Playing with Inks!

Although I use my inks quite a lot, I tend to just drip them down pages. So I thought it was time to experiment. This time, I used the droppers to create patterns, spirals, on the page. it was great to see how the inks interacted when they over lapped. I nearly applied some more layers, but decided to resist the temptation on this occasion and just added the words.

My Documented Life - week 42

The challenge for this week was to use vellum. I found this one hard! I decorated some vellum using a stencil. I then created the background - a layer of green acrylic paint under a layer of purple. Once it was dry, I stuck on the vellum and added other elements and marks. It reminds me of toothpaste. Not quite what I intended ....

A Colourful Journal Spread

Having fun with acrylic paint, stencils and pens!

Just breathe

A digital collage.

Credits: frame by Captivated Visions; words by A Young @ SBG; all other elements from 'Fearless' by Sherrie J. Drummond @ SBG

Cardboard lady

I have to admit, I have a penchant for Kelly Rae Roberts pictures and this inspired me to create my own cardboard figure. She is 18 inches tall.

My Documented Life - week 41

The challenge for this week was to use tissue paper and Dina Wakley was the guest artist. I used her layout as inspiration for mine. I painted and stamped onto tissue paper. Some of this I then glued onto my pages. The rest I used to collage onto drawings on tracing paper. After painting the backgrounds and scribbling over them, I stuck these drawings onto my pages so that they can be flicked upwards to reveal the pages underneath. The quote reads 'The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new' (Socrates).

No more tax discs!

The background of this page is created from acrylic paint and a blue Stabilo All pencil. I couldn't throw away our last tax disc ...

Serious Reflection in Progress

A digital collage.

Credits: all elements from 'Bubblegum Pop' by Captivated Visions

My Documented Life - weeks 39 and 40

The challenge for week 39 was to create a storyboard. Well that was easy - I told the story of my trip to New York.

Week 40 started a new month, with a new overall theme of translucent papers. This week the challenge was to use deli paper. here is how my spread ended up. I go from loving it to hating it. What do you think?

Love One Another

A simple digital piece.

Credits: words from 'Speak It 2' by A Young; all other elements from 'Celeste' & 'Mish Mash Color Lovin' by Captivated Visions

Bird cards

Here are two cards I made using Gelli Plate backgrounds and Tim Holtz's bird stamps.

My Documented Life - week 38

The challenge for this was 'silhouettes'. My page didn't quite work out how I had in mind, but here it is. The pictures inside the silhouettes are both by Degas.

My Documented Life - week 37

The challenge for week 37 was to use digital imagery. I took one of my holiday photos, digitally manipulated it using an app on my phone, printed it and added more colour using my water-soluble oil pastels. I now wish I hadn't added the black paint to the page, but hey we learn from our mistakes! I might fill the space in further ...

I'm Back!

Well, I am now back from my break. We spent 10 days in New York and had a fabulous time!

I am now catching up with My Documented Life Project (DLP). The theme for September is journalling with photos. As the challenge for week 36 was 'photo transfer' and the prompt was 'from here to there' so it seemed very appropriate to transfer two of my holiday snaps onto tissue paper and add them to my journal. I then used acrylic paint, stencils and pens to do the rest.

Yes, another face!