Speshink DT Neil. Gypsy Rose Journal Page.

Is it Monday yet?

Of course it is and that means I get to share with you another amazing creation from one of my Desin Team Members.

Today we have Neil sharing a beautiful journal page with a doodled Gypsy Rose. I love how delicate she looks. xx

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do xx.

Neil Walker.

Good morning everyone.

I trust that this finds you all well.

This morning sees my first post as part of the Mark Gould Design Team. This morning is a fairly simple project as I am just warming up.....

It's all very exciting to see how Mark's creative journey has grown from the time I first met him in one of my classes all those years ago and I am loving his stamp range.

For my first project I have used Gypsy Rose as the focus point of this journal page.  At the moment my life is in the process of some pretty dramatic changes and in the midst of the busyness and stuff happening (as reflected in the background) I need to remind myself to dream......

The background was made with a selection of masks, Inks etc and a random assortment of stamps. Lots of circles.....

I love pen and ink work, just doodling, Zentangle, taking a line for a walk, whatever you want to call it lol and these stamps are perfect for this. I stamped the images onto card and carry them in my bag with a few pens and when I have a moment I just pattern away......it's very relaxing and therapeutic.

When I finished her I drew a circle below her and added the word Dream. I detail cut out the design and put it onto the back ground.

I still have some words to add, but as those are more personal I took the photos before they were added.

Mark's stamps can be found at Chocolate Baroque HERE or in his shop HERE

The Octopode Factory - Summer Themed Challenge.

Welcome. Its great to have you stopping by, Id like to say a big thank you for being here.
 Well another two weeks have passed and this means it is time to start our new challenge over at The Octopode Factory and with all the nice weather we have been having here in the UK, Well my little corner of the UK has been nice ;) It is time for a summer themed challenge.
Follow the link to see what the rest of the DT have created and of course as always I would love to see what you can come up with. You do not have to use an Octopode image but if you do your name goes into the prize draw twice.You can grab the digi images in The Octopode Etsy Shop and a lot of the images are available in rubber too, best to contact Lily via her blog HERE.


 For this challenge I decided to do another art journal page, as you can see I am making my pages separately , I really hate getting bleed through from new pages onto old pages that have been finished, this way I can just collect them all together and bind them later on.
My page has been cut from mount board and sprayed with Dylusion sprays, I have mainly gone with yellow but thrown in a little orange and a tiny bit of green as well.I have used a sentiment from Dyan Reaveley stamped in black archival and I have also used one of her leaf stamps stamped in pale ochre archival ink.
The Octopode images I have used are the Steam Punk Sun, Dorothy and several of the Octopode flowers.
They have all been coloured with Copic's, fussy cut and clear embossed before being glued into place. I finished off by using black soot distress stain around the edge.
Thanks again for stopping by and a big thank you and welcome to my newest followers, it is lovely to have you here. xx