Tuesday 13 October 2020

Halloween....at TIOT

 Hi everyone, I know a lot of you are going to enjoy our new theme 'Halloween' at Try It On Tuesday. It's not my favourite, but I do look forward to seeing your creations and have enjoyed seeing some spooky goings on from my Teamies too!

I had fun searching for words to accompany the image on my journal page.

The page started like this - I added distress oxide over my page then spritzed it with water and dabbed a paper towel over to lift the water to give a spooky light
I stamped some bare trees and added barbed wire and spattered some white paint over the piece of blue paper that came as part of some packaging

I stamped the Crafty Individuals crow and gave him some white pen highlights!

The words came from this charity shop book, that as soon as I picked it up and looked through it, knew it would give me words for all sorts of pages!

The story is a sad tale of a feuding family and two children who grew up loving each other despite their families disagreements.

It has a very sad ending.




As you can see it has been cut into lots of times!

I hope you will join us at Try It On Tuesday this time, the theme runs for two weeks.

I am linking to Art Journal Journey and my 'Hold The Line' theme

Thanks for looking, Chris

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16 comments:

  1. Valerie-Jael13 October 2020 at 09:32:00 BST

    Wonderful page, Chris. It turned out so well even though it's not quite your theme! Have a safe day, hugs, Valerie

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  2. Let's Art Journal13 October 2020 at 11:28:00 BST

    Beautiful page! The barbed wire background looks fabulous with the midnight blue colouring and I love the crow stamp; it all looks so eerie and atmospheric when you read the verse too 😀. How wonderful to take lines from the book too! Happy and creative wishes! Hugs Jo x

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  3. Aimeslee Winans13 October 2020 at 11:53:00 BST

    Quite an Edgar Allen Po-etic page, Chris! Love the textures, found words and stamped elements. XOXO

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  4. Helen13 October 2020 at 12:05:00 BST

    Stunning art spread Chris! LOVE that barbed wire and your crow!! And what a fantastic idea for your words!! LOVE it!! Have a super week! ((HUGS)) Helen

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  5. Bleubeard and Elizabeth13 October 2020 at 13:58:00 BST

    Quite amazing, dear Chris. I like your take on this Halloween theme. It's dark, sinister, and very different. It's also something you can wrap your head around, since Halloween is not really your thing. It IS however, a great entry for your theme at Art Journal Journey.

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  6. kathyinozarks13 October 2020 at 14:57:00 BST

    I Love your journal page Chris-

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  7. Mrs.B13 October 2020 at 17:12:00 BST

    A fabulous page Chris, the background looks very atmospheric and eerie and I can just imagine the moonlight glinting on the crow.
    Avril xx

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  8. Rita13 October 2020 at 18:44:00 BST

    Not my favorite holiday, but I do love your page. :)

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  9. My name is Erika.13 October 2020 at 22:38:00 BST

    That book gave you some fabulous words for this fabulous and spooky Halloween page. Nice book find and supeer page Chris! Hugs-Erika

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  10. Marjut14 October 2020 at 09:38:00 BST

    Super cool Halloween page, love it.
    Have a nice week!

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  11. Meggymay15 October 2020 at 09:56:00 BST

    A fabulous atmospheric page Chris. The bird 'crow' looks great.
    The old book looks a good find and the print seems a good size for your pages.
    Stay safe.
    Yvonne xx

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  12. sheila 7715 October 2020 at 12:07:00 BST

    I saw this on Instagram and thought it was terrific and I enjoyed seeing the processes in making it here.

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  13. Neet15 October 2020 at 13:36:00 BST

    It might not be your choice of theme but you made a great journal page for it. Love the background colour and I just adore the barbed wire - can you tell me who makes this stamp I can see it having so much use.
    A lovely page with its simple imagery - needs nothing more than you have given it.
    hugs, Neet xx

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  14. Elkes Lebensglück15 October 2020 at 15:42:00 BST

    *wow* wonderful page,
    I'm not for Halloween either, but the way you designed it I like it very much!!!
    Have a beautiful Week, hug Elke

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  15. Joan15 October 2020 at 20:06:00 BST

    Great page Chris, you pipped me to the post with those stamps!

    Joan

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  16. Kelly18 October 2020 at 05:38:00 BST

    What a great idea to purloin words from a book to make your own sentiments! I hadn't thought of doing it that way. Will have to survey my existing inventory :).

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