Craft Barn Alpha Challenge - Letter K

Evening all,

ha ha ha I was in a 'nothing serious' mood today when I tackled this one!!

My entry for the current letter over at the Craft Barn's fab alpha challenge is KRAKEN, tee hee still managing to stick to my mythological theme!!

If you fancy having a go too please pop on over HERE for details on how to play and if you fancy a peek at all the K entries so far please pop on over HERE.

Here you go.....

Materials used - Black fine-liner (0.5), pentel hybrid white gel pen, sakura glaze pen (green), promarkers, paperartsy fresco paint (lime zest?), boat image from google images, white pigment ink, bubble border rubber stamp from Lost Coast Designs.

Many thanks for popping by and leaving a comment if you feel you would like to, your time and thoughts mean a lot.

Huge huggles

Dawn x 

Journal play........

Hi all,

hope everyone one is well?

I thought I would share some of my play pages from my 'experiment' journal, most are just backgrounds and ideas, hmm more like 'works in progress'.  You may recognise one of them as she was the inspiration/starting point for my 'A' page for The Craft Barns fab Alpha Challenge!!

I tend to use this journal for mopping up left-over paint from other things before I 'fiddle' with them a little more to make backgrounds that are all ready to journal on when the mood takes me.

Here you go........

Stamps, stencils and various items from my stash were used throughout!!

Lol, I think my favourite has to be the 2nd from the bottom - ha ha ha, I nearly lost my fingers cutting a chevron stencil from acetate using a craft knife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Which one(s) do you like the most??

Many thanks for popping by and leaving a comment if you feel you would like to.

Huge huggles

Dawn x

Craft Barn Alpha Challenge - Letter A

Evening all,

I hope everyone is enjoying the much needed sunshine? Glorious or what!!

Here is my entry for the fab Alpha Challenge over at The Craft Barn, if you fancy having a go please pop on over HERE for all the details, and please pop on over HERE for a peek at all the A entries so far.

I got my 'big girl knickers' on again and drew this one!!  The only A in my dictionary that fit my theme (Mythology) and inspired me was AMAZON - nothing like a strong woman hey!!

I'll fess up!! I totally chickened out of doing a full body picture!! I stuck with a portrait style (comfort zone ish lol) with lots of leonine inspired hair.  Here you go........

I started by sketching her with a mechanical pencil (only way I have found to maintain a decent soft point to work with!) and outlined her with a permanent marker.  I coloured her with pro-markers and finished off with a gold gel pen - seemples. 

Many thanks for popping by and leaving a comment if you feel you would like to, your time and input really does mean a lot to me.

Huge hugs 

Dawn x 

Craft Barn Alpha Challenge - Letter W

Afternoon to all you lovely bloggers out there,

tee hee, the sun is shining but the very icy wind has put me off venturing anywhere today!! Lol, I am such a wimp when it comes to being cold!!

I'm just about keeping up with the fab challenge over at The Craft Barn (cutting it fine a few times tee hee!!), if you fancy playing too please pop on over HERE for full details and if you would like to see all of the amazing entries for W so far please pop on over HERE.

Anyhoo, after my last entry for the letter R I was in need of a major colour fest for this page!!
My chosen word is WARLOCK, here you go........

Products used - 

acrylic paints and dabbers, silver perfect pearls, distress inks, white pigment ink, clear embossing powder, metallic gel pens, and promarkers.

Stamp credits - 

Tanda stamps, Bo Bunny, and Stamposaurus.

Many thanks for popping by and leaving a comment if you feel you would like to, your time and thoughts mean a lot.

Huge hugs

Dawn x

Accordion Tag Book

Evening all,

tee hee, this started out as a trial run but soon became a full blown project!!

The instructions for making this style of book can be found in Alisa Golden's 'Expressive Handmade Books' if you are interested in having a go, and there may well be tutorials on Youtube!!??

Me being me I ended up adapting the instructions as I went along as I didn't have all the supplies that Alisa had used, this is half the fun for me to be honest, I love stretching my skills and imagination if I can!!

Anyhoo, here you go........

This was relatively quick and simple to make and I was delighted with how it turned out, especially for a first attempt!!

The supplies I used were as follows -

4 sheets of A4 card for the inner pages
1 recycled food box for the cover
Thick smooth cartridge paper for the tags
Snippets of ribbon from my stash
Self altered ring reinforcers
Acrylic paints, DI's and other various ink pads
Various stencils from my stash, and
Stamp credits go to Bo Bunny, Viva Decor and Andy Skinner.

Many thanks for popping by and leaving a comment if you feel you would like to, your time and thoughts mean a lot.

Huge hugs

Dawn x

Journal page........

Afternoon all,

ha ha ha ha ha this is a page I truly now wish I had done on a canvas so that I could hang it on my wall!! Hey ho, what a good excuse to try it all out again ON A CANVAS tee hee!!

Here is the completed background, I love it as it is and will hopefully print off and use as a master sheet for other projects in the future........

I started by gluing down a load of coordinating patterned paper scraps leftover from other things. I then put a hot pink acrylic glaze over the top - wow, it was a bit much lol - this was then knocked back by scraping some white acrylic over the page using an old membership card. I scraped some more white acrylic through a Crafters Workshop stencil to add more interest.

I used worn lipstick and peacock feather DI's on a separate scrap of Daler Rowney paper - splodged onto my kitchen top and spritzed with water before plonking the paper on top tee hee!! The heart templates were free with a set on Simply Homemade yonks ago - so glad I kept them - these were drawn around onto the coloured paper and cut out, the edges were inked with DI also.  My favourite Viva Decor script stamp cmae out too for some added interest on the main hearts. There was still a scrap of coloured paper left so I punched out some flowers to add on too.

Before sticking all the bits down I chose to edge around the scraps of paper with some charcoal and blended this with a paper stub, lol I love doing this but it doesn't half get messy!!!!!!!!

As I said, I love the background as it is but after discussion with my gorgeous 5yr old daughter we came to the conclusion that some wording was needed. Out came some Personal Impressions stamps and VOILA..................

I think the words definitely help pull the page together more and they do help the colours pop,
what do you think????????
There are a few places I can journal on at a later date if I want to but I am happy with it as it is for now tee hee.

Many Thanks for popping by and leaving a comment if you feel you would like to, your time and thoughts mean a lot.

Huge hugs

Dawn x

Craft Barn Alpha Challenge - Letter R

Evening all,

ha ha ha another late ish entry from me, school holidays and all I almost forgot!!!

All the details of how to play in the fab Craft Barn's alpha challenge can be found here, and if you fancy a peek at all the R entries please pop on over here.

IF YOU FIND THE SUBJECT OF DEATH OFFENSIVE IN ANY WAY PLEASE GO NO FURTHER

Hmm, the only R I could find in my dictionary to fit my Mythology theme was REAPER!!

My drawings were greatly inspired after perusing many offerings on Google images and the journaled mythology comes from many sources on Google (as well as my memory lol) so unsure how accurate the details are!!!!!!

Here you go........

Many thanks for popping by and leaving a comment if you feel you would like to, your thoughts and time mean a lot to me.

Huge hugs

Dawn x