Pairs Journal - Palma & Vicki

I am so very very behind working in Palma's fabulous journal.  I will admit to initially feeling a little intimidated, but then then it got put to one side as life, loft conversions and recently illness have taken over the Abrathat household. 

I promise to be better Palma! 

So Palma's journal now has a few pages looking like this.... 

...and a couple of pages I've played with.

 adding some alpha stickers (I just loved the background and wanted to compliment it)

and an almost complete paint out of Palma's original background.  I didn't intend to cover so much but once my fingers got painting they kinda took on a life of their own. 

In all honesty there are quite a few of Palma's pages I just didn't want to touch this time round as they are just so beautiful. 

Palma and Vicki's pair journal-first round

These are some of the pages that I have worked on in Vicki's journal.
It's been a while since I received it and every time I opened the journal I just couldn't get into the swing of things! I guess that I had a lot of other stuff going on at the time but I decided to whip this gorgeous journal out and dedicate all my time to it.
I worked on some of the ready found backgrounds and on some blank spreads. I left most of them unfinished for Vicki to add to if she wants.

I added the Bingo card to a page (left) and did the raven over an existing background

I painted a face over this leafy background which I think was a gel plate print.

Left unfinished

water solubel oil pastels

watercolours and water soluble oil pastels on a blank page

Collage and ring marks over Vicki's background

Vicki & Palma Pairs Journal

Finally I've got myself into gear and made a journal. Had a massive fight with the sewing machine along the way, and I'm not convinced I've won yet. It may have all fallen apart by the time it reaches Italy.  In the meantime, here's a few snaps of the cover and some backgrounds I've started off. 

Fingers crossed it reaches you in one piece Palma! 

Have fun with it. 

Vicki and Palma

This is what I have prepared so far for my pair journal with Vicki.
The theme is 'Spice it up', using spicy or rich colours ,imagery and spice related things but I'm not strict about that! My own pages turned out to be more vibrant than spiceeee. 

The first photos are of my front and back covers, followed by only one completed spread and the rest are unfinished.