Rise & Shine: Journal Tag

Here's another post that I prepared in advance to share while I'm in Berlin on a school trip.  I figured that lack of sleep might well be starting to kick in by this point of the week and decided to motivate myself to keep going!

WOYWW 474: Greetings from Berlin

Hello and greetings from Berlin to all fellow deskers at WOYWW.  To know more visit the keeper of all things desk Julia at The Stamping Ground.  This week's post will be rather short but photo heavy as I am currently on a school visit to Berlin and am busy typing this post at 5.50am (Berlin time) before I need to hop in the shower ready for another busy day of sight seeing.
Yesterday we spent most of the day at the zoo and aquarium before going bowling in the evening.  Of course we finished just as Colombia equalised and by the time we were back at the hotel, penalties were the order of the day.  Even sweeter to see England win a penalty shoot out on German soil lol. 
At the zoo, the main attraction was the pandas; last year they arrived two days after our visit.  However as you will see, there were also lots of amazing sculptures in the zoo to see, as well as stained glass in the aquarium in addition to the animals, reptiles and marine life.

The Elephant Gate entrance.

We saw the gorillas being fed.

The usual suspects.

One panda was very active, the other was fast asleep inside behind glass, so no photos due to reflections.

Amazing sculptures were everywhere...

... and the stained glass in the aquarium was beautiful.

I was glad that there was glass between me and some of the reptiles.

Everywhere in Berlin, you will find large statues of brightly decorated bears; the zoo is no exception.

Finally, the other side of the desk.  Eva popped over on the Saturday before I left on the trip to spend a crafty afternoon with me.  She was using my Cricut machine to cut out all the letters for the birth announcements having finished all the stencilling on the cards themselves.

I would be grateful if Shaz or Zsuzsa could link me up to Julia as I am unlikely to be able to do so (breakfast is at 7.45am German time).  Sorry I won't get round to visiting this week, but normal service will be resumed next Wednesday.  Happy WOYWW from Berlin.

Eileen Hull Wrapped Journal: Part 2

Having shared how I decorated the inside of my wrapped journal cover yesterday (see HERE), today I will be sharing the outside.  I have not made any signatures for my journal yet; that will be a job for the school holidays.

Eileen Hull Wrapped Journal: Part 1

The Eileen Hull Wrapped Journal Bigz die that I had pre ordered arrived this week and I couldn't resist making one straight away.  I don't have extender plates with my ebosser, but managed to use the die anyway.  By the time you read this I will be getting ready to go to Berlin with a school trip, so I am preparing items for my blog in advance.  This post shows how I decorated the inside of the journal and tomorrow I will share what I did with the outside.

Upcycling a Box using Mixed Media Techniques

Back in May I was lucky enough to attend an all day class with Maria Moorhouse, where we upcycled a metal box using mixed media techniques.  I absolutely love how my box turned out and I am very grateful to Maria for sharing her ideas.  The only change I made, was to use gilding wax rather than chalk paints to add colour to the embellishments.  As Maria had her last workshop yesterday it is now safe to share without spoiling anything for others.

Keep Calm and Enjoy the Sun: Art Journal Page

This is my latest Mission Inspiration journal page following the prompts for June set by guest controller Gina Ahrens.  The current weather helped me decide on a direction!  The suggested colours this month were Ocean, Lemon and Lime.

A Retiform Journal Page: The Seven Ages of Man

This page was made for one of the June prompts over on Nina Ribena's Art Journal Prompts and More: Repeat After Me / Retiform.  I had only come across this technique once before on Shaz Silverwolf's blog but had never tried it for myself.  As I needed to divide the page up into sections and wanted to turn it into an art journal page,  I went with the theme of the seven ages of man speech from the Shakespeare play As You Like It; I studied it at A Level and it has stuck with me.