tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53186745706755364762024-03-14T03:33:43.893+00:00A Little DeeTour- from the sublime to the ridiculous!Donna Arkle (DizzyDee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01695172533552162416noreply@blogger.comBlogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318674570675536476.post-17707716642499868412016-05-02T17:23:00.002+01:002016-05-02T17:23:47.255+01:00Tracy Scott workshops - Whimsical Houses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As I said in my last post I haven't had much time recently to be creative in my own craft room and it doesn't look like that's going to change this month - but I did manage to attend 2 workshops at <a href="http://www.afth.co.uk/workshops-122-c.asp">AFTH</a> last month, and one of them was with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/myjournallingjourney/">Tracy Scott</a>.</div>
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She showed us 2 different ways to create our whimsical houses.</div>
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This is my first, I decided to do it on a background page that was already in my journal. So I went for something a touch of fantasy!!!</div>
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For my second page I used an existing clean off page that I already had in my journal for the base.</div>
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This was how it turned out!!</div>
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I had a lovely relaxing day and with a few added touches when I got home I was really happy with the 2 pages I did. </div>
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They make me smile when I look at them, which is always a good thing .....right!!</div>
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Thanks Tracy as always for a great day!!!</div>
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<br />Donna Arkle (DizzyDee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01695172533552162416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318674570675536476.post-44136819612618530192016-04-30T15:18:00.005+01:002016-04-30T15:18:50.824+01:00Regular Art Journaling with Kate Crane - April<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I hope that you are enjoying spring and are managing to find some time to be creative.</div>
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I don't seem to have had much time lately to get creating at home, so I love doing <a href="http://thekathrynwheel.blogspot.co.uk/">Kate Cranes</a> regular journaling class at <a href="http://www.afth.co.uk/">Art From The Heart</a> earlier this month.</div>
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We made one of her wonderful colourful, multi layer backgrounds and......</div>
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I totally loved doing it and I never thought I would be able to work with such a busy background - but I did and I love the feel of the finished piece.</div>
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Thanks Kate for a workshop!!!</div>
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<a href="http://www.afth.co.uk/workshops-122-c.asp">AFTH</a> has loads of fab workshops on at the moment so its worth going to have a look so you can go yourself to one of these wonderful day!!!</div>
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Happy creating everyone!!!</div>
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<br />Donna Arkle (DizzyDee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01695172533552162416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318674570675536476.post-53605559481292192632016-03-19T15:00:00.001+00:002016-03-19T15:00:19.632+00:00Tracy Scott workshops - Artful words & Doodle Journal Pages<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just a quick post about the 2 workshops I did last weekend at <a href="http://www.afth.co.uk/workshops-122-c.asp">AFTH</a> with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/myjournallingjourney/">Tracy Scott</a>.</div>
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First day we looked at letters and words to form patterns to create a page!! </div>
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This was my page - I had intended to do more to it at home but each time I go to do anything I think I rather like it as it is!! so for now it will stay like this!! </div>
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The second day Tracy showed us different ways to set up a page to create doodle art!!! I was a bit worried about this one as I don't really doodle much - I wish I did more but I'm not very good at it!! But as I never practise its hardly surprising that I don't get any better lol!!!!</div>
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I only had the basic colour shapes and about 4 sections doodled when I took it home. So I sat it on my craft desk and expected than I would do nothing with it and it would end back on the shelf with my other journals!!!!</div>
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For once I was wrong. </div>
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Every day during the week I would sit down for a few minutes and add a little bit more to it. Until today when I decided 'I think its done'!!!</div>
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I have to say I am rather proud of myself as I never thought that I would ever doodle a double page spread and actually like it!!! </div>
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Well I have!! </div>
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There are bits of it I don't like and bits that I love but as a whole I think it works.</div>
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I have definitely found some doodles that I really like doing and now I just hope that I will keep doing a little bit on other pages so that I build up a bank of doodles that I love to do!!! That way when I feel that a page I'm working on needs some doodling I wont feel daunted and walk away!!!</div>
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Thanks so much Tracy you have really helped me with my doodling skills!!!</div>
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Donna Arkle (DizzyDee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01695172533552162416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318674570675536476.post-77170475873801932072016-03-18T18:51:00.002+00:002016-03-18T19:02:36.538+00:00Art workshops - Marta Lapkowska weekend of workshops<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I thought I would just pop in and show you what a great weekend I had at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NorthEastArtWorkshops/?fref=ts">Art Workshop</a> at the beginning of the month!!</div>
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Our amazing tutor <a href="http://artistycrafty.blogspot.co.uk/">Marta Lapowska</a> did 5 classes for us over the Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday!!</div>
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Here are my creations!!!</div>
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<u>'The Power of Freedom' Coloured Journal Page</u></h3>
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We used Marta's own stamps on these - they were great!!</div>
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Me working on the journal page.</div>
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<u>'Library of souls' Altered Journal Cover</u></h3>
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I loved the techniques we used to add all the texture to the background of the cover of this journal!!</div>
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I was really struggling with the technique on this page and just couldn't seem to get the hang of it!! As shown by the expression on my face lol! The lovely Sue wasn't going to post this picture but I thought it was too funny not to!!!</div>
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Also its a great picture of Marta trying to sort me out!! Which she did!!</div>
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I had gessoed 3 pages and some how ended up using page 4?!?!? it was one of those days!! hee hee!!</div>
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So rather than finishing the first I did a second page just to make sure I had got the technique sussed! </div>
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So I have 2 double page spreads that I will find time to finish!!</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Thank you so much Sue and the A team for looking after us to your usual high standards and Sue I have to say I am so please that you talked Marta into coming to us for her first teaching experience in England!!!</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">If you would like to see more of Marta's creations check her out on youtube at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MaremiSmallArt">Maremi SmallArt</a> </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">If you would like to see what other amazing tutors Sue is going to bring to the North East check out her facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NorthEastArtWorkshops/?fref=ts">HERE</a> or message her to see if there are any places left on up coming workshops!!</span><br />
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The day after I did Sandra's Bothams atcs class I was back at another crafting workshop but this time is was at Middlesbrough and was taught by the wonderful <a href="http://queeniesscrapmad.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/art-workshop-lets-go-on-adventure.html" style="text-align: start;">Tracy Eass</a><a href="http://queeniesscrapmad.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/art-workshop-lets-go-on-adventure.html" style="text-align: start;">on</a>!!!</div>
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It is an amazing space to create in, very light and airy and windows all around with the view of the river!!! fab location!!</div>
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Thanks Sue and the A team for your high quality organisation skills!!!</div>
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the lovely book that I made and did actually add to it when I got home!!!</div>
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<br />Donna Arkle (DizzyDee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01695172533552162416noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318674570675536476.post-64698089688327366932016-02-21T14:36:00.002+00:002016-02-21T14:36:33.200+00:00Regular Art Journaling with Kate Crane - January<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hi Folks just a quick post about the workshop I did with <a href="http://thekathrynwheel.blogspot.co.uk/" style="background-color: #f8dcc0; color: #660000; font-family: 'Crafty Girls'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px;">Kate Crane</a> at <a href="http://www.afth.co.uk/" style="background-color: #f8dcc0; color: #660000; font-family: 'Crafty Girls'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px;">AFTH</a> the end of last month!!! </div>
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As Kate quite rightly said this time of year can feel a bit dismal with the dark long dark nights and while waiting for spring, so she decided to get us in the mood by showing us how to create these wonderful, bright pages!!</div>
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<br />Donna Arkle (DizzyDee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01695172533552162416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318674570675536476.post-56170923219389314302016-01-31T14:41:00.000+00:002016-02-21T14:30:33.516+00:00Happy New Year!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Belated Happy New Year to you all!!<br />
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I had a wonderful start to the year as we went away for the holiday of a life time for my 50th birthday!! We went on a 2 week cruise round the Caribbean!! It was totally amazing but coming back to British weather after being in 28+ degree heat was a bit of a shock to the system!!</div>
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Through those last few months of 2015 I did a lot of fabulous workshops which I had planned to blog..... but as you can see that never quite happened! I am going to try in the next couple of weeks to do some quick snap shots of the workshops I did with some amazing tutors and then get back on track and keep you up to date with what I'm up to!!</div>
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The weekend before last I had a run out to Darlington to the <a href="http://www.festivalofthrift.co.uk/">Festival of thrift</a>. This year was its 3rd year and I have to say it was amazing. I only managed to get over on the Sunday and I had booked 4 1 hour workshops before hand. Unfortunately as it was my first time there I hadn't realised that there would be so much going on!! So I didn't get to see much by the time that I did my workshops and grabbed a bit of lunch but I have put it in the diary for next year because I really want to do the 2 days next time. There were so many stalls, activity's, entertainments and loads of workshops it had your head in a spin. So if you get the chance to go next year guys, I can really recommend it - you will have an amazing time!!!!</div>
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Adult chocolate workshop with David and Wendy Sanderson of '<a href="https://www.facebook.com/trulytemptingchocolate">Truly Tempting Chocolate</a>'</div>
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Needle felted animals with Geraldine of '<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ivebeancreative">Bean Creative</a>'</div>
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Donna Arkle (DizzyDee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01695172533552162416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318674570675536476.post-39569852375238025452015-09-16T12:33:00.003+01:002015-09-16T12:33:18.061+01:00Whimsical Animals with Tracy Scott<div style="text-align: center;">
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I has a wonderful time on Sunday at a workshop taught by the wonderful <a href="http://www.heartistryatstudio7.blogspot.co.uk/">Tracy Scott</a> at <a href="http://www.afth.co.uk/workshops-122-c.asp">AFTH</a>, I have been looking forward to doing this class ever since I saw the first animal that appeared in Tracy's journal!!! I knew that I wanted some of these cute critters to appear in some of my work!!</div>
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So she got us started laying down some painty backgrounds and then we did a page of test animal sketches and then progressed to putting them into our journal.</div>
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I love them, and I have at least 2 on my sketch page which I want to add to my journal - so hopefully I will be able to blog them when they are done!!!</div>
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Donna Arkle (DizzyDee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01695172533552162416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318674570675536476.post-16124651979820674282015-09-12T16:23:00.000+01:002015-09-12T16:23:21.884+01:00Preview day at AFTH - June<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hi everyone - I though I would do a quick post about the preview days at <a href="http://www.afth.co.uk/workshops-122-c.asp">AFTH</a> for those of you who have never been.</div>
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They are held every three months and they have samples of all the workshops that will be help for the next 3 months. You get 10% discount for any classes that you book on the day and there are also 1 hour sample sessions so that you can get to meet the tutors and have a go at a small project. These tasters are great fun and only cost £5 so are great value for money.</div>
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On the last preview day was in June and I did a taster session with the lovely <a href="http://redkittybcreates.blogspot.co.uk/">Sandra Botham</a> and we made these fab book mark!!!</div>
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<br />Donna Arkle (DizzyDee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01695172533552162416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318674570675536476.post-48288649728443603922015-09-11T15:47:00.002+01:002015-09-11T15:47:15.581+01:00Regular Art Journaling with Kate Crane - September<div style="text-align: center;">
Hi Folks - sorry I have done very little, or in the case of last month no blog posts recently, I have been unwell a lot over the summer and that has meant a lot of things have had to have been put on the back burner!</div>
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So I thought I would start with the last one that I did, which was last weekend with the lovely <a href="http://thekathrynwheel.blogspot.co.uk/">Kate Crane</a> at <a href="http://www.afth.co.uk/">AFTH</a>.</div>
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She decided to get us working on lettering within our journal pages - not the actual journaling but letters used for titles and decoration.</div>
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She had us do a few sample pieces - here are my unfinished ones!</div>
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Then we did our journal page itself - using amsterdam paints for the background and choosing one of the great <a href="http://www.stampotique.com/">Stampotique</a> figures to colour in with pencil as our focal point.</div>
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Well if you have been following my blog over the last few months you will probably be as surprised by this post as I am - I have actually got July's page done and ready for use - pretty much on time!!!!</div>
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So I have been trying to do a bit more creating at home to see if I can get my MOJO working and up to speed. So last month I started the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/ICAD2015/">ICAD 2015 challenge</a> - which is to create art on an index card everyday through June and July!! I had great plans .... but life got busy and things didn't progress as I wanted!! so far I have done 7 out of the 34 days... but I keep telling myself that's 7 small bit of art I wouldn't normally have created - so just 'do what you can when you can with what you have'!!!</div>
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Well we slid out of June at a shocking rate and here we are in July already so my brain turned to calendar journal pages!!! I read something the other day that made me rethink the way I have been approaching them. I think I have been putting myself under so much pressure to come up with something new and to use all of the amazing techniques I have learnt at all the workshops that I have done this year that I had been over thinking everything. So I decided it was time to go back to basics, keep it simple and revisit some of the first techniques I learnt.</div>
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This all occurred to me late one night while getting undressed for bed. So in my underwear I went into the craft room and put on an apron (very strange) and grabbed some paper, <a href="http://www.afth.co.uk/dylusions---ink-sprays-476-c.asp">Dylusions</a> and stencil and quickly sprayed down a background!! (I didn't give my MOJO any time to crawl back into whatever dark corner in my head it has been hiding in for months!)</div>
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There was extra squares that I had cut out so I thought they would be good for putting on the month!! So I Die cut the letters out of some already pink sprayed paper from my stash and added on the title. Next a focal piece! Again in the clutter that is currently my crafting desk (Note to self - clear up this mess!!) there were a few <a href="http://www.stampotique.com/">Stampotique Original</a> characters which have been stamped for various projects but not used yet so I picked this one of <a href="http://www.stampotique.com/stamp/kate-crane.html">Kate Cranes</a> to use.</div>
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Hi again everyone - I promise this is my last post for May!! but I had to get this one in before the clock turned midnight and it was June already!!! Lol!</div>
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As I told you with last months calendar journal page I have been struggling with my creativity at home and I forced myself to do the calendar journal page and then wasn't so happy with the results. This month I decided to try not to force it so much and just see what happened!!</div>
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So for once I started with the day spaces - I had bought a box of A4 sticky labels a while ago and came across them at the beginning of the month and suddenly wondered if they would take ink well. So one day when I had a few minutes space I started blending some distress ink onto one of the sheets with a blending tool. My thinking was - sticky backed so will be easy to put on the page.</div>
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It took the ink beautifully and even let me ghost by dropping water on it and blotting off!!!</div>
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So I cut it up to the required number rounded the corners and edged them with vintage photo distress ink!!</div>
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Step one completed - no sweat!! I was very happy as I usually do this step at the end and struggle with it!! </div>
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These are the colours that I used!</div>
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Next came the background!!! I decided that I wanted the page to be very bright as lately all my work seems to end up getting very dark and grungy!! Seems easy!!! Well not so much so!!</div>
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Attempt - one!!</div>
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Nice bright similar colours (mica sprays for some bling) - but really didn't work with the space squares!!!</div>
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So tried something darker so it would be a contract to the spaces. (used masking fluid dribbled on to created the lines and splats then Black white and grey <a href="http://www.afth.co.uk/dylusions---ink-sprays-476-c.asp">Dylusions ink sprays</a> and a gold mica spray! threw on some rock salt while it was drying)</div>
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Loved it but again didn't really work with the squares!!!</div>
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The background I eventually used was a mop up page (done a few months back) which I added some yellow spray to and added some water splatters which I blotted off!! Dylusions inks of course!!</div>
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this one worked!!</div>
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So this is what it turned out like.</div>
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After randomly adding the squares (taking the backing off wasn't as easy as I thought it would be - note to self - bend a corner backwards and the backing slides off a little bit so you can get an edge lol) I found there was a couple of strips of the paper left so they got stuck on to!!</div>
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For the month I had been playing around with chip board letters which you got the letter and the surround and I had used the surround as a template to add crackle paste to the black/grey background to create May! while I was playing with the crackle paste I had added it to the letters!!</div>
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So while trying to sort out my craft desk so that I could finish this page I came across the letters and they worked perfectly.</div>
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In the same sorting out session this butterfly fell out of one of my journals ( I had coloured it in on one of Kate Cranes classes and hadn't used it yet) onto this page and It looked so good I just glued it down!! Love it when that happens!</div>
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So the final touches were to colour May with some distress ink using a blending tool and then rubbed on a bit of Stickles to make the letters shine. I also added some to the butterfly wings (they aren't stuck down so flap when you move the page) and put some clear crackle on its body to add dimension - none of these show in the picture!!</div>
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I did play around with the idea of adding the year and a quote but I decided I liked it as it is!</div>
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So it was finally done - last day of May! but I'm happy with it and I feel like my MOJO is slowly coming back.</div>
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<br />Donna Arkle (DizzyDee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01695172533552162416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318674570675536476.post-37653886008004963432015-05-31T16:20:00.002+01:002015-05-31T16:20:12.530+01:00France Papillon Workshop weekend at Middlesburgh in May<div style="text-align: center;">
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At the beginning of this month the lovely Mrs Sue Tucker of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NorthEastArtWorkshops">Art Workshops</a> arranged for the wonderful <a href="http://www.france-papillon.com/">France Papillon</a> to return and do another weekend of workshops for us, after her doing her first teaching session in the UK with us at the end of last year!!!! Fortunately we didn't scare her off and she returned to give us another truly inspirational weekend of classes!!<br />
We did 2 half day workshops on the Saturday and a full day on the Sunday!! and when I say a full day I mean it!! France really packs the time full of techniques, information and most of all creative fun!!!<br />
Once again I encourage you to attend one of her workshops if you have the chance or if that's not possible have a look at her blog and website as she has done many videos that are wonderful!! Its great to be able to see how she produces her own art!!! I could watch and listen to her for hours!!<br />
On the Saturday morning we did 'wishful chronicles - an art journaling tag book' This is mine!! not finished but I love it!! Fast creative fun!<br />
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In the afternoon we did 'tell a tale' - and made a stamp storage book!! I loved doing all the details and layers on this book cover!!! Need to make some more so I have a set for all of my clear stamps!!! (wishful thinking maybe???)</div>
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Then on to the Sunday we did 'altered possibilities' - and we made a Coptic bound journal from scratch and did some journal pages in the afternoon to christen it!!!</div>
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Seeing as how I primarily do journaling, I loved this project!! I wanted to run home and make more of my own journals but I'm struggling to get decent watercolour paper without having to spend and arm and a leg lol!!!</div>
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Yet another inspirational, exciting weekend!!</div>
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Thanks as always to Sue for having the vision to start doing these workshops in the North East and for getting us such amazing tutors, and to the A team who make the days run smoothly with their efficient setting up!!</div>
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Hi Everyone - well in my last post I was raving about the wonderful Tutors we get at <a href="http://www.afth.co.uk/workshops-122-c.asp">AFTH</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/myjournallingjourney">Tracy Scott</a> is one of them. However she lives quite a long way for <a href="http://www.afth.co.uk/workshops-122-c.asp">AFTH</a> so she has started to come up and do 2 day workshops over a weekend!! Makes sense for her because of all the travelling and is awesome for us because we get a double dose of her teaching - which makes me very happy!!</div>
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So we did the Index cards on the Saturday and moved on to Whimsy faces on the Sunday.</div>
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She talked us through the basics of drawing a face and had us do a couple of practise runs and then went on to the main piece done in out journal!!</div>
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This final piece still needs a bit more added to it but I'm very pleased with how she turned out!!</div>
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Thanks Tracy for an all round wonderful creative weekend!!</div>
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As usual I am behind on my blog posts so I am going to try and catch up on them over the weekend so I apologise now if you get a few together.</div>
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Last month I was back at my home from home <a href="http://www.afth.co.uk/workshops-122-c.asp">AFTH</a> doing another workshop with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/myjournallingjourney">Tracy Scott</a>. I have done several classes with her now and love not only her creativity but also the way she teaches!!</div>
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She is a great lady and she makes the classes so much fun but you also learn a lot!!!</div>
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Tracy has done the 'Index card a day challenge' run by <a href="http://daisyyellowart.com/icad/">Daisy Yellow</a> where you create art on an index card every day for 2 months and she wanted to pass on some of her ideas for creating quick art at this small size. </div>
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This is what I produced in the day - most of them are not finished but quite a lot of them don't need much more done to them. I was amazed how quickly I can create small pieces of art just using a small range of supplies - also how different they turned out!</div>
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I'm going to join <a href="http://daisyyellowart.com/icad/">Daisy Yellow</a> on the 1st of June (gulp that's in 2 days time) to challenge myself to create something every day for 2 months!! After doing these cards with Tracy I know that doing this challenge will give my flagging MOJO the boost that it needs!</div>
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<br />Donna Arkle (DizzyDee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01695172533552162416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318674570675536476.post-72447603480145134952015-05-10T22:28:00.002+01:002015-05-10T22:28:32.300+01:00Regular Art Journaling with Kate Crane - May<div style="text-align: center;">
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We had a wonderful time today at our regular art journaling workshop with <a href="http://thekathrynwheel.blogspot.co.uk/">Kate Crane</a> at <a href="http://www.afth.co.uk/">AFTH</a>.<br />
This month Kate wanted to show us how to use repeating images and how to make them work on our journal pages!!<br />
This was my first page - love this butterfly which is off Tim Holtz - 'Perspective' stamp set (think I might have to add this set to my ever growing wish list!!).<br />
We made a lovely painty background with Dylusions and Amsterdam paints and then coloured in our chosen images with whatever we chose - in my case I used Dylusions inks and Prismacolour pencils with a little bit of Stickles to add some bling!!<br />
Its not quite finished as I want to add a bit more doodling and shadows but I love how bold it looks with these large butterfly's!!! I wasn't sure that I could get it to would work with such a big focal image but with Kate's great tuition I managed to pull it all together!!<br />
As one of my friends pointed out - its not Grungy!!!! lol - miracle! as most of my work recently seems to end up looking rather grungy!!!<br />
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I did several more backgrounds in the afternoon (finger painting was fun!!) and started colouring some more images to do a different format of the repeating images but I ran out of time - how rude they made us go home at home time!! lol!!</div>
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Donna Arkle (DizzyDee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01695172533552162416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318674570675536476.post-68710302866963613042015-05-09T09:26:00.000+01:002015-05-09T09:26:58.210+01:00Stampotique Boutique Workshop No1 - Karen Hayselden<div style="text-align: center;">
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Last month the lovely <a href="http://kassadh.blogspot.co.uk/">Karen Hayselden</a> started a monthly <a href="http://www.afth.co.uk/workshops-122-c.asp">Stampotique workshop</a> at <a href="http://www.afth.co.uk/">AFTH</a>.</div>
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The idea is to do workshops each month creating all sorts of different mixed media and papercraft projects incorporating the large and lovely range of stamps that <a href="http://www.stampotique.com/">Stampotique Originals</a> produce!! </div>
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Karen kept us on our toes in the first workshop and had us using all sorts of products and techniques and these are my versions of the 2 projects which she taught us!!</div>
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Loved this first one with the amazing crackle detail on the tile and the wonderful butterfly which sits several inches proud of the tile!! Wonderful design Karen!!!</div>
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The second one was this cute little 3 dimensional cube with this very cute cupcake on!!</div>
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Hi everyone I know its May and I'm only just posting Aprils calendar journal page but as always time got away from me lol!!</div>
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So I did get April done and only a few days into the month. I still haven't got Mays done and I probably wont until next week but never mind I have just done a great weekend of workshops so I have a good excuse for not having it done!</div>
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So because my head was in a bad place getting April done was a bit of an up hill slog!!</div>
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So when I finally did get started I put some gesso on my page and then splattered and sprayed on some inks and some mica sprays and used a straw to blow the colours around to create the dribbles.</div>
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So my focal point I used Tim Holtz Bird crazy stamps and stamped out 2 of the birds onto card and coloured them in using inktense pencils and a water brush.</div>
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I used an Andy Skinner stamp to create a branch for the birds to stand on and then I glued them down.</div>
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The final touches were added with a quote out of Tim Holtz's 'small talk' quotes stickers and I blended round the edge of the page with rusty hinge and spiced marmalade distress ink pads to warm the colours up a bit.</div>
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I think in all the time I have been doing the calendar journal pages this is the second hardest to do!!</div>
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I did end up liking the background and the birds but wasn't so keen on how the day spaces turned out. However by the time I wrote on the black in white pen it looked a bit better.</div>
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Donna Arkle (DizzyDee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01695172533552162416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318674570675536476.post-86242582681778142662015-04-15T09:36:00.000+01:002015-04-15T09:36:49.183+01:00Regular Art Journaling with Kate Crane - April<div style="text-align: center;">
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Sunday was our regular art journaling workshop with <a href="http://thekathrynwheel.blogspot.co.uk/">Kate Crane</a> at <a href="http://www.afth.co.uk/">AFTH</a>.<br />
This month Kate decided to push herself and us outside our comfort zones and made us do some black and white work!! but we still got to play with some more of her new stamps from <a href="http://www.stampotique.com/">Stampotique</a>!!!<br />
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This was my first page - ended up more grungy than I wanted but I still like it!<br />
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Page 2 - a little bit less messy and I have to say I really do like the touches of Red!! I very rarely use red so this was an additional challenge on this page!</div>
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I had a great time at the weekend at <a href="http://shop.afth.co.uk/workshops-122-c.asp" target="_blank">AFTH</a> in a workshop with wonderfully creative tutor <a href="http://thehobbyroomuk.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Michelle Webb</a>! We made a beautiful light house canvas!!</div>
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I really enjoyed the day and didn't even worry too much about doing my own writing!!</div>
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There are so many layers on the canvas but you cant see them until you are close up!!</div>
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My only problem now is trying to find a space on the wall to hang it up!!</div>
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With it being Easter Friday not only were we being creative but cakes and chocolates had been bought in so as you can imagine we had a really tough day. LOL</div>
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Dy had us doing some secret journaling then using her paints and magazine images or her stamps to create a page.</div>
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I had a mop up page which had turquoise and green spray on it and some stencil cleaning on it too so I wrote all over it with a pencil. Then to make sure that it was secret journaling I used an old credit card to scrape some of Dys white paint all over the page. It mixed with the inks a little bit as they are reactive to water but that was fine as all I was trying to do was to disguise the writing. As Dys paints are semi translucent it misted out what had been already on the page and lightened it all up,</div>
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In the envelope in the front of my journal (it was my Dylusions journal) I already had some images, quotes and magazine images cut out. So I went through those and came up with this image. I also put some others together and put them on other backgrounds in my book and I will finish them later.</div>
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Donna Arkle (DizzyDee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01695172533552162416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318674570675536476.post-39702422237595458562015-04-02T15:05:00.001+01:002015-04-02T15:05:55.148+01:00Art Workshops - Andy Skinner Weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have just been to an <a href="https://www.andyskinnercrafts.com/">Andy Skinner</a> workshop weekend where we did two projects full of loads of different techniques (there were so many that for once I started taking notes because I knew I would not remember what we had done!)</div>
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It was another work shop weekend held just outside Middlesburgh and organised by the wonderful <a href="http://taitucker.blogspot.co.uk/">Sue Tucker</a>. </div>
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This was the first project we did - decorating a mirror!! loved some of the aged effects we got on all the different panels. I have some new favourite techniques now!!</div>
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One of the great things about the weekend was I got to craft with Bry which is something we very rarely get time to do. These are his makes!!</div>
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So thanks so much to Sues amazing organisational skills and her unbelievable A-team. And of course Andy for giving us so much new knowledge to play with!!</div>
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Have a good month everyone and check out some of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePapique">Andy's YouTube videos</a> you will learn loads of new stuff!! have fun!! </div>
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