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just say happy birthday mr s thanks for all y know the words and stuff jx feel free to leave your own favourite shakespeare quotes so we can all enjoy them today posted by julie kirk at 12 13 6 comments labels shakespeare hamlet king of infinite space email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday 22 april 2012 scrapbooking chasing rainbows hello how s sunday been treating you mine began with toast jam and watching 3 huge cooling towers disappear from sight out of our back bedroom window during controlled demolitions so y know just an average ordinary sunday we did manage to snatch some photos of the disappearing act so watch this space but until then here s a page i made earlier it s been raining quite a lot lately which is good for at least 2 reasons 1 because there s been a lot of talk of droughts hitting the uk recently so hopefully this is helping alleviate things for now and 2 because when you don t get rain you don t get rainbows and when you don t get rainbows you don t get to scrapbook rainbows this particularly spectacular and scrapworthy rainbow sneaked up on us while driving home from york last month i d grabbed the camera to capture a huge rain cloud gathering alongside us the kind of huge dark glowering thing we refer to as an independence day cloud iykwim and immediately after snapping this shot i turned around and gasped when i spotted this it s intense colours and sudden appearance made me shiver for a second and then it made me want to get a decent photo of it so james turned off the main road as soon as he could and we drove along a country lane trying to get closer to it and more specifically trying to find the end this is the closest we got we couldn t get any nearer without driving into and across a farm but the view and the photos i took were certainly worth the mini detour this 7gypsies rub on quote seems to say it all the word rainbow in the title the little snippet of rainbow beneath the photo and the words at the top were all cut from a vintage comic and are another example of one of my favourite methods of scrapbooking if i m honest despite having lots to blog about i ve been suffering from an uncharacteristic bout of blogger s block lately but i m sure i ll be back later this week with something or other j posted by julie kirk at 19 28 13 comments labels 12x12 scrapbooking layout plundering pages rainbow demolitions email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 18 april 2012 featuring magazine update hi hi as some of you will know i m part of the creative team for the new quarterly printed mixed media magazine featuring we ve been working on the debut issue since last november and now we re able to share the magazine with everyone else here it is it s currently at the printers where it s scheduled to begin printing this week here s the test copy being checked over by marit featuring s editor and creator if you look carefully you ll see my grinning face peeking out there at the bottom of our meet the team page my role as contributing editor means i not only work on creative artistic projects of my own eg for the vip feature but i also get to write on wider topics eg etsy and contribute general ideas interviews and more all of which satisfies my love of writing about wide ranging creative topics not just my own work if you think it might be your kind of read you can flip through the preview here and if you want to see more then the magazine is available to pre order now from the featuring store and will start shipping as soon as it arrives from the printer s we re working on issue 2 now for summertime release and there s lots of ways you can get involved too there s the theme gallery contribute an artistic work in response to the given theme general submissions see here for the full details and the inchies section inch square affordable advertising space for all creatives visit here for the details to coincide with the launch featuring now has a facebook page so if you want to keep up to date with the magazine from there then you can like it here i ve seen the final draft as a digi copy and now can t wait to get a real papery one in my little messy hands there s nothing more we can do now except wait and see if other people like it as much as we do all of which is a touch scary but hey do one thing every day that scares you right nothing ventured nothing gained and all that here s to shiny new ventures mine yours julie posted by julie kirk at 07 00 10 comments labels featuring magazine art journaling mixed media print publication debut issue email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday 17 april 2012 card eat watch tv sleep arrange your bits bag hello hello during last week s posts about art journaling i mentioned how i might write about the kind of items i make journal pages from along with how and where i store them since then i ve taken a few photos and put it on the list of things to blog when i get chance list similarly i ve also been asked for posts on how to use the interesting bits kits from my shop which i must admit i ve found a little trickier not because i can t use the kits there s nothing in them i don t already use myself but because each kit is one of a kind and the contents are so far ranging it s hard to show a project which is representative of any single kit without me actually using the kit and then i can t sell you it so i m still thinking around how best to do that one however i did come across this card made a few weeks back and realised that it s actually related to both the topics i ve already mentioned apart from the grid design washi tape which a friend let me use everything i used on this card came from one of the zip lock bags i keep bits in bits in this instance can be stickers like the section of tape measure sticker on the bottom of this card and the little blue cloud ephemera the bingo number paper background leaflets postcards etc like the eat watch tv sleep card which was cut from a video game promo postcard anything which isn t a standard branded scrapbooking supply the panda die cut came from a pack i found on sale at tkmaxx supplies i ve had for a while and think need using in a new way like photo corners i m on a mission to make these interesting again i m bringing photo corners back then all such odds and ends get thrown into a bag together to fend for themselves really the only rule i put on these bit bags is that they must weigh slightly less than my body weight just so i can drag easily pick one up to carry to my work desk the crop or to the sofa the places where i do all my crafting and really this is how it s a bit like using an interesting bits kit as because i know there s a little bit of everything in there i know i ll be able to pull something together from just that bag a blank card and some adhesive also the kits are colour themed already for you which was actually the only criteria i had when selecting bits for this card i started with the bingo card and pulled out everything else that co ordinated no matter what it was i love this way of working of only using what s in the bag of not having any pre conceived ideas of what i m going to make i mean really imagine me sitting down proclaiming today i shall make a card featuring a panda and a bingo card and some clocks and a cloud and washi tape and ancient photo corners oh i do hope i have precisely all those things in my stash wouldn t happen of taking my inspiration from the materials and interesting bits in front of me of making it work of using up oddments scraps and things i ve had for a long time i find it so serendipitous and inspiring and i think the key to it working is that you re only using a little bit of any one thing some of those old items of stash might be super ugly when viewed with the vast set of matching items it came with but lift it out move it to a safe distance and then you can judge it on its own merits if it s still ugly then you might want to put it in the paper recycling bin lots of vintage style ephemera can give a vintage grungy feel to a project which is fine f that s the look you re going for but i prefer mine mixed in with brighter kitschy kitsch bits for a lighter modern feel it makes each project unique stand alone one of a kind you won t see a million replicas of it on pinterest in the same month it makes creating in an eclectic style easy a no brainer if your base materials are a bit of this a bit of that drawn from various interesting sources then the end product can t help but be a bit different and unique too i hope that insight into my bit obsessed mind was of use to at least one person out there now that i ve finished jotting all that down it s suddenly struck me as an odd thing to have just spent a morning writing about i ll be back soon with some exciting magazine news soon soon julie posted by julie kirk at 09 20 7 comments labels bits bit bags interesting bits etsy kits cardmaking cards greetings cards scraps washi tape bingo panda photo corners blue turquoise black white email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday 13 april 2012 art journaling collaged characters 3 hi hi if you ve been reading me all week you ll know that i created this week s prompt available as a pdf download for the for ukscrappers art journey feature and here s the 3rd page i made to illustrate the idea of collaged characters once i d decided that i was going to focus on discussing ways to customise body parts to create your own characters with the prompt i sifted through my journals and discovered that i swap heads and bodies a lot not me personally you understand in my art journaling and for this page i took my scissors to the head of a little lamb i know on the art journey forum there s been some discussion about where to look for interesting images to cut up maybe i ought to do a post dedicated to just this topic sometime but for now here s a run down of what s on this particular page there are no two elements taken from the same original source image here the lamb came from a barker stonehouse furniture catalogue from a feature on wool carpets the dress is from an oilily children s clothing catalogue and the arms and legs are from old elle fashion magazines the important facts for you to know wording was cut from a page of 1950s book showing how to wire up something elctrical dress is cut from a collection s elements brand of alpha sheets and the other words came from supplements junk mail which fell out of the guardian newspaper it s another thing to love about this style of art journaling there really is a wealth of free resources right there under our noses seeking us out every day whether it s dropping through our letterboxes slotted inside our magazines thrust into our hands as we stroll through shopping malls marked with please take one and more it s perfect if you re creating on a budget and or if you take your inspiration from the materials at hand like i do thanks for swinging by today am thinking i need to make samples with my etsy kits but that means taking time away from making etsy kits to make somthign with etsy kits you see my problem here i m considering some sort of guest designer might be a nice way around this so i m going to have to mull it over anyway i m sure i ll be back soon with something sometime so i ll see you when i do julie posted by julie kirk at 07 00 8 comments labels art journaling art journey ukscrappers collage clippings scraps lamb fashion clothes email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday 12 april 2012 art journaling collaged characters 2 hi again so as i mentioned in yesterday s post i ve written this week s prompt for the ukscrappers art journaling art journey and my focus has been on collaged characters you can visit the forum here to download the pdf which has lots of ideas on how to create your own but for now here s my second example this is a page from my notebook journal in which i generally use very little of anything wet eg ink or paint this is both to avoid the pages going too wrinkly and also because it s a much quicker process and one i ve really come to enjoy i think i m more of a paper scissors girl than a paintbrush and paint one that said the sunburst around the character is from where i spread gesso thinly through a stencil for a little experiment with texture in the art journey tutorial i discuss head transplants as a quick easy and fun way to customise an image you ve found in a magazine catalogue etc and this lovely creature was one of my examples i loved finding just the right sized body for this birdy head and that it even had the righ coloured hair to blend in the page itself is about the joys of a good face scrub yes face scrub never let it be said art journal has to be deep and meaningful it really can be just about the surface even the surface of your face ironically after creating a page on how buying some new face products made me feel good i m currently not using them and have gone back to my plain old simple e45 cream as i suspect the new one might have been contributing to my allergies i suppose it oculd ahve been worse though at least my face didn t end up covered in feathers note to self be careful what you art journal about you never know what might happen i ll be back tomorrow with the 3rd and final page i created especialy for the collaged characters prompt so i ll see you then julie shop update my new range of creativity kits which i ve now begun adding to the shop is called blank looks and consists of various combinations of colour hungry bare surfaces and textures which are ideal for art journalers arty scrappers inky cardmakers altered artists and anyone who loves mixed media and messiness there are 3 styles currently in the shop but i ll be adding more in different colourways and textures asap as the product description reads blank looks are for anyone with a stash of spray inks acrylics paint dabbers dyes and pens which they can throw in the direction of these colour hungry surfaces anyone who wants to sample multiple textures and surfaces without having to invest in big packs lengths of any single item think artistic pick n mix anyone who wants a self contained inspiration kicking idea sparking clean slate i m really pleased with how this range has turned out so i guess i should go and start uploading some more posted by julie kirk at 09 24 7 comments labels ukscrappers art journey art journaling collage scraps clippings characters bird email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 11 april 2012 art journaling collaged characters 1 hello hello this week marks the release of my third tutorial created especially for the ukscrappers art journey a series of inspiration prompts for anyone interested in art journaling so far on the art journey i ve written about journaling techniques ideas for using number...