Another great challenge from Michelle Ward over at the GPP Street Team, this time all about using some of the wrapping and ribbons we used at Christmas to make a journal page. So here is mine. I started out by gessoing the pages as the paper in this journal is quite thin. Then I added some gold acrylic paint which I love. I really wanted to do something with doors opening so cut my different sheets of paper up into door shapes and added ribbon for handles. I tend to use tissue wrap for gifts at Christmas and then add showy ribbon in red or gold. Inside the doors I wrote about each daughter who came home for Christmas - three from overseas so it is fun to record a little of what was going on for us this year.
The second page has a little wrapped parcel at the top (I did many parcels with white tissue paper and this red glittery ribbon) and a fun cellophane poinsettia bag (cut for the purposes of the journal) which I used to put homebaked oat and spice cookies for the postman, the milkman and the vegetable delivery guy plus anyone else who I thought might like them!!!!
Inside the bag I put two tags similar to those I used for some parcels and then on the back I made some notes of the recipes I used this year for my turkey and vegetables etc., and I added some other shop bought parcels I used too. It will be a fun memory - thank you Michelle as always for these prompts. I especially need the deadline too!!!
6 comments:
Sheila - bravo for getting a spread done, just in time! Love that you showed a little paper and ribbon evidence, then went stealth with your stories behind doors and on tucked-in tags. You've captured a little bit of Christmas to be remembered always. Thanks for sharing with the team.
That's so cool to journal notes about your daughter's visits behind those doors! What a beautiful way to visually display those memories... Happy creations from germany, tj
I love your pages - they are so full and personal. I bet you'll be coming back to look at these Christmas after Christmas!
ps Your postman etc are very lucky!!!
Karen
Thank you for your thoughtful comment on my journal pages.
Your pages will be such a lovely record of your Christmas, family visits and special meals.
Can I just say I think your postman, vegetable delivery man and milkman must be very happy :)
Karen
ps I must be going mad cos I was certain I left a message here yesterday!!!!
Christmas after the New Year... I like that stretching out the holidays feeling... ;o) Lovely pages, Sheila--such pretty papers! Happy Days ((HUGS))
The great thing about this challenge is that it makes a great memory of this Christmas for you. And that's a special gift in journaling. The other thing is that red and gold will cheer you up until long into Spring! And I love the hidden, tucked-in elements.
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