Week 22 and the Letter is N at The Craft Barn Alpha Dictionary Challenge. I found this letter uninspiring and had a difficult task to make anything of my chosen word Navigate, Mr Mojo has certainly gone walkabout this week hope he comes back soon............
Main image a ship stamp by Sheena Douglass inked with distress ink walnut stain I added water to the image and dragged the ink to paint the sails. On the other page I stamped a compass in same ink which didn't work it smudged so I re-stamped onto card with Addirondack Coffee and cut out and stuck over the stamped images, a swirl stamp was inked with distress marker broken glass ........ which is supposed to give the impression of waves!! Not sure if it does or just looks like a swirl in blue..........
The edges of the pages were inked with combination of the same inks. Although I found these pages a struggle I am quite pleased with how they eventually turned out funny how sometimes things just don't flow..............
I'm off to have a look at everyone's entries now as I never look before I make my page something I have managed to do since the start. It is very hard but really enjoy looking after I have my page under my belt as they say...lol.
Before I go I would like to share some good news
I also had a lovely surprise to find my Spooky Halloween make had been chosen in the top three at Country View Crafts October Challenge "Something Spooky" and I have been offered a Guest Designer spot there in December so exciting.
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Thanks for looking
'till next time
Oh how I hate letting Halloween go -- I think I should start a Halloween All Year Long club. But then it would become more mundane. I love your make and I am so glad you were honored for it. Congratulations on your guest DT spot.
ReplyDeleteWell I have to laugh, you were uninspired with the letter N and would you look at what you did. Fantastic. The first thing I thought when I saw it was WEOW!!!!! That's human cat talk for smashing!!!!
Sandy
Fabulous Navigate page, very nautical. Congrats on the guest designer spot.
ReplyDeleteSylv xx
What a great page, love that sailing ship! And the entire vintage look really works with the images. Hugs Frea
ReplyDeleteVisiting from The Craft Barn - Very cool Navigate page :o)
ReplyDeleteLove that boat image and how you coloured it. Re smudging I am guessing you were stamping over a gessoed page, I have found that distress inks don't dry (no matter how long you leave them for) on gesso.
ReplyDeleteLove the ship. BJ
ReplyDeleteI love your nautical pages, Maggie - the ship looks amazing! And congrats on your well-deserved pick at CVC with that cracking tag. Look forward to seeing what you get up to for the GD spot - how cool!
ReplyDeleteAlison x
Lovely pages and congrats on your top 3! Valerie
ReplyDeletewell your mojo might have gone AWOL but I think you still did great! love your navigation page
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing with us at the Craft Barn
Izzy
Two wonderful creations.
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