March AJ Page-Favorites

Art Journaling, Lawn Fawn, Mixed Media, Other Than a Card, Shopping My Stash, Stampin' Up!, Taylored Expressions

Hello friends!  Here we are again at the end of another month!  Although I’ve been really busy this past week, I think I’m ready for March to be over with!  Mainly because of this crazy weather and another because I’ve been busy doing things other than crafting! LOL  (Must be time for that organizing…er as I like to say “agonizing”!)

Today is our monthly AJ page with my crafty friend Carol (from Crafty-Stamper) who is collaborating with me to “SMASH OUR STASH”! 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 “Favorite Things”: 

I’m sure you might’ve guessed that one of my favorite things to do is obvious on this page!  (This craft room actually looks a bit more organized than mine is currently!)  I did have so much fun with this one!  I’ve used SO many of my favorite things on here:  old stamps, mixed company favorite stamps, foiling, heat embossing, coloring (Copics and watercolor), ink blending, die cutting, fussy cutting, using old paper stash, mix of papers, favorite colors, the subject of stamping, my favorite room, wearing sweats, crafting while sun going down, etc, etc, etc.  Honestly, this was easy, but it could be because I enjoyed putting it together.

For the background:  I used a standard white cardstock base measuring 5.5″x8.5″ and then took some very old Stampin’ Up! paper (Porcelain Prints) to cover the entire size so that I could get the look of wallpaper.  I then used some textured woodgrain cardstock from my stash for the floor, the window and the shelves.  (The shelves were popped up with a foam strip)  I die cut a scallop border in white for the trim above the floor and also die cut a frame for the wall hanging.  The sentiment for the wall hanging was gold heat embossed and placed behind the frame. (I sponged some white clouds in there too.)  The border at the top was printed off my computer and I used another scallop border die to cut it out.  I sponged some brown ink around the edges of the page and added all of the elements.

The stamper girl image was from an old company called “Hambo Stamps” (went out of business several years ago), but I think it’s so cute and funny!  This is where the gold embossed sentiment came from as well.   Had fun coloring her up with my watercolor pens.

For the window, I used the Taylored Expressions Foil It-Dreamscapes along with the coordinating stencils that I received from Virtual Stamp Joy earlier this month.  (I will share my projects in another post later on.)  I also used the TE Arch Windowpanes die set to cut out a frame in the woodgrain cardstock over one of the ink blended panels.

And lastly, the little crafty items on the shelves and floor came from the Lawn Fawn Just Add Glitter stamps & dies.  I stamped and colored those up with Copics to place on the shelves.  I also thought it would be fun to add some glitter spilling from the gold glitter bottle and dumping onto the floor…always a fun thing to happen in the craft room while you ignore it because you’re so intently working on something!

All this page did for me was to remind me that I really need to do more organizing!  I hope you’ve enjoyed my page today and take a hop on over to see Carol’s inspiration too!   Thanks so much for stopping in today!

(P.S.  I’m currently away and it will be a few days before I can reciprocate your comments, but I truly appreciate your kind words of support.)

Challenges:

  1. Art Journal Journey – Home Sweet Home
  2. Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone – March (no cards)
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17 thoughts on “March AJ Page-Favorites”

  5. Oh.My.Gosh. This is totally adorable! You did such a great job with the spilled glitter, the watercoloring, the wallpaper, well I could just go on and on! This is so stinkin’ fun! That butt crack, though! 😀

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  6. What a great page Vicki, something I can relate too, not the builders crack, I would never do that ,ha ha ha, I wear long T/shirts..I love the window with the happy colours and gold detail and the white skirting board and frame, fabulous page..

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  7. Fabulous journal page Vicki, love the cheeky image and craft room -think we have all experienced the spilt glitter! Love the wall paper and all the details-brilliant. I have had another declutter in my craft room and got rid of more stuff to the charity shop.

    Carol x

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  8. My gosh, Vicki, you’ve got all the fave stuff on this page. LOVE the glitter mess, but maybe not as much as that butt crack HAHAHA. Hambo Stamps had shall we say down to earth humor? Love it! Eureka and QKR Stampede were the same way. The good ones always go outa biz. Hope your getaway was fun! xoxo

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  9. Fun AJ page- love the scene! Your images are so fun… and the spilling glitter is a hoot! Great job!

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  14. What a fabulous page and I whole heartedly agree with the sentiment! I think I may look like this crafting too, obviously I’m on about the mess …lol 😊. Take care and wishing you a very Happy April! (where did March go 😆). Hugs, Jo x

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  15. LOL that looks like me when I bend down to tend to my flowers! Oh my how I have missed you!! I hope all is well. I have been keeping tabs here and there without commenting, but hope to catch up on all the inspiration you offer soon.

    Your journal page is so fun! I thought you usually make holes first – to put in a binder? And the glitter? Perfect! And so true. I can definitely see the scene you have created so clearly. Anyway, I do hope to see more soon – thank you SO much for thinking of me this Christmas, I so enjoyed hearing from you and it was much appreciated.

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  16. Your creativity truly shines in this art journal page! The combination of favorite crafting elements, like foiling, heat embossing, and ink blending, brings such charm and depth to the design. The playful humor in the details, especially the spilled glitter and the cheeky image, adds so much personality and fun to the scene. What a wonderfully inspiring and relatable craft room creation!

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  17. What a fabulous scene you have created Vicki I love the scene out the window also the detail of the room is amazing well done

    hugs

    lorraine x

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