Miss

My second entry for this fortnights Q&L challenge:

Most quotes with miss are of course a bit sad, but I found this one that was not and immediately in my mind a page had formed. Yesterday I was able to execute the plan, naturally it didn't turned out like the picture in my head, but that's fine, that's all part of the process, the page still has the playfulness I imagined.
The background is sprayed using Dylusions spray inks, for the quote I used a font that ressembles the handwriting of a kid. The girl is a digital download.

Thanks for stopping by.

strong

Challenge #3 over at The Craft Barn is to use strong and/or miss in a quote or lyric.

After some thought it suddenly dawned to me: strong woman.

So I printed pictures of strong woman throughout history, needless to say that there are plenty: Marie Curie, Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale, Jane Austen, Oprah, JK Rowling, Anna Frank,…

and glued them to a gelli printed background.

Because my page was already filled with the images I decided to make it a double page spread (luckily I had also a ghost print) and add the quote on the other side.

I cut out different letters from magazines, because the woman images reminded me of a magazine spread, as first letter of each word.

I’m going to try and make a page with miss this weekend, I already have it in my head, now just find the time to execute it J

junk journal page #6

Junk used: cereal box, left over paint, round objects (toilet roll, kitchen roll, tape roll) and a dictionary page.

The background is painted with left over paint, the circles were added using all types of rolls 

and the gelli plate as ink pad, so I also have some fun prints (now we can debate whether the stamped circle images are the by product (or waste) or the gelli prints) 

The cute little girl is a gorjuss stamp, which I stamped with black stazon on a dictionary page (left over from the dictionary challenge) and colored in with derwent soft colours.

The words are rub-ons, stickers and a stamp from Andy Skinner which I embossed in black.

spread your wings (junk journal page #5)

I started out by weaving left over strips of gelli prints

Then some spraying through a flower stencil

The page needed white, I wanted to heat emboss some stamped flowers, but apparently I don't have any white embossing powder, so I used hologhraphic instead, this gives it a nice shimmer. But I still didn't have any white on the page so I used the smaller flower stamp from the set with white frost ink.
Now I was satisfied with the background. 
For the focal point of the lay-out I used this bird image which I've used as a mask with some gelli printing and some glittery sunshines.

How much junk on 1 page??? (junk journal page #4)

I finally managed to finish the next page for my junk journal.

Clare gave us kind of a challenge, wondering how much junk we can use on one page.

I’m always up for a challenge so of I went and this is what I turned up with:

(sorry for the picture because it's so bulky I couldn't scan it and my photography skills aren't that great)

I started with a piece of cardboard from a cereal box (#1) which I painted green with paint that was leftover on my pallet (#2).

The pink was added by cleaning of my stencils(#3)

The frame is made by using cut out hearts that were sitting on my desk, I intended to use them on this month’s birthday calendar, but they were too bright for it and I had redone them in a softer color, so they were in fact junk (#4)

The hearts led me to a romantically themed page which needed cherubs and flowers.

The flowers I made from newspaper (#5) and a die cut.

This is how the pieces look when die cut, then you role them up using a quilling pen.

The cherubs are images from a napkin. They needed golden wings, but  as I didn’t have any stamps, I made one myself, this is my first attempt at carving a stamp, not too bad if I say so myself:

I definitely going to buy some more blocks for carving and attempt to make some more unique stamps.
In the rigth bottom corner I glued a row of hearts which I used as a mask whilst gelli printing (#6)

The last piece of junk I used on this page was a pair of black earrings in the shape of angel wings which were from a secondhand store, so they were someone’s junk, but my treasure (#7)

 So my answer to Clare’s question is 7 for now.

Dazzle

Hi there,

I literary only just finished this page now, just in time for this fortnight's Q&L challenge. This page has truly been a struggle. 
After doing some research about dazzle I was going to paint or draw some dazzle camouflage

I started but gave up quite early, didn't have the patience to do the whole page. 
So on with idea number 2. 
This was to make a page that is so bright it almost hurts the eye.
The background is painted with fluo yellow and added some layers of hot pink and metallic purples through homemade stencils. The one with the dots I just made by using my crop-a-dile.

 Then I added this dazzling beautiful lady and the quote

Do Something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world.

Hope you like, I do, just for finishing it alone J

mini album "A day at the zoo"

For my grandmother's birthday I made a mini album of our day at the zoo last summer (last year's birthday present J)
I started by cutting out 13 pieces of cardboard with dimensions 14 x 17cm:

I do not own any fancy paperpackets for making mini albums, but on a bookfair where they also have a ton of craft stuff I bought these packets of cardstock, only 1.25 euro for 25 pages. 
I've selected one with green shrubs as I figured this fitted well with the zoo theme, I glued the cardstock to the pieces of cardboard:

Sanded the edges, added some dark green paint and binded it with my Bind-it-all

Then came the decorating, here's the cover:  

and here are some of the inner pages:

Needless to say that my grandmother was over the moon with this present.

Last year was a good present as we all enjoyed a day at the zoo and this year a great little book to browse through and be remembered of that wonderful day. What to do next year??