31 July 2011

Stampotique Challenge Red Yellow and Orange and what the dog did next!

When I read the prompt to use Red Yellow and Orange for the Stampotique challenge I just had to give it a go as it tied in with an idea I had for a journalling page about Wildlife for UKS. The prompt was about animals, pets and asked us to use an animal print so a (very impressionist) Tiger print was chosen for various reasons. As I had just finished reading "The Tiger's Wife" I was thinking about Tigers and would recommend it as a great read. You might be wondering about the tape down the side and the bite marks. That was our puppy, Jasper, aged 9 months. I was reading outside and popped in for a cold drink stupidly leaving the book on the table and came out to find it severely damaged.
I initially created layers with water coloured kitchen towels and and glued them to my page but it was too wishy washy so I dived in with liberal applications of dylusions acrylics. The first verse of William Blake's "Tyger, Tyger" was running round my head so I added that. I stamped Stampotique's Oh Dear and Angel Boy onto acetate and then added them. I also added some scrap copper metal that had been through a texture plate and some more paint.

WHAT THE DOG DID NEXT...
It gets worse
Since I photographed this I have added more journalling about what the dog did next (yesterday afternoon). I was dying my hair upstairs and my visiting mother was in the garden with the dog or so I thought. Unbeknown to both of us Jasper had sneaked up onto the work surface and stolen my glasses case with my very expensive varifocal specs - these are a sign of my advancing years. Now they look like this but how he managed to open the case I don't know.
For those that wear glasses you will understand how unusable they are now. It is a visit to the optician's for me tomorrow as with my old specs I have to take them off every time I want to read something and as a teacher that is constantly reading and looking up and reading again it just doesn't work. Not sure what the insurance company will say.




12 comments:

  1. What a great journal page! I can empathize with the chewy disaster of a dog, when our collie was a pup he got the nickname of Omar-odoriferous-the -destroyer! He still slips up today, lucky he's so cute!

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  2. Love the journal page,the background's gorgeous.Your puppy seems to be enjoying himself today!

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  3. great page and lol over here at the pupp stuff! Sorry..had to laugh cuz I been there! best wishes!

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  4. Oh No! I have a cat, and they too can be very disruptive! Love your journal page! Great design! Wishes!

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  5. Wonderful journal page and had to laugh at the doggie. I have varifocals too but just can't get used to them. I just take my specs off to when I want to read

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  6. great journal page and sorry to see what your pup did to your glass case and glasses. We have one of those as well, except she's 3 and she likes toys more than anything. Thanks for playing with us at Stampotique Designer's Challenge.

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  7. Oh no... I love dogs but.... Fabulous journal page! Thanks for joining us at Stampotique Designer's Challenge # 35.

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  8. Fab journal page, the tiger stripes are fab and oh dear to your puppy's chewing phase!! Thanks for joining us at Stampotique.

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  9. I love your journal page and your puppy story made me smile. My two dogs are 2years and almost 2years and they are still naughty if they think they can get away with it.
    xxx Hazel.

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  10. Love your red yellow and orange journal page, very artistic work.
    What a bad dog you have - hope you get your glasses sorted soon. As for the insurance company I think your story will be added to the list that gets emailed out about unlikely tales hehe.
    luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox

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  11. Fabulous page! We used to have a chewy dog.. funny when I think back but not at the time!!
    Thanks for joining us at Stampotique Designer's Challenge.

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  12. Wonderful page! Thank you for joining the Stampotique designer's challenge

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