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Saturday 14 February 2015

Chasing Butterflies


Hello there once again dear friends. Horace here on this slightly warmer weekend to show you my latest journal page.

So, now it's a little warmer, I've braved the desk in the bedroom. I admit, I had the electric fire plugged in while I crafted, it's certainly not warm enough without it just yet. I was feeling creative so pulled out the large Dylusions journal to play in. As you see, the desk is very well covered, the plastic cloth even covers part of the wall behind the desk. This is because last time I played with India inks in the bedroom, I upturned the whole bottle and it dripped down the wall, behind the desk, onto the floor.... The whole bedroom needed redecorating after that little mishap. Now it's cover everything or play in the garden only, and it's still far too chilly for that as yet!!



My page background consists of old book pages which are liberally sprayed with Dylusions and other mists. Then I added some texture paste through a star stencil and waited 10,000 years for it to dry so I could paint my stars. Next time I think I'll mix the colour into the texture paste before applying it!



I wanted to add some stamping to my background. I keep all my stamps in these A4 ring lever arch ring binders.


Inside the ring binders are A5 plastic wallets that I pawchased from The Works, a shop that sells a bit of everything really, books, stationery, art supplies.....


I chose my favourite Tim Holtz background stamps, these are very well used.


I dipped the stamps into white acrylic paint


And randomly stamped the image across the page.


Last Christmas I received this horror colouring book, it has images from films in.


I think this is the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. He suited my theme idea perfectly. I coloured then cut him out.


Next I sorted through my veritable stash of ephemera and found some flutterbyes. Perfect.


I need another jar of Golden matt medium, this one is down to scrapings now.


I used the Cricut for my wordage, and my favourite Type Candy font.


I wanted the page to look like my man was attempting, but failing, to catch the butterflies, hence the bigger butterflies were nearer his too small net.


Here's the completed page, Chasing Butterflies.


Time for small smackeral after all that creating.

TTFN

With love from Horace.

3 comments:

  1. Oh I do like the butterflies Horace and rather hope that the catcher doesn't have any success at all....
    xx

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  2. Oh, I have missed you, Bears - I'm sorry it's been so long since my last visit (though I see it's a while since you've been here too)... life has been more than a little hectic.

    I remain as terrified of the childcatcher as I've ever been of anything in my life - Robert Helpmann imprinted himself as the epitome of evil early and has stayed there... so I wish these butterflies good speed in their escape! Fabulous pages.
    Alison xx

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  3. This page is so great. My friend at http://essay-writer.club/ likes butterflies very much and she says they're looking great on this page!

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