Louise in Wonderland

Alice blew into Grafton is a whirlwind of crazy activity, I had a vague idea of what I wanted to do so I gessoed my spread in black and Debs gorgeous little journal sat patiently waiting for me to find the time to play day after day and suddenly- its the end of the month!

Deadlines are great motivators, I had a day off today and besides the other million things, I needed to do I made sure to put some time aside to play- and play I did!

I wanted a grungy background with the iconic image of Alice stripped back to a silhouette and the harlequin diamond pattern distinctive but grungy. Where to next? I was lost and then I remembered the quirky wrapping paper I picked up at IKEA recently so cut out some collage pieces to add.

The flower faces and the mushrooms were rather Alice-ish and as it's my wonderland the funny little woodland creatures came along too. 

Robyn's Magic Of Alice

My Page in Deborah's Magic Of Alice Journal .

Hope you enjoy having tea with the white rabbit xxxx

Tea Party with Pam

This is my version of The Mad Hatter's Tea Party in Deb's  The Magic of Alice AJ6 journal.  Once again it was back to my resource centre (Children's Section at local library.)  I didn't want to go Disney and this was the book I borrowed was the only classic illustrated book they had.

My first step was to draw my characters and fit them onto the page.

I did a watercolour background and then started to paint my party guests.  At this stage the table was bare.

I collaged some whimsical trees in the background punched out from a gelli print.  Also collaged a tablecloth and added some tea cups and cake s. I embossed a clock for the March Hare because he is always late and added a flamingo to add to the fun.

All that was then left to do was some outlining and of course add the price tag to the Mad Hatter's hat.  

I hope you like it Deb and that it adds to your art journal and the joy it will bring you.

AAJS6: Sharon's Page in Deb's "The Magic of Alice" Journal

Hi Everyone!

 

 

Sharing my page/s in Deb's "Alice" themed journal - and who doesn't love to create "Alice" themed???

 

 

I decorated the double page spread and the "fold" over half page - LOL just couldn't stop adding Alice pics - so much fun!

 

 

I started by adding Gesso to the double page and the folded half as a base. once that was dry I drew a line to divide the page where I wanted to adhere the pics and spritzed ink sprays and water and allowed the drops to run down the page. Once I had the bottom half done and dried I turned the page upside down and worked to add drips in the other direction. does that make sense??? Hopefully the pics show what I am talking about!!

 

I printed out my digi stamps which are by Vera Lane Studio - I design for VLS so love to work with the quirky and fun characters and these "Alice" themed digis were absolutely perfect!!!

I printed them on "linen" cardstock which is not the correct blending card for my Copic markers but I love the effect and quality of the linen card and still like the way the colouring turned out!

 

 

 

I also printed out wording, also by Vera Lane Studio

 and cut out the wording and edged with matching coloured Copics that I used to colour the pics!

I fussy cut the characters and adhered them to the pages along with some "doodling" to cover the pencil line I had added as a guide for the ink drips and picture placement.

So love how the pages turned out!

 

 

Can't wait to work in the next journal coming my way!

 

Sharon