Friday, 9 October 2020

Day 9 of 31 Days of Halloween

     


Once again Leigh is hosting 31DOH!

For more details go to

Oct 1 - 31, 2020


The Blog Hop  linky party opens Oct 1st at 9am PDT and ends at 5 to midnight on Oct 31st!  

I will be sharing today's Halloween make on Leigh's page...Day 1
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So let's celebrate Halloween!!

It is almost pumpkin time! So this morning I started by painting the cover to one of my journals. This was after seeing a tutorial by Artists Palette Durham Region on Facebook.


Of course we won't have the pumpkins from the UK allotment, like in this photo from 2 years ago, now that we have moved to Australia. We will have to buy!!


On day 7 I shared two pages from my Halloween Junk Journal - and I was wondering about binding them - or whether to put them in a back to back book... This is how I put together my last one, Nan, very simply with a ring!!



I decided to go for the back to back book - so this morning I started making one...

I used some packing cardboard for the covers, washi round the edges then papers from Webster's pages to cover it and make most of the pages.


I started decorating the cover with a few die cuts - but this will be further 
embellished...


The leaf paper is from Stampin Up and I will leave this empty for the time being in case I want to add more pages.


I started adding all the pages I had made already -
 I may also put some of my ATCs in.





I then started making a page for today. This consisted of several stages, drying between each layer.

Step 1

I added water then drips of Distress Ink (spiced marmalade and cracked pistachio) to a painted piece of card (this was part of a Coca-Cola box).


Step 2

I added Crackling Campfire Distress Oxide through a Tim Holtz stencil to the left hand part.


Step 3

The moon was punched from a paper on which I had used a small gel plate to stamp with Distress Ink spritzed with water. (Mustard Seed and Crackling Campfire). I used the same inks to form splatters and used Crackling Campfire around the edge.


Step 4

I stamped the witch (Visible Image) and the bats (Tim Holtz) with black Archival.
I then added a bit of colour to the witch with watercolour pens.


Step 5
 
Into the book...


I will add this page to Leigh's Linky!





I will also add it to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity 31 DOH


I am also very pleased to be participating in the Countdown to Halloween Blog Hop



Happy Hopping!



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9 comments:

  1. Vivian Foo9 October 2020 at 21:34

    I love how you did the drips, the background fitted well for the witch too.

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  2. ionabunny9 October 2020 at 22:12

    Love that witch. Looking forward to seeing how your journal progresses. Thanks for joining the fun at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. Hugz

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  3. valscraftings10 October 2020 at 06:53

    Love all those pumpkins on you journal cover Susan and lots of fab pages too!

    Val S - LeighSBDesigns DT
    https://LeighSBDesigns.blogspot.com
    www.Etsy.com/shop/LeighSBDesigns

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  4. Crafting With Jack10 October 2020 at 14:51

    Great cover, love that bright moon on your latest page.

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  5. Lyneen10 October 2020 at 18:23

    Awesome cover... love all the pages, the page you created today is one spooky witch!

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  6. Leigh S-B - The Sharpie Domino Queen11 October 2020 at 08:32

    Happy Day 9 of my 31 Days of Halloween...so thrilled to have you joining in the spooktivities again this year with this book that's looking faBOOlous already!
    Happy Haunting & Stay Safe!
    Leigh
    www.LeighSBDesigns.com
    www.etsy.com/shop/LeighSBDesigns
    https://LeighSBDesigns.blogspot.com

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  7. Laurie14 October 2020 at 07:07

    Love your witchy card! Wonderful background and love the moon and the bats. Thanks for joining the Lost Coast Design Challenge!

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  8. Ink Stained Roni18 October 2020 at 01:15

    What a fun book and the witch page is really great! thanks of joining in on the fun at lost coast designs!!

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  9. My Side of Oz21 October 2020 at 07:31

    I think I will start with a ring for mine. Thanks so much, Susan! I love your page for today and you are so smart to be able to make your journal look so neat! I am looking at each photo intently to see if I can tackle this next! :) Wonderful junk journal!

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