Time for another bit of journal fun....

......using stamps from Carabelle Studio's and Kaisercraft.....

......full details are on the That's Crafty Blog.

Donna xx

Word Play.....

....is the new theme for this months challenge on Country View Challenges. Do pop over and join in the fun, there's a chance to win a £20 voucher to spend at Country View Crafts and also to join in the fun as a guest designer :)

For my first piece for the challenge I decided to do a couple of pages in my small moleskine journal. Never like doing the first pages in case I mess them up!! So although I have quite a few pages used up in this journal the first ones were empty, but decided that the quote I wanted to use would be perfect for the opening pages ...

I was very good and took a few pics whilst I was making this so if you fancy seeing how it evolved then carry on reading!  Started off by applying some yellow and green acrylic paint to the pages (had already given them a coat of gesso). I often use a bit of sponge to put the paint down on a background which is what I did here.  Then I took a stencil (That Special Touch - Swoosh)and applied some blue acrylic 

Then I painted the back of an alphabet stencil (That Special Touch - Alpha Sprinkle) with Iced Spruce Distress Paint and used it to stamp the letters onto the page in a few places... 

Then another layer in the form of a bit of stamping using a grid stamp by Kaisercraft.... 

Then I took a white gel pen and coloured in a few of the grid spaces.... 

Then I painted a few circles with Rock Candy Crackle paint and once it had dried and cracked doodled round it and added some more white gel pen.  Also highlighted the crackle by rubbing over the top with a bit of distress ink.......would tell you what colour but to be honest I just grabbed a rather dirty bit of Cut 'n' Dry and used that......it was a sort of browny colour!!!! Lol! 

Then I used some alphabet stamps to stamp the quote.  Still with me? Well Done!! Don't forget to pop over to Country View Challenges to join in the fun, see you back hopefully in about a week with my second challenge make.

Donna xx 

New Stamps....

....and some fun  in my mini moleskine journal.  I had some Viva Las Vegastamps this month from That's Crafty to play with and got them inky first off by using them on these journal pages.......

....full details of stamps, paints etc that I used can be found on the That's Crafty blog.
Donna xx

Time for my....

.....second piece for May's Country View Challenge where the theme is Nature's Glories. I was having a bit of a rummage through my craft stuff the other week and came across a mini moleskine sketchbook and decided to turn it into a little quote journal. So here's the first pages with a lovely 'Nature' quote....

Started off by getting some colour onto the pages by using the double page spread to clean off my gelli plate. Then I added some distress ink .... mustard seed and ripe persimmon......to increase the depth of colour. The I sponged a bit of rusty hinge distress through a mask to add another layer of colour. Then a few circles using lid off a distress paint that was handy and a bit of stamping round the edge added another layer and som more interest.

Then I stamped the lovely feathered bird by Lost Coast designs ( love this stamp!), added some flowers (Sheena Douglas) and a border and some leaves (Dylusions) before using some alphabet stamps to add the quote.

Donna xx 

Bit of journal fun.....

......featuring a fun Crafty Individuals stamp and couple of pics of my little monster.....

Full details are on the Thats Crafty blog.  See you again soon :)

Donna xx

Something bright and cheery....

.....for my weekly piece for That's Crafty......a journal page featuring a cute little Lost Coast stamp I had as part of my DT package....

Pop over to the blog for a step by step and list of what I used.
Donna xx