Hello Again. !
Spring is definitely here. Well it was last Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday, then Summer popped in to say "Hi there" followed a day later by Winter who said "I haven't quite gone away yet" ! Hey ho.
This week I have a journal page.
I gave my pages a coating of Matt 'glue and seal' but there are plenty of Matt mediums around that you can use for this job.
Using white gesso through a stencil first to lay down some texture and then, once dry, I started on the background. I didn't want to use strong colours for the background, but I did want some interest.
The layers are built up of PaperArtsy's Limelight, Lemon Zest and a touch of Pansy. Not a combination that I can say that I have frequently used before ! I built these up slowly using water thinned Snowflake to calm things down when needed which caused the Pansy to have more grey-er effect - which was okay.
A spot more ink stencilling to create some depth and Tim Holtz's long journal stamp along the left hand-side, then I was ready to start work on my feature faces.
Then the Faces. LOVE these stamps !!!
These are a mix from Clare Lloyd's ECL03 and ECL04 stamp sets.
I gave some dictionary pages a light wash over with Gesso before stamping the images.
The large pretty face I cut around taking her hair off too .... intentionally I hasten to add!
The other three small pretty faces I cut around, leaving their hair but removing everything else from the stamp print.
The rest was pretty straight forward. Positioning the faces, stamping the big hair with a tiny stamp from Emma Godfrey's EEG 014 Bloom stamp set, then colouring in with water pencils. I thought I made a bit mistake in giving the faces a light coating of glue and seal as this restricted my ability to colour but, with hindsight, that turned out not to be a bad thing. I probably would have gone overboard !
A bit more stamping on the background and a touch of Royal Amethyst treasure gold on the gesso texture to finish off.
All done.
Now to venture in to the great outside....................... mittens or suntan lotion ...?
Happy Crafting !
Luv Denise
This journal page has been entered into That's Crafty Challenge blog 'About Face' 29th April 2016.
Like the altered hairdo!And the sunny colours. Looking forward to your next post xx
ReplyDeleteLike the altered hairdo!And the sunny colours. Looking forward to your next post xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Tricia - I think maybe the big hair looks as though it's in rollers !
ReplyDeleteLovely page and way you did the faces good luck worth the challenge, Denise
ReplyDeleteThank you Sandie X
DeleteLovely pages Denise. Love your colours and the texture you've achieved with the gesso. These faces are so pretty and I like what you've done with them. Good luck with the challenge. X
ReplyDeleteThanks Lynne - I love these stamps and the faces. I've entered the challenge but I think that lovely drawing of Debbie's stands far more chance than me ... X
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