Wahoooo....& Spots, Dots and Circles....

Look what has arrived in the post all the way from Australia, to play with....

I was so chuffed to have won these two fabulous Crafty Individuals stamps for my Arch entries for the '2010 Gothic Arch Challenge' for having the  'favourite set of arches' chosen by the Inkurable Stamper herself , Sarah.

I really enjoyed the year long arch challenge throughout 2010. There was some amazing artwork created by all the other Arch 'players' and it was fun seeing all the different interpretations of each theme So, thank you again for organizing such a fab challenge Sarah.

...Couldn't wait to get all inky with my new stamps...so what better way to get some inspiration and to join in with the current challenge over at Inkurable Stampers  'Spots, dots and Circles' (Junes Theme)

I'm currently working on a mixed media journal, with inspirational and fun quotes....so I thought I'd incorporate one of my new Crafty Individual stamps (CI294) into my pages.

(click on pic for better view)

I drew my mermaid and coloured my pages with water soluble wax pastels, watercolour pencils, promarkers, gesso and acrylic paint 

Used some bubble wrap with gigantic sized bubbles, to stamp the circles (bubbles) on to the background, then coloured them with some watercolour pencils.

I then stamped my Crafty Individual (CI294) randomly over my pages , (I chose this stamp because of its assorted circular shapes) I did this by, individually inking the images on the stamp with a whispers pen. I also used a papermania medallion stamp around the edge of my pages. Highlighted some of the stamping with white pen. 

Distressed with more acrylic

Then added a quote....

Don't wait for your ship

to come in

swim to it.

  ~Author Unknown~

So, If you fancy a stamping challenge, hop over to Inkurable Stampers

Thanks for Looking !

Jan x

The Summer of Color #3 PINK

Well, week three of Kristin's wonderful colour challenge is here again 

 ....and this weeks challenge is  PINK

(one of my favourite colours!!)

Whilst browsing the internet, looking for a 'pink' quote to inspire me...

I came across this piece of info...

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-For women who are often overworked and overburdened, an attraction to pink may speak of a desire for the more carefree days of childhood.-

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Mmmm...Could this be why I like pink sooo much ?!!! LOL

Anyway i found this fun and inspiring little quote...

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"I believe in pink.

 I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner.

 I believe in kissing, kissing a lot.

I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.

 I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.

 I believe that tomorrow is another day

…… and I believe in miracles."

-Audrey Hepburn-

and this is what it inspired me to create...

(You can click on pics for a better view)
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some more pages for my journal...

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I've painted, stencilled, stamped and inked...

I've even manage to complete this weeks bonus challenge ...

to' incorporate wax into your piece' 

I have used assorted `Water-soluble wax pastels' to colour my pages

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..and you can never have too much pink....can you ?

...Well personally, I don't think so ! LOL

So, I've also made a little 'pink' Thank you card....

...created with, papers, old envie, Image (Landof Enchantment), tickets, lace, paper flowers, stitching,fabric yo-yo, paints inks and mini scrabble letters.
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Whooo, I've enjoyed this weeks PINK challenge...and next week is YELLOW...way out of my colour comfort zone again...so this could be a challenging week!
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Off to have a nosey at what other pinkness has been created in blog-world :)
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Thanks again Kristin for getting my mojo back from its Hols, with her fun colour challenge..
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Thanks for Looking!

Jan x

The Summer of Color #2 GREEN

WOW!!

What an amazing start to Kristin's

'The Summer of Color Challenge'

...over 100 participants for the first week!

...and a collection of blue artiness in a variety of art forms.

It was fun visiting blogs to see everyones interpretation on the 'blue' theme.

...and Thank you soo much to everyone who left me a lovely comment on my blue journal page

..much appreciated :)

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Well, now it's time to reveal my

'green'

piece for

Kristin's

'The Summer of Color'

Challenge #2

for this weeks challenge, I decided to make a greeting card....

I used...brown envelope and some green printed backing papers, music sheet, mini scrabble pieces, trims, tickets, ribbon flower,buttons,ballerina image (Landof Enchantment) and stitching.

...all distressed with inks and paints/

...buttons in different lovely shades of Green

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Looking forward to seeing all the other arty greens

...and next weeks colour !

Thanks for Looking!

Jan x

"Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises." -- Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Hello Dolly....

My lovely friend Linda and I

have been swapping art for over 3 years...

(Sorry, there is no link to a blog, 'cos she hasn't got one - although I think she should start one because her creations are amazing !)

...it all started with ATC's

...and has progressed to little altered items over the years.

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I was recently inspired by a swap that Patty (Magpies Nest), Margaret (Alice and Camilla) and their QB5 group, where they traded altered items with each other.

.... they all sent each other different foundation pieces and a few other bits

to create something with.

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So, these are the 'ingredients'from my craft stash that I sent to Linda...
(Oh, and we were also allowed to add anything from our own stash, but the main 5 items had to be used.)

I've had these little muslin dolls in my stash for a while, and thought it was time to dust of the cobwebs and make something with them, 2 doilies, lace, and some seam binding ribbon
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..and this little pink beauty from Linda arrived in the post today.

I LOVE my little pink fairy !

Linda binded her body in fibres and ribbon (What a neat idea)

...and made her a little tulle fairy skirt

(which is hard to see clearly in this pic, but believe me it's fab !)

I love her unruly hair (just like mine, when I get up in the morning !)

..and those cute lil wings (made from one of the doilies)

....sweet little feet

...and no fairy is complete without her little magical wand.

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..and this is what I did with my dolly for Linda (using all the same initial  ingredients..)

Bonjour la poupée

(Hello Dolly)

I painted her face, hair and shoes with paint.

...added buttoms, eiffel tower charm, pin, and some rubber stamping to her dress.

It was a fun swap
....but very challenging for us both, as it was so different to what we usually both do.
Well it seemed a good idea at the time when I sent the ingredients LOL
Thanks again Linda, for being a good sport, and taking up the challenge..
..and completing it so beautifully...
Sorry again for stressing us both out with it !! ALOL
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Well, I'm glad to report that Linda is still speaking to me after giving her the Dolly challenge LOL
...and these are the ingredients that Linda has sent to me for our next trade...

..a nice little bundle of goodies :)
..Altoid tin, beaded trim, a large piece of Tulle, silky cream ribbon and roses...
Now, gotta get my thinking cap on !
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Thanks for Looking!
Jan x

The Summer of Color #1 BLUE

Now, it's time to reveal my

'blue'

piece for

Kristin's

'The Summer of Color'

Challenge

...I had a little play last week

..and had a lot of fun creating a little mixed media journal page for our first colour challenge.

and here is the result...

First of all I raided my stash for blue pens, pencils, paint etc...Then decided to start a little mixed media journal.

The face was inspired by Tam's ' Art, heart and Healing Course' that I did last year.

(Deets in my sidebar)

I used a paper collage for the background,

acyrlic paints, pens, pencils, inks

and various rubber stamps to create my journal pages.

..and found this apt little colour quote to add to it.

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I am going to try my best to join in each week creating with colour !

Looking forward to seeing all the other arty blueness

...and next weeks colour !

Thanks for Looking!

Jan x

Feelin' Blue?

(sneak peek of my 'blue' contribution !)

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OMG... Been a while again eh  !!

I'm still here..

Been trying to get around all your lovely blogs...

Sorry if I haven't commented in a while

Just been ultra busy

....and what with blogger comments playing up

Gonna have another catch-up after this blog post!

Anyway.....

Mrs Mojo is still misbehaving  !!.. :(

...but what better to kick it into touch...

A new Challenge...

 The Summer of Color

 (Colour for us here in the UK :) )

... a 10-week blog party celebrating art in all it hues! 

The wonderful Kristin from Twinkle Twinkle 

will be giving us a colour prompt each week

....and we will be creating art in any form and in any medium.

Now, I thought this would be good for me....

....as I tend to stick to the same ol' colour schemes

So, This Challenge should put me right out of my Colour Comfort zones !

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Now, first of all, we have to share what we will be creating each week..

Well in my case it could be absolutely anything !!

I think I'm going to shake it up, and just see where the muse grabs me each week !

...could be a scrapbook page, atc, canvas, journal page and I think there will most def. be a altered matchbox thrown in along the way at some point !!

Oh, and I was thinking of searching for some 'colour' quotes to add to my creations too.

and the colour we are starting with is....

BLUE

I had a little play today,

 I thought I'd make a start with a journal page.

(Another little sneaky peek of my mixed media journal piece)

We will then all post our 'blue' pieces next week

(Monday 13th)

..Can't wait to see what everyone has come up with :)

Thank you to Kristin for organising this fab challenge...

Now what are you waiting for ....Hop over HERE to join in too :)

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Thanks for looking !

Jan x