I did it! I sent my little baby Circle Journal off on it's way to Dana! I'm so nervous but I know when it returns to me, it will be a grown up Circle Journal, full of experiences! Sigh. :-)
Claudine dropped her Circle Journal off at my door last night and I have to tell you, this is one talented Chica! I was speechless at how elegant and gorgeous her journal is!!! I saw pictures of it on her blog but that simply did not prepare me for how fantastic it looks in person. I am so excited to be a part of this awesome group! I'm gonna learn TONS!!!
Okay, so here's what I did for my sign in page. I used all justjohanna stamps (aren't they marvelous!!!!??)
And here are the two pages of my LO. The journal is binder-ring bound and so it opens up flat. If you don't remember, my journal theme is "Hold Dear." :-)
The structure of my journaling here is wonky but kinda hard to go back and change it now! :-)
In the future when I post, it will be other people's Circle Journal pages so there will always be a SPOILER warning at the top of my blog, just in case they check here and DON'T want to see what I've done to their books! LOL!
Okay...watch tomorrow's post if you want to see a sneak preview of what my "heART giveaway" will look like!
Cheers! Oh and BTW, Atticus is doing wonderful after his ordeal. Thanks again SO much for all your sweet kitty-shaped hugs!
The little guy is really anxious to get back outside! Hmmm...I'm not quite ready for that! He'll have to wait until I've fully recovered! :-) With Atticus being indoors now, he and Tommy make a lot of noise and try to make us think they don't like each other. But I think I have proof that they are actually buddies!!! What do you think?
These pages are GORGEOUS. Those would be dreamy bedroom colours.
Those kitties look like they like each other well enough :)
Posted by: Lilli | January 31, 2007 at 10:42 PM
The journal is beautiful. I LOVE the different shades of pink with the single yellow tablet. The stamp that you used on the second picture on the pocket - I have the same one.... The Johanna stamps are great. I linked over there and discovered that she is from San Diego too!
I'm looking forward to tomorrow!! The boys will be in intensive training all day today on the highly technical aspect of picking names out of a bowl. :)
Posted by: Karin (creativechaos) | February 01, 2007 at 08:27 AM
oh my goodness what BEAUTIFUL pages. i am such a wannabee artist--i love getting to see such talent with just a click on my computer!love it, love it. and those stamps ARE marvelous.
Posted by: tricia | February 01, 2007 at 08:39 AM
You are way to kind, I love your pages.
Tommy looks just like our Penske but our cats would never be that close to each other without somebody geeting a nice claw to the nose....
Posted by: claudine | February 01, 2007 at 09:47 AM
Oh Michalle, your circle journal is breathtakingly out of this world beautiful. Now, I wish I wasn't such a chicken. I so love all of your journaling on your pages...kinda "me closing in on me" don't you think.
Posted by: Sharon at Norah'S | February 01, 2007 at 09:51 AM
This is a gorgeous journal! I was introduced to Just Johanna stamps through Nancy James. They are so fun. xoxo
Posted by: Cris | February 01, 2007 at 10:30 AM
This is gorgeous! LOVE the pink and green and shabby chic of it all. Thanks for the link to the stamps. They're wonderful!!! Can't wait to see more of your journals.
Posted by: ArtsyMama | February 01, 2007 at 12:03 PM
Wow, totally cool journal---how fun to be involved, but yep, bit scary to send you're baby off into the big world! Looks like indoor therapy is giving your kitties bonding time!
Posted by: Jana | February 01, 2007 at 12:46 PM
i'm *loving* your journal with all the layers & great colors... now, i'm gonna have to check out the links on those stamps you are using...
Posted by: andrea | February 01, 2007 at 06:53 PM
it's me again...just dropped $34 on stamps, thanks Michelle...and paypal makes it way too easy, i didnt even have to get up and get my credit card! your DT stuff was 2cute BTW!
Posted by: andrea | February 01, 2007 at 07:11 PM