Long lost journal page

Hi everyone - because I have been struggling to fine the time and energy to do much creating I have been trying to finish off some of the pages I have half done.

Here is one I tripped over the other day.

The background was originally stated just under 3 years ago.  It was mostly mop ups and blot offs as I was doing other pages. Its got loads of layers of inks and paints.  Then over time a couple of new stamps were tested out on it.  Then earlier this year I was playing with stencils so the figures got added.

So last week when I found it I realised that it only needed a little more to finish it off. 

So some doodling, stamping over the printed figure and a quote and it was all finished.

I am now looking for more pages that are partly done like this because they only take about 20 minutes to finish off and I feel like I have achieved something, where as if I tried to start a new project it would be another thing that would be added to the 'to finish pile'  which is now teetering dangerously and one of these days I will be buried by it LOL.

Have fun xxx

Small colour block journal page

Hi folks hope all is well in your world and that you are managing to find some creative time for yourselves.  I've found a little but not as much as my creative side would like.  So I have been finishing off some pages which have been in the making since I started journalling 3 years ago this month!! cant believe its been that long - also cant believe the changes that I have gone thorough in that time.

Anyway on with the page!

Rather different than anything else that I have done.  

I came across the nearly completed page recently and decided to add a few finishing touches.  I was going to doodle patterns in all the coloured areas but after I had filled in 2 of them I decided that I liked it the way it was and just left it.

So I scribbled a random pencil line over the page then painted in each shape in different colours.  

I then had a look to see if I could see anything in the shapes and these 2 figures popped out LOL.  

So I did some shading and highlights in each section and used a dark pencil to outline the main shapes.

Then drew in the features and did a little writing. With the addition of some doodling it was done.  I had thought of putting a quote on it but I keep looking at it and just think its fine the way it is.

Anyway I hope you have a chance to have a go at this yourself - its fun to do and took me back to my childhood.

Have a great week!

xxxhugsxxx

September calendar journal page

Hi everyone I hope you have all been enjoying this lovely summer weather!  hope it lasts for a while longer!

Well this months page was done well in advance, in fact I finished it by the 15th of last month!! So once in a while I can get my act together! LOL!

This is how it turned out.

As you might remember from last months post I had sprayed some small rectangular cards to use as the day journal blocks but ended up not using them.  Well they have been sitting there just begging to be used.  After inking them and giving them a spray with some mica spray they looked gorgeous!  But it didn't quite know how I was going to create a background to put them on that wouldn't detract from their lush vibrancy!

So I finally decided to just do something very simple, so used 3 colours of distress ink pads and gently blended them together round the edge of the main page.  This seemed to set the blocks off nicely!

Once the day blocks were in place I had to find a nice focal piece for the middle, and as I have had this wonderful Stampotique stamp for a while but hadn't got round to using it, this seemed a perfect opportunity.

I coloured the stamped image in with watercolour pencils and added a bit of perfect pearls powder to his wings.  Didn't want him to feel like he was being out done with all the bling around him.

Date stamps on the days, with a little drawn edging and some tone on tone stamping to fill in some of the plainer areas and all it needed was a quote!

Once I had put the quote on I realised that it still needed a little something else just to finish it off!!

So out came one of Ryn's beautiful trickling water stamps and the final touches were done!

I'm looking forward to seeing how it looks once I have started to fill in the days.  Just cant make up my mind what colour of pen to use!!!! Decisions decisions!!!

Hope you all have a bright creative September.

Take care

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Journal day

Hi everyone!
Just wanted to show you this wacky journal page I did in art journaling class at AFTH!

We had a play day using Dyan's new stencils and stamps.

I used a background I had done a while ago in my large Dylusions journal.  It just seemed to suit my frame of mind on the day and 'Boney Maloney' looked like he belonged there!!

So with the some decorated borders using the leaf stencil and a stampotique stamp to do the pile of heads in the corner everything was going fine.

The addition of a couple of characters from Dys 'under the sea' stamp set seemed to add that fishy touch!

Then the quote and some colouring and highlights and we were done!!

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Collage tags

Hi folks, just a quick post today to show you 2 of the lovely tags I made in the 'tags of imagery' workshop I did recently at AFTH. 

 I did start several more but they need to be finished yet.  Once I have them done I will post them to!!

It felt weird at first working on the large tags as I don't seem to use them much, but I soon got into the swing of it.

We did some backgrounds on the tags using paint and got a chance to play with the new Tim Holtz stencils to add some details!!! Loved them!

Then used images we had got out of magazines to come up with some crazy characters.  

The addition of some borders and doodling finished them off nicely.

We had a lovely day being messy and creative.  Thanks Dyan!!

Enjoy whats left of the month folks!!!

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August Calendar Journal Page

Hi everyone I hope you have been enjoying all this hot weather!  I love seeing the sun but I do find it rather to hot at times which sucks my energy away and I don't want to do anything!

However despite that I have managed to get my August calendar journal page made in time!

Here's this months efforts!

As always the original idea changed as I was making it!

I had some small card just a little smaller than atc size and I planned on using them for the day shapes.  So I layed them on my craft mat and sprayed them with dylusions inks and water.  Then used this 12x12 sheet to blot off the extra ink.  

I'm sure you will not be surprised to hear that once I had done that I liked it so much that I didn't want to cover it up!  So I have put the inked cards to use on another months page and had to come up with a new plan for this month!

I added some splatters and mica to the background then added some stamping using a script stamp and one of Ryns lovely water droplet stamps to add some more detail!

Then using grunge board letters for the word August. I painted them black and stamped script on to them and brushed over them in lots of different colours of perfect pearls.  Then to add the sheen I rubbed over come clear crackle glaze.  I loved the way they turned out but when I added them to the page they seemed far to heavy.

So once I had stamped the day squares on with a cute little tag stamp, I then went over them with a glaze pen to make them pop a bit more and work better with the large lettering!

It still wasn't working for me when I realised that there wasn't really a focal point apart from the word August!  

So I added the quote and stamped and coloured a little stampotique character!

They probably needed to be bigger but by then it was to late.

So all in all I'm quite pleased with it, though it obviously isn't where I was heading!

Anyway I hope you have all managed to find time to do some journaling or have found some creative time.

Have a great month!

Xxx Hugs xxxx

Hels Sheridan workshop weekend - day 2

Hi folks here is the post I said I would do showing what I did on the second day of the Hels Sheridan weekend!  

Seriously if you get a chance to go on one of her workshops, do! because she is wonderful and you will have a great time.  

Here's the link to her blog  Ink On My Fingers

So this is what I produced under her wonderful tuition!

Its a lovely 8 x 8 canvas with thick sides.

We used Tim Holtz distress paints, liberal applications of grunge paste and finished it of with some wonderful treasure gold wax gilt!

I have to say considering I have done very little dimensional work that I was really pleased with my results.

So a huge thanks to Sue Tucker for arranging the weekend, to Hels for being very patient with us and to the other ladies on the course who made it such a wonderful experience.

Have to say this weekend made my summer and I cant wait till the next one!

I  hope you  all have some great creative memories from this summer!

Happy Crafting!

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