Saturday 27 December 2014

A bottle marked 'poison'..

Hello fellow Crafters,

I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas with lots of family, great food and lovely pressies. I did.. I got this :


I was very happy to find this under the tree and today I have been playing with them. I must say it is not as easy as it looks. Copics are much easier but I am impatient and I think I will probably learn if I persevere and practise..

I did an art journal today and I used the pencils for colouring Alice and the background of the signpost.


I painted the pages with blue, green, yellow and orange acrylic paint. I then painted over the top with white gesso which I dabbed with a baby wipe. You get a bit of a faded background that way. Next I used a Crafter's Workshop flower stencil and some Distress Inks in the same colours to create a border around the pages. 
The background was stamped randomly with white, grey and black ink. (A complete list of all the stamps I used is at the bottom of this post). Next I stamped Alice and coloured her with my new pencils. I really enjoyed the process. The sentiment is from Alice in Wonderland and I hand wrote this on a piece of white card stock which I coloured also with colour pencils.  The frame and pole of the sign were made from a scrap of dark brown card stock. Alice was glued on the page on top of some washi tape to ground her. The little spider webs were drawn by me. Lastly I stamped some crows, cut them out and adhered them too. 

I used the following stamps (all from Stampotique)

I hope you like it and I gave you some inspiration....

Thanks for stopping by !

6 comments:

  1. Marvelous pages. Great backgrounds, try as I may, i dont have the patience. You sure put these pencils to good use. Happy New Year! Xx

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  2. You have been spoiled haha!!!! Wonderful gift and already use of them Corrie, I love your page using your new pencils! Is it Derwent Inktense or coloursoft?? Or another brand yet? Anyway the result is very beautiful! Coco xx

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    1. They are Faber Castell Polychromos, Coco !
      Thank you for your kind words!
      Corrie x

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  3. I am so happy that Santa brought to you the number one item on your Christmas wish list, Corrie. To me, your journal spread is magnificent! New things often can be a challenge, but I know you will master this and be pleased in just a short time. Kay

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  4. This is fab Corrie, and you are a very lucky girl with your Christmas present. It looks to me like you have mastered using these already. Have a very happy and creative new year xx

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  5. Wow that's a fabulous set of pencils - and lovely to hear you're already playing and experimenting. I love your journal spread... wonderful background and I love the noticeboard and words!!
    Alison xx

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