Friday, 31 March 2017
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
WOYWW 408
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Monday, 27 March 2017
Clean and SImple Birthday Wishes
This card was made for a friend, who often comes and crafts with me. She is too busy over the next few weeks to make our usual weekly craft sessions and I will miss her company; Happy Birthday and I hope you like your gift too! I was really pleased with the way that the card turned out. Full of class, like the recipient.
Sunday, 26 March 2017
Saturday, 25 March 2017
Sneaky Peeks Only
Friday, 24 March 2017
Junk Journal Junkies and Mindful Art Challenge 9
The prompts for this challenge were Nature, Tan, Olive Green and Burnt Orange. I decided to try a new way of creating a background that I had seen recently online, although in that demonstration PaperArtsy Infusions were used. Apologies, but I can't remember who shared the technique. Thank you anyway, it worked brilliantly.
Thursday, 23 March 2017
Art Journal Prompts Week 12: Adventure
When I saw the prompt 'Adventure', my first thought was travel or reading; to me, both these things provide adventure. However, as I had used the idea of books as an adventure for the prompt 'Magic' in week 10, I didn't want to repeat myself. I decided to go with a simple colour scheme for this page and stuck to Salty Ocean and Mermaid Lagoon Distress paint and Manganese Blue Archival ink, with some splashes of white as an accent. I also decided that the word 'Adventure' would be sufficient on its own, rather than using a full quote.
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
WOYWW: 407
On my desk, you can see the start of my 'Adventure' art journal page for the Art Journal Prompts weekly challenge. I will share the step by step in tomorrow's post if you are interested. I have my Tim Holtz stamp binders out as well as one of my Tonic binders where I keep most of my dies. I number them for easy access as I have 14 in total; one of these days I'll actually make a list on my computer of exactly which dies are in each folder! I finally made use of the Papermania stamps in the foreground; I have had them for years, but hadn't used them until now. Part of my new resolution to actually use my supplies.
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Monday, 20 March 2017
My Art Journaling Journey... so far.
Sunday, 19 March 2017
Saturday, 18 March 2017
Friday, 17 March 2017
Journal52 Week 10: Truth
Although I am sharing this page after the next prompt for Journal52 has already been released, I actually completed it on Tuesday; one of three art journal pages in one day. That is a record for me, but as I work on Thursday and Friday, I prepare some of my blog posts in advance. I arrived at the quote that I wanted to use quite quickly, but my idea about the page was very nebulous until I found a sheet of 12" x 12" K & Co. paper which had birds on it. One of them contained the word truth and I went from there.
Thursday, 16 March 2017
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
WOYWW 406
My friend was working on using up all those offcuts of card from her wedding invitation making, by having a mass die cutting session. As you can see, she came well prepared with a choice of dies.
If you'd like to know why I'm sharing photos of my work desk, then hop over to The Stamping Ground and our lovely hostess Julia, who will explain more about WOYWW.
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Monday, 13 March 2017
Sunday, 12 March 2017
Here's Where I Went With It: art journal prompts Week 3 - Music
Having become stuck over what to do with this page to finish it off, I decided to leave it overnight, ask some fellow crafters for advice and look at it with fresh eyes in the morning. This is what I did in the end, thanks to my crafting friend who joins me in my shed once a week for some companionable craftiness. Thanks to everyone who commented, I did read them all and have made a mental note of some great ideas for future projects.
The final project |
Saturday, 11 March 2017
Where to go next?
Everything started so well; I gessoed the page then added a piece of the discontinued Symphony Tissue wrap by Tim Holtz using Distress Collage Medium. Once dry, I trimmed the edges.
I wanted to bring in the element of 'language' by creating flags of different countries all over the page. The Union Jack two part flag from Claritystamp was the ideal place to start (Vermillion and Cobalt Blue Archival ink), but I was unsure how to add further flags without drawing them. Looking through my stamp folder I found a rectangular solid stamp from Sam's Shapes 1 (also by Claritystamp), which was the perfect shape and size to create the vertical stripes on flags and used it to add French and Italian flags (additionally using Emerald Green archival ink and Picket Fence Distress ink/paint). To create the flags with horizontal stripes (German and Hungarian), I used the small solid rectangle from the Wordpress Letters set (Claritystamp again), and stamped it several times going across the page to form each stripe (Saffron and Jet Black archival inks were added at this stage).
Friday, 10 March 2017
Tag It Tuesday March: Drips and Spatters
When I started this challenge, the only idea I had in mind was to do a double layered tag, with an area die cut from the top layer to show through to the tag below. The tag evolved quite naturally from one idea to the next and didn't take me too long at all. So here's my tag for the March 2017 challenge with the Facebook group Tag It Tuesday.
Thursday, 9 March 2017
Junk journal Challenge 7: Lime Green, Red, Turquoise and Peace
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
WOYWW #405
Hi everyone. I've been crafting alone this week as my friend couldn't make it yesterday. She will be joining me on Saturday afternoon this week as she can't make next Tuesday either. I will be sure to take a photo of her side of the desk to share next week. Having crafted and blogged every day over half term, I decided to see if I could keep it up once I was back at work. So far, so good, although the first week back wasn't a normal week due to INSET. I don't think that I would be able to keep it up if I worked full time, but on three days a week it is a little more manageable. The photo was actually taken on Monday night after my longest day of the week, so if I can find time to craft then, I can find time anytime. Normally I would have just fallen into bed after tea, as I am usually up and marking by 4am on a Monday; however I made myself go out to the shed and start crafting.
Before I knew it the art journal page that I was working on in the picture was finished and ready for posting. You can see the step by step HERE if you're interested. The page reflects my new outlook on a work, life balance. I actually felt quite refreshed once I was finished, although normally I would have been fast asleep by that time on a Monday.
If you want to know why I'm sharing a photo of my desk and what WOYWW is all about, check out our host Julia's page HERE.
If you want to know why I'm sharing a photo of my desk and what WOYWW is all about, check out our host Julia's page HERE.
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
art journal prompts Week 1: My Word for 2017
I'm working in a totally random order to catch up with these weekly prompts from 'art journal prompts'. This is the third that I've completed of the ten set so far this year, but if I work on two a week for the next seven weeks, I will have caught up. With this in mind, and my determination to craft and share daily this year, I chose the word 'Create' as my word for 2017.
Monday, 6 March 2017
Sunday, 5 March 2017
Saturday, 4 March 2017
Friday, 3 March 2017
Art Journal Prompts Week 5: Take Two
The next step was to stamp the focal point. I have had this stamp set for quite a while; it is from the Little Bit Sketchy range designed by Sheena Douglass and is called 'Just the Two of Us'. Although the image is of a boy and a girl, I have a twin sister and there are photos of us sitting on the beach together wearing our red swimming costumes when we were little. Although the photos I have are in black and white, both the prompt and the image brought back memories. The image was stamped using Jet Black Archival ink and then painted over with Pebeo drawing gum to protect it while I worked on the background.
Thursday, 2 March 2017
Bubble Stencil Tag
I had a new medium arrive in the post, so I wanted to play with it as soon as possible. Neocolor II are water soluble wax pastels; there are 120 colours in total, but I decided to start with the tin of 30. As usual if I just want to see how things work quickly, I decided to work on a #8 manilla tag which I had previously covered with a light coat of white gesso and dried with a heat gun. I was delighted with the end result and will definitely be using these frequently in the future.
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
WOYWW #404
It's that time of the week again to allow everyone a glimpse into our creative areas and share what's on our workbenches. If you want to join in just visit our hostess Julia over on The Stamping Ground. This week the photos are once again from yesterday and my weekly craft session with a friend. The art journal page that I was working on can be accessed HERE.
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