We have had a busy few days - shopping, a new shorter hair cut, scrabble, Happy Stampers craft supplies event at Port Sunlight (where I met up with friends ..so double delight!) and a birthday picnic for my eldest son's 37th birthday(37!…whaaat!!)We had a lovely walk around the woods at Styall Mill afterwards.
We returned home late this afternoon, the sun was shining into my craft room and I was in the mood for play!
Yesterday, I watched Emma Godfrey and Leandra showing some amazing techniques with Paper Artsy products(resulted in a hefty spend too!)
This is the page I made in my new Black paged journal
The background is a a combination of Fresco paints scraped on randomly then covered with snowflake Fresco before rubbing off with a baby wipe.
Then came some random stencilling and stamping.
The 'bell' flowers from Lin Brown's Eclectica ELB22 are coloured with Black Pitt pen and a Uni-ball white pen
The butterflies(not sure where from) were stamped and white pen was added to those too, along with some doodle dots on the leaves of the flowers
I would like to enter the following challenges
Country View Crafts - Use a Stencil
Mixed media monthly - Butterflies and Blooms
Frilly and Funkie - Opposites attract - I have never made a journal page on black before or coloured my flowers only using black and white.
Then came some random stencilling and stamping.
The 'bell' flowers from Lin Brown's Eclectica ELB22 are coloured with Black Pitt pen and a Uni-ball white pen
The butterflies(not sure where from) were stamped and white pen was added to those too, along with some doodle dots on the leaves of the flowers
I would like to enter the following challenges
Country View Crafts - Use a Stencil
Mixed media monthly - Butterflies and Blooms
Frilly and Funkie - Opposites attract - I have never made a journal page on black before or coloured my flowers only using black and white.
Craft Stamper - Anything Goes
I enjoyed my playtime and now time for a little TV - the last episode of 'The Durrells'
I hope to get back into a routine sometime soon!!
Thanks for looking, Chris
I enjoyed my playtime and now time for a little TV - the last episode of 'The Durrells'
I hope to get back into a routine sometime soon!!
Thanks for looking, Chris
A beautiful page in your journal Chris and glad you had a great time at the show. My son is the same age and I really wonder where all those years went!!!
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Hugs Brenda xx
Glad you had a great weekend, lovely page with beautiful colours, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteI saw you in the back of a video shopping away!! Looks like you had fun and this is a gorgeous page showing off what you learnt.
ReplyDeleteWonderful, arty page Chris. It has made me want to get my black journal out again-thanks for the inspiration
ReplyDeleteLove Chrissie xx
Beautiful, lovely design.
ReplyDeleteHave a happy day xx
I am in love with that black journal. It's a beauty. Your page is terrific, too. I enjoyed the flowers, the butterflies, the colors, the design, and just about everything about it.
ReplyDeleteA fabulous page with those wonderful PA products! Glad you had a good weekend!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun weekend Chris. It is a stunning page in your black journal, The colours look great.
ReplyDeleteYvonne xx.
Enjoy your new short haircut!
ReplyDeleteLovely page. I have wanted to try the scraping multi-colored paints on a background. Yours turned out so pretty. Do you need to use fresco paints? Or some kind of transparent paints?
Have a wonderful week. :)
It is wonderful page, beautiful colours.
ReplyDeleteLove the contrast of the Fresco colours against the black and the stencilling is perfect. Thanks for joining us at Country View Challenges this month.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous page Chris. Glad you enjoyed Port Sunny...I feel really 'out of it' now!! completely forgot about it...gosh it's ages since I've been to a show. xx
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful, especially on that black background... Looks like you were having a great time!
ReplyDeleteGood to see you on Saturday. You have been productive doing that technique already - must hurry and get something done myself now.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Neet xx
A very pretty floral creation and stunning background, many thanks for joining in at Stamping Sensations challenge.
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B x
Great journal page! Thanks for sharing with us at Stamping Sensations!
ReplyDeleteViv (DT)
Such pretty colors. I love those flowers too!
ReplyDeletesandy xx
Just love those layers of paint on the black page - so effective. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteAlison x
What a great journal page! I love that you chose black paper for background! Your colours and your composition are charming too! Thank you for sharing your work at Country View Challenges!
ReplyDeleteLovely journal page! The black background is a striking effect and the white flower fabulous. Thanks for playing along with us in Opposite's Attract Challenge at Frilly and Funkie Challenge!
ReplyDeletelove the way you have used colour - fabulous!
ReplyDeleteWow Chris, this is absolutely stunning!! I love the black background with the rainbow of colours on top, and the doodle flowers with the white highlights are just divine!! Thank you so much for joining us at Frilly and Funkie for our 'Opposites Attract' challenge! Hugs, Pamellia DT :)
ReplyDeleteI love how the color leaps off the paper in this beautiful art journal page! The repeated stamping, wonderful background and white highlights are wonderful! I'm so glad you walked into your sunny craft room to have a play! Thanks so much for sharing with us in the Frilly and Funkie Opposites Attract Challenge!
ReplyDeleteA fabulous creation, with gorgeous colours! Thanks for joining us at Stamping sensations this month and good Luck!
ReplyDeleteFabulous journal page. Thank you for joining in with the Craft Stamper challenge xx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous page and the colours really pop off the background, it was lovely to catch up with you at Port Sunny too. Ruth xx
ReplyDeletevery pretty! love the paint on the black page! Thank you so much for playing with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!
ReplyDelete-Rachel
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