Sue and Sam journal

 These are the new pages I started in Sams journal.................... 

 and I added to these pages.........added the orange dots and stamped swirls to this page

 and extra colour, the cows head image and figures around the edges of the pages.

Your journal will be on it's way back to you this week Sam!

Sue and Sami pair journal

Hi There!

Just a quick update on Sue and Sami's pair journal.

This is the second time I have had Sue's journal with me. It's taken me a bit longer to get things done in it this time as I have been AWOL with work...sorry Sue!

Sue's journal theme is 'Alphabetika'.

 I added the tree stamps to this page...I wanted to add a spooky house or something but I couldn't find a good image!

 Sue had made a mini journal which slips in the pocket on the left. I added some morse code for her to decipher.

 On this page I started with sticking down book pages and gessoing over the top, then I used paint and ink sprays for the background. I printed off this Iconic image of the Jabberwocky and drew over it with pen. I cut it out, added it to the page and then wrote the words of the poem around it.

 A witchy page, with some deciphering needed. I used paints, inks, tissue paper and homemade stamps on this page.

 I added the parrot with the skull face from magazine clippings and did the title out of washi tape.

 I used a magazine image as a mask on this page, loads of room for adding stuff.

 This was Sue's braille page. I love the texture of it and didn't want to cover that up so I just added some stamps down one side, a bit of red chalk ink and then I cut up a postcard I found in a magazine and layered it up on the opposite page.

 I used the headlines from my local paper for the base of this page then added gesso, red paint, a text stamp, washi tape and a skeleton image I found in a magazine.

I loved this page of Sue's so I have just added the hand carved 'confidential' stamp and raven stamp and the little dancing skeletons round the edges.

I will get this back in the post to you on Monday Sue.
Sami x

Sue and Sam journal

 I made this page with printed tissue in the background, added the figure and he just seemed to be saying "sshhhh" to me!

 I added a pocket to this page with a printed paper bag.....................

 Sam sent me some note book pages with "note to self" and "pro and con" on them.....I used them to make an extra little journal that fits inside the pocket.........

I added alphbet tabs to the edges of the pages.

Finally I glued some braille paper to these pages and brushed over some gesso.

Over to you Sam!!!

Sue and Sami-pair journal update

Just a quick update on our pair journal.

 Sue had added doilies to this page. I wanted to try and bring out the detail of them so used watercolour paint which didn't really work, then went over them with oil pastels. I hand drew the dream-catcher and have left space for Sue to add to it if she wants.

 This page is a mix of brown wrapping paper, scrapbook paper, spray ink, acrylic ink and texture paste.

 Water colours and stencils and plenty of space for adding stuff.

 Sue had done the text background and the border on this page. I have added circles of texture paste and drizzled acrylic ink down the page.

 I loved the 'holey' pages that Sue created and to me it looked like a tunnel leading into a dark magical place!  I added the trees to the right hand side with inktense pencils. I wanted some sort of pop up images so I stamped some hares, birds and a mushroom on plastic with  black staz-on and left a little tab on each to attach to the back of the page.

On the left hand side I used a tree stencil and Dylusions inks, more texture paste through a leaf stencil and some acrylic paint. I have also started a bit of a story here which I am hoping Sue will add to!

It reads:

the harvest moon hung like a golden disc as she stumbled in circles, lost in the woods. She was afraid for she did not know what she would encounter...in the deep, dark woods.

Ready when you are to swap again Sue!

Sami x

Sue and Sam journal

When I got my journal back from Sam she had made this page in it..........

 it now looks like this!

The main thing I added was this frog who seems to have something wrong with his eye!!

 There is still plenty of room for Sam to add more if she wants!

Pair journal....Sue and Sam

 

This is Sams journal......she made me a black inky circle to make me feel at home:) I added some scary baby faces so I feel even more at home now!

 I made this page......

 

and started this one..............

 and these 3 pages that go together.....

 and this one which is really hard to see.....it's paper doilies stuck to the pages.

This will be in the post to you tomorrow Sam, I hope you like what I did and I wasn't too messy:) I tend to get stuff on pages it's not meant to be on!

Pair Journal-Sue and Sami

Sue, I need to send your journal back to you before I fill up all your pages!



It was with some trepidation that I added to Sue's page. I started very carefully by colouring in the little stamped images, when that went ok I added some washi tape, by then I had almost conqured my fear so I added some red spray ink. Phew, it was stressful but I did it!!

I wanted my first page to be a little outside the box..I hope this counts as Alphabetika??

Sue had done the orange and pink background and then I added lots of layers of stencils and stamps. Theres still room to add stuff to this one!

To finish, I spray inked the start of a background page and added some washi tape.

I am gonna try and get your journal back in the post to you today...don't hurry with mine, whenever you are ready

Sami x

Pair Journal - Sue & Sami

 I made a start on my journal today..............

 I am using a school exercise book.............when I was at school we had to cover our exercise books so I used a sheet of paper off the pad I work on to cover my book....

 I put my name inside................

and I made a page to start with......does it need anything more or is it done?? 

Over to you Sam!
Sue.

Thanks Sue!

Well I have made a start!

I made the journal as I couldn't find anything suitable. I used a piece of canvas for the cover and painted and sprayed it. Inside is about 30 pages of cartridge paper.

 Here is the first page (sorry the photos are a bit blurry). I used bits of let over canvas to stamp the letters on.

Here is the second page with room for stuff to be added if you fancy?!

I really wanted to get another page done before I send it off but am busy all weekend, let me know when you want to post!

Sam x

Journals

Today I went shopping to get "something" to use for my pairs journal........I found these cool school exercise books and then this hard backed journal that I just had to have because of the cover:) 

I also bought some more alphabet rub-ons that I seem to be obsessed with at the min!

 Easily amused I am:)