CraftyCreations

I've had a lovely afternoon creating these fabric collages. I used lots of scraps of fabric and used some of the many stitches on my sewing machine. I used, in the main, variegated threads

I started with a wash of yellow acrylic followed by adding some red acrylic with a credit card and wiping some off with a baby wipe I did some background stamping and stamped the owl, inked and added it. I made a small background piece using the peeled paint technique to which I added the hearts and quote I added a small remnant from my fabric collage stash and another quote I stamped the February with Tim Holtz stamps and highlighted them with gel pen I added the squares which had all been inked and finished off by stamping the pens with black archival - outlined the owl and added the hand The 6th day of the month is highlighted 'cos its my birthday !!!!

Its ages since I used this technique and love how it turned out. I scrumpled up some dressmaking pattern tissue and added it to the cover with PVA I then coloured it with Distress Inks Rusty Hinge, Shabby Shutters and a hint of Walnut Stain I heat embossed my lettering and added them with Diamond Glaze I finished off by inking and adding my little bird and die cut branch

A very Happy New Year to you all. I have started off the new year with a new journal - inspired by Lesley Farrel and a facebook group hosted by Kate Crane I used white gesso first on my pages to give them a bit of tooth. I then added a wash of Wedgewood Blue acrylic followed by some cobalt teal which I scraped on with an old credit card.I added a little lemon yellow here and there, I flicked some black acrylic on with an old tooth brush ( the windows look great lol)I then used pieces of lego and a lid as stamps and added them with again black acrylic. I did a bit of satamping with one of my fav stitching stamps, did some inking through sequin waste and added some rub ons. I then added my lettering Tim Holtz foam stamps) and squares before stamping my TH pens down the side. I am looking forward to completing my journal and seeing how the other members complete theirs