 Hey guys, how are you today? All right, we are here in my year 2017 working on July now if you don't know what that is you're watching this on your YouTube and you're like what the heck is she talking about my year 2017 is a Facebook group that myself Jerry Bellini Cindy Eder and Ann Williamson all teach in over on Facebook. It's free. It's a whole year long We do all different kinds of art journaling and mixed media I focus on this journal, which is my travel journal and my year-long journal where I document my life and things that have Got on do little bits of artwork that sort of thing. I kind of call it smash journaling And the other ladies do different things some of them are more planter-y some of them are very arty And the students share what they're doing in the group too It's a lot of fun the links for the group if you would like to join are in the description below now If you want to know More about exactly what journal I'm using what papers I'm using and stuff like you have to be part of the group Because that's all over there if I'm not discussing it here in the video. It's because it's over in the group. All right, so this is my Travel book and I am going to finish May first. We'll at least work on May. I am filming this Mid-June I'm in the middle of construction at my house. So I have to film these little bits when I can So I'm actually not finished with June yet, but I'm gonna start Working on July because I need to get July filmed and in the can so to speak so okay, so this is what we have so far for June and I am going to start This video by taking this out. This is one of our projects we had for June and I am not gonna use it in June I'm gonna use it in July, so we're gonna set that aside There were no particular special Family birthdays or anything In June this year that I'm aware of at this moment that may change I don't know. I'll have to look at my calendar in my wallet and see So let's take some of these bits and pieces that I have over here that I've been accumulating And I literally just take all my little bits and pieces of my life And I shove them in the bag with my book until that minute until the bag gets full to be honest So I went to my asthma doctors. I started seeing the asthma doctors recently again, because I'm having issues and Where I go is in a hospital and so when you check in for your appointment they give you a hospital an armband, so We're gonna put that in my journal my daughter and her boyfriend just got back from a trip to New York City and They brought me some fun bits and pieces specifically to use in my journal and one of the things they brought my husband came in this You know Asian newspaper and so I think it might be I don't know what it is It might be girly ads or I don't know. There's interesting pictures on it But I saved it. I'm not sure if I want to use it or not, but I thought it was interesting enough to hang on to for a little bit Put that aside my husband and I went out to dinner and to Harry's Hoffbrough and This is the parking ticket from picking the kids up at the airport, which was in itself its own adventure We also my husband and I had a date night. We went to the movies, so Let's get all these fun things into my journal and for June and then we will start on July I'm gonna fast forward through a little bit of this process for June and I'll be right back June done as far as I can do it right now. Like I said earlier, this is mid-June So I'm actually not done with the month by any stretch. I didn't want to put some of these paint swatches I did recently in here though Including the new Derevan Little small samples that my friend Cindy Utter sent me and the folk art color shift paints that I bought They are really fun paints, so there's a video for that And I'll try to remember to link it in the description so you guys can watch it if you want here on YouTube It's not related to my year 2017. All right, so this is our insert for July. It's very plain There's not much to it right now so I do have a family wedding in July and I will be attending and So I am going to include this little journal in July because I plan on Doing some journaling or something about the wedding in this and then including it in the month of July So I'm going to stick it in here Right there and Then we are going to decorate our July pages now. I Will tell you that for the month of July. I did something really special and I created Some special stuff for the month. I'm gonna share with you and it On the next video Or later on in the week, so I'm not going to break them out right now But they I do I have some particular ideas of what we're gonna do this month we're gonna celebrate our loved ones past and present and Whether they're human or furry or whatever they are whoever they are Maybe you're very into genealogy and you want to Use some of that in your work this month and celebrate your family tree Maybe you want to celebrate your friends of the your family of the heart aka your friends You know take it however you can however you want to think outside the box and Let's see what you can come up with now. I'm going to take a bunch of these Stickers and things that I I just have shoved in the back of this journal I think there's some washi tape in here somewhere to some Jane Davenport actually stuff. Yep. See So we're gonna take some of these and we are going to decorate our June pages There's also some napkins, but I think we're gonna skip that for right now Let's see what oh, I also have ribbons and let's see what we can do because we're celebrating loved ones I'm gonna use some of her faces here. This is these are some of her Robons her transfers. I think these Would work really well with our theme this month or it has like a sketch of say a fake relative So I like that idea a lot actually so I'm gonna take one of her Things and see it doesn't have it. Yep I'm gonna take the backing paper off And I'm gonna put her right here That's really cute. All right. I mean if we all have these things right, but then we don't use them So let's use them. I'm gonna put this one here. I got these at Michaels They should be pretty readily available still I do believe I don't think it's one of the things that she discontinued I do I did notice recently that Michaels is carrying Her line of products as part of their permanent collection It's been given a permanent spot in the stores These come off really easy. These are working really well No one more sheet. So let's just use it up for the month. I like the saying right here It says the joy of living is enough The other one said Laughter is a smile with the volume turned up. That's cute So let's put this one here and I like the bird too. So if you don't have these maybe you have some other rub-ons hiding in your old stash of Scrapbooking supplies Maybe use them maybe You want to add actual pictures of your loved ones maybe you want to make digital copies of said loved ones and Then use those pictures you can reduce them down in size and print them on sticker sheets You could use them Sort of like Tim Holt is I Found family cards as people Let's see. I think I want to use I was gonna I was thinking something and yeah, no, we're not gonna do that Okay, let's put this one back here somewhere. I will tell you I've used a lot of rub-ons in my time and They are not all created equally. These actually release really really easily So that used up all that so yay Those are fun All right that works now we need to add in something to put our Book club Book Review on so I need to put a tag or something in here. I'm actually considering cutting this golden fluorescent swatch That I did when I was comparing paint samples I'm putting this on I really like that idea. So let's do that. So I'm gonna cut it down And let's use some of the Jane Davenport washy strips. That's what these are So we're gonna pull them out of it. I bought these quite a while ago. They've never even been out of the bag All right So let's see what we have Shall we I think we have to use these I think they're wider So I'm gonna put it on one end of this I'm gonna put it on the edge of the page. We're gonna leave a little space There we go And then we're gonna put another piece of tape And we're gonna hope it sticks throughout the month and that I don't need to put more glue Sometimes the washy tapes and stickers Are not as sticky as you would like them to be so sometimes they don't stick to well Especially when they're being folded back and forth. So then you need to put a little bit of glue or Mod Podger Something underneath them. Okay, so we've got that in there We need to put our to-do list on the back, right? So let me go find one because I know I did print it I don't know where it is, but I'll be right back. Okay. I got a printout of a book list That I'm gonna stick on the back of this swatch sample. It's just I think a little bit too big But we're gonna make it work. That's just like a hair too long But you know what? I'm okay with that Tape it to the back here, and we're gonna center it up and down and side to side approximately There we go That works. I like that. So we're already to begin our month and to really celebrate this month our loved ones past and present whether they're family members or very dear friends Children or really anyone for a children and Yeah, let's go forward seeing what we can do. I know the other teachers have already brought you some great content So hopefully I can think up some interesting fun things for you all to do. All right That's it for today If you'd like to join my year 2017 or my other Facebook group or Support my channel by shopping in the Etsy shop or just sending in a tip to my tip jar All the links for all that stuff and my happy mail address all that stuff It's in the description below. So check it out if I forget to put links to Other videos I've promised to do which does happen more often than I'd like to admit Put a comment and let me know that I forgot the link and I'll add it in. All right That's it for today. Don't forget the most important thing go out and have a great day Do something nice for yourself because you deserve it and I'll see you later. Bye guys