Waiting

Week 8 in my mixed media collage journal.

I used vintage images from Mary Green
at Green Paper Packages
(girl & theatre ticket),
a postcard image from Kasia
at Everythng Art.

There is also a piece of washi tape
from Stampington
together with a Tim Holtz idea-ology
Remnant Rub (Elements).

Daler-Rowney White Gesso Primer,
Dina Wakley Media Glazing Medium
& Faber-Castell watercolour pencils.

The poem uses lines of poetry
& inspiration from
John Freeman &
Percy Bysshe Shelley.

The Sounds of Inspiration

Week 7 in my mixed media collage journal.

The poem uses lines of poetry
& inspiration from just one poem
this week from
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

I used vintage images from Mary Green
at Green Paper Packages
with printed text,
Time Holtz Design Tape,
Daler-Rowney White Gesso Primer &
Faber-Castell watercolour pencil.

Discover the true meaning of Love

This is my piece for
Valentines.

I used a That's Crafty ATC Art Shrine
made from 3mm MDF.

I covered the outside with a mixture of
Daler-Rowney white gesso primer
& DecoArt black gesso
over Ranger Texture Paste.

Inside I used Tim Holtz Pocket Cards,
a Paper Doll,
a wooden heart button
covered in more Pocket Card,
Grungeboard numerals
& small crown.

The small crown,
covered in white gesso,
has a few metallic flakes on it.

The numerals were painted with white gesso
then topped with embossing powder
by Personal Impressions
(Hologram Super Sparkle).

The top is fringed with a piece of lace.

The finished piece measures
approx. 11cm x 7.5cm x 4cm.

Signposts

Week 6 in my mixed media collage journal.

The poem uses lines of poetry
& inspiration from
William Renton
John Davidson
Joel Knight &
Robert Herrick.

I used vintage images from Mary Green
at Green Paper Packages.

I also used
Daler-Rowney White Gesso Primer,
Dina Wakley Media Glazing Medium
Faber-Castell watercolour pencils
& printed text.

If Winter ever ends

Week 5 in my mixed media collage journal
as we start a new month.

The poem uses lines of poetry
& inspiration from
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Mary Robinson
Algernon Charles Swinburne
George Meredith
& Christina Rossetti

I used vintage images from Mary Green
at Green Paper Packages
with printed text,
Daler-Rowney White Gesso Primer,
Dina Wakley Media Glazing Medium,
Faber-Castell watercolour pencils,
& a small white paper flower.

A Simple List for February

This month's
To Do List
inspired by a regular feature in The Simple Things magazine.

Each month they publish a list of things to try.

Wander around
your local park.

Do your food shopping
somewhere different.

Write down five things
that made you smile.

Write down five things
you're proud of.

Stop every two hours
to focus on your
breathing.

Read a short story
in one go.

.    .    .

I typed my words on background images
from Emily at Sweetly Scrapped
then adhered to Tim Holtz Resist kraft card.

Each card can be used
as a prompt to try something new,
to go on an adventure that month
or just spark your creative imagination.

The cards measure 7.5 cms by 5.5 cms
& they are kept together in an altered matchbox.