Out and about - back later

Hello

Using the same items from my previous page I made todays page opposite that so it looks a double spread now. I'm linking to AJJ 'out and about' which is the fabulous theme for March hosted by Yvonne from Meggy's Way 

The page has gessoed dictionary pages on it. I drew the house on patterned paper and dictionary paper. Colour is acrylic on back ground and Stabillo all. Words created on my pc then printed/cut and stuck down with glue stick. The fence/trellis is a Martha Stewart punch.

  

thanks for stopping by,

hoping your day goes well

Gill x

Out and about again

Hello ... hope you had a good week and enjoying your weekend :)

I think I'd lost my mojo lately doing real journal pages (proper painty messy ones instead of digital ones) but then one morning last week while having the first cup of tea in bed watching youtube videos, a new upload popped up and inspired me to want to make a page.
The video and inspiration was thanks to the fabulous Susi aka froebelsternchen and while watching, it suddenly occurred to me what my main problem was - I  am gesso lazy -  err? I put off using gesso - but why? -  probably because of lack of space to leave things to dry.. (probably another reason I had put off using the Gelli plate in the past) well ok Gill, get that sorted and then you have no excuses!  So I did and then I went mad for the last two days gessoing lots of pages :)

So this was the page I made and I'm linking to AJJ 'out and about' theme for March hosted by the lovely Yvonne from Meggy's Way

 

The page has my old school dictionary pages on it - yes I used gesso of course! - drew flowers on patterned paper and cut out.. and created a sheet of various words for future use on my pc then printed/cut and stuck down with glue stick. Colour is acrylic on back ground and stems/leaves Stabillo all and Inktense pencils.

 

It's Sunday and you can probably guess the weather - yep grey - raining on and off and now the wind picking up, so I'm going to have a lazy play day Sunday - no gessoing today - just fun!.

 

Have a lovely day

and thanks so much for stopping by

Gill x

 



Out and About

Hello

after saying several days ago that the only way to explain where time goes is that I must have been abducted by aliens - I couldn't resist making this digital page

 

I'm linking to AJJ where the lovely Yvonne aka Meggy's way  

is hosting the fabulous new theme this month... 

 

  AJJ new theme for March is... 'Out and about'

 

well it's yet another rainy and grey day here in my part of the UK and doesn't look like being better any day soon so I won't be out and about but up in my arty/craft room :)
... and its Friday again ... so have a great day and I wish you a fun weekend and better weather wherever you are.

 

thanks for stopping by

Gill x

 



50 shades of red_4

Hello

I just remembered February doesn't have as many - oops! so I'd better post this before it's too late for AJJ 50 shades of red hosted by the lovely Linda of heARTfully inspired.
Its been a great month and the red theme was a lovely tonic for all our wintery grey days here - thanks Linda :)

I was inspired by a quote on one of Valeries fabulous pages  which said ' I am currently unsupervised - the possibilities are endless'. The  word 'unsupervised' really made me smile..... here's what I created.
I used a gelli print for the background and took the bird from one of my pages and made a digital page. The woman was a line drawing I did years ago and so I digitally coloured that in. The sun and rainbow are made with digital chalk brushes.

Thanks so much for stopping by

Have a great day.

Gill x.

 



50 Shades of red_3

Hello

I don't know where the time has gone in the last week but I think I've been abducted by Aliens again!  (its the only explanation I can think of ha ha )

for AJJ where Linda from heARTfully inspired has chosen the wonderful theme of 50 shades of red

 

I used a my own gelli printed background and artwork ( see below)

 and added some of my whimsical drawings and made a digital art page

 

 

thanks for looking

(will try and catch up with you asap)

Gill xx

 

50 shades of red_2 and a Bookworm Tag

Hello

It's Thursday again - suddenly the week is going fast, but not so on Monday and Tuesday when it couldn't have gone much slower as we had workmen in fitting a new gas boiler and flushing radiators.
A fair bit of noise and upheaval indoors but at least that job is now done and now I think that a few days of some arty playing is due :)

but first.. a tag for the Bookworm theme at Tag Tuesday  chosen by the lovely Chrissie from Jumbled Crafts  
I've made my tag flat so that I can use it as a bookmark - I have lots of arty books that have bits of scrap paper sticking out from them marking pages - so this will be useful.
I used a stamp set from The Works. Background coloured with Inktense pencils and Promarkers. Drew the worm on paper and cut him out, coloured with promarkers, pencils and Stabilo all pencils.



Lastly another page for  50 shades of red at AJJ hosted this month by the lovely  Linda K of heARTfully inspired     

This is a mix of real art and digital.
Font Lexographer and few digital elements from Laitha's Designs 'Crafty Essentials'.

Over the New Year Dave and I played a silly but fun childhood game - not sure of the name - but you draw a head of some kind, fold it over so you can then only see a neck  - swap papers and draw a body to join the head - fold over and swap and then then do feet and legs which when you unfold the papers you get some really weird looking creatures. Well I found a way for me to do a few at a time - draw the heads and then go off and do something else and then come back and carry on etc until completed. 

below is my original art work before the digital alterations using a mix of water colour paints, Stabilo all pencils and Aquamarkers.

 

Thanks for stopping by,

hope you're having a great day.

Gill x

50 shades of red

Hi

Another week flown by - hope you've had a good one.

Linda K  from HeARTfully inspired is the February guest host at AJJ and has the wonderful theme called 50 shades of red      
The weather in the UK is pretty grey and miserable at present, so playing with this colour really warmed and cheered me up.

 
Using Craft Artist software I added the words and a few other digital elements and effects to the photo of my original journal page.  The digital elements are from a kit by Laitha's Designs called 'Craft Essentials' and the font is called 'Ransom'.
Below is the original page and I used mainly Derwent art bars and Stabillo all pencils for this. Some of the texture was rubbing the bars on the page with a Fiskars texture plate underneath.

My original page

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Hope you have a lovely weekend.

Gill x