Music at Junk Journal Junkies

Hello there! How are you? I do hope you are well. We are good although I have been very lazy of late and will try to do a run today - the first for a week! I'll let you know how it goes. I suspect doing the GNR this year is going to be off the cards but I will make my decision nearer the time!

Today I have a journal page to share with you - the theme was Music and the colours burgundy, purple and orange. I made the page mostly by blending distress oxide inks - the central stamp is from Alison Bomber at Paperartsy and the roses are also paperartsy - this time scrapcosy.

I used a clarity stencil too ... and part of a stencilgirl stencil!  A quick page necessitated by lots of work going on for the Chocolate Baroque shows that start tonight at 6pm and lead into a one day special on Tuesday,...

Here's a sneak peak of one of my samples from the show...


I hope this can help tempt you to join Lesley for the launch of some brand new stamps and some other lovely goodies too!

Big hugs rachel x

Teal, yellow and gold.... mythical

Hello there! First day of the summer holidays for us today - I am off for a run this morning - or a fast walk more likely if the last one is anything to go by!! Then if the weather is dry we may go for a cycle this afternoon!

This is a page I did in my journal last week for the prompt 'mythical' and the colours teal, gold and yellow. The mermaids were all created using a Stencil girl stencil. I love the stencil! Expect to see it in use again!

Big hugs

Rachel x

hongkong garden

Hello lovelies! How are you today? I hope you are ok. My leg is still not right so i'm not running now until Friday - thats giving it a bit more time to rest. I hope that will sort it out!!! It does give me a little more time too to try and think about what to do at Rainbows tonight!

Today I have a quick journal page to share with you. The theme over at Junk journal junkies this week is Oriental and the colour palette is red, pink and blue. I used stamps from Lynne Perella at Paperartsy and a stencil from Tim Holtz.

This is my first page in the journal I made with Anna Dabrowska down in Coventry. Its much smaller than my other journal so will be kept for when time is limited as it seems increasingly to be these days!!! I roughly coloured the whole page in spun sugar distress then stamped the top and bottom stamp. I then added the central stamp and masked before using spun sugar through the blossom stencil from Tim Holtz. I then added a little colour to the stamped images and stamped a few more images.

Have yourselves a lovely day and take care!

Hugs

rachel x

orange purple green and change for junk journal junkies

Hello Lovelies! How are you today? Ready for your bank holiday? I do hope you have a good one. We are footloose and fancy free until this evening when the girls have a friend each coming for a sleepover. I must be crackers!

I have a journal page to share with you today. The theme for last week over at Junk Journal Junkies on facebook was Change and the colours were orange green and purple. Here's what i did.

I started the page using distress spray stains in the required colours then when dry I applied some of the new paint from Indigoblu to the rhs to create a face shape. Next I used one of the new stencils to create the main facial features and then went wild with the hair. I am rather pleased with this face - I know I didn't really draw it but I think it shows how good the stencil is! I finished off using distress inks of the required colours through a clarity stencil.

I am looking forward to seeing what the challenge is this week!

Big hugs

Rachel x

life's what you make it

Hello Lovelies - well where has this week gone to eh? I feel like I am over the jet lag but really I'm not up to speed with everything at home - hence my lack of posts! I took a bit of time out today to do a journal page for the junk journal junkies over on facebook. The theme is lessons and the coloours ivory, purple and gold...I forgot the gold but this is what I came up with.

I started with violet storms infusions and then used distress inks to add the background thru' a clarity stencil and also a stencil girl stencil.

A close up of the part of the page with the face created from the stencil girl stencil.

I added the words and then stamped the indigo blu feather stamps.

My words mean a lot to me on many levels. I know that life can be cruel and hard but if you choose to see the glass as half full things never seem so bad.

Big hugs

Rachel x