WOYWW Journal Catch Up !

Well this Saturday the weather was so-so - and I decided to ignore the demanding voice of the garden until Sunday and have a mad catch up on my Journal 52 !

The challenge for this page was "Use Newspaper" - this was far more of a pain then I anticipated as the newspaper was very fragile & very prone to tearing !
I have had these Woodware stamps for a while - they were 2 sets that came as freebies in 2 different magazines - but not got to play with them - so it was fun to give them an airing !

This challenge was "Rhyme" - I had considered picking a sunny up beat little ditty - but I can't get the vision of the Poppy Commemoration at the Tower of London out of my mind.

So I went back to the poetry books I had as an A-Level student (gulp was that 33 years ago !!) and chose this searing Wilfred Owen poem about the First World War - The Send Off.

It reminded me that rhyme can be bitter, emotionally demanding and so moving.

This page was" In The City" and I used photos I had taken around the Tower of London last month.

I love the city all lit up at night and the juxtaposition of the ancient Tower of London with the sleek modern Gherkin building behind it !

This challenge was to create a page with a new technique - so I decided to include two !
These were 2 techniques that JOFY taught us at our recent class at The Stamp Attic - the main panel is the Chalk Board technique.
This is taking a black background and stamping in Snowflake white Fresco Chalk paint - then adding colour with more chalk paints.
And a bit of adding back in the white lines with a white pen !

The 2nd technique was creating a master-board & then cutting it up to make a background.
I used a selection of JOFY stamps (including the new ones Lynda bought me for my birthday) in honour of our teacher !

 The final page - yeh ! this is the first time I have been up to date in months !! The theme for this challenge was to create a page inspired by mosaic.

I used a stencil called Greek Key then added the mosaic effect marking, Then I played with some Lavinia Stamps I bought at Ally Pally back in April.
The page is called Mosaic & Magic !










I was so excited to be all caught up & cross all the challenges off my list, that I just had to celebrate with a G&T !! Well it was evening by then !!

Tonight there are a couple of things lurking on my desk to be finished ...
I have been working on the giant MDF fob-watch I also bought at Ally Pally.
Still work in progress !












And the ABC ATC challenge Lynda & I are doing this year is up to "V" - tricky to decide what to do - Vegetables seemed a bit boring ! So I have gone with Vampire Bat ! Well it is Hallowe'en this month !
And some scribbled drawings - I have started the Sketchbook Skool "Beginnings" course - and am trying to build up the courage to actually pick up a pen & start drawing - these were the apple & pear in my lunchbox today !



And on the floor being packed tonight, a few bits to play with at Craft Club tomorrow !

Well I shall be AWOL next week as I am working at SIAL - the huge food industry trade fair in Paris - so will be in a state of collapse by this time next week as it is very hard work - and much more physically demanding than a normally desk-bound girl like me is used to - so extra comfy shoes are packed  !

So have a great fortnight & see you soon ! Ali x