Through the Keyhole, Who Lives in a House Like This?

Today sees a new challenge over at That's Crafty

Here are a few teasers of my project, a full step by step can be found HERE

I hope these teasers have inspired you check out the full tutorial.

Wanderlust 2016

Wanderlust 2016 started in January and is a year long art journaling adventure
It is the first time I have followed an online year long course and I am loving it! We are taken through stages and steps to various styles of mixed media art journaling, as art journaling is one of those crafts that cannot be 'right' or 'wrong' it is perfect for absolute beginners or experts.
Jamie Avery produces some excellent pdf downloads offering information on pens, pencils, paints, mediums etc. these are a bit of a bible on what's what and what's not.
What I particularly like is that at no time do you feel under pressure to go out and buy new art supplies, there are no links to any shops only discount codes (from sponsors) should you wish to make purchases.
Below are a few pages of my journey so far.

Here I have used an 8" x 8" black Dylusions journal and covered it front and back using playing cards I made with Seth Apter.

Looking at these photographs I think I have added bits since taking these pics which is something I like very much, pages 'evolve' overtime until you feel you have finished.

The above page is in my tiny journal with pages 

approx 4" x 6".

Above is double page of my tiny journal.

Every other week we are given 'book prompts' which are there to inspire us, it is very interesting to see the differences between everyone's pages given that we all use the same prompt.

The above double page was the first 'prompt' which was choose a word which describes how you feel today.

Above is prompt #5 which was 'What do I see when I look in the mirror'

I will post more pages from my journey throughout the year.

Home of Music

This month at ATP the monthly challenge is all about letters.

Below is a pictorial guide to my entry.

Alphabet Soup!

 The finished result above was made using the step below.

 Four Naked letters

I took a used box that my phone charger lead came in.

 I used the Mermaid and Haystack Fresco paint 

(the Guacamole photo bombed)

I covered the box with Tissue Wrap using Studio Matt Medium as an adhesive.

I painted the letters with Mermaid Fresco and then stamped the music script (below) on the top surface. I used a black Adirondack ink pad to stamp the script and used Black Soot Distress Ink (DI) pad to edge the letters.

 After covering the box with tissue wrap I diluted some of the Haystack Fresco and gave a light covering across the whole box. I then used Vintage Photo DI through a stencil by Lin Brown.

On some card I stamped a keyboard and added other details. I used a Kaiser Craft record image, some rub ons by Tim Holtz and added a title.

I finished off the outside of the box using Vintage Photo DI pad.

 For the inside of the box I painted the it using Haystack Fresco. I then stamped onto some card the 'Dictionary of Musical Terms' stamp and edged the card in Vintage Photo.

 I took a piece of wood effect card and stamped the musical score randomly across it before gluing it into place on the base of the box.

The 4 letters fit perfectly.

I hope you like this simple way of covering a very boring box and making it useful again.