tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40552707479331914842024-02-06T22:30:30.329-08:00bloowabbitRoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10261974351451499974noreply@blogger.comBlogger219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055270747933191484.post-13617587488230151992023-12-24T10:32:00.000-08:002023-12-24T10:41:12.983-08:00Inking and sneezing...<p> After the pencil work was accepted, bar one small change, I took a short break. I was tired and I kinda let the break extend to an entire week. I wasn't worried as the planning had been laid out in graphite. Using a light box and ink was the fun bit. Although I had left myself only a week to finish it...</p><p>Then I couldn't find the light box cable. Spent most of a day looking everywhere I might have put it until finally I found it plugged into the junction box at my worktable. It's now clearly labelled.</p><p>The only irritating part is drawing the boxes. However I choose pen & ruler over freehand. A comic strip I'd done previously looked better with straight lines to contain or burst out of:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qERHTAoj-o28tQjioqF61PjkixhE7JBoMT3sMdk8SdoRLOg4yI4K3iJ5EKx5foE-JsM-_aXIS-U7ICGqEddjjG4lp7LptjyWZHsZDC4U_gfDEZyi3W_ksO4_tEPjkvDI33zCl5sD8HNcKHyG26eQgS4s1DlOQu6GfcTsOiSD0BSOxCFkeIyIdDYwH0Q/s1478/20231224_174513.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="992" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qERHTAoj-o28tQjioqF61PjkixhE7JBoMT3sMdk8SdoRLOg4yI4K3iJ5EKx5foE-JsM-_aXIS-U7ICGqEddjjG4lp7LptjyWZHsZDC4U_gfDEZyi3W_ksO4_tEPjkvDI33zCl5sD8HNcKHyG26eQgS4s1DlOQu6GfcTsOiSD0BSOxCFkeIyIdDYwH0Q/w254-h378/20231224_174513.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">ILLUSTRATING WORDS AND PHRASES</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">BY SINEAD O'DONNELL 2016</span></div><br />Using a variety of pens the inking began. Ideas came to me of how to differentiate between land and sea and between characters. <div><br /></div><div>I work old school, ink on paper so if I make a mistake I begin again. Working for an hour at a time helps before breaking and continuing. This minimises mistakes. I noticed the speed at which I worked had changed, I'd slowed up. And I noticed I felt very cold, my throat hurt and I was sneezing. Wrong time to catch a bug. Sipping hot drinks I worked on.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhO7mhGiB4YMOND0ize1XxKdu5yM9gXFeA_YUjwveuy6ATFR6t2yxqs9wI7iBhZ6komHgvXTAKrVCD97is5QuiTQgGHhJuhGvEj4UQLdcSdeL3h_ssGM5qx4Fhmgws3hFU0WUe6ogHiMwJ9QaV8SI-bKpXZA78USnvmVrI8Jtq8G6od5DWLTkIFDJHPOE/s2992/20231223_115852.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhO7mhGiB4YMOND0ize1XxKdu5yM9gXFeA_YUjwveuy6ATFR6t2yxqs9wI7iBhZ6komHgvXTAKrVCD97is5QuiTQgGHhJuhGvEj4UQLdcSdeL3h_ssGM5qx4Fhmgws3hFU0WUe6ogHiMwJ9QaV8SI-bKpXZA78USnvmVrI8Jtq8G6od5DWLTkIFDJHPOE/s320/20231223_115852.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>It took me until 5am on the morning of the final day to finish. I stopped at 3am for some Stilton and pear. Food of the arty gods. I made the decision to physically cut-and-paste a small box on the final page, inserting an improved version. Should be ok as these pages are being videotaped. It was done.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, on Christmas eve, I've found a pencilled comic strip from a while back. And I'm itching to ink and colour it...sniffle...<br /><br /><p></p></div>Roishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10261974351451499974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055270747933191484.post-80429261714734991672023-12-11T10:26:00.000-08:002023-12-11T10:26:34.635-08:00Comic strip...picking up the pencil<p> It's been a while...</p><p>Fighting a recurring block and now doing what I like to do. A friend and colleague asked me to draw some images to help tell a story. It was difficult. Initially I'd pick up a pencil, sketch some ideas and then get stuck. The only drawings I had been doing before this were doodles of d+d games played. </p><p>But the need to research the story, keep continuity going and feel graphite between my fingertips enabled the work to get done. Kept me drawing. I'd set the timer set at an hour then take a break, do something different. It worked. Now I'm at the inking stage, the fun stage. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI5HJcjlaiftqyEY36Z1rSmnMrZieCn7b31c82mhrL3xxoyxxFk3lVuBTNXh5UmcSRfVBGT8i_ZNEB9iPsneGqOKH56kMGBswsZHEZsdo8tR3rv7WRT0ZIdHD8WKI6OThtyZVgeZTmnGohQ33xTilc8R0Jq9oCCfzivrXSg4HHYeXntWKByPiDNpapHn4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1213" data-original-width="917" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI5HJcjlaiftqyEY36Z1rSmnMrZieCn7b31c82mhrL3xxoyxxFk3lVuBTNXh5UmcSRfVBGT8i_ZNEB9iPsneGqOKH56kMGBswsZHEZsdo8tR3rv7WRT0ZIdHD8WKI6OThtyZVgeZTmnGohQ33xTilc8R0Jq9oCCfzivrXSg4HHYeXntWKByPiDNpapHn4" width="181" /></a></div><br />That's about as much as I can share until the complete work is released in Jan'24. But the raven is not only part of the story, and at risk of over-romanticising things, it's like I've found my pencil wings. Hmm, that rhymes...poetry too 😂<p></p><p>Will post again when I've done some inking...</p><p>bloowabbit </p>Roishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10261974351451499974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055270747933191484.post-40666978096496969702019-08-08T03:52:00.001-07:002019-08-08T03:52:29.888-07:00Making ATCs (Artist Trading Cards)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I chose a range of different paper to experiment on - Bristol Board 250gsm, Vellum, Indian paper, watercolour paper 152lbs, glossy photo paper 180gsm and heavy handmade paper. I cut them to ATC size, ..... and raided my crafty pantry for markers, paint, adhesives, foil, inks - anything I thought might made an interesting mixed media result. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chose Winsor & Newton Pigment markers (phthalo blue light, phthalo teal light & phthalo blue deep) as their colours are strong and vibrant, covered photo paper & Bristol Board surfaces and blended. On top I printed stamps I'd carved from plastic erasers with Chafford alcohol markers (G61 & PB63). After the cards had dried I used a Kuretake 2 way glue to draw the same floral shape as the stamps, waited until it dried tacky, and adhered foil (blue oil-on-water effect and holographic dot pattern). To finish I merged 2 different fancy glues, Dovecraft 3d Pearl Effects (pastel green) & Stickles (star dust), added a few tinted word stickers from The Reset Girl and outlined them with Pilot Pintor extra fine in white. A final glaze of Judi Kins Diamond Glaze sealed the surface.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Bristol Board, good for mixed media, fared better than the photo paper which curled and, even with the adhesive layers, stayed flimsy until I added the glaze. Glueing a second piece of card to the back might help. I'm now itching to try again using heavier card or some gesso and having more fun with the wide range of mixed media techniques out there. And swapping with other ATC makers too! (date and sign the reverse). Creating small trading cards that reflect your style of art and craft is one way of collecting examples of those techniques.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One way to design and create a stamp is to make it yourself. I make stamps by carving plastic erasers. The finished eraser prints with a handmade look and it's obvious these stamps haven't been machine cast or pressed. Those times when you're elbow-deep in card making or journaling and you need a specific design then eraser carving can be an answer. And while it takes a little patience it's also a lot of fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was looking for a Halloween stamp, I have a few bought stamps already, but I wanted a specific image. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I had a very large plastic eraser (Dunnes stationers) which was perfect for a more complicated image of witch, cat, bat and spider. The smaller the eraser the more fiddly it is to carve so the more suitable it is for a simple shape. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then pencil in the black areas (the areas that will be left after carving) and touch up by erasing any unwanted lines. I added and criss-crossed lines (like the hair) so that they had more of a chance of staying stable after cutting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Using an exacto knife I began to cut away the parts that remain white. I should have taken a break because I was losing focus towards the end of carving and my hand slipped. The top of the bat was cleaved off. Found the tiny piece and glued it back. Wasn't sure if this would work but knew during inking I'd find out. The cat's eyes were too small to cut so I altered the shape of its head. And the witch's eyes were only going to work if I cut the entire eyeball out and added pupils </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with a fineliner </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">after printing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Using a brown ink stamp I inked the eraser stamp and tried a first print. What was obvious was that the bat was damaged beyond saving so I cut the bat out of the image. Other marks show up in the first inking indicating where I needed to trim the image. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The final result is a stamp with a woodcut-ish style. I love the angular cuts and the texture given by the eraser surface both which greatly change the image from the original pencil sketch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A guest tutor called Brittany Luiz showed us how to do different types of blended lettering using watercolour markers. So as the crafty club I'm part of is celebrating Hallowe'en in July I thought of how to put my new skills into creating a scary image - lettering with BITE!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The watercolour markers I had in my stash were Winsor & Newton in gamboge hue and cadmium red hue which suited this project. If you need help with how to write 'nice' lettering there are plenty of videos by Dani and Brittany that you can follow. I used Dani's style of faux lettering. Let the colour dry for a few minutes before erasing the faint pencil lines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've usually got a sketchbook on the go but sometimes there are gaps of weeks or months between drawing in it. Now and again watching a video of an artist or reading a blog will get me started and after watching Joy San's video '</span><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-color, var(--yt-spec-text-primary)); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Filling Up a Sketchbook Page | A Scene' I used her technique.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With a black fineliner I worked freehand - the face in the background on the left hand page above isn't to my liking but it is left alone, not erased. This is part of how I draw freehand, mistakes are tolerated. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After the first three double pages I found myself being pulled into creating some sort of scene which tells a story and the haphazard grouping of images is lost. This is probably a natural process and I know, if I 'get stuck' working in my sketchbook, I can always revert to Joy's technique. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After the last spread I again felt the need to fill the space with unrelated figures - my character Bloowabbit pops up in all the fill-the-space pages.</span></div>
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<br />Roishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10261974351451499974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055270747933191484.post-89521742279228020612018-12-24T09:09:00.000-08:002018-12-24T09:09:11.405-08:0012 days to Christmas - Christmas Eve<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I had been working on repainting a doll for a friend but it was an unmitigated disaster. Acrylic paint doesn't adhere well onto cheap plastic and I hadn't invested in any suitable sealants...I winged it on the cheapy cheapy. It was the first time trying to repaint a fashion doll and I will have another go. As they say (whoever they are) 'practice makes perfect'...a lot of practice lies ahead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">No great works of art, just doodles. I like the hanging baubles, it was fun to do. The snow scene in the moonlight and the Christmas elf are ok - as doodles they're acceptable. And I have never been shy of sharing work that isn't perfection. It's the mistakes that help create newer better work. These little doodles may well spur me on to drawing again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks for the pens Marleen !!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The market has stalls which offer some specialist goods like German sausage, French pastry tarts or Russian Christmas decorations. And there are some Northern Irish products too. But it's mostly much of the same as the last few years. I feel the Continental Market vibe has been mostly played out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It is good to see people out and about though and there's a definite festive air. The Russian stall seemed a little empty but a Turkish hand painted ceramics stall was still overflowing with vibrant coloured bowls in many sizes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">December Daily is a project created by <a href="https://aliedwards.com/projects/december-daily">Ali Edwards</a>, a 'designer, blogger, workshop instructor and author' who keenly feels that </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's all about memory keeping the first 25 days of December and finding the best creative way for you to do so. Other paper crafters and memory keepers have developed ways to make a DecD and I chose to make a loose ring bound journal with separate pages on which to visually record days. I originally bought 8cm metal rings but after finding they were just too big I repurposed them to hold my xmas washi tapes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My book is made from scrapbook paper from 'Traditional Christmas' by Make ^ Create - a value paper pack from The Works. At 3 quid and with 20 double sided sheets it's a great buy. I also picked up embellishments and washi from online shops and the local pound shops on the high street. It's useful to keep flyers with seasonal imagery as they can be used for backgrounds, like the Royal Mail flyer with houses and a postbox in the snow - perfect for days about receiving a letter and writing Christmas cards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There are interesting ways to create a page - with pockets to conceal private pieces of journaling, card bands to hold separate attachments in place, tags with info or images on the end of baker's twine, envelopes or mini paper bags to hold ephemera. Some pages are smaller than other to create interest, some fold out to enlarge the journaling area and others are plastic trading card pockets sometimes sealed to contain sequin mixes if you like a bit of sparkle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What you end up with is a creative journal that is as interactive as its creator makes. Already I'm finding that I'm developing a certain style with the washi edged pages. I like how my DecD looks when it sits on end and its pages splayed open. Although it's not yet completed the book itself is a decorative thing, not just what lies inside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This year, for some reason, I found decorating to be difficult. Normally I can't contain my excitement, have already planned what colours I'm going to use (I have a lot of decorations) and have the house decorated by the beginning of the month. But it was already past the third weekend in December and I hadn't even taken the tree out of the trunk. When I was little we probably didn't put up the tree until the week before Christmas, it wasn't the done thing to have it up for very long. Times change. Perhaps </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">this year </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I've reverted to times past.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This year it's all teal, pinks, white and silver - I decide the colours I'm going to use whenever I'm packing the decorations away after the previous Christmas. The colours I choose are put away separately in easy reach. I had loads of white and silver, a few pink and teal and thought I'd pick up some more in the January sales. One pack of tiny silver and teal baubles, that was it. But this November I did find two lovely pale pink glass baubles, quite large, in Poundland. I bought them and then smashed one on my stone floor when I unwrapped it. Finding other pink baubles was difficult but I settled for a fish and a jellyfish from Tiger...now floating aimlessly on the the tree between the polar bears and the reindeer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The advent calender this year is based in Edinburgh and has scenes (with added teddy bears) from the city and online games to play including the chance to decorate a Christmas tree and to design a tartan. If there were a clan called McWabbit then this might be suitable, a nice grassy green. So far there's also a tree to decorate, a coat-of-arms to design and snowflakes to create - your chosen designs will appear in the living room, which is also interactive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What's a celebration without a little bunting? Give me an excuse and I'll make some. Last year's included phrases like 'Ho Ho Ho' and 'Jolly' but this year I left off using alphabet letters and went for colour and pattern instead. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sometimes I buy Christmas cards in the cheap shops to use, picking those that have plenty of sparkle and embellishments as they'll go further. Larger sized cards are worth getting too, especially if they're less than a quid each. But as I had prepared for a crafty Christmas by buying packs of holiday themed card I used</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> 'Traditional Christmas' paperstack by Make & Create instead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have a method - use my triangular master to cut pennants from a variety of similar coloured sheets, the add contrasting card to a corner. Use 2 different washi tapes to break up the shape. Then a sticker, a die cut and a 3D embellishment. Finally a pre-made word embellishment and some sparkly gemmies. And I back each pennant with some plain coloured card - I think it creates a good finish.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw0AbTtP-PeDGci5Uvzjh-k8Ec-h_b95lpoDN9gjT7VC1bSWamYgLk3zCV8Xsj40T9l9VbbAsgtAjLPwHSASm28x7g4U22CPJBxqG-yBcgzocnsFdomTfEyOrwo1CuTuClHLraewVZmg0/s1600/IMG_2164.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw0AbTtP-PeDGci5Uvzjh-k8Ec-h_b95lpoDN9gjT7VC1bSWamYgLk3zCV8Xsj40T9l9VbbAsgtAjLPwHSASm28x7g4U22CPJBxqG-yBcgzocnsFdomTfEyOrwo1CuTuClHLraewVZmg0/s200/IMG_2164.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's December! Which means <a href="http://www.shareachristmascard.com/en">Trollbeads</a> are giving away silver, gold and murano glass charm beads. They were the first bead charm makers, based in Denmark, and have been designing and making beads since the 70s. The draw prepared in mid November with entrants being sent names and addresses of other entrants from across the world. I've sent cards to Europe, USA, Canada and Mauritius. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPT80PJ_5ZpJeOL2fZdBaCGGffem-xootg3oejtngkggnlg7VoR3aAeX4Cz-fv0uOASfs4i5muXOgnOGS_Koz-a6fwi3K3KxtOfY8gi2DXwCIxTIa8suzYXWjC2ap7B9hK5qKcQ-5cTj8/s1600/IMG_2282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: black; float: left; font-family: "times new roman"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPT80PJ_5ZpJeOL2fZdBaCGGffem-xootg3oejtngkggnlg7VoR3aAeX4Cz-fv0uOASfs4i5muXOgnOGS_Koz-a6fwi3K3KxtOfY8gi2DXwCIxTIa8suzYXWjC2ap7B9hK5qKcQ-5cTj8/s200/IMG_2282.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have a nice little collection of beads, started almost a decade ago when my sister bought me a silver bracelet with two beads and each following Christmas and birthday she'd buy me another bead. Some she chose, some I chose. And each time I'd sell artwork at a solo exhibition I'd buy a sterling silver bead, its design related to the work I'd sold - Spiral, Ball of Yarn and Venus</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> (based on </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;">Venus of Willendorf).</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I use a <a href="https://websterspages.com/">Webster's Pages</a> personal planner and inserts from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SimplyPlanDesigns">SimplyPlanDesigns</a> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">at Etsy. I've stopped using decorative planner stickers and instead use washi tape to decorate the tops and bottoms of the pages...it's a simpler way to decorate and I like turning to a new week and seeing different colours and themes.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4Vi6g1JcyH7V_-QBidOQ-uUNzauHMQ0LjPoTzcHAoaCZd3NBa9bfO_hcO5QAwwGHlYvRPDc0PYLKmJtKchq2PhkhLC29-aCkJEVOWdw2pS-G2A_8h7cth5FZ1MThHICPQX89Gh_HIGg/s1600/IMG_2232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4Vi6g1JcyH7V_-QBidOQ-uUNzauHMQ0LjPoTzcHAoaCZd3NBa9bfO_hcO5QAwwGHlYvRPDc0PYLKmJtKchq2PhkhLC29-aCkJEVOWdw2pS-G2A_8h7cth5FZ1MThHICPQX89Gh_HIGg/s200/IMG_2232.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's all about making the to-dos and the apts a bit more jolly. Yes, my planner looks like it belongs in Santa's workshop but it's fun decorating and each time I open it I smile! 3D stickers, fancy paperclips and embellished dividers provide a blast of seasonal colour. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yYqI1TJ0ElODN3HDC5gIvcj7T7GaoIaQys0IDqaEMaF5UqVjg9hJnsC25bZpQQoFlBN2KV91gtHiLfzGGIdiAC6l7_1y1DHp2pf-7j2OpuMm1frAK3ETE-T4vGMhX67d7PNBtYUutwI/s1600/IMG_2234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yYqI1TJ0ElODN3HDC5gIvcj7T7GaoIaQys0IDqaEMaF5UqVjg9hJnsC25bZpQQoFlBN2KV91gtHiLfzGGIdiAC6l7_1y1DHp2pf-7j2OpuMm1frAK3ETE-T4vGMhX67d7PNBtYUutwI/s200/IMG_2234.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I include a gratitude page - room for a note about something good or positive that's happened or that I've experienced. When it's too easy for me to get bogged down by what I don't have or aren't able to do then writing something, no matter how small, is often enough to lift me.</span>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWShnaKAgN9MQYGXIELKaWk3vH_ty8IPI5BgQ_Ilc3MdmMn-1IqnZ4KlAVWEhhHoT82PljhSLYMSpIELIU3bkxSUlBXIdRHGkvjjOD308Hqm6KRrIU7SMkZxSbwkORe18l_iRP1fb7OM/s1600/IMG_2231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWShnaKAgN9MQYGXIELKaWk3vH_ty8IPI5BgQ_Ilc3MdmMn-1IqnZ4KlAVWEhhHoT82PljhSLYMSpIELIU3bkxSUlBXIdRHGkvjjOD308Hqm6KRrIU7SMkZxSbwkORe18l_iRP1fb7OM/s200/IMG_2231.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And this year, instead of making a separate Christmas planner I again simplified things, buying an insert from the same Etsy shop, to keep track of spending, shopping lists, gift ideas to make, events and a Christmas card record. It suits me as this year I've cut right back on expenditure and on stress. But I still enjoy detail in decorating my home, crafting and making the day ahead one of comfort.</span><br />
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Roishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10261974351451499974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055270747933191484.post-42234336859923559712018-11-15T07:06:00.000-08:002018-11-15T07:06:07.949-08:00a little poetry...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Started an arty journal called a 'daily' - challenge was set by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/miseriacantare">Serena Bee Creative</a>. Made a TN (Traveler's Notebook) and used scrapbook paper 'Jack's Revenge' by </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Reminisce,</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> 'Dark Hollow' by </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ella & Viv, 'Haunted House' by Carta Bella and 'Treat Bag' by Hocus Pocus. <a href="https://www.papermaze.co.uk/">Papermaze</a> is a good UK site to buy US papers. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This page in my October Daily was about the Harry Potter postage stamp set that was released on the 16th.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Found stripey straws at Poundland and decorated circular gift tags edged with metal to make some decorative picks. I could have done with a small label maker instead of writing the words.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Had bought a set of toy suitcases and reckoned they'd make a good Haunted House stacked on top of one another - this was a BIG project. I removed the hardware (handles, locks) and cut away the lids to leave the 3-storied house open on one side. Making the furniture was fun. I used small stickers and bottles on the scrapbook papers to decorate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As a member of <a href="https://www.patreon.com/PopFizzPaper/overview">PopFizzPaper's Crafty Club</a> I did a pocket letter swap. with a US crafter called Kestrel whos jam-packed letter blew me away with little folders and stashes including stickers, bead mixes, embellishments and washi tape samples. Oh, and there was a bag of apple and pumpkin flavoured candy corn too. I stocked my pocket letter to her with a tiny painting, frames, stickers and die cuts. And blackcurrant lollipops and a bag of Swizzel's sweets dressed up as a mummy. Great fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Had glued some paperclips onto felt balls bought at Sostrene Grene. To turn them into tiny monsters I added goggly eyes. Easy peasy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Amongst the scrapbook paper was some photographic wooden prints. Folding this upon itself made a wand shape. Only effective from one side as the other revealed the folds. <i>'Illusionardium Woodenwandus'</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wanted to make a shaker rosette and decorate it as a bat but I made the shaker so big that it resulted in a huge bat. Added a stripey straw, and behold, Fatbat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A challenge set by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/craftychica87">Sabrina Ann</a>. Memorydex is a type of journaling system using a filing card type of setup. Even without a Memorydex die cutter or punch it's still feasible to make them. We had to base our cards on either monsters or villains and I chose Winifred Sanderson from Hocus Pocus on a bad day - 'when a spell runs amok'. The black cat Thackery Binx also runs fowl of the exploding spell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dani from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/thefreckledspectacle">PopFizzPaper</a> ran a Hallowe'en fb page for the month of October full of mini challenges, treasure hunts and opportunities to post pictures of papercrafts. I won a mini Happy Mail (goodies decorated and packed imaginatively, put in a box and posted - there's always sweets included) </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">currently winging its way to me</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm really hoping to do a video flip-through of the October Daily book I made and decorated AND I'd love to make a video on the Haunted House too. Although I'd started the Inktober challenge this year I only got as far as the fourth day - I instead focussed on papercrafting which is something I love working with. And that online course I signed up to (free on Kadenze) fell by the wayside - I'll pick that up again in November... hopefully... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I use a green Leuchtturm (how is that pronounced?) which I picked up at TK Maxx for half price. I stood there at the stationery shelves with both the green one and a grey one in my hands, trying to decide which to buy. I should have bought both. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Leuchtturm is favoured by many bullet planners as the 249 pages are each numbered plus it has an index section at the front. This keeps me from losing track of what I'm doing when. The pages are nice quality though some pens are too heavy ink-wise. I like using a Papermate Replay as it's easy to erase mistakes, misspellings etc. My book has blank pages so I can sketch ideas in them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I draw out a new month's calendar when I need it and prefer drawing boxes to write within. I do use a code to indicate whether a task has been achieved, decided against or pushed ahead to another time. However my writing changes depending upon my mood or emotion. It can be anything between neat and downright chaotic. I doubt if I will ever achieve the perfection of <a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/163396292710118765/?lp=true">Kara Benz</a>'s careful yet artistic consistency, and yet I yearn to be able to do so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Unlike my personal journal, where I revisit pages I've written again and again and add dated notes in the margins, my Leuchtturm is a working tool. It serves to organise the inspiration and excitement I feel whenever I have an idea and helps me translate that maelstrom into achievable working tasks.</span><br />
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Roishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10261974351451499974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055270747933191484.post-37464310618583664012018-06-24T05:13:00.000-07:002018-07-08T06:13:53.288-07:00designing a card...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Have had a rocky month but am back creating and doodling and meeting a challenge for a craft group I'm part of - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/PopFizzPaper/posts">PopFizzPaper Crafty Club</a> via Patreon. It's run by an exceptional paper crafter called Dani. I love her YouTube tutorial videos - simple, straightforward, quality work which is full of colour. I like how she comes across - important for me as some of the more exuberant and flashy YouTubers can seem a little disconnected from reality. A lot of social media is illusion, which can be fun, but for me it's worth connecting with someone who presents a more real persona.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also write but haven't written much in the last year. Today I remembered something and words fell into place. I'm not a poet but this is more poetry than prose...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You have no idea of the land within me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Is my huge self covering vast swathes of hill and flatland</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Are all moved by my presence</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Leaves shiver </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sketchbooks aren't the cheapest when you're going for decent quality paper. And I'd recently purchased The Langton (10x7ins) by Daler Rowney which cost just under a tenner. I'd gone for the rough version instead of the smoother and that turned out to be a mistake. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I really didn't like the texture although I could see how it would be good for watercolour paints. Tried drawing a bumblebee but just had to give up. It was more than my simply not persevering, it was that the paper didn't suit my use of colour pencils. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Back to the art shop! This paper won't go to waste though as I can dig out my watercolours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The alcohol blender marker worked a treat. It created a smoother blending of the <a href="https://www.faber-castell.co.uk/products/ColourPencilPolychromostinof36/110036">Polychromos</a> pencils than water does with the <a href="https://www.faber-castell.co.uk/products/WatercolourpencilAlbrechtD%C3%BCrertinof36/117536">Albrecht Durer</a> pencils. Both pencils are by Faber-Castell. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At this stage I stopped working on the Langton paper and went back to my sketchbook (Winsor & Newton Heavyweight) and instead began working on a swimming turtle. During the eye drawings I posted on Instagram last month I acquired a lot of turtle-loving followers - it was in my head (the power of social media). I used the blender after the first couple layers of Polychromos pencil and applied more pencil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had thought about making the background more abstract but instead went with an impression of sea. I had sourced a photographic image to work from online and I think the photographer may have used a flash which lit up the underside of the turtle...cross looking turtle</span></div>
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