Sunday 15 December 2013

It's been a while.... journal page

It has been ages since I had time to play in my journal - but today I grabbed some time...

 This started out very different, with some mopped up Dylusions spray in Crushed Grape, and the pewter metallic distress stain but after I ruined it with some stencilling I went over the whole thing with Nougat Fresco which mixed a bit with the purple to give this pinky colour...

I added the harlequin stencilling using Squid Ink, and then the Art Is stencil with grunge paste...
 I die cut a load of the reindeers on white card, and stamped some music (Prima ) over them, edged them all with Walnut Stain distress ink.

I knocked back the journal page with watered down Nougat Fresco - these pictures don't show the colour particularly well because the light is awful, even using the daylight bulb!
Then it was time to find some words - in the end I went for this stamp from one of my Wendy Vecchi sets, 'do not look back and wonder what if.. but rather look ahead to see.. what's coming next'
I cut the text into two pieces to fit one on each page, and edged with Walnut Stain distress ink.


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13 comments:

  1. sam21ski15 December 2013 at 21:57

    Great pages, love your leaping reindeer

    Sam xxx

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  2. Hazel Agnew15 December 2013 at 21:58

    Love the colours, love the deer and love the sentiment. X

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  3. Lin15 December 2013 at 22:01

    Great pages helen love that quote and the reindeer are brilliant!

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  4. craftimamma15 December 2013 at 22:21

    Love everything about these pages Helen. The reindeer are brilliant and love the quote.

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  5. Deborah Wainwright15 December 2013 at 22:39

    Really great page and a great blog entry it learn so much from what people share about their art process. Thanks for sharing x

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  6. massofhair15 December 2013 at 22:52

    Love the reindeer a lot, fab pages Helen:-)

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  7. fairy thoughts16 December 2013 at 10:50

    Great page well done for finding the time
    Janet

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  8. snazzyoriginal16 December 2013 at 11:19

    Love these pages, such fab colours xx

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  9. Bleubeard and Elizabeth16 December 2013 at 12:35

    I LOVE that reindeer die. AWESOME the way you made all those die cuts work so perfectly with that background. Really lovely spread.

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  10. Anonymous16 December 2013 at 20:13

    Terrific page, I love the reindeer & the background looks great. Yes, the light is dreadful at the moment. :(

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  11. Anonymous16 December 2013 at 20:57

    I love all those leaping deer Helen, & fab quote too! Glad you managed some journaling time at last.
    Alison x

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  12. Michelle Webb20 December 2013 at 08:39

    Ooo Ooo Ooo you've just given me a great idea, I love your journal page. Gonna do a calendar page of reindeers, awesome Helen! Thanks for that, thank you for always popping over to my blog :) Nice to see you still have a healthing craft shopping addiction! I always know wat's new on the market when I look at your new crafty stash! Hope you have a fantabulous Christmas. Michelle xx

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  13. Words and Pictures21 December 2013 at 21:11

    It's been a while since I got any visiting done - but so glad I caught these pages - they're fabulous, Helen!
    Alison xx

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