Technique Challenge

On 12 Months in View yesterday there was a video of a very simple Distress Ink technique.  I watched the video and then did these 4 tags.

I followed the instructions on the video for this tag and then went over the first layer of colour with one of the colours through a stencil.  Then stamped the phrase.

For this tag I stamped the colours with Distress Ink and then found several small stamps that I had and stamped with Black Archival.

With this one, I stamped the image on the tag first and then stamped it again on a piece of paper.  I cut the image out and put it on top of the stamped image on the tag before putting the colour onto the tag.

With this tag I coloured the whole of the tag with yellow and then stamped the distress ink over the top.  Then I drew round the shapes with a black pen and added some doodling.

I have stuck all the tags into my journal.

 

While I was doing these tags the background reminded me of a patchwork quilt or bedspread.  I decided to do a whole page in my journal.  I did the 'stamping' technique and then went over the whole page with different colours through a stencil.  I printed out the poem 'Bed in Summer' by Robert Louis Stevenson, cut it up and inked it, then stuck it on the page.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bernice

Little Details

Carolyn has a weekly meme on Thursdays called Messy Little Details.  Find out about it here.  Why don't you join in?

Can you guess what this is?

It's the centre of a big wheel - or perhaps I should say center as I took the photo in Florida!

Flower of the Month

On 12 Months in View Susan challenged us to 'Create a journal page or a blog post about your recollections of roses.'

I used a heart stencil to draw the petals of wild roses and then added the stems and leaves freehand.  I used an Inktense pencil to colour over the pencil line.

Then I used a paintbrush and water with 3 colours of Inktense blocks to colour the leaves and add veins.   To colour the petals I wet the shape with water and then wet the brush again and took some paint directly from the pink Inktense block and then wiped the colour through the water on the page.

I drew round the petals with a black pen and then journaled round the flowers.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice