Art Journal Tangents and Tactics - # 3 and # 4

I have combined the past two Art Journal Tangents and Tactics (AJTT) from Tammy at Daisy Yellow.  These have been in various stages of completion for the past few weeks but I wanted to wait to do one post when everything was as done as it was going to get. 

AJTT was about making an accordoin book from a manilla file folder.  I had a lot of fun with this usine magazine images.  I left a space on the back because I pallned to add it into one of my journals, but otherwise I decorated the front and back sides.

I used NeoColour II crayons around the outside of each image and then painted an outline in acrylic and sponged some more acrylics through sequin waste.  I then added lots of gel pen doodles until I felt like there was enough going on.  You can see I added a little velcro square to the flap.

Here is the back.

I used the same technique here but stuck to a simpler pallette.  And you can see my little velcro  square that will attach to the flap to close it.  More about that later...

I had this done and then turned my attention to AJTT #4, which was using a basic grid (not measured) as the backdrop for a journal spread.  This was my first one:

I used a real mixture of stuff in this and had a lot of fun.  Magazine images, junk mail (crown), postage, transparencies, tape, music etc. and lots of doodling.  I tried to have some things overlap between grids but it was stilll quite orderly.  I was pleased.

Well, then I saw that Tammy had posted a new blog post - she called it the Grid Collage Expansion Pack and it blew my mind!  It was a grid but not nearly as controlled.  I loved it because I am used to both using and ignoring the grid background I so often use with my bingo card backgrounds.  I also knew what I was going to do with that accordion book...

The accordion book closure first gave me a little challenge.  When I attached the covers together with the velcro closure the other side popped open, leaving me with this. 

So not what I was going for!  I put out a call for help on the Daisy Yellow FB group and got several ideas - I settled on a closure with flat yarn that would fit nicely under the book without being too bulky.  So here is the finished page - it is the final page in my Sketchbook Project journal (and no that does not mean the book is done - I am not working in order, but I think last time I checked I was about half done). 

I had so much fun making this page and I think it shows.

 

Comments

[Bleubeard and Elizabeth]

You can be really proud of that final spread. I like how the eyes are on the prize (grin). Nice grids. I really like the one where the butterfly spans two grids.

[Linda K]

FAB work Cindy-so visually appealing!!