My March Zine

I made this Spring Zine as  part of the challenges on 12 Months in View.

I folded the A4 sheet of paper as described in the tutorial and then sprayed it with Dylusions ink.

 

Then I used the new Dylusions White Linen through a stencil and then dripped some lime and some blue spray ink onto the page.

I dried the paper and refolded it and here is the first of the three double spreads to begin work on.

For the March pages I sprayed some Chocolate Brown ink through a stencil on the left and used a stamp with Coffee Archival ink on the right.

I coloured in the flowers with my Inktense Watersoluble crayons.

I printed out the Bible verse and inked the edges with Distress Ink and stuck it down.

I wrote the month on the page.  I may go back and doodle and play but I'm happy with how it looks at the moment.  It may be that when I've done April and May that I go back and do something to it!

Thanks for popping by

Bernice

Flower of the Month: Daffodils

Today, on 12 Months in View, Susan Ernst shared her knowledge of plants and in particular the daffodil and then took us through a step by step tutorial to produce a journal page.

People who know me well know that I never end up with what the tutor says, so it will come as no surprise that my page and technique isn't quite the same as Susan's.

I found the Robert Herrick poem and printed it out.  I tore round the poem and stuck it in my journal.  I wish I had used gel medium rather than glue stick!

I followed Susan's instructions regarding the acrylic wash and the tracing of my image.  Then I coloured it in with Inktense pencils and used a paintbrush and water rather than a waterbrush.  I used a black chinamarker type pencil to go over the pencil lines  and swiped a lemon Distress Inkpad over the page.  I stamped the word onto the page.

I am really pleased with the result.  It isn't a style I would normally use but I really enjoyed it.  Thanks Susan.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bernice

March Calendar

I have been taking part in Kate Crane's Art Journaling Calendar on and off for a couple of years.

And I started this year with good intentions and managed to prepare the January page but never actually filled it in.

February passed me by completely.

Over on 12 Months in View I suggested that people might join in with Kate's calendar idea, which has kickstarted my calendar.

I put white acrylic paint over the pages and when it was dry I put some lemon distress ink on direct from the pad.

I spread the yellow around the page and then dried it with a heat gun.  I added other colours, each time drying the colour before adding the next.


I used the Distress Inks through stencils and Punchinella using a foam pad.


Then I stamped the flowers with Adirondack orange ink and the quote and the month with black Archival.

Instead of squares of paper, or stamped squares, I stamped daffodils, one for each day of March.  I painted in the flowers with Lemon ReInker and the stems with Dylusions Lime using a paintbrush.  In the photo you can see the difference between the painted ones and the ones I hadn't done.

Be warned though.  The ReInker took a very long time to dry and I had patted it with paper towel, used the heat gun and left it to air dry.  I added the March Hares.

And here's a closeup with some writing.

Now all I have to do is remember to fill it in every evening!

Thanks for popping by.

Bernice