6 November 2011

Just For Fun Art Journal Page

The challenge at Just for Fun was to use your favourite stamp. My current favourite is Dependable Dotty by Dylusions as I just love the versatility and quirky feel of it. I have fallen behind again in the journal prompts at UK Stampers so typically I went for the last one, number 43. Am I social? Yes and No. With close friends I will let my hair down and have fun. If I have to meet new people I curl up inside with fear but usually you cannot tell as the more nervous I am the louder I become.

The background had many layers of dylusions paint, ink, gesso and stencil and more ink before I liked it but then it was quite dark. I did stamp Dotty straight onto the page and coloured her lighter but did not like it. I stamped her onto black paper and embossed with silver pearl and coloured with some aqua pro markers. I wanted a cartoon type feel to this image so did very basic colouring. The picture below shows what it was like before I coloured her and I'm not sure which one I prefer.
The other image had Dotty's other head and an image from a music magazine I cut out, gessoed over and then painted, journaled and doodled on. We were meant to include an invite so I made a tag describing my invitation to social hell. I felt it still needed something so punched some butterflies with the Tonic punch and used waste paper with ink spray spatters to back the butterflies.
Thank you for popping by.


14 comments:

  1. What a fabulous page :) perfect for showing off your new fav stamp, thank you for sharing it with us at Just for Fun
    Von xxx

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  2. Nice haul :) I didn't make it this year :(

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  3. Fabulous journal page know exactly what you mean about curling up inside when faced with a room full of strangers.

    Great choice of favourite stamp hope she will give you many years of pleasure thank you for sharing with us at Just for Fun XOXO Zoe

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  4. Awesome page, so many fab techniques used and yep I love that stamp I am sure it will remain a firm favorite. Hug Sandra XX

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  5. You wouldn't be a cancerian by any chance would you ? Love your favourite stamp and how you have used it. A fab and funky piece full of life and colour and vibrancy.

    Marie

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  6. This looks fabulous - I wouldn't know where to start trying to create something like this. Carol x

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  7. I just have to say it "you are really my kind of firl" :-) You have Dylisions, Stampotique, Claudine Hellmuth stamps - finally a girl who has the love for all my favorite stamps :-) Thanks for stopping by my blog by the way, and I have added my self to your blog :-)

    Greetings from Oslo :-)

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  8. Wow I love this page. It's really cool

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  9. Great page, love the use of the magazine image!

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  10. Beautiful page love all the purple :)

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  11. Terrific page with so much to see.

    xxx

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  12. Hi Sally. Super page.
    Regards Florence x

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  13. Love all the layers on your journal page, it's so funky!

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  14. Greet stamp and a fun fun fun page in your journal. Love how you have used the colour to set the mood. Thanks for sharing with us on JFF this week. Hugs, Neet x

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