I don’t have much time, I don’t have much words but I DO have
some images to show you, so let’s get on with it!
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My weekly art journal page:
Week #47
Let me explain how I build this page…
When I was in Heesch, I bought paper from the, ‘Steampunk Debutante’
collection from Graphic 45. I’m in love with those images, so I wanted
to use the cut out image of that lady. I went from there..
I thought it would fit the image if I used old encyclopedia pages as a base.
I tore out the pages from my old encyclopaedia, and I noticed the little
drawing on the right. Who was that?
Well, it’s an encyclopedia page right? So I found the information on that
same page: it’s a self portrait of Jean Cocteau, a French poet, novelist,
dramatist, designer, boxing manager, artist and filmmaker. Born in 1889.
Oh wow, just the right period to go with my ‘steampunk image’ then!!!!
Next, I choose the colour.
Brown, the vintage image told me to use browns.
Spray ink (Tim Holtz adirondack ‘espresso’) and copic markers.
I didn’t have much to say this past week, nothing exciting happened
and the days were all a bit similar, so I decided to use a quote to fill the page.
I googled “Jean Cocteau quotes”, and came up with this one.
Because Cocteau was a French man, I wrote the quote in French.
“The older I get, the more I see that what does not vanish: the dreams.”
Aaahhh… nice, isn’t it?
I did some journaling around the borders et voila!
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I was happily surprised when I found out Peggy made a layout with
the photos that Jenneke took from us in Heesch the other day…
I had a layout in mind too, and I’m happy Peggy choose a totally
different title for hers because I was afraid, since we ‘clicked’ so well,
that she had the same title in mind for a her layout.
Thank you Peggy, for making such a wonderful layout with our photos,
I hope we meet again soon!
And here’s mine!
I sprayed white cardstock with the new glimmer mist colours I bought in
the scrapbook store in Heesch. I made the “LOL mask” in the background
myself and I doodled a border and a title… and it was just perfect!
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And last but not least, I swapped some ATC cards with Phinner.
Because I didn’t have time to make some especially for her,
she choose ATC’s from my gallery.
She, on the other hand, made these especially for me!
OH MY GOODNESS, look at this!!!!
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Each one of those cards is so special and unique!
Thank you sooooo much Linda!
I will make some especially for you soon, I promise!
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The world outside it white.
Yep, it snowed in Holland and tomorrow it will be December!
I’m looking forward to this last month of the year.
I will have some free time. I plan some creating ‘just for me’.
I will reflect on the past year (maybe I’ll share that with you 🙂 )
ánd my top 2000 party will bring me to New Years Eve
(BTW: did you read the announcement on the top of this blog???)
For now, I’m off to work some more.
See you again soon!
Je t’embrasse!
P.S. I wrote quite some words after all…