Monthly Muse June 2017 - Week 2

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This month's muse is THE SEA.

Welcome back to Week 2

Here is the main muse inspiration I want to use this month, drawing various inspirations from it to work on each week. There will be four weekly challenges, starting on Monday, June 5, June 12, June 19 and June 26. I hope you will join me!

I found this image on Pinterest and have created a MUSE - THE SEA board where you can find it, along with some other images that speak to me in some way. Feel free to take a look and perhaps create a board for yourself if you use Pinterest.



PINTEREST BOARD - MUSE: THE SEA

Week 2 Inspiration: Using Ephemera
In the main muse inspiration picture shown above, I was inspired by how the artist used ephemera to add nostalgic interest to the scene. The ephemera was sparingly used and blended into the background perfectly, reinforcing the overall vintage feel of the piece.

To clarify what I mean by ephemera, the dictionary explains ephemera (noun) as being - things that exist or are used or enjoyed for only a short time ie "there were papers, letters, old boxes—all sorts of ephemera".

Week 2: Create a layout about the sea incorporating some ephemera pieces.
Again, think about the memories you have of the sea; why you love going, or why you don't like to go, what you like to do there, what you like to watch, a favorite time of day perhaps.

Your layout does not need to be vintage themed so if you prefer to do a more modern colourful page then go for it! All you need to do is create a page about the sea and use some ephemera on it. (NB Other elements can be added eg stitching, flowers etc etc, you just need to use some ephemera as well.)

Ephemera can take the form of envelopes, postcards, cardboard pieces, round paper tags, torn pieces of paper, stacked pieces of papers, ticket stubs or journal cards to name a few pieces.

Take a look at your own stash to see what ephemera pieces you can find or check out the Ephemera section of the store to discover more. You can even 'cut' pieces out of a paper to create your own ephemera pieces if you like.

I have elected to use the one layout for this month and just 'add to it' each week, so this is my page for this week with some ephemera added.



You can use any size layout. The Skinnies templates available HERE. In addition @cfile created one cool triangle template that you could use (Christa's awesome template is HERE on PSD- let us know if you need any other format!). Or you can use the one layout and just keep adding to it, which is what I am going to do this month......... kinda like a progressive one, but it's totally your choice in how you do it!

Please post your layout to the Art Journaling Gallery HERE and then post it in this thread by copying the code (at the right of your gallery image) from the box under "Share BB Code".

We will draw a winner at the beginning of next month, even more incentives for your inspiration! You can use any products in The Lilypad store, make sure you follow our gallery guidelines. Pages are due last day of the month.

If you have any questions, ask here in this thread. Looking forward to seeing what you creative ladies come up with for this week!

 

oooh great job Marilyn!

 

Wow! you have all been creating some lovely pieces while I was asleep!! off to the gallery!!

 

Sandy, why don't you play around with a skinny template to see how it turns out, as well as doing your regular pages? you might like to get the first two panels done and then finish it off and only post it at the end of the month if you are happy with it?

 

I spy some more fabulous layouts!!!