Thursday Journal with Neet.

"I'm not getting older, I'm increasing in value"  are the words for this week, and it wasn't easy to choose the figure to go with this one. Dyan does not seem to draw older type figures, so all I did was give her grey hair.
The background is sprayed with Dylusion Inks and stencils used afterwards. I also used some leaf stamps and doodled over them and down the sides.
This is a scheduled post as I am at my daughters helping with the last of the house packing. Just her study and kitchen to do.
Home a day early.  Update, the buyers dropped out with 3 days to go for completion !!!!!.  We had packed up the kitchen, and I can't print what we all said. Karen said she can manage with the things we didn't pack so it the house is back on the market and everything is packed ready.

Try it on Tuesday Make a Mark

Try it on Tuesday has the theme of Make a Mark, and this fortnight I was asked if I would like to be guest designer.
I have used a large Dylusions journal and inked the background with Distress oxide inks. I then used various stencils and inks to make the marks. I also stamped a few simple marks and some script with black ink.
The two figures are also Dylusions, painted with watercolour pens.

Thursday Journal With Neet

This week the quote is "I didn't get to be this fabulous overnight"
I used a mop up page for this and did it in a bit of a hurry. Life seems to be throwing up a few wobbles at the moment so I am only managing to do the bare minimum.
My son is over from Russia for his Dad's funeral which was on Tuesday, so we all went over to Norfolk which is a long way from here as we have to go across country. It was a lovely ceremony and it was great to see my x brother in law and a few old friends.
As soon as Paul goes back to Russia on Friday I hope to get back to nearly normal.

Thursday journal with Neet

Why did I choose "If at first you don't succeed, give up" This was a lot more difficult than I anticipated. I really didn't know where to start, and in the end used the two small figures who were trying to fly, one managed it and the one on the left just gave up.

Off to Birmingham airport this evening to pick up my son from Russia, who has come home to go to his father's funeral on Tuesday. This last few weeks have been a bit hectic, and I will be pleased to get back to normal by the end of May.

Homework

Another piece of homework for my textile course. Collaged and then sewn. The middle panel is a gelli print.

Tag Tuesday - Sea world

Another tag for my theme on Tag Tuesday. This one has background of Distress ink and stamped seaweed. The seahorse was stamped on separate card and fussy cut. I used some texture paste at the bottom and stuck on some tiny crushed up shell.

Tag Tuesday - Sea world

Two more tags for my theme on Tag Tuesday. The top one is a deli paper background with die cut seaweed. The images are stamped separately and adhered to the background. The seahorse I covered with texture paste to give it some texture. There are broken bits of shells at the base