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Thursday 31 October 2013

The strangest person in the world

 This started out as a pic in a magazine of a self-portrait by Frida Khalo.......I altered it a little!


 The quote is one by Frida herself.......





Monday 28 October 2013

Peacock feathers

are not usually associated with Hallowe'en but as I sit here with my limited supplies I thought........."why not"? So, here you are!!!!
Hallowe'en with peacock feathers!!


 When putting together my stuff to bring with me I spotted a tube of texture paste for only 2GBP in The Works.......I did wonder if it would be any good at that price but thought it was worth a try......it works just fine as you can see from the peacock feathers!!




Thursday 24 October 2013

The breath from men

  I sometimes wonder what I would do with the internet!!!! Apart from the everyday life stuff of keeping in touch with family and friends......especially while I am here in Kazakhstan........I find lots of inspiartion too!The images on these pages and the quote were both found online somewhere or other!

 The background of the pages came from a more down-to-earth source.....receipts from the supermarket! They are printed on that thermal paper so heating the edges gives an instant dark edging.


 Although I find handwriting on pages a hard thing I find that printing is OK, maybe cos I'm more in control of it:)



Tuesday 22 October 2013

Meet

Pumpkin Head...................an altered doll

 with his big cheesy grin and starry eyes and a little black belly button!


 He started out as the little dolly on the right:)


Sunday 20 October 2013

Calavera

 This page came together in two stages. Had made the background but then didn't know what else to do with it so it sat around for a while

 next I painted the chipboard skull and was planning on using it on another page but couldn't get that to work how I wanted.......then realised it worked well on this background

 added a few more bits and pieces.......the white dots and lines and the words and it was done!



Friday 18 October 2013

Autumn

 This page started with some strips of scrap paper that I stuck down in a sort of woven fashion.......then painted over the strips

 tree made with the edge of a credit card dipped in black paint

 hand drawn birds......have to admit Iam not sure about the birds, but they are ok-ish!!

 stamped word



Thursday 10 October 2013

An old favourite

 Today I just felt like playing but had nothing particular in mind

 so I returned to a favourite theme


 this is a little different from my usual style......not a skull, dead baby or Hallowe'en in sight......again it's fun to step outside the box slightly sometimes!


Friday 4 October 2013

A curious evening

 I've been hanging onto this leaflet for a while now......I just loved the picture and knew I would use it at some point! That time came today!

 A Curious Evening when something spooky this way comes!



 Used Andy Skinners skulls stencil for the background.


Tuesday 1 October 2013

It all started

with a potato peeler!!
We needed a new one so my husband bought one and said" I bought this one even though it probably wasn't the best one because I thought you'd like the backing card it came on.......it's shaped like a rocket and has CCCP on it and I thought you could use it in a journal"!!

 And here is said rocket shaped backing card on a journal page


 with some stencilling

 and strips of wording torn from a magazine