Showing posts with label Distress Stains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Distress Stains. Show all posts

Sunday, 9 June 2013

shabby journal pages

Hello friends
Hope you are all good
WOW its been a beautiful week here.....
the sunshine is so good for lifting the soul!
Hope the sunshine has been shining with you!

These last few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind.....
After a trip of a lifetime to NYC with my family,
 life is slowly beginning to return to normal ....whatever normal is lol
Ive been sooo busy catching up 
and Yes I have to admit I've been suffering from the holiday blues......BIG TIME
So to take my mind off feeling blue I decided to create
some journal pages in my Dylusions journal in a shabby/ vintage style.....
I used lots of layering with old text pages from vintage books,  gesso and distress stain (Walnut stain)
I added lots of Tim Holtz Idea-logy mixed with some of my own vintage finds
The remnant rub-ons are perfect to add to idea-ology!
The images are from Tim Holtz Paper stack Lost and found

Here's another page with the quote "Not all who wander are lost"
I used gesso, distress stains, dylusions (melted chocolate) , tissue tape and cheesecloth
I added rusty wire and an old rusty key
The tag was distressed in Walnut stain ink and I added more of the 
remnant rub-ons randomly to the tag.

I had to stop  myself adding more to the pages 
You know when you read a book and you just cant put it down??
Well I have the same problem with journalling 
I tend to phaff about a lot.....tempted to add more..... more...and more!
In the end I decided to hide my journal under the chaos of my desk but
I'm sure It will break me and I will add just a little more lol

As always feel free to leave a comment
I really do appreciate you passing by
Have a really fabulous week
Kaz 
x