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Welcome to my crafting blog. After retirement, my husband and I moved to a beautiful location in the Okanagan area of British Columbia. I love all paper crafts including mixed media, journaling and cards. I also dabble in papermaking, photography, fibre art, and altered books. I am an active member of several card and mixed media groups and on the design team of several challenge blog. I love the world of blogging, it has opened many doors for me. My favourite quote is by Maya Angelou. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” I hope you join me in my search for my creative side. Thanks for stopping by!

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Friday, August 5, 2022

Creative Artiste August Challenge

 Time for another great challenge over at Creative Artiste this month.

 Our theme is always

"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your projects. Please respect that we do not currently accept Instagram entries. Only correctly linked blog entries please.

This is the project I made for this challenge. I made this altered art journal for a friends birthday. 

I used an old style photo album.  I wish I could show it to you because it was a beautiful find but I managed to delete the pictures I took of it.  The cover was leather and each page had a second sheet of tissue page protecting it.  

The pages themselves are a very high quality paper which I think will be good for sketching, water colour or markers. 

I used several napkin pieces for my image that I collaged.  The layered pieces behind the image were from my scrap box.  One of the papers was from some glass I was unpacking and the other piece was from a paper bag made out of pineapple skin. Both papers were interesting and lots of texture. 


I used Kroma Crackle for the cover of the book along with an assortment of acrylic paints. The Edges of the book were done with a gold leafing pen by Krylon.  I also added a rice paper butterfly and a napkin butterfly.  I edged the papers with Walnut distressed ink. 

Napkins used



Closer view






Inside  page 


Crackled Back Cover




Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Please join us this month, we would love to see your creations. 

I am entering my project in the following challenges

Love to Craft - anything goes

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5 comments:

  1. crafty-stamperAugust 5, 2022 at 9:10 AM

    Fabulous art journal page and cover love the beautiful papers you used and the crackle
    Carol x

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  2. Let's Art JournalAugust 5, 2022 at 12:56 PM

    Wow, what an amazing transformation! I love th images from the napkins that you used and the crackle finish is so beautiful 😊. Happy August! Hugs Jo x

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  3. AndreeAugust 5, 2022 at 4:00 PM

    A gorgeous album transformation Judy. The painted crackle finish looks amazing and the napkin images are fabulous. The pineapple skin paper sounds intriguing xxx

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  4. LysAugust 7, 2022 at 5:50 AM

    I love the crackled background and the colours you used. The different papers make interresting layers and the whole piece is fabulous.

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  5. Ina GAugust 14, 2022 at 10:22 PM

    Fabulous result from those lovely napkins Judy. So colourful and creative.

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