Watching and waiting

My last journal page for the September theme of ........

Through my Window  at  Art Journal Journey.

On the left is the original page, made with a variety of stencils and distress inks. I think the background was mopped up Dylusions spray inks.

The stamps are Graphics 45, Stampers Anonymous, Chocolate Baroque and Stampotique.
The photo above has a few added digital elements, the face in the window is from mischief circus.

The Halloween season is rapidly approaching, my son's used to have lanterns made out of turnips back in the day. They grew up and many years passed. Now here I am in blogland   anticipating its coming and creating a few pieces to hang in my porch and create in my journal.




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Colours of Autumn for TioT's

We are now into our Autumn season in the UK.

The new challenge  over at Try it on Tuesdays is....

Autumn, - colours, -leaves etc.

Please pop over for all the details

 and see how the team interpreted this theme.

The hay will have been collected many weeks ago, 

but I  am using  these stamped images  [ by Sheena]  for me they  depict end of summer

 and bring us into autumn.

I used water colours for most of the colouring.  Fussy cut the oak leaves and acorns.

The trusty Vintage Photo Distress ink used for a bit of aging and on the stencil I used in the foreground, which is nearly all covered with the ribbon.

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What do you see?

A couple of weeks ago on my Birthday I was given two 'grown ups' colouring books.

These books seem to be quite popular in the UK as they are on sale in a number of supermarkets. 

The above page is the result of a little digital altering using  overlays from Mischief Circus.

That quote is one of Edgar Allen Poe's.

I know I will be tempted to purchase more of these  digi's  in the future.

This is the page I coloured in yesterday, lots of interesting things nestling in the wolf's fur.

I was limited with colours, as I only brought a basic set of colour pencils with me in the caravan.

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A face on the wall

One of the things I realy wish I  could do, is to draw faces. However I have managed to purchase a  few stencils and this is one of my latest from Artistcellar.

My blog friends Valerie and Susi have me in awe  with the   faces they paint.

Valerie,  this is a page I just had to try  and experiment with for myself,

 after seeing your inspirational  posts.

 The first photo shows the  page with the  added addition of some digi images,

 Mischief Circus and my Craft Studio.

On the left is my  original page. Using a variety of stencils, stamps [including Indigo Blu and Bee crafty] and distress inks for the background. 

I had fun today, especially as my supplies in the caravan are limited, as are the digi additions I have on the laptop.









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Freda's view from her window for AJJ

Another birds eye view  in my journal page today

This time its Freda's  view  from her high rise window.

She is off to visit friends in the city and taking them a bunch of flowers.

She likes to visit with friends, they can gossip for hours,  about old times.

 They will talk about  their families  and  catch up on  allthe latest news.

This is how the page began,  a mop up base, I have many of these in my journal.

Next some stencils using Distress ink-Abandoned coral.

The stamps and stencils are all  from Tim Holtz.

Next some texture, for this I mixed some Golden glass bead gel with some acrylic paint and another Tim Holtz stencil.

As it was drying out I took the photo into my computer program [MCS] 

and had a bit of a digital play.

The result was the first photo I posted.

Another page going off to

  Art Journal Journey

where the theme is Through my Window.

Thank you for calling by to see what I have been making today,
 your comments are always appreciated
 Forgive me if I don't get to visit you all  regularly for  a short while.
 We are enjoying our last break away in the caravan, before the  start of winter.
I prefer the views from my window, autumn colours and woodland,
 Freda is welcome to her city views.

Life's moments

Sharing a  double sided  4 x 4 inch fat page with you today.
This was made for a swap with a craft pen friend.
The base paper were already so pretty with the lovely ladies,  I only needed to add some
texture and details including a metal corner piece..
It was a Tim Holtz stencil  and when the modelling paste was dry I added some Gold gilding wax
The words were from  the Hash Tags set [again Tim Holtz]

This is what can be seen on the other side.
My friend has the originals,   so for this post and
keeping up with my digital experiments I have also added a few images from a digi set
I recently bought  from
Mischief Circus.

There is still another week for you to pop over and join us at
Try it on Tuesdays
where the challenge is to, 'Add some Metal'.

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 I always appreciate the comments you leave for me.

Live your own story

This happy young couple are heading out  on a journey of discovery.
I wonder what will they see through their window, as they travel life's journey  together..

This is my journal pages before I added a few digital elements in   my Craft Studio program.
The base had been sprinkled with  green Brusho powder and then sprayed with water. Stencils to add some interest  to the background and a selection of stamps on. the trees were from a Sheena  Douglas set
 and words  from  Tim Holtz..
The main image of the young couple is a Crafty Individuals stamp, water coloured then fussy cut.







Sharing this page over at
  Art Journal Journey
for the current theme of..... Through my Window.
and
Crafty Individuals
where the challenge is...
'Anything goes in September'.


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