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!

xxxx hugs xxxx

Hels Sheridan workshop weekend - day 1

Hi everyone - well the year is slipping by all to quickly as usual but at least we have seen lots of the sun in the last month.  Long may it continue!

Last month I was lucky enough to go to an amazing craft weekend with the wonderful tutor Hels Sheridan!  Sue Tucker was the wonderful lady who set it up for us and did a wonderful job!!   

We had an amazing time filled with laughter, great company and loads of messy creativeness!!  

Do check out both ladies blogs as they do amazing work!!

This is what we did day 1!

We used loads of different products on these amazing burlap panels - learned lots of different techniques and the wonderful variety created by the whole group was stunning when seen together!

Have to dash and busy busy busy but will blog again soon with day 2's efforts!!!

Have a great week!   xxxxx

Delightful doodling!

Hi everyone hope your having a great week.

Though I would pop on a couple of pictures of a Doodle journal that I made at one of Kate Cranes workshops!!! Love this lady she is so creative!!!

She had us make up a journal and try different techniques on each page.

Here's my front cover.

and a couple of the pages from inside with some of my of the doodles I use to do when I was at school LOL.

All of the pages are works in progress and I will add to them when I have time and inclination. 

I have already added a few more pages with some prompt on to remind me what to try on that page.

I'm going to love filling it up!  I think it will end up looking gorgeous and will be a good reminder of all the different things that can be done with doodling.

So if you haven't done much doodling, pick up a pen and give it a go - you might find you are a natural at it and you will create some wonderful art!!! If nothing else its really relaxing!!

ENJOY!!!! xxxxxx

Make your own journal

Hi everyone I was lucky enough recently to go on a Journal making workshop weekend at AFTH with my sister.  Its the first weekend like this we have done together and we had a great time.

If you every get the chance to have a go at making your own journal, do it because it is so much fun creating them from scratch !   

I will add to them as and when time and energy allow!

Hope you all get a chance to be creative this week.

Have fun!

xxxxxx

                      

Journal Day

Hi everyone just a flying post today.

Had a lovely day at Journalling at AFTH recently, we got to play with the newly arrived Amsterdam acrylic paints which was fun!!

With some secret journaling which we coloured to match the background we created some of our own trees.

Mine just needed a fish in it - sometimes they do you know!!!

Have a great week!

XXXX HUGS XXXX

July Calendar Journal Page - Late!

Hi folks - sorry I haven't been posting much lately time seems to be slipping away from me at an ever increasing rate!!! I'm sure you all know the feeling!!

Had a struggle getting July's calendar page done as haven't seemed to have any time so have tried to do it in dribs and drabs with limited resources where ever I am. 

So this is what I ended up with!

Background done with the ever present Dylusions inks with some mica/ink mix splattered on!  So I had the background done for a while it was the rest that sometime to finish.  10 minute blocks don't get you much further forward I've found!  LOL

So using my favourite black pen of the minute I drew in the squares but unfortunately was very tired at the time so as you can see they went a bit wonky.  Never mind wonky is good!!!  I then scribbled in  the title and the quote.  

Next I used some some pastels (a frequently overlooked tin which I have had for ever - but will be using more in the future!) to add some additional colour, shadows and highlights and it was finished.

Probably only took about an hour in total but seemed to go on for weeks!!!

Now have to catch up filling it in!!!! 

Hope you are all enjoying the sunshine!!!!

Hugs xxxxx