Jeudi Journal - Entertained

Wendy and I decided to challenge one another to something to keep us stamping weekly resulting in journal page.  A story evolved but it is not part of the original ruling/plan, therefore not necessary.

The Current Quote: "No one will ever be entertained by us, as us"

Rules: Link to Art Journal Journey's theme (currently Mia's "Make your own background") plus Dyan Reaveley quote and her Dylusion figures.

I used Liquitex Acrylic Paints in 'light blue permanent' and 'bright aqua green' as my base, mixing the two together and left it to dry overnight.  Next day I decided to do a technique but then didn't think it would work on a painted background but I went ahead and gave it a try.  I haven't used my Perfect Pearls or my Pearlex for a long time and have a drawer full of different makes. Will it work on an acrylic painted background?  In for as penny.  It did - but only faintly, still I think a black background is best for this technique.  I used an Art from the Heart stamp and a Dina Wakley one, afterall she is best friends with Dyan.  Sketched Layered Fronds - and it will get used again, I love them.  They were coloured with Pearlex Duo Green Yellow and Pearlex True Blue, the Dylusion border was coloured with Peearl Ex Perfect Gold.

"Esmé. Ella, Ernie and Edward had spent a cosy afternoon, as usual on the first Saturday of the month, in "Cora's Cosy Cafe".  It was usual for the group to meet up for about an hour, or two if it wasn't too busy, and Cora was a friend of Edwards anyway so tended not to bother the group having this meet up.  Edward was a comedian and the three girls were storytellers, all passionate about making each other laugh and think.  (In case you are wondering Ernestine hated her name and so she was known as Ernie)

This afternoon they found themselves in a lively debate about the funniest moments in their lives again.  Each of the friends shared a hilarious anecdote and the conversation got funnier and funnier. 

As the laughter reached its peak, Esmé said "You know no one will ever be entertained by us, as us"  They all agreed, realising that their unique brand of humour was truly one of a kind.

An elderly gent sat nearby reached out and touched Esmé on the arm "I don't know about that love", he said, "I come in here every Saturday and try to get a table close to you for me and the wife.  It's good proper entertainment listening to you about your stories, and that young man should be on the stage."

"Yes," his wife chipped in "we wish you were here every Saturday, we love listening to you."

Edward thanked them on behalf of the other three and he and Ella got up and took their leave both having appointments to attend.  Esmé and Ernie stayed a few more minutes making plans for the evening and made their way to the door smiling at the elderly couple as they passed them.

Once outside Ernie said "well, that's been a bit different to the usual monthly meet up."

Esmé agreed and both girls went on their way with a lighter step than they had gone in with."

You can just about see the decoration behind the two figures.  Guess it needed a darker background to show up the PearlEx.  Maybe I should have left it to a border of some kind done on black card.  Or know more about darkening the colour on my scanning as it shows up on the actual journal.

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 Lovely weather again - nice warm days although the forecast is showing it to rain and I cannot grumble as we need the rain.

Not been up to much, trying to catch up on journaling so cannot show it to you as it goes out the day following this and involves my literary experiences as well (NIL!) but it is fun for me to do with my friend Wendy.  We got some new figures from the Dylusion range too so that has made a difference as that is one of the restrictions we have - to use only Dylusion figures if at all possible.  Over the years we have pretty much kept to it unless we want a male head and then we have occasionally used one from a magazine.  Only occasionally!

Yesterday I was rummaging through my topper box so that is what is on my counter at the moment.  Was hoping I could find something to fit in with a theme for a swap I am entering but didn't get very far.

Today I am hoping to have a go at the cloud technique that our very own Angela (Felix) has shown us and I thought it would make a good technique for a background for my next journal page - the part of the challenge by Art Journal Journey that we have to do is to make our own background.

Nothing new to show you but there should be some new stamps coming up shortly.  Watch this page.

Jeudi Journal - Catch Me

 Today the Dylusion Quote we are using is "My Only Advice for Dating Me is Catch Me While I Care" and the challenge at Art Journal Journey has been set by the lovely Mia for the month of September and is "Make Your Own Background" which is something Wendy and I do more or less the whole time with, usually, Paint or Distress Inks before we stick our Dylusion figures down on top.

This background was done with Distress Oxides, smooshed on across the whole page and then some through a stencil down the sides.  I wanted to use autumnal colours because it is my favourite season but then I realised I had been using similar colours throughout last month because Chris' theme was "hot".  I liked my background so much that I stuck with it and added two figures on top to tell my story both dressed in cooler colours.

"Bettina was a pretty little girl, fairly new to the village and so a big hit with the boys.  She was bright and quite modern with her hair a pretty pastel blue colour and she wore it in two ringlets down either side of her face.  Her big eyes attracted many a boy to her.  She was not as innocent as she looked and could look after herself quite easily.

She had made friends with Maggie, another attractive girl from school  and the two found themselves meeting up many a weekend to go for a walk or a coffee and making plans for the evening.

It was a lovely Saturday in September and the two of them had been into town buying themselves some nice pieces of jewellery in readiness for a party that one of the girls from school was having.  Bett was talking about Kevin, a fairly good looking boy in the class above them.  Someone had told her he was quite smitten by her and it looked as if he was going to ask her out  whilst they were at the party that evening. 

"So what are you going to do?" asked Maggie, "Go out with him or what?"

"Actually I think I am a bit young to be making such decisions" was Bett's reply.  "I might tell him that my only advice for dating me is catch me while I care."

"So does that mean you don't care?" 

"No.I quite like him but he is a year older than me so I think I should wait a bit, I am only 16 and I think I should keep him on his toes for a while."

"But a lot can happen in a year" said Maggie.

"So" replied Bett, "if it was not meant to be then so be it, if it was, we'll be seeing one another in a year's time."

Maggie shook her head, "Sometimes I wonder where you get that old head of yours from."

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I've decided I can feel a chill in the air now we have turned the month.  September can be a month where you get lovely sunny days and cool nights or just cool days altogether. Take this morning when I went to the District Nurse - my appointment was 09.40 and I set off in summer trousers and a t shirt with a nice thick cardigan over the top.  When I came out of the clinic the sun was shining and I had to unzip my cardigan, I was much too warm.  By the time I reached home the sun had gone in and, it felt quite chilly.  

This afternoon we popped the heating on for an hour as it had gone cold enough to warrant it.  Has anyone else had to pop there's on?

Nothing much to show you again this week.  I made two cards, one was a birthday card for a dear friend and the other an anniversary card for a special couple.  As usual I forgot to take a photo of the birthday card but I did take one of the anniversary card.

It was actually mounted on the base white card much better than it shows here.  The problem was it was a bit skewy on the photo and so it shows with a white border that is all over the place.  It was a anew Honey Doo  image, stamped in black and then with the flowers restamped on blue paper and Inktense pencil put on it.  The flowers were then stuck over the base ones and yellow gems put in the centres.  I used a blue Gel pen to colour the dots on the card and the words were computer generated.

Well, that's it for now so apart from showing you what is on my desk (this week it is a tray as I have been sitting with my legs up as much as possible and got lots of cutting out done for my journal pages) I'd better pop over to Sarah's Craft Shed and see what others have linked in with.  Hopefully see you next week.