Monday 31 May 2010

Stampotique Goes Purple

Hurrah for the Bank Holiday Monday! We love our three day weekends.

Got my Bank Holiday Monday make for you guys and this is a little different, I'm starting a paint sketch book for lots of experimenting and making a mess of. I did my first page on Friday and I thought I would share it with you guys.

It also fits the challenge over at Stampotique Designer Challenges blog which this week is 'Purple' - bonus!


What are you guys up to this Bank Holiday Monday?

Have a lovely day
Kim

Materials:
Ink - Archival Ink Coffee
Colouring - Acrylic paint
Other - Mod Podge; Viva Deco Pearl Pen; Book page; Gesso; Viva Deco Precious Metallic colour
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20 comments:

  1. Saskia31 May 2010 at 07:25

    This looks so lovely....and sweet!
    You're soooo creative! Looking out for more work from your sketch book!

    Greetings, Saskia :)

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  2. Crafting Queen31 May 2010 at 09:15

    What a great idea, it has a lovely woodgrain effect. Have a great day. Anesha

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  3. Poppit31 May 2010 at 09:16

    nice!!

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  4. Nannieflash31 May 2010 at 10:16

    Hi Kim, what a lovely page and the image is gorgeous, I love purple so Im bias. With love and hugs Shirleyxxxxx

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  5. Spyder31 May 2010 at 10:21

    Luckily I don't have to work today so I can catch up on crafty things, but I'll have to do todays work tomorrow! Love your page, really want to have a go at this, seen some lovely pages and have even won some!! Have a good day!

    (lyn))

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  6. Kerry31 May 2010 at 11:25

    No work today - yay!!

    Great page Kim. Its a good idea to have a book to make a mess in!!! Lol

    Kerry xx

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  7. Juls31 May 2010 at 12:22

    I love this so much!!! Hugs Juls

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  8. lucretia31 May 2010 at 13:06

    Wonderful. Unusual. Great colour, my fave. Are you making it into a card?

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  9. Hels Sheridan31 May 2010 at 14:27

    cor, this is loverly hun... as for ice cream?? Yuk, hate the stuff, won't give it freezer room (probably cos it ends up inside my tummy too quickly ROFL)Have a goodly day x

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  10. Random Acts of Krafting31 May 2010 at 14:50

    Being Canadian, I am at work today. Enjoy your holiday though, have to say I love the spiral journal.

    Hugs
    Tanya

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  11. Martine31 May 2010 at 16:47

    this is beautiful darlin, you are so creative, such a clever idea too :)


    i am painting some walls today, such fun lol


    xx

    martine

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  12. Basement Stamper31 May 2010 at 18:29

    very pretty, thanks for joining us at Stampotique Designer's Challenge!

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  13. lisa31 May 2010 at 19:36

    Hi Kim
    This is beautiful, it really does look like weathered wood. Can't wait to see your experiments that fill it!!
    I started out with plans of lots of crafting and then the sun came out so the garden won!!
    Hope you had a good BH.
    Lisax

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  14. Carol31 May 2010 at 23:23

    I like the page! You have inspired me to begin a journal too. Thank you!
    Also, I bookmarked your blog so that I can come back to see what you are up to. Thank you for joining us at Stampotique! p.s. I like that you stamped the door onto newspaper? Looks great!

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  15. Willy31 May 2010 at 23:29

    Fabulous page, Kim! Thanks for joining us on SDC #8.

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  16. Electra1 June 2010 at 03:00

    This is really nice1

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  17. Moniqui1 June 2010 at 20:55

    Great opening page! Love the background! Thanks for joining SDC!

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  18. Fiona3 June 2010 at 11:31

    Love it Kim, simply stylish ;)

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  19. Jo Capper-Sandon7 June 2010 at 09:24

    Great work. You have such wide and varied approaches depending on the make of stamp you are using. Love the free style of this one.Thankyou so much for joining in with us at Stampotique Kim. x

    Jo CS

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  20. Valerie H. Marshall9 June 2010 at 05:36

    Kim, I love this! Really great idea stamping the door on text too! Thank you for joining us at Stampotique for this challenge.
    Val :)

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