Today is the 1st of December, which is the day you are "supposed" to put up your Christmas tree (done a few weeks ago here) and it's the first day of Summer! I swear it came a bit early this year though as the last week here has been a scorcher.
And with the 1st of December comes a new challenge for the
123 Challenge. This month the criteria are:
Colour: Marigold
Word: "Make"
Technique: "Make your own"
Here is my sample. :)
I had to search for the colour "marigold" on Pinterest to see exactly what I was aiming for.... LOL. Luckily, it had lots of inspiration for me! I ended up making my own paint mixing Matisse's Yellow Mid and Australian Sienna. I also made my own tag for some hidden journaling.... I bought some shipping tags from the local newsagent, which are SO cheap. I tore off 3 and folded them over and then ran my favourite "Stampin Up" roller stamp over the top. I then stuck it onto my page using Washi tape and also reinforced the joins with a bit more to act as hinges. Did I mention I know sell Washi tape over on my
Facebook page?? I wanted my writing to be really messy and almost illegible so I left no gaps in between words and made it all quite loopy. :)
Looking back over the last month of post (of which there are almost none), I realised I didn't even share my page for November... Ooops. The criteria for November was:
Word: Please
Colour: Grey
Technique: Unusual Stamping
For my "unusual stamping", I started with an old thong... that's the SHOE kind, and the unused shoe kind at that. LOL I applied paint to the bottom of the thong and that is what created all the little dots on the page. I then stamped over with a damask stamp in silver and then another stamp on the top of that as well. I like layering stamps to create a textured effect. :)
That's about it for the minute.... If you haven't already "liked" my
Facebook page you really should pop over for a look... I'm going to have a big sale once I reach 400 likers! I think there's about 12 more to go! :) You can find it
here.
