She Sparkles . . . for More Than Words and Art Journal Journey!

Hi everyone! It's December 1st  and time for a new challenge . . .

December's Main Challenge at More Than Words opened today!

More Than Words is a monthly art journal challenge site that contains a word inspiration and a creative challenge.

Here is December's Main Challenge:

The word inspiration for this month is SPARKLE and the creative challenge is using  GESSO. 

Here is my finished art journal page:

When making my mixed media art journal page, I used GESSO (white and black) to liven up my background a bit. I wanted Deb Weiers' wonky bird (from ArtStacks) to SPARKLE, so I added black Stickles to her spots! She is also holding some shimmering balloons for fun!

The image of the bird from one of the ArtStacks Artist Series releases from Deb Weiers!  It's from her "Wonky Critters" pack, that is filled with wonderful awesomeness!!!

I hope that you get a chance to check out the Main Challenge at More Than Words his month, as well as Deb Weiers' releases at ArtStacks! 

I am also linking my page to the wonderful December Art Journal Journey Monthly challenge: 

 

This month is hosted by Jo from Let's Art Journal!  Her theme this month is "Snowy Winter."

 

My background is a page from Reminisce's Winter collection and it's definitely snowing here!  Thanks so much, Art Journal Journey and Jo, for the inspiration this month.

And thank you for stopping by my blog today.  Have a wonderful December and an amazing holiday season! 

Let it Snow . . . for Challenge YOUrself!

Hi everyone!  I hope you are enjoying your December so far!!

Today I am sharing a layout that I made for the current Challenge YOUrself theme:

This month's challenge is all about snowflakes!  I couldn't wait to scrap a photo of me with my twin sister way back in 1961!  My mom took the photo of the 2 of us in our winter hats and gloves enjoying the new fallen snow.

Here is my completed page:

I had the Echo Park "Celebrate Christmas" collection in my stash and used the paper and stickers to make my page.  I also used this amazing PageMaps sketch (from December 2018) for inspiration:

Here are some close-ups:

And the fun part, you have a random chance to win this amazing Echo Park scrapbooking kit this month:

Hope you get a chance to check it out in the hustle and bustle of the season!!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today.  HUGS!!!