My inky travels along life's rocky road

Sunday 1 January 2012

Craft Barn Art Journal 1

New Year new challenge! Happy New Year and I hope 2012 brings you peace and happiness. The Craft Barn are starting up an art journal challenge on their blog and I though I'd give it a go. First problem was I didn't have a suitable journal. My books all have thin lined paper which would not have been suitable. I have a pad of watercolour paper which I thought would work so for the moment it's pages for a journal. The theme was buildings so I used my Paper Artsy bricks & mortar sets. My BG is broken china, peeled paint & brushed corduroy DI spritzed with copper and maple Sticky Fingers sprays. I randomly stamped the sequin waste stamp from a Christine Adolph cube with pumice stone DI and circles from an Inkadinkadoo set with weathered wood DI.. The top & bottom edging is a TH vintage lace die cut and the word home is stamped with a Paper Artsy alpha. I've written along the roofs of the houses 'a house is not a home if there's no one there to hold you tight and no one you can kiss goodnight' which is the message of this page. Buildings are structures but what makes a building a home is love.

13 comments:

  1. Love your page,your buildings are great as is the sentiment. Dianne.

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  2. I'm so glad you gave it a shot. Love your page, great job!
    thanks for playing
    Izzy

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  3. Great page, love those houses

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  4. great page, all those little houses are so funny

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  5. I love this, love the ink splashes and the quote you've used!!

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  6. Fab houses and perfect journalling. I love all the inky details in the background. Thanks for visiting my blog earlier.

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  7. Hi Scrapmate, thank you so much for your kind and encouraging words. Your page is fab, I love those stamps (I didn't have any suitable ones which is why I drew my own!). I'm quite excited to have started an AJ, it'll be interesting to see how we all progress throughout the challenge. xx

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  8. Lovely spread :)
    Thanks for your kind comment on my blog earlier.

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  9. Beautiful page, really love your background and those Paper Artsy stamps are so beautiful!!
    Thank you for sweet comments in my blog !!

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  10. Totally fab page! Love the houses and your journaling!

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  11. Great page! I love that background and the stamps are just perfect!

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  12. Great page and fab inspiration for a newby like me!

    Maggie

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