Art Journal Journey

ATC and circus…to me the 2 together are a no brainer. ATC’s are so much fun to make and the imagery of the circus so rich that I suspect I could make a dozen cards at least and not get tired of them. Ildi Geist’s goodies again provided me with ample fodder for this one (products used are no longer available) Ildi has a great new Page Set coming out tomorrow. I feel an ATC coming on!!!

Ugh...the 9x7 size journal is no longer available for printing.....grrrrr. So I shall have to rethink that one. I think I may just print the pages I have and work them into a hybrid book that I have started with other pages I had printed....and then changed my mind. Gotta love a changeable mind ;-) Meantime...I've been playing with ATC's some more. More than half my wardrobe is purple, I'm sure. I try valiantly to move away from it (variety is the spice of life and all that sort of thing....) but success is limited. I used a kit called 'Start Wearing Purple' by Ildi Geist for this double sided card...not that I need any encouragement! Here is another one with a school theme...that chalkboard background make me want to grab chalk and start drawing!

This one was fun to make...just kinda pondering the variety and multi facetness (is that a word?) of life, I used Ildi Geist's Circus Maximus Page Set  (no longer available)

I'm going to post these retro active. Just too much happening in my life to keep up with decency ;-) and I still wish I had more time to make ATC's. Maybe I should set one day apart purely for the pleasure of making ATC's Now that sounds like a plan. Ildi Geist has a kit called 'Funky Soul' (no longer available) and it is brimming with goodies....and memories. I pulled out the ones that 'yelled' the loudest to me. What do you think? Ildi hosts an ATC swap at Scrapbook-Elements. It runs monthly and every month the theme is different. This month of August is medieval virtues. I have a few more ideas of cards to make, but will I get to it in the next week? Here is another one, also featuring Ildi's goodies. and another of the monthly themed ones I love taking out my little ATC box and just looking at all the goodies inside...I should take a picture to show it to you sometime....

I enjoy reading old school Science Fiction. the new stuff does not appeal to me in the least, it simply doesn't have the charm of the older efforts. I was listening to Fahrenheit 451 while making this one btw.

Remember 'Forever in Blue Jeans' by Neil Diamond? (hmmm you're THAT old? LOL) I heard it on the radio again the other day and when I saw Lisa's new kit...it begged me to capture this line in print. Money Talks