Hello friends! We are at the end of March, and it happens to also be Easter weekend as well this year! So happy Easter and I hope you’re enjoying the beginning of the Spring season! I will be out as this post goes up, but I wanted to get in this month’s AJ page!
It’s time for the monthly Art Journal Page collaboration with my crafty friend, Carol (from Crafty-Stamper)! We get creative trying to use up our never-ending stash piles along with a prompt for each month. I know she always has great inspiration to share, so please check out her blog too! Here’s my AJ page with the “SMASH OUR STASH” March prompt of “POSTAL”:
For this month’s theme, I knew I had lots of real postage stamps in my stash and some ephemera pieces as well as some postal tissue wrap from Tim Holtz. I have a huge roll of it and it was time to get it back out and use it up! When looking for my postage stamps, I also found a post card that I previously created and a vintage looking photo that I printed out…which I also turned into a very large postage style stamp.
The top of the page says: “Some days you just have to ride, however difficult it might be!“
For the Background: I used an 8.5″ x 5.5″ piece of acrylic paper with pre-punched holes at the top and blended some media paints over the background which gave me the bright blended colors. I ripped pieces of the Tim Holtz Postale Tissue Wrap and attached with matte medium over the blended paint background. After it was dry, I ripped some more of the pieces and sanded the edges. I also took some ” Rusty Brown” wax and went over the textured areas and around the edges with my finger. Then I splattered some white paint over top.
I popped up the pre-finished postcard and also added some ephemera around it and added that Shetland pony postage stamp. I thought it went well with the vintage photo that I turned into a postage stamp with a die. The quote at the top was printed on my computer, ripped edges and sponged with brown ink.
This is a bit busier in design than what I had planned it to be, but I had fun playing with it and I was glad to use up some more of that piled up ephemera! I hope you got a “KICK” out of it too! 🫏 Thanks so much for stopping by and I’ll see you soon!
Challenges:
- Art Journal Journey – On All Fours
- Love to Scrap – Anything Goes
- Creative Artiste – Anything Goes Mixed Media
- Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – Anything Goes
Your AJ page looks fantastic! The postal theme really comes to life with the mix of real postage stamps, ephemera pieces, and the postal tissue wrap from Tim Holtz. The vintage photo turned into a postage stamp adds such a unique touch, and the quote ties everything together beautifully. Great job on using up your stash and creating such a vibrant and dynamic page!
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Awesome page, fabulous background and design. This sentiment really speaks to me right now. Like that you are using up your stash on your amazing journal pages.
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Fabulous journal page and great minds think alike with some of the items lol.Great background and love your postcard and added stamps-brilliant.Can you believe end of March alreadt-enjoy the Easter weekend.
Carol x
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love this! Great background
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Wonderful postage themed page Vicki,love the vintage look
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What a fun page with all of the vintage stamps, images and beautiful background. I love the little stamp of the buckskin horse – it looks exactly like the horse my husband once owned. I hope wherever you are today, you’re enjoying a fun Easter weekend celebration. Take care and hopefully you’ll have some sunshine to make this a fantastic day too!
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Gorgeous fun page with the postage stamps and beautiful background. Enjoy your Easter weekend.
xxx Margreet
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Fabulous journal page. I like that background and fabulous sentiment along with all your design!
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What a great journal page – love the antique look of the page – and the sentiment is perfect. Have a Happy Easter.
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Fabulous fun page Vicki, I love the theme and love your stamps and ephemera and page design..beautiful colours in the background too..gorgeous..
Luv CHRISSYxx
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I love this! Those postage stamps are amazing as are your colors and textures. And the pieces of ephemera are the perfect touch! Those TH tissue rolls last forever, don’t they?! I have a couple in my stash and you have inspired me to get them out and use some more of them. I have just the project in mind now. Bahahaha! Happy Easter to you and your family! ❤
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Gorgeous page! Loving those bright colours and the sentiment is perfect and for me reflects the month perfectly ❤️. Hope you are keeping well and sending you crafty wishes. Hugs, Jo x
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This is fabulous Vicki and doesn’t it feel good to use up more of your stash? The little ponies are so sweet and perfect for my AJJ theme , thank you for sharing, hugs, Chrisx
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You have such a clever eye for composition Vicki, wonderful way to smash your stash. love the embellishments and written words, fantastic design.
Thank you for sharing @ Creative Artiste and joining our ATGMM challenge.
Easter Blessing Tracey DT
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I love how you “went postal” Vicki. I really love that stamps and postmarks. I also like how you used the horse image for Chris’ challenge too. It’s a great image, and it also works how you cut the edges. Thanks for linking up at AJJ. I hope you had a great end of the month, and had a nice Easter too. April is just about here. hugs-Erika
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Great colors and wonderful postal images! Great AJ page!
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Vicki, The colors are perfect and you have created such wonderful flow…the sentiment is just perfect with the postage stamp look you created, The post card you had created before is also such a nice addition to your page. Awesome creation with items from your stash! Smiles, Kathy
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Your background is gorgeous! I don’t think it’s “busy” at all, it’s artsy just as it should be. You met the theme to perfection with this one. I hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend and weekend to come.
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How true this is! You do such a great job with these journal pages! I’m still scared to try…hugs!!!
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