Courage journal page.

Hi guys just another quick pop in to say Hi and to blog this journal page that I did last week in my lovely new long ledger.

Hope you like it!

Background done with re-inkers (told you I was addicted to the technique) and the mermaid is a digi download off etsy.  With the addition of a couple of Ryn's new water droplet stamps in the background using loads of different coloured Distress ink pads.

Quote stamped on old paper and embossed with clear embossing powder.

A simple page but I love it.

Have a great week and enjoy the sunshine! 

xxx hugs xxx

Dylusions tag

Hi folks just a quick pop in to show you this tag that I did with the lovely Kate Crane at an  AFTH workshop last month!!!

Don't you just love the monsters!!!

Hope you enjoy the sunshine!!

XXX hugs XXX

June calendar Journal page

Hi everyone - I have finally got a couple of minutes to show you my calendar journal page for this month.  

For once I actually had it finished early but I haven't had the time to blog!! 

So here it its!

As you can see I am still playing with the reinker backgrounds!!! sorry but I really love them and they are so quick to do!!  

So after laying gesso down and letting it dry.  I added a few drops of reinker and spread it over the page with a splodger.  Splashed some water on it to make it run, then dried it!  Then a few splatters of ink with mica in it, which I let run.  Lastly a splatter of water to make more splats!!

Then it was just a matter of stamping the days, month and bird (both with a nice shadow stamped behind them). Some branches stamped round the edge in different colours and the date stamp put on.

Then I used an aquatone stick to create shadows round 2 sides of the shapes and blended it with a waterbrush.

Lastly a few dots of stickles on the title!!!

Well I hope you all enjoy the sunshine while we have it!!!

Have a great week.

xxxx Hugs xxxx

Dyans Couture Collection Stencils!

HI folks here is a page I started in one of my classes with Dyan and you will be surprised to hear I never got round to finishing.  Well I found time today to finish it off.

Its very different from my usual style but I like the way it turned out.

I loved the couture collection stencils that Dyan released this year but I wasn't quite sure how I would use them.  Fortunately however Dyan has already planned a workshop with this in mind.

 So on this page you can see various different ways of using the inners and the outers!!

With the additional use of some of her background stamps and one of her hilarious quotes I put this together and did some doodling to finally finish it off.

Hope you like it and give it a try yourself!

XXXX hugz XXXX

May Calendar Journal Page

Hi folks its that time again - need to have the calendar journal ready to use on the first on May!

Unfortunately the image doesn't do this one justice but I don't seem to be able to get it any better.

I liked what I did last month, masking with paper strips, so this month I thought I would try it with masking fluid.  I painted the squares with the fluid and left it to dry overnight.  The next day I rubbed away a little of the fluid in each square then sprayed with Dylusions ink sprays.  I stamped, stenciled and splattered to my hearts content.

Then I gently rubbed off the remaining fluid - this took a while.

I stamped and painted the Stampotique bee and added some distress rock candy to the wings.

I drew round the squares with an aquatone watercolour stick and smugged it with a waterbrush.

I added the 'May' and '2013' in metal embellishments and stuck them on.  The addition of the quote finished it off.  I reads 'May bee we will see a little sunshine'!!!   

Fingers crossed.

Have a great month.

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Day 7!!!

Hi folks - well I have done it!!  Posted 7 days in a row - amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it!! LOL

So here's today's offering.

Ok the background on this one had a bit of everything.  Acrylic paint, distressed stains, Dylusions ink, Aquatone watercolour sticks, and anything else I could lay my hands on!  Layered up to within an inch of its life.  

Magazine images collaged for the main figure and as always a quote and some doodling!!

I have enjoyed doing all of these this week and I'm glad I set myself this challenge!!

Now I need to go lie down to recover!! LOL

I hope this week you all managed to create time to be creative!!

xxxx Hugz xxxx

Re Inker background

Hi Folks well day 6 and I'm sure after yesterday you will not be too surprised that I did another re inker background on a gesso page!!! Love this techniques!!

I stamped this very nice girl stamp and coloured her using distress ink pads - love using the ink pads to paint with!.

The quote was very appropriate to how I was feeling today.

However I felt it was a bit too normal and wanted to put something weird on with her, but as I'm away from home my normal supplies were not available so I had to do without.  

I cant believe I have done 3 cute girl pages in the same week!!!  Girly is not usually my thing - now weird is more up my street, but this week I'm girly I guess!! LOL

Anyway I tried my hand at some scroll doodling at the top of the page as it looked really bare and nothing I put on it worked.  Not sure this really works either and I really do have to practise doodling more, but I guess it finished the page off ok. Had to add some stickles on at the end just for that little bit of bling!!!

Wishing you all a great weekend.

xxx hugsz xxx