Itinerary 24

One of the prompts from Art Journal Caravan this week was to look out of the window and think about the first thing you see with blue in it. For me, this was the blue railings of our 'balcony'. This led me to think about division and diversity and here are the pages that arose from those thoughts.

My digital page focuses on the verb 'cheer' and art.

Credits: T Baxter, A Sexton for the elements and Maya for the quote, all at SBG.

Roses

That's the theme from Sunday Postcard Art this week. The roses come from photos that I have taken on various holidays. The woman & butterflies are by Ruby Rynne.

Bird frame

I made this piece this afternoon.

It started out as a plain wooden photo frame. I painted it black. 

Whilst the frame was drying, I prepared the metal pieces. First I stuck card to the metal using Humungo Tape and then I embossed it using my Cuttlebug. I covered it in black acrylic paint and just before it was completely dry I wiped the excess paint away, creating an antique effect. I then sprayed it with Glimmer Mist. Whilst this was drying I applied Inka-Gold to the painted frame, except for the recess at the top.

I made the embellishments from Grunge Paper using Tim Holtz Sizzix dies, painted them with black acrylic paint and then added some colour with Inka-Gold. I added brads to the bottom of the cage and used another in the 'artful' Idea-ology piece.

The last stage was assembling it all. I was pleased to find that one of the papers from my Tim Holtz Paper Stack was just the right colour, so I cut out the map and placed it into the frame.

Finished - now I just have to decide where to hang it!

Another necklace

Metal plaque

This is a piece I made for Rubber Road Adventures.

If you want to see how I made it  CLICK HERE and then click on the link.

Award

Today I received an unexpected but lovely surprise. My friend Penny at Creative Overflow gave me the Beautiful Blogger Award.

 The idea is that I tell you ten things about myself that you don't know and pass the award on to 10 blogs I admire. So, here goes:

1. I moved to London when I was eighteen and have been here ever since
2. I have been married over thirteen years
3. My hair is naturally curly
4. I work in a hospice
5. I hate Marmite
6. I love the smell of orange blossom
7. I have published two professional articles
8. I cannot eat scallops or peppers (much to my annoyance!)
9. I have traced some of my family tree back to the 1500s
10. I have never been an inpatient in hospital

Blogs I admire (in no particular order):
1. http://acraftingjourney.blogspot.com/
2. http://herminesplace.wordpress.com/
3. http://truutske.blogspot.com/
4. http://rustycage11.blogspot.com/
5. http://artic-blonde-creations.blogspot.com/
6. http://martinas-stempel-gewerkel.blogspot.com/
7. http://piabau.blogspot.com/
8. http://thegatheringnest.blogspot.com/
9. http://artyjen.blogspot.com/
10. http://nettiesweb.blogspot.com/

ACF 78

This week, Art Creations Friday have given us a picture of different coloured sacks.

This is how I used it:

Credits: Words by Clementine Designs @ Deviant Scrap; overlay by Nicecrane Designs; Cock by Ztampf @ SBG

Altered altoid/mint tin

This is a little mint tin that I altered sometime ago for Rubber Road Adventures. If you want to see how I made it  CLICK HERE and then click on the link.

Alice mini-book

Here is a mini-book, 15 x 15 cm, that I've made featuring Alice in Wonderland .

Bird wall hanging

This is a wall hanging I made from beer mats. I coloured them with Distress Inks, stamped upon them (Paper Artsy & Graphicus) and then joined them together with my Bind-it-All. The embellishments are made from Grunge Paper.

Itinerary 23

Reading is the theme for Art Journal Caravan this week.

These are my pages; mixed media first:

And digital:  

Credits: T Baxter & A Sexton, both @ SBG

Wooden boxes

My sister has been staying with me for a few days. One of our activities together was to decorate these little boxes.

Art Nouveau

That's the challenge from Sunday Postcard Art this week.
Here is my contribution.

Credits T Baxter @ SBG; Dover

ACF 77

This week Art Creations Friday gave us a picture of a little girl and her dog. I added some extra layers and gave the girl a crown. Here is the finished result:

Credits: Studio Manu for the overlay & Birgit Kerr for the crown both @ SBG; Astrid Maclean for the stamp background

Time - change & decay

The theme from the Three Muses this week is time. Here is my digital creation:

Credits: Sherrie JD, & Maya @SBG