Here's some pages I've been working on in Nigel's journal:
I started out light-hearted...
A song for a sunny day...
Then I went decidedly darker after discovering my two favourite songs of the moment, Pierce the Veil's "King for a Day" (fab video if you get chance to watch it!!) and Fall Out Boy's "My Song's Know What You Did In the Dark" (ooh another fab video esp if you're a fan!!) which I'm not sure I've finished yet. Who knows, that's the joy of PJs yes? :)
I am playing the two bottom songs loud as we speak - hopefully Nigel will be pleased :oD
I realised recently after looking at other people's posts on here that I've been approaching the pair journal thing all wrong, I've been doing a full entries then passing it on when really this is an ongoing project that can go on as long as Nigel and I want it to and so I don't have to complete anything, instead I can just play and add stuff later! To this end here's what I've been up to in my Attitude journal posted off to Nigel this morning:
To be continued... Nigel feel free to have a go :o)
And then there's Sarah's gorgeous CJ. I was going to go for Just Like a Pill, then it changed to Fight For Your Right and then I settled for Present Tense. For me, it's the reasons people give that swing it far more than the song and whether I like it or not and that's what I based my LOs on for this song:
I wanted to do a shadow of the past so I found this monster image online and then copied it in pencil, cut it out and painted it black the eyes are red paint. The background is blue, maroon and black paint. I wanted the flap to open so I cut it off and reattached it at the side then underneath I added an acetate panel and inside I put strips with words on like lost, angry, loneliness to represent the past that Sarah talks about in her journal. There are blank strips for anyone to add to if they want and then it can be sealed if Sarah wants to leave the past where it belongs.
On the back I wanted the opposite of the darkness so painted yellow with rays. Sarah used the image of her tattoo in another CJ we were in together and did you know if you google certain words the image comes up :) that's how I got it anyway. I added the rest of the lyrics of her favourite lines in the rays using a pink pen.
Once again I created the same flap opening on the opposite side, this time I put strips in with hope and finding strength and then I left the rest blank for others or Sarah to define her own present which as she says is joyful and happy.
I hope this goes some way to representing how Sarah feels about the words in this song... oh and I've since signed the outside bottom flap bit but took the photo prior to doing this. :) Sian x
Hi there, killing two birds with one stone here...
First of all Sonja's Desert Island Disc CJ. I was thrilled to see that Hotel California hadn't yet been picked as it's one of my all time favourite songs. For Sonja this brings back memories of lying in the back of her parents car watching the orange lights of the autobahn in Germany pass by overhead so my first thought was to use the dingy orange lighting and a street lamp as part of the LO as I like to incorporate people's meanings but also it seemed to me to fit the tone of the song about the seedy underbelly of California. Here's the LO then I'll explain what I did.
I inked the background then added the lamp and LA skyline. I drew the Hotel California and created a sign with smallprint to use that classic line, you can check out any time you like but you can never leave. I created the No Leaving sign digitally. The bird stamp seemed to fit well with the theme too.
Sonja has put an envelope on the back of her 6x4ish pages so I decided to use it rather than painting over it. I recently won some Jenni Bowlin papers which include some bank receipts so I used one to make a receipt out as if someone had checked into the Hotel California - hopefully you can read it.
I covered the envelope and flap with Anna Debrowska-Pecocka paper (my favourite), added Sonja's journaling and then stapled the upper part of the receipt to the flap with my name and the date etc on it.
Ok so onto my Pair Journal with Nigel... his PJ is called Turn It Up and one song I love to listen to LOUD is Chop Suey by System of a Down. I haven't necessarily finished with this song yet but this is what I've got so far:
Anyone whose seen the video will know that the guitarist is covered in black, well, doodles really lol hence my black painted lines over the background of red paint and ink which I dripped quite a bit to represent blood. I focussed on the line I cry when angels deserve to die (for now) and cut some sissix wings on magic card that has silver inside when you file it. I embossed them in a music folder then scratched the surface, covered them in blood - red ink spray - then broke one of the wings, painting more blood on the break. Finally I painted when angels deserve to die and dragged the paint down over the words angel and die.
IMO, this song deserves more time so I hope to do more on it, may add more layers to this page and create more unless Nigel tells me he hates the song and bans me from making more lol.
Here's my latest entry into "Attitude" which is my half of the Nigel/Sian Pair Journal. Attitude is what is says - a journal filled with examples of people or events that kick ass!
I have a suffragette memorabilia pack which I used for these pages. I admire the courage of these women and am grateful today for what they did back then! Nigel should receive it soon :o) TFL - Sian
First up, the latest pages in Sian's Attitude journal. The pages arrived pre-coloured, and with the quote stamped on. Considering that Plebgate was still in the news, there was only one way to go.
Secondly there's my page in Sonja's Desert Island Discs. It was a toss-up which page to go for, and the Waterboys won. Not the greatest photograph I've ever taken, there's a layer of shimmer which goes invisible when I take the pic.
I've not included the reverse of the page as it shows the sentiments behind the song.
Well since my last post my trusty old(ish) desktop has died a sad but overdue death. Fortunately a few months ago I had the foresight to buy an external harddrive and had most of my stuff on that. As well as that every time I seem to have tried to upload any pics my camera batteries been dead so I'm well overdue with this post but here it is...
My latest entry in Attitude - my contribution to a pair journal with Nigel:
Warning: explicit:
As someone mentioned Nigel and I seem to be very well suited in this pair journal. I was thinking that Attitude was turning into a strong female CJ (which is fine) but wanted a broader view of attitude and Nigel emailed to say he was going to go off on a tangent this time! I also scraped some paint on the next page for him to add something too as we've not done anything on each other's pages yet.
I think it's fair to say that this matches quite well with Siân's pages in my journal.
When I found out the title of her journal I knew immediately what my first entry would be. It's a loud, gritty, in-yer-face kind of song that I was introduced to by my youngest.
The backgrounds are black acrylic, scrubbed on roughly and then over-sprayed with suitably dark inks. Lettering is white gel pen. It was all very rough and ready, which fits perfectly.
The inspiration is below. Warning: Not suitable for those of a nervous disposition! :)
Nigel and I have completed our second entries in our Pair Journal. Im loving our themes and what's coming up with them. For Nigel's Turn It Up journal I did two entries after getting a tip from Leanne about watercolour crayons for backgrounds and using a credit card, off I went and managed to create two pages that happened to express exactly how I was feeling that day... I love the effect of the credit card and how well it suits the theme...
WARNING EXPLICIT CONTENT:
In both cases I started with watercolour crayons, added acrylic paint with a card - somewhat violently - sprayed tattered angels and cosmic shimmer sprays and just let it all drip. I added scars using the card and then finally scraped the song titles using a knife.I cut up the words to add to the effect and felt the Korn song needed some metal adding.
I've since added a small amount of journaling. And yes I did it all listening to those two songs very loud - as research of course ;o)
I will let Nigel showcase the pages he sent to me :o)
Nigel and I agreed a posting date of May 21st and Im pleased to say I'm ready to pass mine on... phew... I love what Nigel has done and Im excited to work on his journal!
Mine is called "Attitude!" and the "rules" are to interpret that however you see fit! It could be a song, a quote, a splat of paint, an angry rant, or perhaps you could give something an "attitude make-over" - eg Sleeping Beauty wakes herself up, leaves the castle and gets a job... anything! My pieces aren't perfect but as its an ongoing piece of work I've decided that's ok!!! Here's what I've done so far...
Front Cover...
Despite choosing this title myself I spent a long time deciding what to make my first piece about. I thought it being a journal I'd make it a little personal and write about tattooed women... how they are perceived, how they used to be perceived... and what its like to be a "real" one...
The second page folds out to reveal this DLO underneath...
I've written around my head what tattoos I have at the moment. The point is Im not a "performer" like the circus women or the alternative models, Im a "normal" woman with a "normal" job - but we do have one thing in common - and that's ATTITUDE! Hell yeah! :oD