May AJ Page-Never Forgotten

Art Journaling, Holidays, Independence Day, Mixed Media, My Favorite Things (MFT), Ocassions, Other Than a Card, Seasons, Summer, Sympathy

Hello friends!  I hope that your month has been going well so far!  We’ve been doing lots of things outdoors and enjoying the time as much as possible until the temperatures climb higher and gets too hot.  I’m enjoying it now, but unfortunately, there will be storms this weekend in my area.

This weekend (Monday) is also Memorial Day for those of us in the U.S.  The date and name may vary by different countries, but it’s all about remembrance of our active military who’ve died.  I wanted to create my art journal page today in reflection of this.

  • 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” May prompt of “MATERIAL”-(use fabric/cloth in some way): 

For the “material/cloth/fabric” prompt, it got me thinking because I don’t sew very much.  Sometimes I get out my sewing machine, but rarely!  I do have some fabric scraps and I thought it would be fun to cut out some squares with pinking shears!  Then I had to figure out what to do with them!

For the background:  I used a 5.5″ x 8.5″ of canvas heavy weight paper with the pre-punched holes at the top made with my Bind-It-All Machine and painted over it with some Crisp Blue Americana acrylic paint.  Once dry, I sprayed some silver metallic over it.  (You can see some of the shine at the top.)  I didn’t know how busy looking the fabric squares would look, so I decided to stop there.

Although I did cut several different squares of fabric patterns, my eyes were pulled to the red, white and blues which were perfect for Memorial Day.  I pulled out only those type of colors and used some fabric glue to attach over the background randomizing the patterns.  I also took some silver and navy ribbons to attach at the top and bottom areas where the fabric squares stopped.

The poem was a memory that I had during a vacation time with my husband when we ran into a memorial with a park bench and this poem was engraved with birds around it.  I looked it up and printed it out on my computer over a parchment paper.  I ripped it out and sponged the edges.  I also printed out the “forgotten” at the top and cut it out in a banner.  The poem was popped up with foam tape over the fabric squares.  “Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep” – by Mary Elisabeth Frye

The stars and “never” letters were die cut and attached and I finished it with red rhinestones next to the “forgotten” banner.

  • Hope you’ve enjoyed my art journal page today and I really appreciate you stopping in!   I wish you all a wonderful weekend!

Challenges:

  1. Art Journal Journey – Poems
  2. Creative Artiste – #104 Anything Goes Mixed Media
  3. Love to Craft – #80 Anything Goes
  4. Simon Says Stamp Monday – Let’s Art Journal
  5. Crafting Happiness – #176 Any Craft

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I'm so happy you found me! I love to share smiles with my handmade cards! I also enjoy papercrafts through art journaling, scrapooking and mixed media projects too! Thanks for stopping by!

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20 thoughts on “May AJ Page-Never Forgotten”

  1. What a perfect page you’ve created to remember those who sacrificed their lives for our country on this Memorial day weekend. I love all the red, white and blue along with the silver stars and that poem is beautiful. My dad, uncle, and cousins served and I always remember and think of them especially on this day, and your tribute to all military with your journal page is wonderful. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Memorial day weekend and stay safe in those coming storms. Just to mention, for some reason I can no longer slide those buttons over to save my name and email anymore each time I comment. I wonder what changed, because it’s not just your blog this is happening with?

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  3. Hi Vicki, thanks so much for this wonderful entry for Erika’s and my challenge at AJJ, much appreciated. I love how you combined the squares to make your fabulous page. It is good to remember those who lost their lives. And the poem by Elizabeth Fry is great, too. Have a great weekend, hugs, Valerie

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  6. I really like your Memorial Day themed page Vicki. Red, white and blue just work together so well, do t they? I like the fabric idea too. That’s a really lovely poem too, especially for this holiday. Thank you for joining us at AJJ this month. It is much appreciated. ❤️ hugs Erika

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  7. I loved the poem Vicki and I really love the red white and blue, so striking and the illusion that there is rick rack which made me look very carefully between the fabric squares then saw they were gaps, clever, and love the silver stars and word Never..fabulous as always..

    Luv CHRISSYxx,,

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  8. Fabulous Memorial page Vicki,love the red/white/blue squares of material-all the stars and the beautiful poem.Thank you for the lovely comment.

    Carol xx

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  9. This is such a beautiful page for Memorial Day, Vicki! Love the various fabrics and colors that you’ve picked. The vintage feel from the sepia tones cements the idea of remembering, and the poem is just perfect. Thank you so much for sharing your page with us at our Anything Mixed Media Goes challenge on Creative Artiste! xo

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  13. Beautiful page and I love the wording, I have it saved on my computer. What a wonderful salute to those that served and those that made the ultimate sacrifice. Love this.

    Hugs, Sue

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  14. The poem is absolutely awesome – that is what caught my eye first. Then the red/white/blue – well it is just perfect.

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  15. So Pretty! I like these colors and the card design! Sorry for lack of visits but trying to de clutter and prep for our move in a few months time xx

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  17. Absolutely heartwarming Vicki been a while since I read Mary Elizabeth Fry’s words but so glad I read them today. Love the way you added it to your memorial page, all dressed so beautifully.

    Thank you for sharing @ Creative Artiste and best wishes in the challenge.

    Happy crafting Tracey (DT)

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  18. Your art journal page for the “material/cloth/fabric” prompt showcases your creative process and resourcefulness beautifully. The combination of fabric squares, painted background, and printed poem creates a visually striking and meaningful piece, especially with the addition of die-cut stars and rhinestones for added texture and dimension.

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