Jeudi Journal - Chaos, Panic, Disorder!

Bet that title gave you a start this morning - hopefully not with any of us but rather the quote that Wendy chose for us to work with this week.  "Chaos, panic, ,Disorder ... my work is done" is the complete phrase and I decided to go with a teenaqger theme to illustrate it.

I had a page coloured in Dyan's Pomegranate but for some reason it seemed a lot darker than it was the last time I used it.  Still, I thought it was a good colour for autumn and so I stuck to Autumnal (or October) colours for everything else so that I could enter the page into Art Journal Journey's current theme which is "The Colours of October" as chosen by Tracey.

"Carrie was a bit of a spoiled brat.  A real daddy's girl who could twist him around her little finger and get whatever she wanted.    Her mother, however, was trying her best to bring Carrie up to be a responsible young lady.  But some days she felt she was losing the battle.

Carrie wanted to go out with her friends one evening just after dinner but as she had lounged about all day her mother said she had to tidy her room before she went anywhere.  As usual Carrie had a mad strop and flatly refused to do anything saying that she was going out regardless.  For once dad stepped in and had a quiet word with Carrie asking her to just tidy up her room and he would make things right with her mother and he might even buy her those ear rings she wanted.

Up Carrie went to her room but tidy it she did not.  No, she messed it up even more and as she went down the stairs to meet her friend she said to herself "chaos, panic disorder - my work is done".  She didn't want the ear rings her father had offered her, the truth was she had bought them herself the day before.  And so off she went with her friend Lois to meet up with the others at the yacht club.

I used a new border stamp down one side and across the top because I felt it represented chaos itself, then I added one or two things that I felt Carrie may have moved around, left lying about on purpose, note there are three mugs (those of you with teenagers may be familiar with this).  Finding the background very dark I decided to use diecut letters in various colours for the three words at the beginning of the quote.  Then I finished off with a black pen and realise that I would have been better to do it on a white background - too. late, sorry!  I am beginning to wish I had redone this page.  Doubt I will use Pomegranate again in this way.

WOYWW 644

Another Wednesday, another WOYWW and I am away again, will be back later today.  Only had a couple of days this time as I had a workshop on Saturday and didn't finish it because I am awaiting some stamps coming.   Could have easily used a substitute but as the one to be used was in my order I decided to wait.  So my desk today is as left so that when I get back later today I hope the stamps are waiting for me and I can get on and complete these pages.

As you can see from the photo below it was an online workshop and was with Tracy Evans, as per usual, and I just loved the colours of this journal page she showed us.  

Sorry, still not got around to doing any of the videos I keep saying I will do; one day before Christmas they will get done.  I did think Zsuzsa's video might have spurred me on last week, I did so enjoy it, but then I kept thinking "follow that one" - it was absolutely delightful.  She is so talented.

No glorious sunsets for you to see, we had hoped for one last night as it was our anniversary which is why we chose to be away for it but I was intrigued by some of the plants growing in the rocks that line the sands to the promenade.  Not a clue what these are but they look like succulents.

You can see from this photo how there are huge rocks stretching quite a way along the front to the actual beach.  It is surprising what springs up from within them - quite a few sycamores and a lovely cotoneaster at one place.

As you can see from the picture above the beach is covered in pebbles which have built up into a bank at this point.  We did enjoy seeing the birds although they were too far out for me to photograph with my phone but I will leave you with this picture where  the dots are actually oyster catchers (I think).