I've been promising myself for a long time that I would do some art journaling, and as a birthday present to myself, I have begun. To make it easier to begin, I'm working on pages that are about 6x6 inches, a size I like for making art quilts. I have a kraft colored journal, I like the organic brown color and already there are no white pages to overcome.
These particular pages are not finished, but I wanted to share them since I used the digital images we are providing free to Bumbershoot Supplies and Designs newsletter subscribers this month. I have some Victorian calling cards that are most unusual in that they are desert scenes. Jim sized them so they can be used as a base for artist trading cards (ATCs) and inchies. I printed the images out on card stock and used both sizes on these pages. The larger image above is only attached along the side, so it is a flap that can be lifted and you could journal under or even on the back of the flap.
I created a mosaic border on the opposite page, using the inchie sized images and some small rubber stamps from Inkadinkado. On both pages I have glued down some tiny sapphire glass star flower cabochons as accents.
So far, so good. Now this two page spread is ready for whatever comes next.
It's been a busy couple of weeks as I expand both of the shops. At Bumbershoot Supplies, I've added many more glass and plastic cabochons, and continue to expand the one of a kind offerings of buttons, lace, trims, ephemera, and paper ephemera that I come across in my travels through the estate sales, antique stores and specialty shops of Seattle. 
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