October

Welcome to a new month.  This year is passing so quickly.  On 12 Months in View today there is all sorts of information about the month of October and the challenge is to respond in some way to whatever inspires you there.

I started by using my new Thermofax screens.  I tried with Distress Paints.  Be warned: DO NOT use Distress paints - the paint is too thin. So then I tried Amsterdam acrylic.  This worked well.

I stamped with Archival Ink  and sprayed with some Dylusions inks.

I seemed to squirt rather than spray the red.  The paper in my journal doesn't like blending inks!

I used one of Dina's new stencils with brown ink.  And then to tone it down used White Linen through one of the new stencils by Tim Holtz.

It's well worth rooting round in your stash as I found I had these Tim Holtz stamps.  And then I found a set of unused months of the year stamps!

I printed out the poem, cut it up and inked the edges with Distress Ink before gluing the pieces onto 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?

We saw these Squash for sale in the open air market in Augsburg.   I just had to take a photo because they looked so much like a flower.

I saw these outside a shop in Munich.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

School Stories

On 12 Months in View today Carolyn has provided us with a look at the children's book genre of School Stories.

The art challenge was to produce something school related.  Carolyn altered the cover of a composition notebook.  I chose to do a collaged journal page.

I collected together some scrapbooking papers and some other bits.

I tore up bits of paper and glued them to the page in my journal using Multi Medium.

 When the glue was dry I scraped a very thin layer of gesso over the whole page.

I used two colours of Dabbers through stencils and added several patterns of washi or tissue tape.

I printed out a photo of my Masters Degree graduation on copy paper and tore round it.  I added the lettering.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice