Something a bit different to what I have done before this month, or is it? Well today I am asking you to solve a mystery. A Whodunnit! I have a "thing" about the drawings of Brett Wilder for Stampers Anonymous - 'Steampunk Selfies', 'The Music Man' and 'Ships Captain' being my favourites. It all started with a collaboration between Tim and Brett and a stamp called 'The Chemist'. I just loved the way the figure was drawn and when I saw more of them I knew I wanted to own them.
For my page today I used Distress Inks, again in Tea Dye to begin with and then using a second layer of it and some Vintage Photo and Walnut Ink in places through the Alphabet Spaghetti stencil by Andy Skinner.
The four men were just stamped in Black Versafine Claire on white cardstock and fussy cut. I played about a bit with the layout of the figures and finally settled on them as points of a compass - N, S, E and W. The next thing was to die cut some letters and so I used an old Spellbinders set (I think it is called Vintage) - using the circular letters to spell "WHO?" and the centres of the letters to spell "DUNNIT" although you will notice that the final letter "T" is larger than the others - it came from a different set as it represents seeing it through a magnifying glass.
"A man has been stalking the streets of London, it is the year 1892, and he has evaded arrest for the past year and a bit. London is filthy with its choking fog - the Thames is thick with human sewage and its streets are covered in horse dung on account of the number of horses being used as transport on the streets. The East End has been the scene of brutal murders, all of the victims being prostitutes."
The police have been unable to solve the murders, scientists and experts over the years have been baffled by these killings - can YOU solve the murder. Was it one of the men on my page? Who do you think has done it? Is it North, South, East or West?
I'd love you to join us over at Art Journal Journey and join in with my theme 'Type'. There are lots of ways you can go with the word - why not give it a try. See you there.
