Winter

A digital piece. Click on the picture to get a better view. Enjoy the last day of the year.

Credits: background from 'The Last Queen by Fiddlette, previously @ Cat Scrap; all other elements from 'Winter serenade' & 'Beautiful text overlays' by Cryztal Rain @ Deviant Scrap

Buried in my thoughts

Credits: overlay (altered) by T Baxter; all other elements from 'Elle' by R McMeen

Love

Credits: heart stitches (altered) by N Rowe Janitz previously @ Cat Scrap; all other elements from 'Pretty in every way' by Rosey Posey @ SBG

Beautiful from the inside out

I haven't had much opportunity to get my papers and paints out over the Christmas period, so for the next few days I will be posting more digital pieces.

Credits: all elements from 'Believe in Beautiful' by Captivated Visions @ SBG

A digital scrapbook page

This was the first Christmas without my Nan, and so I created this page of her with her parents and siblings in her honour.

Credits: all elements from the collaboration kit 'Enduring Grace' by Rosey Posey, Miki, Manu & Viva Artistry @ SBG

And a partridge in a pear tree

Credits: all elements from 'Grace' by R McMeen @ SBG

Happy Christmas!

I hope you all have a very enjoyable day.

Credits: snowy background by Cryztal Rain @ Deviant Scrap; other elements from 'Favorite Things - Christ Child' by T Baxter @ SBG

The back page

Here is the last page of my advent journal, in preparation for tomorrow.

Advent journal 9

Advent journal 8

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Advent journal 6

Advent journal 5

Advent journal 4

Advent journal 3

Advent journal 2

Advent journal

We are currently in Advent. For a while, I have been wondering what to do with the backgrounds I created using my Gelli Plate. Then I had the idea of making an Advent Journal. It's quite a grungy journal, using lots of bits and pieces that I had stashed away, but marking the period of waiting before Christmas day and the birth of Jesus.

Over the next 10 days I will post one page each day. I hope you like them.

Fly

A fun steampunk digital piece.

Credits: all elements from 'Steampunk Sue & Lulu too' by Fiddlette previously @ Cat Scrap

Two hearts

I created the background for this piece with my Gelli Plate. I then added some bits of old printed paper, some stamping, some wasi tape and highlighted the hearts with charcoal. As the last stage I added some swirls of dimensional paint. Done!

Laugh out loud

I wanted to create a cheerful digital piece and ended up using element from lots of different kits. That is why the credits for this piece are so long. Lol!

Credits: words and little labels from 'Wordup' by Sausan Designs, previously @ Cat Scrap; background and circles (all altered) from 'Glorious vision' collaboration kit by T Baxter, S J Drummond, Rosey Posey and R McMeen @ SBG; added textures from 'Brushstrokes' by L-M Favreau previously @ Cat Scrap; frame & edges (altered) by T Baxter @ SBG

More Gelli Plate backgrounds

Day dream - a digital collage

Credits: all elements from various kits by T Baxter @ SBG

Beside myself laughing

Don't ask me where this one came from, but here it is!

Credits: all elements from 'Comic Relief' by B Rimmer @ Deviant Scrap

As long as we remember ...

Credits: figure from 'Callisto by R McMeen @ SBG; overlay by V Lim; all other elements from 'Captivating 2012' by Captivated Visions @ SBG

Be true to you

This journal page wascreated using paper strips, patterned cake cases, spray inks and stencils and texture paint.

City life

Credits: buildings from 'Urban Scribbles' by Cryztal Rain @ Deviant Scrap; overlay from 'Gesso Messy 5' by T Baxter @ SBG

Christmas tags

Well, I haven't managed to make many Christmas cards, but I have made some tags.

Poppies journal page

Diptych

To start I covered the wood with gesso, followed by acrylic paint.I then applied more paint through stencils,  moving the stencil slightly for the second layer. For the back, I then stamped over the stencil pattern. On the front I added the embellishments.

December

A digital collage.

Credits: gesso dove from 'Gesso Messy 4 by T Baxter @ SBG; flower overlay from 'Beautiful Overlays' by Cryztal Rain @ Deviant Scrap; all other elements from 'Captivating 2012' by Captivated Visions @ SBG

Take time - a digital collage

Credits: word art and swirls from 'Meloy' by R McMeen; all other elements from various kits by T Baxter, both @ SBG

Paris wall plaque

I started this piece by collaging pieces of old book pages onto the wood. I then added tissue paper with French words and scenes. Once dry I added some orange and blue acrylic paint through stencils. The top layer was a faux bees wax I made from various acrylic mediums. After this had dried I attached the metal embellishments.

Voyage

Springtime in Paris - a journal page

Forgiveness

A digital piece.

Credits: girl with the balloon by B Kerr from 'Finding my way' @ SBG; all other elements by from 'Letting Go' Rosey Posey @ SBG

Dream - a journal page

The focal image on this page is a transfer on sticky-back canvas. The background was created using various stencils and spray inks. You may spot some stamping underneath all the layers. Not liking to waste anything, having used stamps on other pages I stamped the excess ink onto this page to start it off!

Waiting wasn't easy

All the elements for this digital piece come from various kits by Tangie Baxter at Scrapbook Graphics.

Who, me?

I printed one layer of paint using my Gelli Plate and then did another adding the two silhouettes. I then sprayed the page and edged the figures with a white paint pen and then charcoal. I added some faint stamping in the background and the script.

Sprinkle laughter

Sing

Faux watercolour faces

To create these faces I took one of my Lynne Perrella stamps (by Paper Artsy), coloured it with two or three Distress Stains, spritzed it with water and then gently pressed a piece of scalloped card on top of it. The results varied as to how much, or how little, water I used.

Happiness

The background of this page was created with my Gelli Plate. I then added the little folder, tape and stamping.

Inside the folder.

You too!

This journal page started off with printing excess strips of paint from my Gelli Plate onto it. I then filled some of the gaps with various bits of washi tape. Then I added the tabs and other embellishments as focal points.

 

This is the view with the tabs open.

Life

This page was created at the same time, and in the same way, as the one I posted yesterday. I used one of my favourite quotes.

I'm not quite sure why the pink elephant ended up there, but it seemed fun!!

Imagination

This was a very simple journal page to create. I sprayed it with various colours of Dylusions Inks, added the tape and houses and tree, and then stamped the bird and quote.

Viewpoint

This page was created digitally (in case you can't tell).

Credits: all elements from 'Unconventional Wisdom' by T Baxter @ SBG

Paris journal page