2020 #6 Jungle Vibes: Pretty in Pink with EDY {by Carol Fox}

2020 Topic 6: Jungle Vibes

Carol's well chosen quote could have been penned for so many of us. Her page is a collection of wonderful details. Check out that fab Grunge Paste foliage and the bird with gigantic dreams!

~ Keren 

Hi everyone, it's Carol with you today, and I'd like to share with you a Journal page. I have gone for colours with my Jungle vibe. Using dark greens with a hint of blue sky and pink sunsets peeping through on the background.
Darcy's little bird sits at the bottom having flown in from foreign lands, and after passing a flock of Flamingos on the way she is now dreaming of being a Flamingo herself.

The finished page with my Wannabe Flamingo perched among the leaves.

A quick bit of dry brushing with Khaki, Sage and Lawn to get some colour on my page.

Starting to add layers with stencil PS126 using Marbles and Bubble Gum.

 

More layers with Haystack and PS036

Adding a bit of Homemade washi tape, this was left over from a previous project.

Using Snowflake and PS046 to blend it all together a bit.

I stamped and coloured Darcy's stamp EM12 using black Archival ink and blended Bubble Gum and Prawn with my brush as I went.

My quote is from ZA08 and is stamped onto homemade washi tape and cut up to suit the layout of my page.

I used the large text from HP1304 and green archival ink to add a darker green to my background before adding Grunge Paste mixed with Jade through stencil PS075. 

I now stitched around my page before adding it to my journal. (I work loose leaf as I like to stitch and this saves the page underneath getting wrecked.) Once stuck down I felt it needed a bit more darkness so I used the leaf stem from ELB29 and dark green archival ink to add this.

I finished it all with a quick rub of green ink over the dried Grunge paste and a Splatter with Bubble Gum paint.

I personally think a quote can make or break a journal page and can also take it in the direction that you want.

I was a bit stumped for a quote on this but then I found the Zinski one and it just seemed to perfectly reflect what my little bird wanted to say. None of my images used are jungle themed but I hoped with the pink and the combined quote it would hopefully relay what I was thinking. This theme did push me out of my comfort zone with the choice of stamps to use, but it was fun and it does show that any type of stamp can be twisted to anything especially with a well chosen quote.

I hope you enjoyed my post, and I can be found at the following places.

Carol x

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2019 #3 Mail Art: Envelopes with EEA {by Carol Fox}

2019 Topic 3: Mail Art

Carol's gel plate mail art is stunning. So many images on one envelope yet the result is  cool not cluttered. Her clever pulls with added stamping and stencilling create an almost pop art look in places and make me want to get out my gel plate straight away!

Hi everyone, it's Carol with you today, and I'd like to share with you some Mail Art envelopes. I used a Gelli plate to get my paint onto my envelopes on as a base for my other mediums and then basically had a lovely time playing with my stamps, paint and ink. I found this project very relaxing as it was really just stamping, colouring and a bit of doodling once I had  my paint on the envelopes, just what crafting should be, no angst just fun.

I left the centre blank for the address by masking it off before I put the envelope onto the Gel Plate.

I layered up my stencils onto the Gelli Plate using Freso Paint in Venice Blue, Cherry Red, Zesty Zing and Little Black Dress. I added a final layer of Butter and then pulled the whole print in one go.

I used Stencils PS001, PS075 and PS124

   

The envelope I just pulled from the above Gel Plate Layout.

The envelopes I coloured using the Gelli Plate. I had a nice selection to choose from and a few spare in case of stamping errors.

The print shown above is the before and after pulled stage. I have added a collage image, some stamping using Stamp Set EEA02. A  few dots of colour with my pencils and a bit of outline with paint pens was all I felt this one needed.

On this one I used the stencil PS092 with fresco paint Seaglass and the stencil PS054 with Cherry Red on the gelli plate before I pulled my envelope print. After  I added stamping with Stamp Sets EEA02 and EEA03, again finishing with pops of colour with my pencils and drawn lines with a paint pen.

 

This my favourite one. Just pulled on the Gelli Plate using Coral and Butter Paints, and then lots of stamping using Sets EEA04 and EEA02. Stamping the stars with the coral Paint kept the colours very tone on tone. 

I gave it a bit of lift with stencil PS001 and fresco snowflake paint. Adding additional colour with stencils PS052 and PS053 using Cherry red paint. I finished with coloured pencils and some paint pens.

 As I said in my opening paragraph I thoroughly enjoyed this project and once the colour was on the envelopes it was nice to just play with the images to get a nice layout. I have done this type of envelope in the past to give Christmas money in; a smaller decorated envelope inside a main card or just popped on the tree looks so much nicer than just a couple of notes loose in a card. Or perhaps a Wedding envelope for the Bride and Groom, it gives a personal touch to a cash gift that a bought card can't.

Thank you for your visit today and you can find me at the following places.

Carol x

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