Wednesday 28 December 2011

Happy Christmas everyone and a wish for the new year!


It has been way too long since I blogged, but then it has been pretty long since I did any art. As anyone with a job and a family knows; this is is a manic time of year, what with nativity rehearsals, last minute paperwork to get finished before the end of the year and then all the cooking,shopping, wrapping etc. Still, it is pretty much all over now, and I have managed to spend most of this afternoon at my desk, arty-farting about.

This is my page for the Stampotique designers challenge, which is to use Stampotique stamps to describe our dreams and hopes for the year ahead. This is Twinkie, who is trying really hard to juggle all the commitments I have. The background is painted in Dylusions lime and lagoon, and Twinkie is standing on Tim Holtz tissue tape. I printed the captions and numbers on the computer and coloured them with pan pastels.

Right, I'm off to finish my December calendar page before I end up starting next year already behind schedule!

12 comments:

  1. great page! it is something how far behind we get at this time of year. i'm sure you will get caught up in a jiffy once you actually find some time to sit down and do art. i love those days you just get lost in the art room!

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  2. Love this, love the colours you have used, and the text detail in the circles!! Just Fab! Hugs Juls

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  3. Love this colourful page! Wish you a lot of creative time in 2012. Thanks for joining us at SDC # 45.

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  4. This page is fab, I love Twinkie juggling those ball. Just make sure that he doesn't drop the art one!
    Thanks for joining us at Stampotique x

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  5. love this page, and the juggling great idea, we all know about that dont we, Ive done the calendar challenge this year as well, but wont be able to do it in 2012, Its amazing that I managed to do it though . . Siobhan

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  6. Love the juggling Twinkie! Great colours :-)

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  7. Love your journal page! The background is fab and I love the whole idea. Thanks for joining the Stampotique designer's challenge

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  8. Your journal page is amazing and I love everything you have outlined. It is HARD to juggle all those balls without dropping them. Thanks for joining us at Stampotique Designer's Challenge and Happy New Year!

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  9. This is fabulous, you have to love Twinkie. I stoked up on the Dylusions inks before Christmas, but I am really going to miss them. Have a very Happy New Year x

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  10. Great page and I love the idea of juggling commitments, I do it all the time but often drop one or two of the balls.

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  11. Wow, wow such a fab page! thanks for the inspiration!

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  12. Stunning page.. just brilliant! ♥

    Thank you for joining us at Stampotique Designers Challenge.

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