DOCUMENTED LIFE PROJECT WEEK 6...

Can't believe I'm still here...Week 6 was actually finished by Wednesday last week but with the kids being on mid term break I never got a chance to upload it.

 

 

Lots of layers this week.

Paint,

 Stencilling, stamping,

 

book paper, washi tape

 

Thanks for looking...now to get on with week 7...half way there...

TECHNOLOGY...

Technology is wonderful right?

 

WRONG!!!!

 

 

 

I have researched printers until I don't know which way is up...Amazon, EBay, printer websites...I finally decided on one...this Brother MFC-J5720DW matched more or less everything I wanted and I ordered it from Amazon on Wednesday and less than 24 hours later it arrived so why wont it print what I want???

 

I had to move it nearer the router to connect wirelessly and moved it back again when it connected  but it still wouldn't print...Not being technical minded myself Clare from next door came through last night...we uninstalled it and then reinstalled it...had to wait until this morning to finish as I had to move it closer to the router again and BINGO it printed...excellent! But this is not the end of the saga...no, no, no....although it is printing normal size paper I can't get it to print custom sizes which is what I need it to do for wedding invitations!!!

 

Losing the will to live......HEEEEELP!!!

DOUCUMENTED LIFE PROJECT WEEK 5...

Not had a lot of time this week. I had a look at some videos and found one by Roben-Marie Smith. She makes it look so easy...mine is nowhere near as flowing as hers.

 

 

I use a wee gorjuss book for rolling my brayer in to clean it. I added some white spattered paint to to it so it would tie in with the background and I stamped some butterflies and cut them out.

I also added some punched out circles. Actually love how the page turned out. Now to get started on this week...no wait I have to go watch football first, make lasagne and brownies and have tea:-( x

WIP...FINISHED...

Remember this from way back in August last year...seriously can't believe it was that long ago...Well.....

 

 

I finally finished it...

I added all the names of my kids to it.

 

 

 

 

I think it was doing my Documented Life page last week that made me do it...It is now haning up in my kitchen and I love it.

 

xxx

DOCUMENTED LIFE PROJECT...WEEK 4...

   I am so loving this journaling project over at Art to the 5th Academy...the tutors are all great and it's a totally FREE project...If you haven't already you should really go and join in...

 

I used some printed tissue on the base with a thin coat of gesso on top.

 The big heart is cut from canvas and painted with Claudine Helmuth's dash of red and some text stamping over the top.

 

Since it was Robbie Burns' birthday this week I decided to write Auld Lang Syne all over the background. I then painted some wee hearts onto book paper and added initials of my closest friends  and stuck them down.

 

Once again thanks for looking, Kirsti xxx

DOCUMENTED LIFE PROJECT...WEEK 3...

Finished...I started off with distress inks and a blending tool but this wasn't bright enough for me so I changed to Dylusion spray inks. I then used a 12x12 circle stencil and ghosted with water.

Then I used a different circle stencil and sprayed ink through it. I was going to cut out the flowers from a piece of pretty tissue paper I found in my stash but I stuck one down and didn't like it, hence the reason there is only one.

Did the circles round the edge with paint and bottle tops and the rubber end of a pencil. I scraped texture paste through another stencil.

 I wanted to use the lyrics from Somewhere Over The Rainbow as it's one of my favourites. I used my vintage typewriter to type it onto tissue...it's not disappeared as much as I hoped it would. Lastly I stamped my favourite Banksy image at the bottom.

 X

EDIT...it was pointed out that I had used the wrong song title..it should be I Can Sing a Rainbow! Must have been having one of those senior moments that people talk about!

DOCUMENTED LIFE PROJECT...WEEK 2

Another week...another challenge...Week 2 of the Documented Life Project 2015..

 

The challenge was to use gesso...I coated the page with a layer to begin with then added some through a Tim Holtz number stencil... Now that there are a few layers on top it's not so noticeable. I stamped the Dina Wakley (did I say that Sonja and I are going to one of her classes in March...too excited!!!) birds and coloured them and the rest of the page with gelatos. I then added some stencilling with distress ink and more gesso. The quotation is a prompt from the challenge.

 

Thanks for looking.

Kirsti x

DOCUMENTED LIFE PROJECT 2015...

So I know I haven't blogged in SUCH a long time...but new year, new me, new projects right! Well hopefully!

 

I watched with great interest the DLP Project last year and decided I would like to try it out this year. So this is my first page from the prompts and now cant wait til Saturday for the next one.

 

Why not pop over and see what it's all about at Art to the 5th Academy...you know you want to...there are some amazing artists out there and lots of inspiration.

 

 

Happy New Year!!

JOURNAL SOUP...

I've done another journal page using Journal Soup 1...

 

Loving this...even hand carved my own stamp!

CURRENTLY...

Thinking: I wish I was somewhere hot and sunny

Enjoying: Blogging this week, walking the dog and my new jazz class (even tho I suck!)

Feeling: Frustrated at my children's moaning about everything I do for them!! 

Wearing: Skinny jeans and Converse boots, tshirt and cardigan

Needing: Some space and peace

Wanting: The referendum debate to be over

Listening: To my iPod with all my 'old' tunes

Making: The most of left over teas and recycling into something new for the next day!! 

Eating: Chilli enchiladas with savoury rice

Drinking: Lots more water

PAINTED FURNITURE...

I bought this desk a couple of months ago from a local second hand shop as I thought it was really cute...It's quite wee and dinky.

 

 

I finally got round to finishing it last week and I am so pleased with how it turned out.

 

I painted it with Annie Sloan Duck Egg chalk paint and then distressed it slightly.

 

It was given a coat of clear wax to finish.

It looks great in my dining area...

A LITTLE BIT OF ART JOURNALING...JOURNAL SOUP STYLE...

So last week I decided that I really, really, really wanted a Dylusions Creative Journal so I went on eBay and I bought this one...

 

 

I also decided that I had best get on with the Journal Soup 1 class created by Kate Crane at The Kathryn Wheel before I purchased Journal Soup 2....

 

This is what I produced from part one...part two is currently underway...very pleased with what I've done so far and can't wait to finishe the second page and get on with the rest of the lessons...Kate is such a fabulous teacher and I have been lucky enough to do a class with her along with Sonja. We are also booked in to do another with her at the beginning of next year...can't wait!!