Bookmark

Carolyn's post today on 12 Months in View was about a children's book and she invited us to make a bookmark.

Continuing with my green theme and recycling I started with a large tag that already had some colour on it.  I wasn't sure what I had used but it looked as though it might be ink.

And I was right.  Because when I spread gesso over it, the gesso sucked up the colour.

So instead of white the gesso became a pale shade of green.  I put some Distress Ink on it and it didn't take at all so I sprayed ink on instead.  Most of which either faded into the gesso or got wiped off by the paper towel I rolled over it.

 

To be honest I had a lot on my mind so I wasn't really concentrating and picked up whatever was to hand on the table!!   I sprayed some orange ink and wiped most of it off by rolling the paper towel over it.   There was a stencil so I put that on top and spread modelling paste through it. . . . . .

. . . . which also sucked up the original green!!!!

When the modelling paste was dry I stamped randomly over the top.  Then I cut the tag down to a bookmark size.

I stuck some letters on and drew round them with a black pen.   I stamped a quote and inked the edges with turquoise distress ink.

I don't usually make bookmarks so this was an interesting challenge made more difficult by having no idea what I was doing.  I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bernice

A tag challenge

Today's challenge on 12 Months in View was to recycle tags and bits and pieces.

I rummaged in the little desk tidy thingy that I have where I put offcuts and painted things I don't like or don't know what to do with and pulled out a few things and put them with the tags I had cut off some new clothes.

I decided I would use the tag in the middle and when I turned it over there was lots of inkiness on it.  So I picked out the leftover doily, a bit of map, the ribbon from the tags and a bit of book page.

I inked the large tag with Distress Ink and stuck the doily on.    I stuck some of the book page on the small tag and then a bit of the map.  I tore the edge of map and inked it with black Distress ink.

I stamped birds onto the small tag and a quote onto the large one.   I glued the small tag to the larger tag and found some hearts that Art from the Heart use on the packages they send me.   I tied the ribbons on.

 I haven't worked out yet how I am going to put it into my journal.  I'll let you  know what I decide.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bernice

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