August monthly journal review

Time to share my completed August monthly journal. My colour for August was Brown, although you'll see I quickly found my favourite turquoise featuring on most pages. The first spread started with asemic writing in black and white, before adding some white stenciling which also finished off my cover nicely. A few stickers and I thought this was a pretty start.

On my desk was my pile of papers from printing for fodder school. I tore this piece of paper down to my journal size and punched out circles for the journal blocks. 

I was able to use some of the punched out circles for flowers for Week 30 prompt below, and you'll see the others used for journaling my last few days of this month facing my Week 34 Prompt.

If in doubt, use paint and favourite stencils...and start some extra collage papers at the same time 💙

My art in this journal is mostly created in response to Effy Wild's Journal 52 cards for 2022. My rules : each piece will include stitch, a found word, and be inspired by the project I've been working on that week or what's lying leftover on my work table. 

Week 30 : Pleasure. Turquoise, texture, stitch and shine.

Week 31 : Longing. Was in my studio with the heater on and an extra cold snap happening in New Zealand, I am longing for extended hours of summer sunshine and swimming at the beach

Week 32 : Sacred. Children and nature - worthy of care and notice as precious. 

Week 33 :  Surprise. Playing with things you can do with master sheets - a surprise when you add gesso - a surprise when you cut a shape from the back 

This is how the adjoining journal spread looks

And because there were only 3 days left in August and the prompt came out at the beginning of that week, I also included Week 34 : Tenderness

You can get access to the prompts by joining Effy's Wilderhood group on FB or subscribe to her newsletter. See all my posts about my monthly journal project HERE and Journal 52 HERE. See more regular postings from me on my FB artist page and Instagram. 

I know we're already into September, but I'm a little behind in creating my new journal. It will be all sorted by the end of the week, I'm sure. A Pink base this month and a photo of my gorgeous magnolia in flower will feature on the cover. My pile of completed monthly journals so far this year makes me very happy. 

Enjoy your Spring or Autumn, depending on where you are. A day later my cover is finished so I thought I'd add it to the end of the post. Fabrics dyed in a fodder school lesson - so excited to work in this one