ALTERED ART AND A LOAD OF TAT: Once Upon a Time...

Saturday, 16 July 2011

Once Upon a Time...

There was a young girl 'ahem' who's daddy bought her two DVD's for her birthday. These Art Journalling DVD's were by Kate Crane who was a great inspiration to the young 'ahem' girl. So after watching the DVD's one day whilst doing her ironing - the young girl (OK rather middle aged girl) decided to have a play.

On the same day, another person who gave alot of inspiration to the middle aged girl - Lily of The Ocotpode Factory - issued The Octopode Factory Friday Challenge 'Once Upon a Time' So even though middle aged girl hadn't yet completed the previous weeks challenge she decided to have a go, using Kate's Techniques and Lily's Images.

The Middle Aged Girl had a lovely time getting inky and painty and threw all her inhibitions away about using her handwriting on a page. She even made a colour wheel before she started!

She used Gesso and stamped into it using a piece of her sons lego (don't mention that bit please), she used paints and inks and a lovely new 'splodges' mask given to her for her birthday by her dear friend Kathy aka Ducklady and when it all looked like it was going to be a total failure remembered Kate's words

'There are no mistakes in art - keep going and it will be OK'

So middle aged girl did keep going and she thinks it does look OK

So the Moral of the Story is

Put away the Ironing and get in your Craft room and get messy - its the way to a happy life!

Now a question for you.... Who is the Journalled page about???

12 comments:

Lisa16 July 2011 at 15:47
Love it! Just my colours. Amazingly I've just walked away from my ironing to blog about my latest play with Octopode images......the iron's still on....I should go back to it.....or maybe just unplug the devil and get inky again.......

I think the page is about every little girl ever. I know mine is set to conquer the world anyway!

Good stuff, Nicks x
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whyducks16 July 2011 at 18:52
Lol glad the pressie came in useful so quickly! Great colours and texture. I hope you didn't damage the lego piece, is it now pink!!
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Netty16 July 2011 at 19:20
Wow your page is wonderful Nicks and such terrific colours and design. Guess this is a story about you as you are always ready with an open heart to take on the world and all its problems.
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Fuchsia16 July 2011 at 20:26
Fab story terrific work !
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Nigel17 July 2011 at 12:45
Wonderful design, and love the 'story' :)

My ironing's done and it's raining - so it's time to play :)
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Hazel (Didos)17 July 2011 at 21:21
Love this and the story has a perfect ending!!! No ironing just crafting!!! Love Hazelxo
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Anonymous18 July 2011 at 08:17
As usual terrific work. Love the colours and layoout x
Sparkles
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Laura18 July 2011 at 08:43
hehehehee i think the young 'ahem' girl created the most amazing piece of art :) This is gorgeous hun i love the colours and lilys images are FAB, i now have all the stamps in stock at the shop and I LOVE THEM
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Debs18 July 2011 at 17:58
What a very talented young lady with all her priorities right for a crafter! lol
Yes, it's amazing how it can work out if you just hang in there and have faith.

Great page xx
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Sherry18 July 2011 at 18:07
Fab page Nicks - makes mine look so plain - LOL, still I'll have fun making more mess trying out others and I'll just ignore the pile of ironing taunting me in the corner x

oh and I think your journalled page is about yourself xx
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Andrea C20 July 2011 at 11:15
Oo this is brilliant x
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Lesleym22 July 2011 at 23:17
Ummmm Nicks, you said that 'I' word.

But it was worth seeing that naughty word after seeing your brilliant page.
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CRAFTY LIKES AND DISLIKES

CRAFTY LOVES
UTEE... love it and use it in large quantities
Metal..
Friendly plastic
Shrink plastic
Paint and ink in any shape or form
My Crop-o-dile
odd bits and pieces
Paperarsty stamps
Brilliance inks
Tim Holtz (aka god)
Distress Inks
Debbie Moore's Metal magic
Perfect Medium
Glossy Accents
Debbie Moore's Enamel embossing powder

CRAFTY DISLIKES
while i think there is a place for most things at some time or other...I do dislike peel-offs with 99% of my being, but and this is a BIG but there is the odd and very odd occasion that they can be used without being too offensive (boy that hurt, it was almost an admission that i have used them)
Book-a-trix... sorry but they do look like memorial stones and nothing anybody says will convince me otherwise.
Decoupage..... I am sure the Victorians are turning in their graves
Flowersoft... a friend summed this up perfectly...Devils Dandruff
People who say/think ATC's are cardtoppers.... thats Dawn Bibby off my christmas card list
Cute
Penny Black Stamps
Stick and Stamp pad and anything which is sold and just does not do the job!!
Dufex
Tilda stamps..... why half a face??

WHAT ARE ATC'S??? Artist Trading Cards

Miniature works of art created on cards have been around for centuries, largely used as business cards. The modern-day concept of ATCs was conceptualized by artist M.vanci stirnrmenn in 1996, an idea born of older sports themed trading cards, and became a movement that denounced the tradition of critiquing and appraising art, and embraced the process of one artist connecting with another and exchanging styles and techniques.
ATC are art collectables but the one rule that makes an ATC derive from their origins: the dimensions of the ATC must be 2.5"x3.5", or 64x89mm.
To this rule are appended a couple of conventions. First, an ATC mustn't be sold, only exchanged, as the whole essence of these tiny works of art is about artists meeting in person, by correspondence, online etc and exchanging their works, thus getting exposed to and experiencing many personal styles and techniques. Second, on the back of each ATC the artist writes part or all of the following information: name, contact information, title of the ATC and number (i.e. if it's a one off original or part of a series).