Arden Creative Journal page

 

Good Morning Ladies, 

I hope that you all got a glimpse of the 'Super' 'Beaver Moon' last night,  the only benefit I find with a super moon is that I don't need the torch on my phone on to go the loo in the night!! 🤣😂     If you missed it you get one more chance in December,  that is called 'Cold Moon' !  

I had a disastrous crafting day yesterday 😔 , I sat down and started the journal page above (version 1) !  I did the background stamping, then added the texture paste and set it to dry on the Aga,  after an hour I got my Distress Oxide Sprays ready to go, picked up the Speckled Egg and added it, giving it a quick dry,  then picked up 'Shabby Shutters '  or so I thought.....it was in fact Forest Moss, a very dark brownish green, it looked awful, I was going to remove the page, I decided not to and I am determined to make it work with something!  

So I started all over again,  when I checked I found that I had 2 bottles of Peeled Paint Oxide Spray and no Shabby Shutters,  so I used Oxide inks for the background,  they are easier to work with in my opinion as you have more control,  I allowed them to dry and then took the lid off of my Vintage Photo Oxide spray to add some splatters,  which I then spritzed with water and held up to allow it to run around the page,  I dried it with my heat tool,  then added a little more if the Shabby Shutters ink to the right hand side, then edged the left hand side with Vintage Photo Distress ink as a contrast.  

Now comes the fun bit,  I still haven't mastered the art of deciding on how many elements to add to a page to make it look balanced, so I watched a few video clips,   I  picked out some tickets and Butterfly from my new Arden Creative die cuts pack, I bought some rub ons too and an amazing stamp set for adding touches of ink!  I picked out the elements I needed, edged them with Vintage Photo,  and arranged them 'a la Vicky' 🤣  I finished with a few splatters.

I then picked up my scissors to trim the excess tickets that added to the bottom right, as they were overhanging the page,  I noticed that they had brown, wet ink on them......so I looked to the side of my desk to see the Vintage photo oxide spray on its side, I hadn't even noticed that it had tipped over, I hadn't tightened the top either, so 3/4 of the bottle had leaked out, it was right under my glass mat and had spread the full width of my desk, under a white mesh storage unit that I have colour pencils, erasers, fine tip pens and bits and pieces in, it was one of those 'where do I start' situations, I mopped up what I could see with kitchen roll, then lifted my glass mat to find a lake of brown under there too, what a mess!  I now have brown stained hands, like those of a chain smoker 🤣😂

Lesson learnt,  always fully tighten your lids!! 

Let's hope today is less messy!  

Have a lovely day however you are spending it, 

Love and hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx