Art Journal Index ....

.... Hi! I've had another fun day working on my Joggles Art Journal Adventure. Yesterday I shared the cover for the 2017 journal and today I've made an index for the journal.

Supplies:
Archival Ink - Jet Black
Dylusions Paints - Lemon Zest, Fresh Lime, Dirty Martini, Black Marble
Dylusions Stamps - Further Around the Edge
Stampin' Up! - Layered Letters Alphabet
Joggles Stencil - Starlight
Dylusions Stencils - Holes (lg), Stars (sm)
Pitt Pens
Signo - White Pen
Rooster image from Internet

The January challenge at the Facebook Dylusions Challenge is to use Lemon and Lime - Dots and Dashes - so I decided to use that as the main inspiration for the spread. I used baby wipes to apply the paint to the page - I just love how quickly this paint dries. Next I added some depth by lightly stencilling on some patterns. I used the Joggles starlight stencil to carry the design from the cover, and added some Dylusions bubbles and smaller stars. I added a dot-dash border around the edge of the spread. Then I stamped the word INDEX in black archival ink, added some white dots for fun and then drew the lines on the page. I added a few dot and dash extras too. I finished the page by adding a smaller rooster to match the one on the cover page.  Here are a couple of close-up photos of the index pages:

I'm going to submit this spread to Love to Craft Challenge - LTCC#6 where the theme is Anything Goes. That's all for now! It's time to make a start on dinner!

AC - Perfect the way I am ....

...  Good morning!  I've got another of my Hat Lady cards to share with you this morning using one of Rick St Dennis's wonderful digital images.  However, I think I need to give you fair warning that this is not a pretty lady - but she is certainly still very elegant and thinks that she's "just perfect the way she is".  Here's my card:

Stamps: Rick St Dennis Digi - Zombie Hat Lady; Dylusions - The Right Words, Further Around the Edge
Inks: Memento - London Fog; Versafine - Onyx Black
Dies: Spellbinders - Petit Ovals Lg (S4-138) #5, Petit Ovals Scalloped Lg (S4-139) #5
Accessories: White Lustre Card; Kaisercraft DP - Secret Admirer; Stampin' Up Card - Daffodil Delight; Copic Markers; Wink of Stella - Clear

I hope you've recovered from the shock!!!  I had such fun with this image and despite being a zombie and thus dead, she is still an elegant lady!!  You can find more of Rick's Hat Ladies at either his Zibbet or Esty shops.  Rick has over 1,000 images at his Zibbet shop - something to suit everyone!!

I'm submitting this card to the current Inkspirational challenge - INK#78 where the theme is She Art or simply an image of a women (yes, but she's dead!!).  I printed her on white card, coloured with Copic markers and added lots of sparkle.  I die cut a white oval, adhered her to it and then coloured the background.  I mounted the finished image on a scalloped oval.  I covered the card with some lovely green floral paper (matches her feather and hat) and added a fun sentiment which I stamped on yellow card.  On the inside I cut a mat layer of design paper and added a white panel which I edged with some leaves (matching her hat and dress).

I've taken a close-up of this lady showing all the sparkle - just because she's dead doesn't mean she can't shine!!!  Hee! Hee!

You can see that this card really does fit with my series of Hat Lady cards - all fairly simple layouts, with floral backgrounds, oval images with scalloped frames and simple sentiments.  That's all for now.  See you soon.