GETTING MY MOJO GOING

Hello Peeps,
Well, here we are half way through January and I must admit I haven't been doing much. !! I did a couple of new images for a request but I wanted to get back into some crafting. I have sooooo much stuff that I never even get out of it's packets, so I must give myself a butt kick and start doing things :-)
Today I have eased myself into things gently by making an ATC. I find these are the perfect size to restart my Mojo. I have used the latest Freebie from KNITTY KITTY and he's called a  " FOXICORN "....  isn't that just adorable ? !!
I coloured his horn with gold and silver pens but it doesn't show up that well :-(

Challenges I am entering:

Knitty Kitty Facebook Group Contest

Crafty Addicts Challenge #32   31/1   **** TOP 3 ***

Crafty Calendar - January Challenge  31/1 - Something New  (new digi)

613 Avenue Create Challenge #193 - AG   31/1

Crafting When We Can Challenge #135 - AG   22/1

Pile It On #124 - Colourfully Aware Ribbon Causes  (Rainbow) ** TOP PICK **

ANOTHER ART JOURNAL TRIP

Good morning and happy Sunday,
The weather here on my little island is lovely - all the trees are opening their buds and the birds are tweetling :-) When I was walking the dog on Friday, the birds were so lovely that I was inspired to do another Art Journal page to celebrate them :-)
I saw a great video a couple of weeks ago, where you lay colour down, draw your design and then overpaint the rest of the page. Well - I tried that and I must admit I was not successful. It looked like shiiiite but I persevered with it and finally ended up with this...................

I couldn't find that video again, so was bumbling in the dark but it's sort of a cool page :-)

I used inks for the background.  I stamped the birds, flowers and hearts on it and then I used a text stamp whilst masking out my birds. I used Gesso to overpaint it - maybe it should have been white paint ?.

The poem extracts were printed on paper and glued on and I highlighted some bits with a white nail art pen.

I used:

My old diary from 2015 sticking 3 pages together :-)

Aspects of Design #3  - Botanical rubber stamp set by The Stamp Man (No longer available)

Woodware 'Love Birds' clear stamp set

" Birds of Spring"  extracts  of the poem by Watie W Swanzy

Font: Scrap Circles

I quite enjoyed this and it sorta came out like I wanted :-)

Thank you for popping in xxx

Challenges I am entering:

Let's Colour Linky Party #5  **** TOP PICK ***

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends Challenge #30 - AG

Love To Create.. Mixed Media Challenge #6 - AG