Mind

Here is my entry into the latest quotes and lyrics challenge over at the craft barn

The words this time are mind or ignorance - I went with mind and an Edward Lear limerick

There was an old man of Three Bridges,
Whose mind was distracted by midges,
He sate on a wheel, eating underdone veal,
Which relieved that old man of Three Bridges.

I couldn't fit it all on the page so it's just the first part.

The pink background is pastels and the writing is a fine Sharpie with a little Wink of Stella for good measure. I decided to join the Splodgeaway club and those flowery leaf stencils came with the fist package, I just used distress ink with them. As always a little walnut stain mysteriously ended up around the edge hehe!!

Knowledge

Here is the next craft barn Q&L challenge the words this time are knowledge or hurt. Well I spent absolutely ages searching for a poem I liked and I couldn't find anything that caught my eye. In the end I went for this Albert Einstein quote.

I used three paint dabbers mostly through the sponge dabber so that I left some of the pattern from the sponge . Once that had dried I mod podged down a picture of Einstein and then wrote on the quote with a black Sharpie. Then I drew on the border in a Zentangle inspired way. Finally I added a touch of dusty concord distress ink.

Labyrinth

Letter L has rolled around and I chose Labyrinth........I just drew whatever came into my mind although as it was in the middle of the book it was pretty tricky because of all the other things on the other pages making it all wobbly......and then to fit in with the rules for this one I made a little window that the definition is hidden behind. I started off not liking it very much but in the end once it was all finished it didn't turn out too badly.

I created a background with Dylusions, distress stains etc. then I drew on the labyrinth with various markers and pens and highlighted some areas with a white gel pen. I tore the window out of a page where I'd been playing with my new gilding flakes and then drew on the bars to look like a window, I did think about cutting a hole in the page and having it look through to the next page but the pages are just to flimsy in the dictionary so I stuck this on instead.

Flamingo

Well there's me thinking all day about what word to choose for the next alpha challenge - even whilst staring at Flamingos whilst out and about at Slimbridge today it didn't click.....it was only when we were about half way home I suddenly went "Flamingo!" - no idea why I didn't think of it earlier!

So I was straight to the lap top to print off the pictures of flamingos I took earlier in the day; it couldn't have worked out better!

So firstly I painted the page with a paint dabber in Salmon and whilst that was drying I cut out the flamingo pictures I wanted to use.

Then I mod modged them down using matt mod podge this time, oh and on the two front flamingos I went around the edge with tattered rose distress stain to soften the sharp edges. Then I wrote on Flamingo in pink Sharpie, then I used a fine liner in pink to draw round the edge as well as using some dried marigold and spiced marmalade to stamp some leaves round the edge they didn't come out very defined but add some extra colour. Then I used a stencil and picked raspberry distress ink to make the honeycomb patten. I am wondering if I will ever make anything that doesn't involve distress ink of some kind....it's just too good!! All hail the Holtz!!!

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