Saturday 2 April 2016

Spring has Sprung


That is an original title isnt it? I think thousands of posts published today here in Blogland have used that title today, well I never promised to be original did I?
I have had a lovely crafty day accompanied by my pal from the naughty corner, Trish. No pressures, no plans or deadlines, just grabbed some paint and off we went!
Amidst the chat, lunch (chicken wraps with sweet chilli mayo= yummy) copious mugs of coffee (and the resulting trips to the loo) we did actually achieve some good work!
I produced this Spring journal piece whilst my partner in crime raced ahead and had had at least 3 pages on the go all  of which are fabulous and all very different, but unfinished ....nicky nicky nah nah! (sorry, but that is our level of intelligent chat!)
To begin with I layed colour down with a brayer using Leandra's (from PaperArtsy) technique ( corner, corner, side) with Fresco Snowflake, Tango and Limelight. It took quite a few layers as the brown of the weetabix box kept showing through (yes, I know,  only the finest of substrates used in this house!) With hindsight, I think I should have gessoed first, which would have allowed the translucent Tango and Limelight to really Pop (I promised myself I would never say that!)   Using the same paint colours, I then used various background stencils to build up the background. Using white gesso I stencilled with the circular Dinky stencil around the top of the page in an arch and highlighted with a white pen.  Trish had some spare diluted green paint which she kindly splattered over the background, and I added some splatted white to balance it out. Then using the Decoart Texture Paste (my personal favourite) through a Tim Holtz stencil I padded out the background with the aim to having these in silhouette. However by the time it was dry - which wasnt long as I used my trusty heat tool - I had changed my mind. Laying the stencil back over, I added a a couple of the Fresco greens to the paste. The flowers are Tim Holtz beauties, that I stamped many times onto card (white this time not Weetabix!) and coloured with my beloved Polychromos. My first was yellow, but it was lost on the background, so I then chose a mix of dark orange and reds, which in the photo look all orange! The flower heads were stuck into place with some 3D gel  and Cosmic Shimmer for the stems. The word was stamped with my bargain alphabet stamps (£1.64 from China!) and the page was finished with a doodle around the edge. I am very pleased with the page (it looks better than my photo - honest) and when I look back in my journal it will remind me of the lovely day I had whilst making it.  Have a good weekend and I hope to see you back here next time. In the meantime, be kind and say hello....everybody needs some lurve!

I have entered this into the following challenges:
http://craftstamper.blogspot.co.uk/Take it make it Challenge
http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
moo-mania.blogspot.co.uk Spring

14 comments:

  1. Well here I am to say hello :o). Love this journal page and yes the flowers really "pop" (sorry). The background looks great and the big flowers are really striking! Sounds like you had a fantastic day!!

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  2. Well done Debbie - this is lovely. X

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  3. You forgot to mention that you had to do a blog tutorial for your friendly numpty....can I have an instagram (?)tutorial next please? Thanks for a brilliant day 'hun'....loving your work as always xx

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  5. Lovely work Debbie. You've really got into the groove with art journalling haven't you! Liking the blog too. Xx

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  6. What a wonderful card! I am thrilled about it!
    So beautiful! Thank you for joining us at Moo Mania & More!
    oxo Susi

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  7. Love what you two partners in crime get up to!!! This is really pretty Debbie. Xxx

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  8. What a fabulous card, so much texture and gorgeousness. I love that you chose orange too for you focal point and your back is amazing and works so well. Thanks for taking part in Coiuntry View Crafts Challenge hugs Debs xx

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  9. Fabulous journal page .... Thank you for joining in with the Craft Stamper challenge xx

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  10. this is beautiful - absolutely adore it! Thanks for joining us at CVC this month and good luck! Hugs Rachel x

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  11. Gorgeous entry to the Craft Stamper TIMI challenge!
    xxx Ellie Knol xxx

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  12. This is fab! Thank you for joining us at Craft Stamper this month. xx

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  13. That's gorgeous thanks for joining in with us at the Craft Stamper challenge, Elizabeth x

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