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Monday, 1 November 2010

I tried very hard........

........to be a little more conventional.......well as conventional as Alice with pumpkins can be..............but I just couldn't do it so I GIVE UP......I ADMIT IT.......I like things a bit strange, a bit weird, a bit outside the box!
 So this page (in my A4 journal) was going to be just Alice and some more of those stitched pumpkins that I said I was going to use again over quite a pale (for me) background with some stencilled leaves.........so far so good..................

 .....then I decided to add the checkered border and Alice acquired a hat..........and then I spotted the pointing finger on a piece of GRAPHIC 45 steampunk paper and thought.....mmm....that might be fun.....it was!

 Then came the birds............one at her feet, the other sitting on the pointy finger.............

 ......the stitched pumpkins..................

 ......these fish were on the same sheet of paper as the pointy finger......I think they fit in just perfectly........alongside the chandelier hanging in this strange place called a.................


HALLOWE'EN WONDERLAND.

The Alice image used here is another image from the fab  OCTOPODE FACTORY.
I am entering this piece for the current OH ALICE! challenge which is ......HALLOWE'EN WONDERLAND!

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's why I like you, because you're just plain 'weird'! LOL! Kidding!

Wonderful pages. May I ask the make of stencil and how it was applied without bleeding?

Sandy said...

Oh wow another facinating page.
Wonderful play with Lily´s stamps. Brilliant.

Willy said...

Another fabulous page, Sue! Love those stitched pumpkins.

Zue said...

I think you should keep on going, right outside the box.
Sue xx

Effie said...

Another fab piece!.... strange is good! outside the box is the best palce to be!

Nigel said...

Brilliant work as usual. I'm guessing that it's not a normal shaped box for you :)

olive said...

ooohhhh fabby Sue..... love your weirdness as you know! We need more weird in blogland. Ciao

Rosie said...

Such FUN!! Love Alice's eyes and the fish ....

Carol Q said...

Sue - give up, you don't do normal and that's what we all love!

Lynne Phelps said...

Sue, your Oh, Alice! contributions have been truly FABULOUS! Thanks so much for playing along, you are really raising the bar! I appreciate all the effort you are putting into these challenges and your results are so inspiring. And hey, this is JABBERWOCKY, why would we BE here if we wanted to see soft and pretty and conventional, LOL! Plenty of that elsewhere! And seeing more of your stitched pumpkins along with a blue-lipped Octopode Alice just makes me really happy!

Lynn Stevens said...

That stitching on those pumpkins, what a clever treatment. Such original work, Eye candy in every way!

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...

I admire your work because its not conventional, it's unique, unusual, different and makes you stand out from the crowd. This piece is fab and I love the Alice image and the way you pull everything together is wonderful. Tracy Evans x

joanne wardle said...

good for you! do it your own way!
it's weird, it's fun, it's great!!

Sid said...

Super stuff.......Alice will never be the same again Sue !!

Sarah Anderson said...

loving those colours! and that's the best kind of journal page, one that just keeps on calling for the bits n bobs around

Anonymous said...

**squeal** oooooooooh!!!! its fabulous!!!! Long Live Halloween and Long Live Alice I say!
xxJ

Jennie -The Artistic Stamper said...

Sue, I am loving this piece.. totally weird and just wonderful
Hugs x

Dawn Gallop🐝 said...

I love it!!!

Gabi MeWi said...

It looks so adorable...

Beth Norman-Roberts said...

Another wonderful layout. Your commentary was very cute.

DonnaMundinger said...

OMG!!! this is sooo perfect! Lily's stamps are amazing but I haven't yet begun to play with them. It's TIME! xxD