this journal...  easy enough... I still have a couple yet to fill... but I don't work on just one at a time... since I made quite a few all at once, I have been working on them all too... Love certain colored pages and use them first... then I have to go back and fill in with other things... LOL...  always a fun project can be created on one of the pages...  

With that being said... here is another journal...  starting with the cover... 

The words that are in CAPITAL letters... are the tiny little words that you can't see...  so I have written them again.... good reminders about the page... 

 


 I love these Fred Mullet Fish stamps... and made quite a few of them a few years ago... In my journals I am trying to keep track of all the different techniques and things that  I love to do all in one place...  LOL.. I have so many journals going that just keeping track of them is a job in its self!!!  But I think you get the general idea...  I also love to make Tea Bag Medallions...  and have made quite a few CD's filled with all kinds of tea bag designs.. and they are for sale still...  each CD also has over do different folds...  you will really have fun with these CD's...  

 I spent quite a time cleaning out bins of things that my Mother sent down to me when she moved a couple years ago... and some of them really have no memory for me at all... nor would anyone else in the family desire t hem... so I have taken some of the things and used them in unique and different ways...  for example the word enjoy... one of my favorite words... and it was cut out... what fun... so I put it on the inside cover of this journal...  along with another medallion..

 From time to time I teach a class in flower making... and also have a lot of my digital flowers on Pretties by Bonnie Blog for sale... this happens to be one of the samples... I love some of these and didn't want to loose them in the paper piles... so into the journal they went...  

I also did a few fun background papers to mount them onto...  this one is done with layers and layers of inks, embossing... and then more color and more embossing...  so very much fun... I love layers on papers...  

ART MADE TO ENJOY & CHERISH  

 A practice tangle paper that I just couldn't throw out...  I love all these pretty little flowers...  and then I added a misc braid that was on my work desk...  

Along with a few more flowers...  collage...  hey... that is called clean up and glue in my space...  

DELIGHT  

 You will see a lot of these pin wheels in this journal... they are for September 21st as it is the International day of PEACE... and on the challenge of I am the Diva, this week, she had us tangle one... well I am not a one type person... always have to try things a few times... so I am in the process of making 20... as I really love to meditate on PEACE... and know that it is a very important process that we are in the middle of working thru...  

Hope fully we will all obtain inner peace and then can spread it outward to all on the face of the earth...  

CREATE PEACE IN YOUR MIND.... IT WILL SPREAD OVER THE WORLD....  

 A tag for Pretties by Bonnie samples... and it had to go into this journal... it was begging... and then when it got in there.. .I had to tangle over it... I love this tangle... I do it a little bit differently, but love it no matter how it is done... so very elegant in all ways... and with the matching colors... GREAT TANGLE...  

A LIFE TIME OF MEMORIES  





There are certain colors that I love... and the

 combinations are just as much a favorite as the actual colors are... this happens to be a reminder of SPRING...  

The arrival of baby chicks... so fluffy... and the Joyous colors of Spring... Happy, Bright, Loving and New life...  

THINK OF THE FEELING OF SPRING AND BRING IT INTO  YOUR HEART....  

 Sometimes I have to have a new stamp... so I make one or two, or three that I love... I love these leaf stamps... and use them for all kinds of creations... I just felt like stamping... so here it is...  all leaves ... with some Asian birds attached...  

FINDING STUFF... 

I am cleaning out closets, selling, books, cards... all kinds of things to make room for other things that I create... you can take a look here to see some...  and thus the words... Finding Stuff... as I am finding so much... didn't know I had so very much...  

 When I want to paint, I might not have a reason for painting something.. .but that doesn't matter... I still paint... using the colors that I need to use... the rest will follow when needed...  

That is what has happened here...  peach and turquoise were the needed colors of the day... and then I added some flowers, leaves, and of course the words...  

CAPTURE MAGIC.... so very important in each of our lives... and allow it to work with your inner being...  enjoy life...  

CREATE WITH FREE THINKING 
PLAY WHOLE HEART-EDLY...  (spelling is not a top priority when creating in my journals... the feelings are the main part...  )  

 I have done a lot of different challenges over the past few years... and sometimes I will enter a journal page... as that is what I am in the mood to create and also need to express myself in that manner... this is one of those pages... I think this was for a Tim Holtz challenge??? But can't remember...  

DISCOVER LIFE

INSPIRE DREAMS


JOURNAL EVERYDAY 

CREATE ART....  I did this page the day prior to our 44th anniversary this year...  so it was back in June...  The Journey is the destination... so very true...  

 And on the page opposite it, I had written  Now and Then it's good to pause in our pursuit of Happiness and JUST BE HAPPY....  

FIRST SIMPLIFY EVERYDAY....  

Something that is an ongoing process in my life...  a hard one too... I am trying... but a battle...  I love too many things and those things create clutter... not good... but they are memories...  how can I get rid of them????  

 A very dear friend sent me a card that reminded her of me... she loved the bird houses... the birds, and the FLOWERS.... she felt that they reminded her of the ones I draw all the time... thanks Kathy... I love your thinking... 

WE ARE ALL ONE

ENJOY NATURE IN ALL WAYS.... 

So very true... and I try to do all these everyday..  

 So on this page I drew some of the flowers... and also added some more of the card... it was  tri folded card with lots of wonderful pictures...  I just couldnt throw it away... 

CREATIVE HOPE   

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.... 

Fly High...  Soar...  birds always seem to be so FREE and full of life.. I love to watch them live their lives...  as I do the butterfly... that is what this page is all about...  being free...  

In side the tea bag wreath there is a mirror to remind me to fly high... fly free... live free... adore the life I have...  and remember who I am in all ways.. 

And on the opposite page.. a CAGE...  not gilded...BLACK....  stay out of the cage... don't box yourself into a corner... live FREE...  

Reminders all around the place...  

I was playing with my rubber stamps that I made and also a flower from Pretties by Bonnie...  I love the effect that I got.. I used three different green ink pads and then the flower is only in black...  

A real fun page... very relaxing... no stress about anything with this page...  

THROUGH TIME WE EMBRACE LIVING....  

SIMPLY DIVINE   

AMAZED....  

This page I just couldnt cover it up...  it was a paper that I used to clean up stencils...  and really was not suppose to be used for anything... but I love it... so I put it into this journal.. and that is the way it is going to be left...  

I did put a butterfly on it... and also the word always...  

This page happens to be one of my favorites..  I love pink... so that was fun to color... and then I had this grey and white with a little black tag... and really didn't know what to do with it... I put it on there and loved it... 

Then I added the word LOVE...  

Prior to putting anything on the page... I used a leaf stencil and a gold metallic dabber and made leaves all over the place...  

Love it...  

UNDERSTANDING CRAZY....  

This was done on our anniversary... 44 years...  I think I did a couple of journal pages...  as I had all day to play... YES... a nice anniversary present to myself...  

SOME PURSUE HAPPINESS.... 

OTHERS CREATE IT....  

KINDNESS...  

The flower is a Pretties by Bonnie blossom...  I love this page.. as it is pink and gold again...  just love the way that looks...  sparkle and full of pretty... 

CREATE FRIENDSHIP

DELIGHT YOURSELF

 Again my little bird is up in the flowers... and loving it all.. 

I really love the way that this page came together...  The tag was a reject for a challenge... of course I never throw anything away... I find another use for it...  

This one came out better than the one that was used.. .LOL... anyway.. there were many layers of stamping, inking and also even some Perfect pearls being sprayed...  then I added a wreath of leaves and some flowers...  love it... the background paper I made at least 4 years ago...  and believe it or not... I do remember making it...  it was a lesson from Zia...  and very useful and a lot of fun...  

July 3rd...  of this year...  
I was just getting into tangling... and wanted to do some mandalas...  I did them right into the book... onto the inked page... . and then made some marking with charcoal for the backgrounds...  love the way it turned out... not the best... but I love it...  

When working in a journal... the pages are for YOU first... not anyone else...  remember that...  

A frame that I just did a few days ago... I spent a lot of time making this... and I do love it... I was totally absorbed by the art of tangling into a strip... out of the box.. . 

Love it... the details of the flowers are so delicate... that is one reason why I love it so much...  

BE ORIGINAL AND CHERISH LOVE IN ALL LIVING THINGS....  

LIFE's A PARTY 

INVITE YOURSELF....  

So very true... enjoy every day no matter what...  

The background is done with twinkling H20's... and the flower is done with markers... plain old markers...   

OHhhhhh my Daisies.. I love daisies...  

so I piled them up on the page... and put them on some dotted swiss paper... adn of course a wild paper lace frame...  

HOME IS WHERE THE {HEART} IS... 

On our farm we have had a lot of chickens... at one time we had over 200 of them...  man did they ever make NOISE!!!!   But we did love them...  

One by one they were taken by other animals... and also hawks... but they were loved... that was for sure...  

Thus the word LOVE...  

They were used to control the bugs in the gardens... they eat their way to getting nice and fat...  LOL... we also spoiled them with organic grains...  SPOILED... 100%...  

I felt at first that this page was a little too dark... but if you look closely you will see some lavender flowers... coming out of the shape in the center...  

I called this piece the life of a flower... as it goes from being a bud.. to fully developed...  

I had a friend that was teaching me how to write Chinese... and I loved it...  

I don't get to see her anymore... but I still practice it quite often..  this is TRANQUILITY....  and this page is all about being tranquil...  

Do you feel it when you look at it???  






I am not sure what just happened... but the computer will not let me write next to this page... so the page below is a tag that I made... and a PEACE PINWHEEL....  they are matching... and the words... 

TOGETHER WE WILL CONQUER ALL....  

On the tag.... PEOPLE ARE MADE OF FLESH AND BLOOD...  AND A MIRACLE FIBER CALLED COURAGE...  so true...  

This page really came together fast...  I wasn't going to use this page.. as I love the way it looked without anything on it... but then this fish wanted to go on it.. and then the medallion made out of tea bags .... then a PEACE PIN WHEEL and then the words... 

SHARE WISHFUL THOUGHTS....  
 ADMIRE IMAGINATION.... 

I am glad that they had to go on here... I love the page...  The fish is embossed with many colors to show off the pretty colors of this fish... he is really pretty ... 

 She came onto my work desk via a box that I was cleaning out...and I couldnt' toss her in the recycling paper bin...so here she is... in all her glory...  

THIS MAGIC MOMENT...  

CREATING A BEAUTIFUL ARTIST JOURNEY...  

I love dragonflies... and this is one of my favorite dragonfly stamps...  so I had fun with the background on this page too...  

 

 Another tag that I made... and didn't use it for the challenge ... but did use it for my journal...  I love the stenciling...  the paper was a very textured paper.. and I love the way it turned out...  I added some perfect pearl spray ...and then added the flowers and leaves.. love the colors of this page...  

I added a piece of paper with asian flowers on it... I made that paper with clear embossing powder on the stamp... and then coloring the paper with inks...  I drew the flower on as an after thought...  

 Another page I did with pencil on our anniversary...    Can you see me way down on the bottom of the page???  I am there...  in between the leaves...  and the plants..  

The pink diamonds on this alcohol plaid piece of paper are made with modeling paste so it is a very textured page.. . the leaves have teal bows to match the teal in the paper...  and the flowers are Pretties by Bonnie flowers.... 

And of course the white background is make with a martha stewart punch set..  

A tangled tree... I love this tree...  so very much fun..  the background was a piece of paper that I just couldn't throw away...  so I painted it a little more... and into the journal pile of papers... 

Just fun... a fish and a few tangle doodles...  what could possibly make a better journal page...  

I love putting things together... I know that more will be going onto this page... it is only the beginning for this one..  

I love making tea bag medallions...  so very much for a pretty background.  

Another Pin Wheel for PEACE 

and yet another one too.. 

A card front from a dear friend... and I didnt' want to toss it... so in here it went...  I painted a paper for the background and punched the sides and the peony went on there... love it... 
 

One of the things that I love to do is to make tea bag medallions... so I have been making a few here and there...  and added one to this page...  synchronicity is an action that has been happening a lot to me recently... have you been having that too??? 

A way to keep track of techniques for me...  write them down and then you can't find them... so this is a new part I have added to my journals...  favorite techniques.. .

This background paper was really a wild experience and I totally love it... and this wonderful stamp was sent to me by a dear friend who I hope is okay... I have not heard from her in a while...  Thanks again Pat... 

Some zendalas, and some painting... a fun time... 

Adding these zendalas to my journals was an after thought... and I have to say that I really enjoy adding them...  it is fun and they add a lot to the pages...  

I was keeping all my zen tangles in a separate book... and now I am adding them to my art journals...   

AS you can see... these are Peace Pinwheels for the I AM THE DIVA challenge... and I think I have made 20 of them...  yeah for peace...  

 

The other side of the page and the letter E....  

 

Another Peace Pinwheel and some flowers... along with a punching technique... A fun technique using a corner punch...  adds a little flair to this page.. 

A tangling page...  just having fun and enjoying another free moment of the day... 

 A card that my Dad sent to my Mom...  he always thought of himself as the little sailor...  with flowers in his arms...  

There is a little chicken in the basket that the little sailor is holding... so I put the chicken on the Zentangle.... you can see a few of them peeking over the pockets edge.. . 

I also added another medallion and an embossed fish... a la Fred Mullet style.  

Some Pretties by Bonnie and a fun background sheet...  

 

Some times when paper is left around, like this empty zen tangle... it gets filled with just doodling ...  and I had to just put it into here... 

And this fish went along with it... it is all embossed and really cute...  I added some extra long fins on this pretty fish... I call them my fantasy fish...  
 

A medallion, A tangle, and a 3D woman...  just had to use them all... so here they were put... 

 A happy Peace Pin Wheel...  I love the colors, the tangles that I used ... and most of all the fact that others are seeing how important PEACE really is on our earth...  NOW... Peace for ever...  loving others...  living in balance and harmony... 

This is the back of the book... it is a card from a good friend and I wanted to save it from being never seen again... so here it is and it is so pretty... 

I do hope that you have enjoyed this visit inside of this journal... and that if you don't journal that you will be inspired to journal and keep things that mean something to you in a journal... or draw, sketch, play... have fun and write words... of all kinds...  

Sharing these pages with you is just another form of my journal reaching out to others... and spreading the love of all arts...  

Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and hope you will leave me a message about my journaling...

I have put this journal onto a few blogs for challenges and sharing.. please look at what the others have also added... 

Just Add Water... the theme is to be creative...  
 Balzer Designs... a journal page for the week...   
So very many creative people out there...  LOVE TO SEE it all...  These little pictures are my eyes onto the blogs...  and I do so wish I could see each one up close and big... but these are all wonderful...  
Thanks to all for all the sharing that is going on ... we need it greatly...  PEACE in all ways..  

Love, Light and Peace.... Bonnie