Tryptich The Mirror Crack’d Challenge

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Welcome to our May Challenge at The Mirror Crack’d. Our theme for the month is a Triptych.
A triptych is a work of art that is divided into three sections, or three carved panels that are hinged together and can be folded shut or displayed open.
Our host is Rita Marie, and she will be choosing our Winner and Top 5. Instead of a physical prize this month we would like to offer our Winner a Guest Designer spot for a future challenge.
 We hope our fabulous Design Team can inspire you. Please pop by their blogs and show them your appreciation

 

I was inspired by the eclipse of the sun on March 20th! I had no idea what was going to happen on this journal page when the sun ray stencil just seemed to be the right thing. I had watched a programme on TV about the ancient legends surrounding the eclipse, the Vikings, Hindus and Pagans believed that the sun was eaten by their Gods or creatures sent to eat it by Gods. When I remembered a stamp set by Lyn Perella in my stash I imagined the lady with the secret smile was a sun eater! The two other ladies are watching the eclipse from their homes.
Soooo….

image I began by inking the suns rays from a TH stencil on to my art journal page. ( Now on page 2 so I am getting adventurous!) I clear embossed over the yellow to create a resist for the next layers in the design.image

 

 

I love over the inking part, blending the colours together to create the sky. I used Tim’s spritz and flick water technique to add depth.
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I stamped one of my favourite background text stamps for more interest.

Then came the ladies, The Sun Eater and the two Observers. They were stamped and coloured. I cut the niche size from stamping card and filled the space. I coloured them with Distress Markers.

The Tryptich was from a Tando set. I embossed with a mixture of UTEE colours from Frantage. I used Tarnished Silver, black and smudges of gold. I wanted a distressed, tarnished look, rather than smooth on the frame. I stamped a series of pen nibs because the Observers will write their thoughts in their journals. The Sun Eater plays a key role in the eclipse so I added a key to her niche. I finally added some small talk words from Tim Holtz to finish the page.

I hope you enjoyed my take on the event! We hope our fabulous Design Team can inspire you. Please pop by their blogs and show them your appreciation. Please check out all the DT work at The Mirror Crack’d, I hope you will be inspired to enter the challenge.

Please leave me a comment, I do appreciate it,

Hugs

Jan x


April Showers Bring May Flowers

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Shari is the host for this months challenge at Our Creative Corner. This is her fun theme……

April Showers bring May Flowers

…Or so the proverb goes.  Spring comes late in my neck of the world, in the mountains of Northern Idaho.  In the month of May (with Summer just weeks away), our Spring flowers are still, usually, under a thin blanket of snow, until those Spring rains wash it all away.

This month, the challenge is to create something, a mixed-media project, a journal page, a scrapbook page, a card or tag…Anything, that reflects the Spring rains and/or Spring flowers in your part of the world.Now, I’m not going to nit-pic your choices of Spring flowers, as the growing season here where I live is short and our Spring flowers don’t last very long before the blooms of Summer start budding.  So, if you throw in flowers of Summer into your creation, that’s OK, too.

The DT have come up with some inspiring creations for you! Check them out at Our Creative Corner.

imageI decided to “Have a go” at my Art Journal! It has been gathering dust on the shelf, so I bit the bullet and started to first page. I enjoyed myself with Dylusions sprays, stamps and inks, a very messy affair indeed. I used Tim’s spritz and flick technique to get the raindrops and blue shades for the May skies.

I rescued an old book and tore up some pages to stick on before spraying and inking the page. I wanted a spring like feel rather than a grey rainy day.

 

I stamped generic flowers shapes on top, a JOFY set and some unbranded from my stash. I stamped the JOFY flowers on a piece of watercolour paper then coloured them with Distress Markers. I fussy cut the flower heads and stuck them over the stamped images. I added a few silver skeleton leaves for texture.

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I love the JOFY stamp, “Don’t eat the daisies” because last Spring my baby Granddaughter always ate the daisies in the lawn. I stamped the sentiment as a border and heat embossed with white opaque powder. I like the contrast with the blue background.

Now for the zany Dylusions character! I stamped and coloured her, plus her umbrella with Distress Markers. I am not a fan of colouring in but it was quite therapeutic.

I added Ryn’s water drips at the top, they are just so detailed and as she is our sponsor this month it seemed fitting. The title was hand written on shiny paper and then positioned onto the sky. Phew! Finished!

My first step into Art Journalling was not as scary as I had thought! I hope it inspires you to have a go. There are some great prizes on offer from Ryn too!

Designs by Ryn

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I hope you have fun with the challenge and enjoy yourself! Please leave me a comment, I like to know what you think about my creations.

Hugs Jan x