Thursday, 11 May 2017

Jeudi Journal - A Landscape - THIS TIME

Well, everything that could thwart me thwarted me!  First of all my doctor's appointment got cancelled and I had to see someone else at 10.45 am not 3 pm as originally planned.  Then just as I was about to set off I noticed a message on my cell phone from Andy asking if he could sleep over again - four hours after the original message. Nothing I could do - if he was asleep I would waken him - oh heck! Felt like a failure mum!

Next thing I needed some cash out of the machine -  I cannot find my credit/debit cards anywhere. Massive look around - I obviously hid them well this time!

Off to docs, home to look for cards (journal had gone out of head by this time), then a phone call from Andy - could he come up?  Oops, the bed had been stripped and the bedding was on the line - it was dry so no hunting for another set.  Still no cards!!

So at long last I have done my journal page for "Landscape" and it is just what was in my head to do last week, just that I have done it late. Sorry ...

Here it is ...


A quickly brayered background in greens and blues, a bit of stencilling, some stamping and then some Dylusion figures.  The idea is that Miss Purrdy is painting a landscape (Stampscapes to us) with her stack of canvasses on the floor to the left and a portrait of her model/muse top left.  She much prefers portraits (especially Dyan ones) to landscapes.

Have already visited Wendy - and love her double spread.

Jeudi Journal - Landscape


You can be forgiven for not believing your eyes, or my title, and yes, you are right - this is not a landscape.  Remember last week I did not have time to do my 'fashion' page, well this week I threw in a little extra and did this.  The stripy bits down the side are cut pages so it will grow as time goes on. There is actually something beneath the flap to the left of the lady in red.  I almost called her "Audrey" as her outfit reminded me of Audrey Hepburn.  Something will appear on the inside of the flaps as time goes on, or as I get time to do something.

In the meantime I have had to think of what to do for Landscape. Obviously we refer to paper as "portrait" or "landscape" and I guess if we have the long side running across the top it is correct for a landscape but I really did not want to use my page in this way.

It might be a tad late but it will appear - honestly!