Ssshhh! I've got a secret.

Well 21 of them actually.  At the beginning of the year I signed up for 21 Secrets - an online art journalling workshop which has 21 classes with 21 different teachers.

Circumstances have meant that although I had briefly looked at what was available I hadn't actually done any of the classes.  So I determined that today I would do one of them.  I chose 'Doodling Our Way' with Cathy Bluteau.

I don't doodle very much and then you know from reading my blog I really don't follow instructions well.  Cathy's idea was to start by collaging flowers.  So what did I do?

That's right!  Not flowers.

Butterflies!

Here is the page in progress.  I used some turquoise washi tape.

I used stencils to draw the shapes but I did draw the leaves freehand.  I have a limited range of Brushables that I used to colour this. 

I had some Kaiser rubons which have deteriorated - as in parts of the words are on the backing sheet - but thought they would look fine on this.

I think there's too much solid colour but at least I've done a class!

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

More 'little details'

Messy Little Details is a new meme set up by Carolyn on her blog Mess, Muddle & Fun.

I still haven't been out with my camera so here is a photo I took last year when I was with Carolyn on a course with Kat Sloma.

We were walking up a beautiful wooded valley and I took lots of photos of the rushing water rolling and crashing over rocks. 

But this photo appeals because of the patterns in the water against the firmness of the stone edge.

Why not visit Carolyn today to see today's photo and link up with other photographers.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

Collage with Anita's papers

Again this month, Anita van Hal has provided 12 Months in View with digital papers for free.

As you know I love to make books with her designs but this month I thought I would try something different.   Collage!

I printed off three of her designs.

I tore around the design on the page on the left.

I glued the doily page into my journal and then glued the star shape on top, having first inked the edges.

The gel medium was quite a runny one and the paper was ordinary printer paper so there was a lot of bubbling up.

I added a semi circle of a white doily on the left of the page, although you can't really see it in this photo.  I tore round the bluebell image and glued that on top.

I added some modelling paste through a Dina Wakley mosaic stencil and when it was dry added some distress ink.

Then I added some black distress ink through the same stencil.

And finally I added the quote.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice