The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC106

This weeks colours over at

 The Play Date Cafe

are...

Gray...Yellow...Pink

I'm really enjoying the colour challenges and fab inspiration over at The Play Date Cafe....

Anyway, here is my take on this challenge...

 Not only, was I inspired by these wonderful colours..

 ..but also the little button badge with the 'fun' lemon quote, it made me think of the original one...

'When life gives you lemons...

Make lemonade'.

I sketched one of my faces in my journal

and used water colour pencils, promarkers and gesso.

 

Stamped the quote with Alpha stamps using a grey promarker.

...and the circles are stamped with (Holiday Baubles stamp by Hero Arts)  with Gesso and tinted with watercolour pencils.

The lemons are an image cut from a magazine and gesso'd to lighten them up and to make them blend in more with my pages.

Well life is giving me lemons at the moment!!...

...So off to make some lemonade !!! LOL

Thanks for stopping by
Jan x

Don't Forget to stop by the

Play Date Cafe

to see more fab

Gray...Yellow...Pink.

creations.

The Summer of Colour #8 Orange

It's now...

 week over at

Kristin's 'Summer of Colour Challenge'
Another BIG colour challenge for me
..usually only used during fall and halloween !

Busy, Busy, Busy here!!

My Boys are on Summer holiday from school, college and Uni,

.....so the house is a busy chaotic mess

(Just how I Love it  !!)

..but I just HAD to find the time to join in with the eighth week of Kristin's wonderful colour prompts....

So,  Just a quickie I'm afraid... a quick water pencil drawing,  some rubber stamping and splattered on a little white gesso, to distress up !

..and the Bonus for this weeks challenge  is to in some way incorporate your favourite quote or poem.

Well, I'm a big quote fan...but I don't have a favourite, but I thought this little quote by Mr Van Gogh was fitting for this weeks colour...

'There is no Blue without Yellow and without Orange.'

-oOo-
So now, I'm going to try my upmost to get around to all your lovely Orange Inspiration and will also try my best to leave a comment!

Can't wait to see what Kristin has in store for us for the rest of the challenge :)

Got to dash !!

Thanks for Looking  !

Jan x

...and one little furry who never misses out on a photo opportunity  !!

 

Barney boy, getting in on the act of orange week  !! :)

The Summer of Colour #7 Purple

It's now ....

PURPLE

week over at

Kristin's 'Summer of Colour Challenge'

-oOo-

Now, I'm not usually a purple lover...

and really had no idea what to do with purple week,

until a comment left by The Wright Stuff

(Sorry don't know your real name?)

on my last weeks red challenge

inspired my piece for this weeks challenge.

I was reminded of the Jenny Joseph poem...

Warning...When I grow old I shall wear purple.

 So some more journal pages....

Warning - When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple

By Jenny Joseph

When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple

with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.

And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves

and satin candles, and say we've no money for butter.

I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired

and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells

and run my stick along the public railings

and make up for the sobriety of my youth.

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain

and pick the flowers in other people's gardens

and learn to spit.

 You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat

and eat three pounds of sausages at a go

or only bread and pickles for a week

and hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry

and pay our rent and not swear in the street

and set a good example for the children.

We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?

So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised

When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

..and Wahoo, I've just found out that I've won last weeks (red) challenge via Karen, Jo and Netty's lovely comments - thank you ladies :)

and Thank you sooo much again Kristin for this amazing challenge, and your generosity .

Now next week is  ORANGE week

another huge challenge for me!

Thanks for Looking !

Jan x

The Summer of Colour # 6 Red

 it's now ....

RED

week over at

Kristin's 'Summer of Colour Challenge'

I'm having so much fun filling up my journal with this challenge...

-oOo-
When I thought of red...
Little Red riding Hood sprung to mind

 So for my background I've copied some old book pages,

I drew my red girl

coloured her with pencils and pens..

(she needed some rosy red cheeks !!)

The flowers were cut from a cath kidston catalogue, and stuck over my pages.

...then I distressed with some acrylic paint and inks.

-oOo-

This weeks Bonus challenge is to incorporate something winged into your work.

...So I've stamped a little birdy (studio g stamp)

then added a little 'red' quote...

'When in doubt wear red'

(Bill Blass)

looking forward to next weeks

colour  .....PURPLE

-oOo-

Thanks for Looking !

Jan x

The Summer of Colour # 5 BROWN

Can you believe it ?

We are half way through this wonderful challenge !

and it's now ....

BROWN

week over at

Kristin's 'Summer of Colour Challenge'

Now, after last weeks big struggle with Yellow...

 ...this is a good week for me,

 'cos I love creating with shades of  'Brown'

-oOo-

some Brown pages for my journal...

I've used, vintage music papers, paints, inks, Water-soluble wax pastels and pencils.

The  Bonus Challenge is to incorporate a bold shot of colour into your work,

Now, I'm not sure if this is going to be bold enough to count?
believe it or not...

 my girls lips are brighter pink in real life,

 but the lighting here is sooo dark and dull at the mo !!
I just couldn't capture the true colouring.
You wouldn't believe we were in the middle of Summer here !

-oOo-

...and it was also my lovely S-I-L's birthday last week,

so this challenge inspired me to make her birthday card with 'browns'

-oOo-

I am really enjoying this colour journey, so much beautiful colour inspiration out there in Blogland!
THANK YOU again Kristin for the challenge
....and to all my lovely commenters
your kind words are so encouraging :)
-oOo-
...and next weeks colour is RED

-oOo-

Thanks for Looking !

Jan x

'I look into your great brown eyes,

 Where love and loyal homage shine,

 And wonder where the difference lies

 Between your soul and mine!'

Josiah G 

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

Art, Heart and healing Week 1 - Journal

Week 1

over at

Art, Heart and Healing

(Free course- see my sidebar)

...is to create a self portrait journal page

healing exercise

drawing and shading your portrait

and background techniques

-oOo-

The first part of the exercise was to transform our inner critic messages

write them down those negative thoughts

focus on them

then gesso over them!!

-oOo-

The next step was to draw a self portrait

.....following Tam's fab step by step guide

learning new tips and techniques of drawing/painting faces

I was totally amazed with the results

here is my first attempt of a self portrait!!

Unfortunately I didn't have the water soluble crayons to complete the colouring in part of the exercise

....and being as one of my worst traits is being sooooo Impatient!!

I drew another portrait in an old journal

..and coloured it with an alternative medium

my trustworthy promarkers!!

....some rubber stamping

...and then I used some white acyrlic paint to distress it all.

and these are the results....

Wish my eyes were that blue!! LOL

....but I will still have another attempt at using the water soluble crayons on my original drawing when I get some.

-oOo-

Im really enjoying the course so far!

....and seeing everybody elses self portrait creations!

Can't wait to see what Tam has in store for us for next weeks lesson!

Thanks for Looking!

Jan x