My first junk journal and my word for the year..

Picture (and maybe word) heavy post!!

The lovely Clare has set up a Junk Journal group on her blog and a private group on Facebook. This is my page which started off like this....

I then used a vermillion green acrylic paint to cover it and used more paint through stencils

I used some gelato's around the edges and started stamping

The words were still quite obvious so I put some washi tape down then stamped my new octopode 'doll head' stamp on tissue paper and stuck it down with matte medium.

Close up....

I then took some tags and used gelato's and dylusion sprays. I used a white sharpie to draw the numbers on.

I put the numbers on both sides so it wouldn't matter if the tags flipped over.

The hearts in the top right corner are self made stamps made by Clare :)

This is the other side of the page - painted the same as the front but with my word of the year 'sharpie'd' on!

My word is CHOICE. Last year I had exams and case studies and reflective diaries and much more to do.. it completely took over all of my time, we also moved house so I felt I had no free time to do anything I wanted to do.

I worked on a word based journal page a few nights ago and thought about words for 2014 - funnily enough choice wasn't one of them but the other words on the page were.

As well as signing up to Clare's junk journal I also signed up to Effy Wild's Moonshine 2014 - mix of painting and art journalling - I CHOSE to sign up to these and am also keeping an eye on a few other art journalling blogs/prompts.

What are your choices for 2014? and what's your word?

 

Letter Love 101

I signed up for this whilst I was off sick and haven't had much chance to do much since!

Happy Sunday all! 

One I forgot to blog.......

Sorry folks - last one of 2013..

Image - Penny Black

Coloured with Promarkers

Paper - Stampin Up!

Sentiment by Craftwork Cards

I am entering this card into the following challenges;

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Free and Easy

Craftyhands Challenge - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Linky Party

Stampin for the Weekend - Anything Goes

Hope 2014 is starting out well for you all and you have some crafty resolutions !!

Dog of the Week

This is the lovely Lodge!

Lodge is a good looking Brindle boy - he has been described as a happy dog with a loving nature - Lodge can come across as a little boisterous when you first meet him and can be a little strong on the lead but with a firm hand this will soon disappear

Lodge has only had 29 races U.K. and Eire he last raced at Poole in December 2012   -  Lodge is definitely a boy to consider when checking out the dogs available for homing

If you can offer this lovely boy a home please visit here

If you would like to make a donation to this very deserving Trust

  please make a bank transfer to

 Oxford RGT – Account No 00515200  -  Sort Code  30-12-51

or send a cheque to Oxford RGT

 c/o 3 Stocks Tree Close, Yarnton, Kidlington, Oxon OX5 1LU  

  Any donations would be greatly appreciated

Better late than never.....

January's Ready Teddy Go Challenge is New Beginnings!

It can be new baby, new job, new home anything that reflects a new start.   Remember you can enter up to 4 times with different cards but you must use a Teddy/Bear as the main image otherwise your entry will be removed and not entered for the monthly prize.
We have a fantastic sponsor this month which is the Hobby House who are offering a £10 voucher to spend in store for our winner.

Check out the Challenge Blog and all the lovely creations from Team Teddy!!