Thursday 7 August 2014

Journal playtime

This page has been a few days in the developing, and a chance to play with some of the Stevenage Stash Splurge..

 so as usual it started with me wiping some leftover paint on the page.. Frescos. Blues.  and some random patches of Grunge Paste, just applied with a palette knife.














 I then used a wooden fork that I found on the ground at Kew last time I visited, to make some patterns in the GP.


 On Sunday I bought a pack of Fibralo pens and used some here, spritzing with water to allow it to drip and flow down the page - love how it's run through the patterns in the GP (you can see it better in the later photos)


Then I stamped the Sara Naumann hearts in black archival and shaded the edges with the same colour pens I used for my drips

 added some criss-cross stamping (also a Sara stamp) in archival ink (Wendy Vecchi's Forget-me-not)
and some script stamping - the finer script is in Watering Can archival, and I used black for the Marilyn Monroe quote (these are also from the Sara Naumann new stamps)
 and added some of the fabric Prima trim I bought too.
 love the Fibralos - you can see the drips running through the fork patterns here.

finally, I doodled round the black hearts, with a  fine nibbed drawing pen

Really had fun with this page, thanks almost entirely to Paperartsy!! only the pen came from somewhere else.

15 comments:

Lin said...

looks great Helen..those pens really are excellent at dripping!! lol

Anonymous said...

Fantastic page. I love the drips - so effective - and the hearts are great.

massofhair said...

Loving the new Sara Neuman stamps especially the heart set. Page is fabulous, great drippage:-)

Lucy Edmondson said...

Looks such fun!

Lucy x

Hazel Agnew said...

Wow, looks like you really got fired up at Stevenage. Lots of exciting stuff, the fibralos work really well and the stamps are ace. Wish that I had gone the extra mile ..or about 130. Fabulous results Helen. Well done. Xx

craftytrog said...

This is really beautiful Helen, I love the hearts & drips!
Still so disappointed I missed the show, you got some great new stash.
Alison xxx

Virginia said...

Oh I love this one, the colours and the hearts are gorgeous!

Darcy Marshall said...

Brilliant! Love the drippage through those marks.

Etsuko said...

Fabulous pages Helen!! Wooden fork with GP, beautiful used of Fibralo pens and great Sara Naumann new collection images. Oh I feel you very enjoyed it and I can't wait for new release PA xx

snazzyoriginal said...

Love the page, such beautiful colours and I need, need , need those heart stamps x

Lori said...

So cool Helen, I love it!

Words and Pictures said...

Scrumptious texture and I love those hearts - great page!
Alison xx

craftimamma said...

Lucky you being able to get those fab new stamps from Stevenage and you have put them to very good use here on your gorgeous page! Beautiful colours and 'drippage' from your new Fibralos!

Hugs
Lesley Xx

Hettie said...

Lovely page Helen. I do love hearts though.
Hugs
xx

pearshapedcrafting said...

Love your play time Helen! Great colour choice - as you must know one of my favourite combos! Chrisx