I recently spent a week in Brighton and amongst the long
list of things I wanted to see and do there was the opportunity to do something crafty
whilst in one of their fabulous coffee shops. This might seem an odd ambition
but I work full time and so my opportunities to craft during the day are very limited (though often dreamed of!) and to craft whilst relaxing with a coffee is very enticing! I chose my shop in
the North Laines, found a comfy spot on a nice battered leather sofa and unpacked
my pencils!
I had premade two backgrounds and pre-stamped the images and
sentiments on card so all I had to do was colour them and add them to the pages. I
LOVED having the opportunity to create even though my studio was far away! I
think I could have done more so next time I’ll pre-stamp a whole host of images
and that’ll keep me going for longer! I think my New Year’s Resolution might be
to do this in a coffee shop nearer to my home – though it seems such a faff to
pack up a load of things to go out when I can easily do it at home!
This first layout in my small Creative Flip Journal was an
experiment in colour using an underused stencil – love the circles though the green (Cut Grass Dylusions Ink) *might* be a little strong!
The family are Stampotique images and I tried to stick to a
simple colour palette including the skin tones. When the sentiment is a strong as this one it lends itself to making sure the images are a mishmash of figures!
The second layout is much brighter and a little more ‘me’ as
I LOVE the pink! I don’t like pink particularly but I’ve found I quite often
gravitate towards it in my art – I think it’s because it is a cheerful and warm addition to a page!
I use this sentiment a lot and have a repeated image to
accompany it to indicate the different personalities. I would usually keep the palette
fairly subdued and have one image more brightly coloured but I liked the
rainbow effect against the pink!
The chaps are another Stampotique stamp and the hats are
from Dylusions sets. I love placing a bird on a head. I do that a lot, but I
really wouldn’t like that in real life!
Thank you, as always, for popping by.
4 comments:
How brave of you, not sure I could do this in public! Did anyone stop and talk to you?
Brilliant pages, I am not that organised and would find myself 'needing, whatever colour, image, adhesive I had decided to leave at home lol!
I have been in Brighton recently too ! But I didn't craft this time.
I love your pages, especially the one with Wilbur ! I love Stampotique too and was on their DT for 3,5 years...
Great work !
Corrie x
I love both of these pages; gorgeous colours and you can't go wrong with Stampotique's cute characters.
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