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Monday 4 February 2019

Day-tripper!

I have another page for Art Journal Journey. Rike has chosen 'The Colour Yellow' for the theme this month.
I wasn't sure at first whether I would be able to use much yellow but after a look through the stash mountain I have found lots of goodies!
My starting point was this postcard which is reproduction of an old Railway poster. When I was young my parents would often take us on day trips to one of the seaside towns on the Lincolnshire coast, this was in the 50's but my Grandad and Grandma(you saw her in the post here last week) would still treat it as a 'Grand Day Out' and wear Sunday best!!! 
The couple here are of that era clearly, and both wear hats, the young man has made an effort to look summery wth his yellow shirt and we have caught him here carrying his jacket, so maybe Skegness was having one of it's hot Summer days!

The background was made my adding Dylusions sprays, Distress Oxides and Distress inks onto a gessoed background with lots of spritzing, dabbing and heat drying.

I stamped Crafty Individuals 'Just The Ticket' CI498 and 'Full steam ahead' CI499 down the page and then partly stamped over the background.
I added washi tape to cover references to other places, painted over the gauge and added a sun in yellow. I used the seagull from 'Seagull adventure' CI344.
I used two paint sample names to mask of part of it and finally added two of my words of the moment!!

A quick reminder... (and a couple of sneaky peeks of some to the items I made)... that Crafty Individuals has a Hocahnda TV show today at 4.00pm and another tomorrow morning(Tuesday 5th Feb) at 10.00am.




You can watch online at Hochanda TV  where you can also watch on rewind for a while too

or on Freesat 817, Sky 673, or Freeview85 

Thanks for looking, Chris 


11 comments:

Rike said...

Amazing how you made this beautiful mixed media page! It started with a gorgeous background and it is very interesting how it growed step by step, even yellow spots in the background - and stunning: The man wears a yellow shirt! I also see yellow sand :)
Thank you for linking your wonderful collage to AJJ!
Wish you a happy new week! Rike

Anne (cornucopia) said...

Great background and lovely end result journal page.

Neet said...

Missed the show on Hochanda but can always look out for it on catch up.
Love the background you have made for this brilliant collage. Great choice of the Skeggy postcard as a starting point - it set the scene beautifully.
Hugs, Neet xx

Divers and Sundry said...

The background is so nice I'd have had trouble covering it up lol, but I see you did right by it with your additions. I enjoyed hearing your fond memories that were your inspiration :)

Krisha said...

WOW! This is a fantastic page, love all the ways you incorporated yellow!

froebelsternchen said...

What a brilliant background- an amazing collage Chris! So happy to see it linked to Art Journal Journey!
Thanks a lot for yet another fabulous entry linked to AJJ this month! Have a great evening!
Big hugs, Susi

Helen said...

I find yellow hard to use ... great page., love the memories of your days out at the sea too! won't be able to watch hochanda but great sneaks of your projects!

Meggymay said...

A wonderful happy journal page Chris, the old postcard looks great.
Your sneak peeks look good
Yvonne xx

My name is Erika. said...

Great pagee Chris. I love all the bits and bobs you used, and even used lots of yellow! Hugs-Erika

chrissie said...

A fantastic spread and I always love to see the Skegness Jolly Sailor

Enjoy your day

Love Chrissie xx

Eileen The Artful Crafter said...

Fabulous yellow page, Chrissie. I absolutely love the background; but I also love how you covered it with so much neat stuff. Thank you for mentioning Hocahnda TV. I'd never hear of it. Crafty Individuals in on at 4PM our time today! Eileen x