A few (more) minutes of fun - collaging a journal page

In this series you can join me at the craft table once a week for a few minutes of art and craft creativity - between ten and twenty minutes usually. But sometimes a project needs a little MORE than just a few minutes... so in A Few (More) Minutes of Fun, you'll be invited along for a deeper dive into my creative process.
Today I'm continuing with the mixed media background you saw in a previous episode (linked below), and then moving on into creating a collage over it. Listen in as the girl and boy tell me their stories as I'm creating.
For full details of the background, watch here: • A few minutes of fun -...
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Portraits and Paper Dolls, Urban Ephemera Pack, Small Talk Stickers, Design Tapes and Snippets Number Strips
Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress Crayons
Caran d'Ache Neocolor II Aquarel crayons
Everything used in this video I bought myself.
#timholtz #artjournal #collageart #alteredbook #journal #mixedmedia #mixedmediajournal #mixedmediaart #booksbooksbooks

[@artemisceleste]

Einstein said that “creativity is intelligence having fun”. Thanks so much for letting us watch you play.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

That's one of my favourite quotes - Einstein said so many brilliant things!! Happy to have your company while I'm having fun. Thanks so much for commenting.

[@robynskowronski]

Thank you so much Alison for taking the extra time to explain your thought process on how you create your incredible designs!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

You're so welcome... glad my thinking out loud is worth listening to!

[@lorietroyer2114]

I love your instruction about balancing. And telling us the story as you create is so entertaining, it’s as if someone is reading a book to me as they are creating the book. Love your work, love your videos.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Oh, that's lovely feedback, thank you. So happy to hear you are finding the videos both entertaining and helpful. Thanks so much for your company on this creative journey.

[@Cyrilmc222004]

Thank you so much Alison I really really enjoyed watching you create this beautiful and stunning double page spread, and the story you created along with it. I really really love ❤️ ❤❤❤ it and the way you create everything so it fits perfectly together too. Please stay safe and well too xxxx Mags ❤❤❤❤

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thanks so much for another lovely comment, Mags - delighted to have your company on this creative journey.

[@janecameron7498]

I love the way you tell stories with these pages. So inspirational. Thanks.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you... it always feels like they're telling me the stories! Happy you enjoyed it.

[@FunkAndDazzles]

I love that you put meaning behind your ephemera choices and placement!!! Thank You🖤🤍

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you... yes, it's always about storytelling for me - and usually it feels as though it's the characters telling me the stories rather than the other way round!

[@Quill._]

I enjoyed the emotional connection you spontaneously wove as you developed your piece. Your imagination added a touch of magic to the end result. Thank you for a very relaxing few minutes.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

What a lovely, thoughtful comment, thank you. The characters in the photos often weave stories for me as I work with them... so I'm just sharing what they tell me! Very happy you enjoyed the video. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@MarisolEspaillat]

Love to see how thestory unfolds!! Thank you!💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

You're so welcome! Happy you enjoyed it.

[@suebouch4074]

Hello Alison! Thank you for sharing your play time with us! There are so many things to love about today’s play: gathering some options to have close by for inspiration and to easily reach for during the creative process; the vivid story line that was woven between the elements; the educational aspect of balance, technique, and composition; and the overall delightful result of the 2-page spread… just lovely!!! My playtime today is finally working with my YCS (Your Creative Studio) curated vintage collage collections that I started getting in JAN-2022. I use an 8”x8” sketchbook each year and do 3 two-page spreads for each month. I debated cancelling the subscription at the beginning of the year since I’d done it for two years and have accumulated a lot of collage fodder =) … well… I missed getting them so I ended up ordering them but hadn’t actually started working with them until last night when I finally did the first 2-page spread for JAN-24… which I credit you for giving me the confidence to play again - in a variety of ways! Thank you so much for all you do to encourage and inspire! Have a wonderful weekend! 🙂

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Oh, that is so great to hear... that you've been inspired to start creating with some of those hoarded supplies. It's so easy to collect beautiful vintage papers (and other fodder and endless craft products!) and never use them... but how lovely that they are coming out to play now. I'm delighted to have played a part in encouraging that - thank you so much for letting me know, and for your always thoughtful and heart-warming comments.

[@AnnaiStockholm-tz8xe]

Absolutely beautiful page! And I love that you find out a story while composing the page. Also love how you are telling us about your thought process about balance etc, very useful. Thank you!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

So happy you are finding my thinking-out-loud useful... and yes, I love it when the characters start to tell me stories!

[@atc_and_more]

Thank you very much, dear Alison, for another wonderful inspiration in this video 🙏🤩, it is fascinating to accompany you in your process and to always learn something new, I am very grateful to you 🫶💙

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you, Silvie - it's lovely having your company on this creative journey.

[@fionawhitehead8240]

I just love the way you tell their story Alison- that's an epiphany for me.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you - it never feels as though it's me telling the story so much as them telling me stories as I'm working with them. None of it is ever planned in advance! I suppose it's automatic to me, after all those years in the theatre, to read stories in people's faces and body language.

[@fionawhitehead8240]

Yes I understand that - I used to sing opera and do miss the stage work - I might see if I could bring that drama to my journaling - could you imagine it lol!

[@user-rm1oy1qn2b]

Alison I learn so much from watching you. I love extended "few minutes of fun". More please!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

That's great to hear - thank you so much for your company at the craft table!

[@CardsalotSheila]

Great stories. Really brings the people and design to life!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you... it always feels as though they are telling me the stories, rather than the other way around!

[@elizabethkeeling-carreau1873]

I loved watching you as you thought through each decision. Watching and listening to you as you brought balance and cohesion to your pages was like being in a master class. Thanks so much! 🤗🇨🇦🤗

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you so much for that lovely thought... it's good to know that my thinking-out-loud has some worth other than within my own creative process! Though of course if I'm not filming, it's just thinking rather than thinking-out-loud - and it's far less conscious. It's quite interesting for me to hear what's happening coming to the surface as I'm filming. Another learning curve!

[@Laura-to2kz]

Love, love the stories your art tells! Someone else may see a different story, but that is why we create…so it touches others!!! And your art does just that!! ❤❤

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Exactly... we all live different stories, and so we all see different stories, and we all tell different stories - that's the great glory of creativity and imagination. Thank you so much for your lovely comment.

[@MitchMartin29]

Such beautiful pages with a dramatic storyline . I love your creations. And i am in awe of your talent ❤

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

What a lovely comment - thank you so much!

[@edithmars3449]

These pages look so fabulous 😍 loved seeying you make these and meanwhile make a whole story around the paperdolls that make them come alive and part of the story you are creating❤ thanks for the inspiration Alison❣️

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you so much for that lovely comment... It usually feels as though it's not so much me telling a story, as me being told a story by the characters as I'm working with them!

[@edithmars3449]

That sounds really beautiful. I will try to listen better to the paperdolls next time I work with them❤

[@ReneeCollins-sl9fg]

Love love love your style,thankyou for inspiration !

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you so much for that... and you're welcome!

[@LynnLBE]

I love how you tell a story as you work❣️❣️

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you... it always feels as though it's not so much me telling the story, as me being told the story by the characters who turn up!

[@deenaotway7717]

Thank you for sharing your thought process and I love the story.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Happy you enjoyed it... somehow they tell me the stories as we go - which adds to my fun, of course, too! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@kathycavin74]

I'm not that person either!😊 Part of the fun for me, is digging through supplies for the perfect piece .

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Yes, that moment when you suddenly spot the right piece... it's like magic! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@scarlettwarren]

This has been so lovely to watch, I just love the miracle of something by coming from nothing. It’s just marvelous. I was laughing with you at your story telling of the two characters, I thought for the dark circle you could have tried the phone dial and made her an operator in her day. 🤭 The metal circle you ended up choosing came out much better I think.😁👍🏻

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you for another lovely comment... yes, that storytelling thing often takes me by surprise - it seems to emerge out of what's happening on the page without me having very much to do with any of it! Have a lovely Sunday.

[@sharonbray121]

Love your “on the fly” mixed media creations - it gives us a glimpse into your creating process TFS 🙏

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you - as I've just been saying to another commenter, the thinking-out-loud is making me much more aware of things that "just happen" when I'm creating without filming (when the thinking-out-loud is just thinking, and much deeper in the subconscious than when I'm saying it out loud for you all on camera). Happy you're enjoying the glimpses into the process... so am I!

[@siljetodalvaldok]

A few 37 min - I love it🥰👌🏻

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Yes, well... 37 minutes isn't very many compared to - say - 472 minutes (to pluck a number at random)... it's all relative! Happy you enjoyed it. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@katrineleber7238]

This is amazingly good. I keep watching your videos over and over. I don’t think my compositions are very good. I will work on that. Thank you, treen 💕💕💕

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you for another lovely comment, Treen. I've just been mentioning in other responses that the thinking-out-loud that I'm doing for the filming is obviously not usually out loud, and it's also not usually that conscious when I'm creating without filming. So I'm also learning about what it is that's going on in my subconscious during the composition process!

[@katrineleber7238]

@@w0rdsandp1ctures omg, it helps me so much! Thanks

[@user-nu7cu2fp4x]

Love the stories you tell of your art❤️ love your process. 😊

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you so much... Mostly, it doesn't feel like I'm telling the stories, but that I'm being told the stories by the characters as I work with them... is that weird?!

[@terryfrank3107]

Brilliant story telling with art journaling! I inherited a lot of photographs from this era and often wonder what is in the minds behind those serious faces- especially the girls. So helpful to hear and see the reasons behind your choices and to see how they affected the whole. Thank you!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

For a long time, they had to have serious faces because of the camera technology. A photo exposure took a long time, and it was far easier to hold still enough to stay in focus with a solemn face than with a smile... so they weren't necessarily all terribly gloomy or miserable! So glad you enjoyed the storytelling as well as my thinking-out-loud. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.

[@terryfrank3107]

⁠oh yes, you are so right! I vaguely knew that but hadn’t thought of it in relation to my pictures. You have inspired me to take some of them and tell a story and give them some life again. Thank you!

[@christinebertrand939]

Oh la la que c’est beau. 😍😍😍 et j’adore entendre L’histoire que tu créé autour de cette création. C’est très inspirant et ça me donne l’envie de créer un livre comme le tien mais avec des vieilles photos de ma famille 💞💞 Merciiiiiiii

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Oh, that will be a wonderful thing to do... I'd like to be using family photos too, but my mother won't let me yet!! (Even though there are many doubles and multiples of people we hardly know who they are... one of these days, I'll persuade her!) So happy that you enjoyed the video, and that you are inspired by it. Thank you for your company on this creative journey, and have a lovely Sunday.

[@shabbykat273]

Fun watching your process! TFS!❤

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Great to hear - thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.

[@44hopeful]

Alison you are an outstanding teacher! I love the way you tell a story with your pages! And using the same thing on each page is awesome! Thank you!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you so much for that lovely comment - very happy you enjoyed it all!

[@44hopeful]

@@w0rdsandp1ctures You are most welcome Alison!

[@normacolley5496]

Love how you put things together keep up the good work

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you - so happy you enjoyed it!

[@martymace9139]

Loving your pages! ❤

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you so much! Happy to have your company at the craft table.

[@NotTooShabbyChic]

Absolutely fabulous!!!❤❤

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thanks so much for watching and for your lovely comments.

[@NancyBuzzard]

Handle with care in case hysteria kicks in…. You are very entertaining!😂

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

That's grand to hear... I do sometimes wonder whether my thinking-out-loud is a little odd (when I'm not filming, at least it's not out loud!), but as long as it adds to the fun that's okay by me - I can live with being a little odd!! Have a lovely Sunday.

[@ruthskiff2899]

Love these pages.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you so much.

[@cigale1254]

This again is a wonderful spread in your book Alison.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you - as always!!

[@melodiepellegrino2919]

I love this book you are working on.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you so much. Yes, I shall be sad when it's full up!

[@susanstimson871]

So interesting to watch your process.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you... for some reason (possibly the camera being on, so I kept second-guessing myself), this one took much longer than they usually do!

[@trudimiler3675]

❤ the results of todays few minutes of fun, look forward to seeing the flip through of this journal xx

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Happy you enjoyed it... the musical flip through is already live here kzbin.info/www/bejne/iorUfYxnorh3qas and the one where I talk more about each page will be coming up in a couple of weeks' time. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@mychinita]

Love the pages and the story it tells. Also, I m always at a loss at how to put my Tim Holtz ephemera together, and your layering style is inspiring me so much. I don’t organize my TH ephemera either, it’s kinda fun to dig in the packets. Thank you!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

So happy to hear you are discovering ways to play with your ephemera... and yes, I like digging through and then having that magical moment when you spot just the right thing buried at the bottom! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@dianneyoung8602]

❤❤❤❤

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you!

[@nancylopez4234]

More please…❤

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

😃😃I don't plan to stop any time soon, so you should get your wish! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@MarinaBlauKitchen]

Love how you made these pages!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you - nothing complicated, but very enjoyable to play!

[@alysonhovanec6314]

Lovely spreads!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you so much.

[@kathyanstine4472]

Very nice!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you.

[@mixedupmargie]

Great pager!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you very much.

[@vleathwood]

Beautiful work Alison. ❤ Can I ask which Tim Holtz paper dolls set did you use?

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you - happy you like it. The girl is from the large Portraits set, not a Paper Doll. The boy I'm afraid I can't give you a serial number for, or launch date for the pack. I empty my packs into tins so they're all mixed up - sorry! But he's been in most editions, I think.

[@vleathwood]

@@w0rdsandp1ctures Thank you Alison ❤️

[@heidiandres1701]

😂😂😂 in case hysteria kicks in

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Well, you know us women... can't be trusted to stay calm! Happy you enjoyed it the fun!!

[@heidiandres1701]

@@w0rdsandp1ctures 💯 I understand both the suppression we’ve historically experienced and the ensuing turbulence! I love the extra minutes of inspiration. 🙏🏾