WELCOMING HOME MY DID JOURNAL

Finally got around to photographing my DID journal that arrived home recently.  This will be a photo heavy post, but wanted to say thank you to everyone who contributed and who added to previous art - it's a beautiful collaborative project.  My only sadness in all of this is that Sarah's journal was lost in this process, hopefully the new Royal Mail proof CJ will prove not only fun but prevent this happening again! 

Sherry's Cj

I've finished work on Sherry's CJ, and composed a new challenge for us to make a JunkKey together in a circle group.

The photos of Sherry's  CJ page and the bits I have added to some of the other entries are posted here now, the challenge I'll post later,

 added wings:

 added colour and charm

 added beading

 added beading

 added beading and charm

I will post it Monday to arrive Tuesday Sherry unless you email me better dates for you to receive this gorgeous journal back... 

Last DID Entry for Nigel.

This is my last entry for the Desert Island Discs circle journal and I'm going to miss it each month. The last song remaining for Nigel was Read Em and Weep by Meatloaf. The songs all have meaning for the individuals and I wanted this song to reflect the journaling Nigel supplied to go with the song.

I started by gessoing the pages and then using texture paste and a brick wall stencil. I colour washed it with Granite Dylusions spray. The title was cut using the Cameo with SU paper.

The entry itself was inspired by the line about the rooms all being empty so I found some room plans on the internet and some silhouettes of a man and woman. I embossed them with a Kasiercraft script stamp and then put them facing away from each other to reflect the song lyrics. I hope Nigel likes it.

As this was the last stop there wasn't a lot to add to any of the other entries but I was inspired to add my Tim Holtz dancing lion to the entry about Radio Luxembourg. Virginia had added a wooden crown saying God Save the Queen and when I saw it the lion was the perfect accompaniment.

Thank you all for the great work you have created on my CJ I love it. Till the next time.x Sonja.

DONNA'S DID CJ - THE FINAL INSTALLMENT - WARNING HERE BE SPOILERS

Well I spent a lovely morning yesterday working on Donna's journal - it really is utterly gorgeous - in fact it was gorgeous before it set off on it's travels and now it's passed through so many collaborartists hands it's looking fabulous.  Donna picked the tracks for each of us and I had a Webb Sisters track which I hadn't heard before, it's a beautiful song but ever so sad.  This is how the journal arrived with me - isn't it gorgeous!

And from the top

And this is my entry to the journal 

and the back, done with gelli plate and stamps and what you can't see is bits of metallic paint 

 The inside I coloured some of the stars purple and hand stitched around two edges

 And some clocks which I colour blue and purple in line with the track

 Initially the inside was quite plain

 But then I added some lyrics

Then time to add to other entries in the collaborative way, stamped vintage photo and black on the back

And gesso on the front to tone down the vibrant paper and make the lettering pop, I also add a little bit of oil pastels

 A added metallic paint to the waves on this

 And gold metallic paint around this title

 I loved adding to the stamped harlequin in silver and then re-edged the diamonds with black liner

 on both sides

the lettering on this one felt a bit lost on the background, so I toned the background down with gesso, removed the gesso from the lettering and then used some oil pastels to make it stand out

 Toned the back down with the gesso too and then stamped

 Add a little bit of vintage photo around the edge and some oil pastels around the title

 A little metallic to the title

 Gesso and metallic around the heart and the edges and the title

 Bit of purple paint on the edges of this one to tone things

 And then some oil pastels around this

 Purple oil pastels around the insides

 A little metallic on this (that you can hardly see but is there honest)

And there you go, I won't be sending this until I get the go-ahead from Donna but it's all parcelled up and ready to go!