We’re all mad here and Endure

by Claire Stead

Hi everyone!

How’s January treating you all? Well, I hope.

I’m back with two projects for the end of January using more of the fabulous Scrap FX goodies and playing in the Scrap FX junk journal kit.

Here is a link to the journal kit…

In the first project- We’re all mad here, I am using some of the great Alice themed silhouettes- I love the text on these. I adore using text on my journal pages and focal points that incorporate these are always a winner.

So, to get started I extended one of the pages using an extra piece of Kraft paper to make space for the Mad teacup silhouette, then I added some dots collage paper and Lace C sunset collage paper onto the background and finally a thin layer of clear gesso over the top of it all (this will help the Distress crayons to move on the background more easily).

Then I used some Tim Holtz Distress Crayons and added some warm colours to the background, using a wet brush to activate the colours so I could move them around. I used the colours Spiced Marmalade, Candied apples and Picked Raspberry.

Next I used the Script stencil with some black paint and also the Circle stencil border stencil and a blending tool.

Then I added the Alice silhouettes to some Kraft Cardstock and added it to the page. A few finishing touches and the page was finished.

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Then for my second project- Endure, I again worked in the Kraft journal and created a page using more Scrap FX goodies

I used the Coloured numbers collage paper by Niamh Baly as my background – It’s a great way to create an instant background, especially if you are struggling to get started with a page.

Next, I went in with the Norma and Jean stencil and mask and used the mark of the figures and black paint – this meant that the background peeped through the masking.