Remember to Play.

Mini Junk Journal page.

I stumbled upon the YouTube channel,

of a lady called LorriMarie Jenkins.

She makes all kinds of Altered Books,

a subject dear to my heart.

(although I never tried a "true" altered one yet!)

What struck me was how she applied collage to

most pages for background texture.

It isn't something I do often.

I wasn't intending to make this page, it just sort of happened.

I was searching for something entirely different,

but during my search, 3 pieces of paper fell

onto my lap & I was surprised by how well

they appeared to go together.

I was drawn to create something immediately,

& this is what I came up with.

The torn wallpaper lining had a torn

piece of paper already glued to it.

The red with white scribbly flowers & button pieces

just fell out with it. 

I tore around the flowers & buttons,

attached them all together & then created my background.

This had some titan buff & glazes left over

from working on the adjacent page

(number 14, not completed yet)

it peeled off so I added a spot of Burnt Umber

& Red Ochre & blended them with gesso.

I then added burnt umber with a palette

knife around the frame & with an old gift card.

In fact the thing that took longest to

create was the word "collage" which

was cut from 7 different words in a magazine.

The final touch was the Tim Holtz phrase

"Remember to Play" 

I couldn't resist adding the little ladybug.