Zodiac Monthly Challenge winner and new challenge.

Hello everyone thank you for visiting today. I hope you are all well and have something nice planned for the weekend. Where do the weeks go?  I have been so busy lately and having a bit of creative frenzy. I am so loving playing in my journals. I got my large Dylusions Journal yesterday and I know I'm going to love it. 

I have some very good news to share. I have been asked by Janet from Birds in the Barn in Marks Tey Essex to teach a journalling class. I was thrilled and so of course I had to say yes. It's on Aprith 11th and starts at 10 am. If you are interested then contact the shop here.

Now on to our first winner of the  Zodiac Challenge       drum roll if you please 

                                                  No 2 is Sarah B

               Big Congratulations Sarah your prize will be on its way to you very soon.

                                       And thank you to the others for taking part. 

                                                     Now onto the new challenge 

Remember this is a mixed media challenge and the Prize is some DecoArt Products ( photo to follow)

I am using DecoArt products kindly supplied by them but you can use any brand the important thing is to have some fun.

So onto the sign of Pisces which is symbolised by two fish swimming in different directions Ying and Yang. 

The fish was sacred to the Greco-Roman mythology, where it held symbolic meaning of change and transformation. We see this in the myth of Aphrodite and Heros when they turned themselves into fish in order to escape from the ferocious Typhon. 

February 19 - March 20

Pisces is the twelfth sign of the zodiac, and it is also the final sign in the zodiacal cycle. Hence, this sign brings together many of the characteristics of the eleven signs that have come before it. Pisces, however, are happiest keeping many of these qualities under wraps. These folks are selfless, spiritual and very focused on their inner journey. They also place great weight on what they are feeling. Yes, feelings define Pisces, and it's not uncommon for them to feel their own burdens (and joys) as well as those of others. The intuition of the Pisces-born is highly evolved. Many people associate Pisces with dreams and secrets, and it's a fair association, since those born under this sign feel comfortable in an illusory world. Extracted from http://www.astrology.com/pisces-sun-sign-zodiac-signs/2-d-d-66947

Now for my inspiration this week 

I started with some balsa wood and cut out my symbols I worked on this for a while but was not feeling the piece. It was doing nothing for me. So I changed tacked, I run aged through my scrap pile of papers and pulled out some instruction from something. I used a pallet knife and scraped some Media Fluids Acrylic across the page.

I kept the stencilling simple and used the same colour palette in areas to add some interest.

I then scraped some white on to the page I will journal on this later.

And of course  some circles

I added my fish

I finished with journalling and stamp.

Next week we will have a guest who has more inspiration for us,  shall I tell you who? No You'll have to wait and see. 

So come on have a go,  this is what you could win. 

Add your entry via the linky.

Take care and I'll see you soon 

Debs xx

An InLinkz Link-up

Painty

Hi everyone another quicky this morning to share my journal page lightly inspired by Anneke De Clerk. Over on the Paper Artsy Blog the theme is paint. There is some fantastic creations on the blog which you can see here.

I created my background differently by Brayering my colours and then using a stencil, I  did some more bumping still not perfected it but it's getting better.  I had some really useful feedback from my Twitter mate Sam who suggested I'm using too much paint and she was right. I'm not a very presice crafter neither am I very neat both of which I'm working on lol.

I forgot to take photos but below you can see that I added some flowers from Lin Brown stencil and crackle paste. (I've run out of grunge paste) and then using the same colours as the background added some bands of colour and of course some painty circles.

Here you can see the feature  in the little black and a little more stamping on the background.

And the finished page.

Thank you for visiting and come back tonight to see who won the Zodiac Challenge for this month.

Take care big hugs xx

Journal pages

Morning everyone, happy Thursday. I hope you are all well and looking after yourselves, as well as getting plenty of time to craft. 

This morning is just a quicky to share another couple of  journal pages using DecoArt products

They as started like this 

Both backgrounds were created using Media fluids and my baby Gelli Plate

On this one I stamped some butterflies using a IndigoBlu mini stamp in watering can archival ink I also used titanium white to give a blank area to add my feature stamp also by IndigoBlu.

I added some painty butterflies too as I wanted more colour.

The finished page 

Below you can see I did a similar thing but used the big butterfly from IndigoBlu.

The finished page

I hope you like them both as I had fun making them.

Take care and come back soon to see won January's zodiac challenge.

Hugs to all Debsxx

Media Mist and a Pallet Knife

Hi everyone hope you all  are well. I have another couple of journal pages to show you, this time using Media sparys from DecoArt.  I'm going  to enter this into the haunted design house challenge which as it is February is called its a love/ hate thing.

Below I have sprayed on my colours and then using the knife moved the cour around.

Once that layer had dried I stencilled with black through a stencil. And once dry using a Stabilo All in black drew on the page.

Here's a close up.

Very different and Im not sure whether I like it, but really enjoyed creating him.

And now for the next one

I scraped the paint around and used the knife to make patterns 

Then sprayed white through a stencil.

Then added a face.

Stay safe and I'll see you soon

Debsxx

Fresco Acyrlic with a palette knife.

Hi everyone, lately I've been playing in my journals and these two pages are were made using Fresco Acrylics a palette knife and black Stabilo All.

The first 

This was made using the 3 blues Chalk, lemon Zing and London Bus with a touch of Little Black Dress around the edges.

As I looked at the page I saw a house

I then added a tree

The next page 

I haven't done anything with this one yet but I've got lots of ideas.

Thanks for looking there's more to come. Take care.

Debsxxx

New painted face

Hi everyone, hope you all managed to get through Monday safely. Welcome to my new followers, and thanks for joining us here.

Today I'm sharing a painted face. It isn't really finished as I'm not happy with bits but wanted it to dry thoroughly before I play any more. It's very different for me but it's the way I'm feeling pulled and so I'm going with it and see where it takes me.

I used Media Line Paints by Dina Wakley and two tubes from Systems 3 Titaniam Buff and Rose. I put the photographs into a video which you can see below

Here is the girl. I don't like her lips, I already redone them once but I'm still not happy so will do them again and apart from the colours the eyes still ain't right.

I have some depth to the face, which was what I was after but I want more. I'll invite you back once I've made the changes. I would love to read your feedback so please leave a comment.

See you soon 

Debsxx

Journal page 1 fresco acrylics

I Hello, I have a journal page to share. I started getting the colour onto my 3x5 gelli plate using some of the new colours on Paper Artsy. The theme this time on their challenge blog is Paint. I will als enter this into the craft stamper challenge.

Then using a JOFY stencil and Little a Black Dress I got my first layer

I then used Spanish Mulberry over the top. The stencilling around the edge is  is from Dina Wakley.

I used a stamp gauge and built up my colours on this butterfly stamp from IndigoBlu mini once the paint was dry I stamped again in blck archival.

The colours were more vibrant but the light was poor. Below you can see the true colours. To finish the page I added some circles and painted inside to make them look like bubble and added my sentiment again from IndigoBlu.

Thanks for pooping by. Come back soon as I have more journal pages for you to see using different paints.

Take care Debsxx

painty Tags

Hi everyone, it's been a slow day on the inspiration front, but eventually I started playing.  I wanted to make something to enter the Paper Artsy Blog challenge which this week is Paint.

Go visit the blog and as there are some fab inspiration and on the You Tube channel Leandra demonstrates a variety of techniques. 

I'm going to use stencils so will entering this into Craft stamper Challenge too.

First I decorated 3 book marks using Fresco Finish Acyrlic and 3x5 gelli Plate which arrived today. 

To add another layer I thought I'd have another go at bumping. Those of you who know me know that I struggle to use a stencil neatly. So onto the YouTube video of Leandra demonstrating bumping to refresh my memory. I used Lin Brown's stencil ELB 01

As you can see it's not great but I thought usable.  ( the colour chanes because of the light) Using a JOFY 12 stamp I added a feature.

On the reverse I stamped EN mini. I thought this would be good to record which books you have read, or if your library is electronic you could use it in a journal and record inspiration, or just journal on it.

  

 I made the others in a similar way.

 

On this one I drew my elements.

I have three more to decorate but they are for another day. Take care and I'll see you soon

Debsxxx