Return to Sender

This months Kraft challenge was all about postage. I am running very late with my entry so will update this blog later. Here is my entry - I made my own background paper!

Wanderlust Update

We are now up to week 7 in our year long art experience  Wanderlust  and it is certainly keeping me very busy and sometimes very stressed a I ponder over what to do and how to do it.
So this is what I have been up to.  Our journal exercise for week 6 was to write all over our page and the class was on Zentagling. I decided to combine the the two and complete my zentangling on my journal page and this is what I came up with. Note to self. Spend more time completing the zentangling tile exercise.The background was created using Dylusion paints applied with a baby-wipe, stencil and stamps.

So, this is what I have been up to this week. We have been experimenting with alcohol ink pens on velum. Our drawings have been inspired by "Suzani" designs. Some of these are to be torn up and pasted face down on the first layer of our project (Still to come) so here they are before this is done.

Vintage is Timeless

This is the sketch provided for the February Scrap the Boys Challenge.

I decided to be a little different by doing a vintage look which could be classed as feminine but I am happy with the outcome. Hope you like it.

and a close-up.

Kaiser Cardstock

Kaiser Doiley

Oddments of lace, canvas, music paper

Findings and flowers from my stash

Kaiser chipboard frame

Gesso

Dylusion Sprays

Finnabair Mica Powders

Finnabair Texture Paste Crackle Medium

Vintage title cut from Cricut

Ferro Graphite

American Crafts Embossing Powders

Be Yourself

I always struggle with journalling, especially when using my own hand writing when completing a layout so I was challenged to undertake the  Kraft+ January Challenge which required us to use our own handwriting. So, this is my entry for the challenge which includes a gorgeous picture of my youngest daughter who is now 40. Wow! how time flies.

2Crafty Chipboard Title

Canvas, lace and flowers from my stash.

Paper doiley.

Small metal flowers and nicro beads

Prima Resin Icon Fairy

Dylusion sprays (White Linen and blue mixed by myself to suit).

Tim Holtz tiny staples.

Uni-ball pigment ink white pen for the writing.

Unknown flower stencil.

Medical gauze

Wanderlust 2016 - What do I really want...

I love these prompts by Kasia from #Everything Art as they make one think even though sometimes the answers are very obvious.

Everything Art - 2016

My journey with Everything Art has kept me very busy for the month of January. I have completed three mixed media journal double pages and one still life painting, listened to numerous video classes several times and generally had a lot of fun, oh! and learned a lot.

This is my still life acrylic painting.

And this is my journal page where the inspiration was a word to describe what we were feeling. My word was "challenged"

Everything Art - Wanderlust 2016

I have joined Everything Art - Wanderlust 2016, a year long journey consisting of videos from 24 guest teachers and 2 resident teachers, one each week.
This is my first project, a travel diary made from scratch, taught by Kate Crane.

This one is a challenge inspired by the quote " Sometimes what you're most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free", using the composition  building techniques taught by Kasia Krzyminska.