A Single Man...

Hello Folks.

The Jane Austin fans among you might recognise the title as part of a famous quote from her book Pride and Prejudice. On today's art journal page, I used a scrap of book text from that book, although I got some paint on it and had to go over the words with a black pen...not great! Lol!

I wanted to use a few of the paper scraps on my desk, plus a couple of my many dried and emptied teabags, to make a page for Gill's Anything With Eyes theme at Art Journal Journey. Here's how it turned out...

There's some scraped on and scribbled in DecoArt Crackle Paste there too. I think it shows up better in the photo with the quote at the top of my post.

It's been a busy and sometimes stressful week, and it was good to play in my journal again.

Hope you're all having a good week,

Alison xox

New Home Cards

I needed to create some new home cards last week, so I pulled out some of my handy gel plate prints, and created some paper pieced and doodled houses.

This first one is for our son, who just moved flats in Manchester, to be nearer to his work. Three windows because he's sharing with a couple of guys from work. Not sure who is living in the attic!

This one's for our daughter, who is doing a 4 month placement for Rolls Royce in Friedrichshafen in Germany. Her flat is by Lake Konstance, and she's loving it there. We're going out to visit next month, and can't wait.

And this final one is for my husband's cousin & hubby, who have moved from Berkshire to Somerset, to be nearer their daughter and grandchildren.

Happy weekend to you all,

Alison xox

Bird Stack

Hello Folks.

I'm back with another page for Gill's Anything With Eyes theme at Art Journal Journey.

I drew and painted some birds on a background page of leftover paint, then added some doodled circles.

Hope you're having a fun and creative week,

Alison xox

AJJ - Anything With Eyes

Morning Folks!

Here's another page for Gill's Anything With Eyes theme at Art Journal Journey.

A layer of gesso, then DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics blues and green gold, then face sketched with Dina Wakley Night Scribble Stick, activated with a wet paintbrush. Finished with black Bombay India Ink scribbles and outlines, then splashes of black ink and white Posca Paint Pen.

I'm linking up to Try It On Tuesday's Splatters and Splodges challenge also.

Wishing you all a creative Monday,

Alison xox

August 2019 Art Journal Calendar

Happy August to you all!

This is my August calendar spread, made with a teabag papers background, Dina Wakley face and phrase stamps, and a few different gel plate prints.

I'm linking up to Gill's Anything with eyes theme at Art Journal Journey.

Wishing you all a wonderful week,

Alison xox

Garden Party Challenge 3

Happy Wednesday Everyone.

Today I'm sharing a card I made for the current Garden Party Challenge on Instagram. Here are the prompts for Challenge 3...

And here's my card...

The image is one of my favourites from Paperbag Studios.

There's a bit of splattering going on, so I'm linking up to Try It On Tuesday's Splatters & Splodges Challenge again.

Wishing you a happy & creative evening,

Alison xox

AJJ - We're All Going Around In Circles

Hi Everyone!

I'm squeezing in another page for Chris' We're All/Going theme at Art Journal Journey.

I prepped a canvas page in my Dina Wakley journal with a book page, some Seaglass Fresco Acrylic and bubble wrap printing with London Bus Fresco Acrylic. Then I grabbed some Gel Plate prints, cutting out circles, adhering, and adding scribble writing with my glass dip pen and india ink. I painted red hearts, outlined with black pen, and finished with splatters of ink.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox