I Shall Wear Purple: Double Layered Tag

The challenges over on Mixed Media Art Journey have 6 part and you can use as many of them as you wish.  However when I saw them, a particular poem came to mind - Warning by Jenny Joseph.  The current prompts are make a tag, use purple, add scrap paper, add doodle, book quote and rip / cut / tear edge. I included all six.

Add a piece of copy paper used to clean a brayer to a #8 manilla tag. Seal with matte medium, dry and trim.

Add the top layer of a paper towel mop up sheet in similar colours to a second #8 manilla tag in the same way.

Use a pair of large deckle edge scissors to cut the top section off the second tag.

Glue the two tags together with the smaller tag on top.

Add stamping to the top tag section using two of the Mixed Media Journal stamps in Dusty Concord archival ink.

Add one of the Halloween Paper Dolls from Tim Holtz.

Add the first line from the poem ‘Warning’ by Jenny Joseph using a black Posca pen. Add the word purple using the Clarity Tall Letterbox Infill Alphabet down the side in Versamark ink. Heat emboss with purple embossing powder.

To finish, add doodling around the letters and along the deckle edge with a black micron pen.

Quarantine Quickies #69 & #70: Tie the Knot / Rise & Shine

I am still plodding away at the daily quarantine quickie prompts over on Mission Inspiration.  I knew exactly which Clarity stamps and stencil that I wanted to use on these two tag pages.

Quarantine Quickies #67 & #68: Nest Egg / Lift Off

The latest offerings of quarantine quickie pages in my tag journal (second of three book rings).  I am still having lots of fun interpreting the daily prompts over on Mission Inspiration.

Quarantine Quickies #53 & #54: Dark Horse / A Feather in your Cap

The latest instalment of my Quarantine Quickie tags following the prompts over on Mission Inspiration.

Quarantine Quickie #15 & #16: Blue Moon / Bad Hair Day

Continuing with the pages of my quarantine quickie tag journal, inspired by the daily prompts over on Mission Inspiration.  I have caught up, so I am only working on them every other day and sharing two at a time.  Here are my interpretations of #15 and #16.  I have been using my stash of mop up papers and stamps and stencils from Claritystamp.

Quarantine Quickie #9 & #10: Bubble & Squeak / Bricks & Mortar

As I finished these two tags for my Mission Inspiration quarantine quickie journal, I was only two prompts behind.  I will be able to drop to one prompt a day shortly lol.  As usual, I worked my way through my stash of mop up sheets for the backgrounds.

Quarantine Quickie #7 & #8: Run Rabbit Run / Safe Hands

I am slowly catching up with the Mission Inspiration quarantine quickie prompts at the rate of two a day.  Here are my interpretations of prompts #7 and #8.  I hope you are all keeping well at this stressful and challenging time.

WOYWW 562: Madness!

Welcome to my weekly contribution to WOYWW care of Julia over on the Stamping Ground.  This is where crafters from around the world share their desks each week.
  
The world appears to be going mad.  We went to the supermarket at the weekend for our usual shop, to see empty shelves where pasta, toilet roll and hand wash are usually stocked.  None of those were on our list as we have enough for the next week or two, but how unfair and selfish of people to buy far more than they need and deprive those who cannot afford to stockpile or who may actually need these items now.  Anyway, enough ranting...

My desk shows my large stash of copy paper and paper towel mop up sheets that are my go to when I need a quick background.  I was debating throwing them out, but they don't take up that much space and are too useful to get rid of.

The right hand tag was made with the other layer of the mop up sheet on top of the pile (see HERE for details). 

I have a stinking cold at the moment (nothing sinister), but woke up yesterday morning to find out that in the next few weeks people may be asked to self isolate for 7 days if they have symptoms like mine.  I have been upping the usual hand washing, decided not to go to the footie on Saturday (and was gutted to miss a 5-1 thriller) and missed my JJAMMMA meet up yesterday afternoon as I didn't want to spread my germs.  I am not stopping off work unless I am instructed to.  If it was anything serious, I would be feeling a lot worse than this by now (due to my asthma).  I am not going to see my parents until the cold has gone however as they don't need even my ordinary bugs.

On a lighter note.... I am hoping that some of my samples get shown at 12pm and 4pm on Hochanda today.  I will probably not be round to visit until the morning, as I will probably be too tired after work this evening... happy WOYWW, see you then.

Animal Tags

These tags were made for the March tag swap over on Junk Journals and Mindful Mixed Media Art (JJAMMMA).  The theme was animals.  As usual I decided to use some of my Clarity New Design Club stamps.

Creating a Background using Strips of Paper, Masks and Gesso

This is the last of my pages following February's prompts on Nina Ribena's Art Journal Prompts and More.  The prompt for February was Follow Your Heart and this is for week 4: Use Your Scraps.

Art Journal Prompts 38: Abstract

I didn't have a great deal of time to complete this page in response to week 38 of Art Journal Prompts: Abstract.  Luckily I always have a stash of mop up sheets (including paper towels) that I can use!

It's Cool to be a Cat!

When I saw this month's prompts from Mixed Media Art Journey, I knew exactly what I was going to do and I love how things ended up.

Blues and Greens Tag

I created this tag for the Country View August Challenge: Blues and Greens.  It was great fun and gave me the excuse to look through my collection of mop up sheets.