Wanderlust 2021 Week 18

Gosh, I loved this weeks lesson with Maremi.....and I don't normally like doing collages as such.

We are still on the recycled theme so used papers in our stash.

I honestly love this page.

I got out some old pages from my stash along with some ephemera I had printed out from TLCreates Vintage Monthly Club files and maybe some others that are mixed in my bits and bobs stash box.

Some white Gesso and my black Aquarellable pencil.

I also got to use on of my wash off brush napkins - this is actually the second layer in (napkin is 3 ply hand towel) and just perfect for this page. When I paint, I have a paper napkin beside me and wipe it off onto it after I wash it in the water. Generally I have it folded in half so when I open it to dry I get the colour variation. 

Now you can't get more recycled than that!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Wings

The prompt this week over at #MondayPromptProject is wings.

I watched the video and set about having a go with my charcoal pencil after creating a background that I though would work.

While I was waiting for the background to dry, I doodled my fairy with her wings on the back of a shopping docket...gotta be good for something hey!

Well she isn't the happiest looking fairy around I grant you, but she is just a practise one to give me a guide for placement and size.

Bahahahaha, so we are bolder, happier but a hot mess in the hair department!

Thankfully I have never once said I can draw so I don't have to be hard on myself!

I am getting better as I go along and that is great and all I need to keep me happy!

I got my water brush out and went over the charcoal for a washed effect and then my favourite water paints by Elena Art Pages.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Gecko Galz Steampunk Challenge

Wasn't too sure how to use this month's Steampunk image for the Challenge.

Anyway looking for something else I moved my homemade Junk Journal and thought, why not?

So on my music sheet, I have a old paper plate that I used for a paint palette at some stage. The idea is you take the top layer of it away and stick that on your journal page - I thought it made a nice bird nest type of mess - hahahaha a nice hot mess happening right there!

So, along with my image, I used one of the words from a sheet from the IndgioBlu papers I got the other month.  Perfect fit for my junk journal.

The stencil I used is a Steampunk one from Stamperia and designed by Antonis Tzanidakis. I got it on Friday so thought I'd try it out with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Wanderlust 2021 Week 17

This week at Wanderlust we have Kasia Avery giving us a lesson with recycling old magazines to create a collage.

I normally do a double page layout, or 2 pages, but this week just the one page.

I used 4 pages from an old Elle Magazine with the added bonus being Edwina with baby Molly on the bottom half of the top page.  Funny how things turn out.

I have used some ribbon/lace for texture and oil pastels to complete.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

#jjec 54 Lemon

Here is this week's Junk Journal Embellishment Challenge project.

  

I ended up googling Lemons to get my background for the tag and my saying.

The saying is also from googling!

I loved the saying so much I decide to use it on  my page in the altered book.

This way if I give the tag away I still have the saying to remind me.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Wanderlust 2021 Week 16

I loved this week's class at Wanderlust 2021 by Dyan Reaveley.

I went with my 3 main colour combo I decided to use this year for Wanderlust, with the addition of Black. It makes it easier when you don't have to decide on colours to use.....lucky my are a warm combo.

I got to use my new Buddha 1 A4 stencil from ColourBlast that was designed by Michelle Grant.

Also used the Distorted Chess stencil by Visible Image and one from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps that I can't recall the name of. Another 2 stencils from my stash as well.

White and black gel pen for outlining and writing.

I found 2 great snarky quotes to use - the one in black you can read pretty well,

"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak!"

The one in white says:

"I am practicing mindfulness, compassion and kindness, so don't piss me off!"

Loved them both.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Eyes, Don't Blink

#MondayPromptProject over at Mixed Media Art School FB group this week is Eyes.

Little Miss Tyne gave us a template to use if we felt we needed a hand .... yes I decided that might be a good idea given I have had a busy/draining week at work and feeling quite tired. Lol, I should have taken a photo and used my own eyes - one of the residents commented that I was looking tired and it was the first 30 minutes of my shift! No, the shift didn't get better by the way...

I coloured these with my Staedtler (72 set) pencils. I cannot for the life of me do eyelashes! 

I started bottom up so by the time I got to the brown eyes, just extended the line out - more my style I think.

So here is my preferred eyes in my journal, along with the some of the lyric's from Kenny Chesney's Don't Blink song. That song also brings a tear to my eyes.....

I used some black acrylic pant with a brayer for my background.

My lyric's I printed in word and then onto some rice paper and adhered in journal. That didn't turn out the way I thought it would, but that's ok.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!