April Art Journal Page-Recycled Spring

Animals, Art Journaling, flowers, Mixed Media, Other Than a Card, Seasons, Shopping My Stash, Spring, Tim Holtz/Ranger

Hello friends!  I hope you all had a wonderful Easter and have been enjoying the wonderful Spring weather outside!  We have all sorts of blooms and buds everywhere which is really exciting to see!  I think I need to trim some lilacs from my bush to put in a jar and enjoy the lovely smell from them!

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” April prompt of “RECYCLE/UPCYCLE”: 

Flowers are everywhere, so I thought I’d place them all over my page today too!

For my “recycled” elements, I have used a floral napkin in the background which gives it some wonderful texture and I’ve also painted some white paint over it for a “wash” so that it wasn’t so bright and vibrant and too busy for the background.  I splattered some black and gold watercolor over it as well.

I found a darling image with these gorgeous Spring birds perched on the fence, cut it out and popped it up at the bottom with foam tape.

I thought that a strip of gold cardstock (left over from a project) would make a nice bright accent to go with my gold embossed “HELLO SPRING” sentiment and gold splatter.

I’ve also “recycled” an old part of an ATC project and half of a doily to add on the side with the sentiment and I’ve tied some old twine around that ATC panel.

Lastly, I’ve added some flowers and a butterfly from my old collection of ephemera pieces left over from years ago!

  • I hope that you’ve enjoyed my art journal page today and it gives you all the feels of Spring in the air!  I had fun putting this one together!  Thanks so much for dropping in!

(Feeling a little bit under the weather this week and I’ll catch up as I can!  Thanks for understanding!)

Challenges:

  1. Art Journal Journey – Spring Birds
  2. Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone – April No Cards
  3. Creative Artiste – Mixed Media projects
  4. Neglected Stuff – April (doily, Tim Holtz ephemera)
  5. Simon Says Stamp Monday – Blooming Blooms
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36 thoughts on “April Art Journal Page-Recycled Spring”

  2. What a gorgeous scene with the lovely birds and the beautiful flowers.

    Have you finally received your parcel????

    Hugs, Margreet

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    1. Thank you friend! 🙂 NO! I still haven’t received the package even after filing a missing report to return to sender! It keeps circling and circling from NY to ST LOUIS! It’s crazy! LOL

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  3. Vicki, I love this! The birds are so sweet, and I can almost smell the flowers! Thank you for the thoughtful card that you sent us. Happily, we are home again from CO, but sadly, have to return in Oct. for another set of labs, tests, etc., as hubby is showing high risk for recurring or metasticizing cancer.

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    1. Thank you for your kind comment friend! Glad to hear you made it back home and I’ll be thinking about you guys for the upcoming Oct. Sending hugs

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  7. So beautiful Vicki, love the flowers and birds and gorgeous colours, just shouts Spring, gorgeous page, I love it..

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  8. The combination of recycled elements and vibrant spring colors creates such a beautifully cohesive design. The floral napkin adds wonderful texture, and the gold accents bring just the right amount of elegance. The birds perched on the fence are a charming focal point, making this page a delightful celebration of spring.

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  9. That is a really lovely spring page Vicki. Those birds on the fence are definitely the stars of it. Could you find any cuter bird images? Your page definitely is all about spring, and like you said, it is fantastic to see everything getting green and blooming. Enjoy your lilacs too. You are a bit ahead of us, but it won’t be long until nature catches up. Thanks so much for joining in at AJJ. It is always appreciated. Enjoy the lovely spring weather and signs of the seasons my friend. hugs-Erika

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  11. I really LOVE how you recycled everything for this journal page. That made me feel good. It’s a beautiful entry for Erika’s theme at AJJ, too. Thank you for sharing it with us, Vicki. Those birds are the stars of the page.

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  16. WOW!!! There is nothing I DON’T like about this, has just about everything spring you can think of. Thank you so much for thinking of me with the cute card. So far so good.

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  17. That’s a wonderful Spring collage and all the more crafty using ‘found’ elements! The washed napkin background is soooo sweet! Hope you are enjoying some better weather, xoxo

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  19. Beautiful page, Vicki! Thank you for entering our challenge at Art Journal Journey.

    Hugs,

    Mia

    Co-administrator for AJJ

    <a href=”https://craftartista.blogspot.com//”>craftartista.blogspot.com {My Blog}</a>

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  21. Lovely journal page! Great design and creative additions. Thank you for joining us at Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone at the Outlawz Challenges. Shirley M.

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