More from the Junk Journal

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Pages 17 was a weekend day so there was no prompt. Penguins with a snowman built by the Young One when she was 5 years old and photocopied. "Are we having fun?"

The prompt for day 23 was sketchy, but I swapped that for day 18. I sketched the polar bear from a sticker and cut out the letter for No. As in replying to the penguins and snowman on the first page. Are we having fun? No

The prompt for the 19th was Clips and layers. An envelope from Finnbadger provided the backdrop. The large penguin was a thank you note from the grandniece and grandnephew. The envelope wrap holds a penguin sticker and is clipped to the penguin card.

On January 20, Lindsay showed us how to make a simple pop-up. The Eldest had sent me a clips of Harvey, the mailman, from the cartoon, Hey, Arnold. This was my inspiration.

The prompt for the 21st was Negative Space. Lindsay used packing tape to adhere some flowers. I used snowflake embellishments. With the packing tape, the snowflakes can be seen from both sides.

The January 22  prompt was Colors. White is a color. Snowflakes are Winter dandelions.

I swapped the prompt Sketchy on the 23rd. The 18th was a weekend day so my own composition. I had the pretty birch tree paper and a cardinal that I wanted to use. Cardinals make me think of my parents and a female cardinal had recently visited the bird feeder. Mr. Google provided me with a cardinal quote. "My cardinal song is a call to you, To tell you that I miss you, too." - Elle Bee

Maps was the January 26 prompt. I track a polar bear named Bobbie though the app, Fahlo. Bobbie is an old broad like me. According to her bio on the postcard, she's 22 years old and has raised 6 cubs.

The map is an image of her tracking signals.

The theme for the 27th was pockets. "Where does a polar bear keep his paws when they are cold?"

"In his pawkets" 🤣I just slay me.

A Christmas card with black-capped chickadees (the state bird of Massachusetts) and the remnants from the birch tree paper, provided this gem. The prompt was supposed to be stamps, but I swapped that for the 31 which was a Sunday and didn't have a prompt.

One chickadee asks, "What's the best thing about Winter?"

The other chickadee replies, "When it's over."

Fabric was the prompt for January 29. I don't really sew and didn't have any fabric. I did find some felt from craft stuff the Young One left behind when she moved. I fabricated a little penguin with googly eyes.

"I am wicked cold, but being very brave." I saw the saying on a tee-shirt. The wording on the tee-shirt was I am very cold, but I substituted "wicked" a quintessential Boston expression.

On Friday, a notecard arrived from Nan. Perfect timing because everything she sent was perfect for the January 30 prompt of Mixed Up Media and Mediums. Nan hand lettered and watercolored the card. She used the cute little girl dressed in red stamp. On the back of the envelope she had used washi tape which I used to adhere the card like a flap so I could still read her note.

She also included some painted and decorated snowflakes which I turned into a tag. The envelope made the perfect pocket.

I used the stamp prompt from the 28th for the 31st. I had a polar bear stamp. I stamped him 2 times and cut them both out. Pasted one down and then used mounting tape to make him "3D". As of the last day of January there are only 140 days left until the Summer Solstice.