tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854586571440631372024-03-13T13:31:26.628+00:00Mellifluous MeanderingsHazel Agnewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13415715861182371303noreply@blogger.comBlogger397125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885458657144063137.post-14963182572444473232021-10-29T17:15:00.000+01:002021-10-29T17:15:12.874+01:00My Life<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;">
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This is the authentic story of my life as I can remember, or I have been told by other people, or by my parents. The details are as positive as I can truly give them.</div>
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I was born, or, so I have been told, along with my twin brother Albert on the 10th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1909, at the house of my grandparents on my mother’s side, at number 197, Belmont Street, New Bridge road, Holderness Road, in the city of Kingston-Upon-Hull, in the county of Yorkshire.</div>
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My brother was born some 30 minutes before me, making him the elder, something he often reminded me of in later life.</div>
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The house where I was born, was one of a row of six terraced houses with bay windows at the front, and a large back garden. The houses on either side of us were occupied by prison warders from the neighbouring jail. Looking out from the front bedroom window, from the room where I was born, one looked onto a large field, and beyond the field,was a large dark, forbidding building Hull Hedon Road jail.At that time it housed prisoners serving up to two year sentences. On each side of the jail in the distance could be seen the masts and funnels of the ships in the Hull Alexander Dock, and to the left of the Alexander Dock, could be seen the ships in the King George Dock. At that time Hull had 11 docks with a total dock space of 232 acres.</div>
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Alongside the jail was another field with rugby football post erected where my father played as a boy, and later, as a young man he played for Newtown Wanderers. (Middle row, 2nd left)</div>
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Near to the rugby field was Lee-Smith St, where my father was born. I do not remember my fathers' parents as they both died fairly young in life. My father told me that my Grandfather was a very big, powerful man who always wore a beard.</div>
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Returning to the house where I was born, they had 3 bedrooms, a front room, a living room and a small scullery; a little backyard , and a long back garden.</div>
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My maternal Grandfather worked on the Alexander dock as a fitter. He was a tall, erect military type man, very smart, with his hair well groomed, and he wore a waxed moustache of which he was very proud. He had served in the Boer war as a soldier.</div>
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His name was James Ruffles. My grandmothers name was Annie, and her maiden name was Annie Rayward. The Raywards were seafaring people, and one of them was a ship's captain taking the Abbey boats from Hull river-side quay to Rotterdam carrying passengers and freight to the continent. I well remember the Whitby Abbey and the Jervaux Abbey.</div>
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My Grandmother was a very small person, but very wiry and energetic. The Ruffles had 6 children, 3 boys and 3 girls. My mother was the eldest , and was named after her mother. The other children were Alice, Edith, James (Jim), Harry, and William.</div>
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Alice was a rather homely and very nice person but rather on the plain side; Edie was a very nice looking person but inclined to be stand-offish; James was a really smart chap; Harry was a big powerful man about 6 feet tall and about 17 stone but a very moody type of person. He always kept himself very fit with dumbbells and he had a punch-ball and a set of boxing gloves. He was later a boxing instructor in the army. Billy was of average build and had rather a large nose, but was always the same. Although he got very drunk often, he was jolly with it. He often gave me pennies to spend. I think that I liked Billy the best of my uncles and aunties.</div>
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Jim, as a boy, went to the Hull trinity House School to train as a naval officer. He was a brilliant scholar and passed his exams with ease. He later became a ship's captain in the merchant navy at the age of 21, and later a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy. He married a farm girl from a country place called Weighton, a few miles outside Hull. Her name was Hannah Waddingham, they had 3 children, Herbert, Elsie and Annie.</div>
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Alice married a railwayman named Fred Mather, who later became an engine driver. they had 3 children, Alice, the eldest, Jean, and Leonard who died of consumption at an early age. Edith married a sailor names Guy Boothby. They had a daughter called Marie Theresa.</div>
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My mother had married at the age of 19 to Arthur William Barnes. My twin brother was christened Albert, and I was named Bernard McGlynn. The McGlynn's came over from Ireland in the potato famine of 1841, and they married into the Barnes family of Oldham in Lancashire. My Dad told me that his Uncle Ben Barnes was a cotton mill owner in Oldham. I was named after a relative of my fathers called Bernard McGlynn, who was a Beefeater in the Tower of London. so, I am obviously of Irish descent. My father often said that before he died he would like to visit Ireland, but he never fulfilled that wish.</div>
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A few weeks after we were born, we moved into a small house in the next street, to number 10 Estcourt Street. I must try to describe the house as I remember it some years later, as I was to spend my early childhood there.</div>
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The house had 2 rooms downstairs and 2 upstairs. The front door opened out onto the street, and at the back of the house was a small backyard that looked out to other backyards. The kitchen or living room was small, it had a square whitewood table that my mother scrubbed frequently, in the middle of the room. There was a couch on one side near the wall. there were 3 ordinary chairs, several large photographs on the wall and the fireplace had a small oven at one side of it. it was the open type of fireplace. in one corner of the room was a brick built in copper, with a tiny fireplace underneath. The front room was something special, as we only used it on a Sunday, or if company came. There was a round mahogany table in the centre of the room, covered with a large red tablecloth that reached down to the floor. Albert and I used to hide under the table when anyone special came. We often had visits of the Roman Catholic priest, Father Murphy. I am sure that my first recollections of the room were when Albert and I had the measles, and we were placed in a cot that had been brought from upstairs whilst we were ill. There were 2 easy chairs and 3 best chairs and alongside the wall near to the front door was a sideboard on which stood a large glass case that contained a large stuffed dog. The dog's name was Twig, and when it died, my father, who thought a lot about the dog, had him stuffed. My father was always saying what a wonderful dog it had been. also on the sideboard was a large marble clock and a pair of black iron horses, all of which had been presented to my father for his services as a solo singer in the St. Mary's Catholic Choir. in the fireplace was a large pair of bellows for coaxing up the fire. The bellows were very fashionable in those days . On the walls were several biggish photographs, and I well remember a rather nice photograph of my dad and mother when they were married. There was also a photograph of the Newtown Wanderers Rugby Team.</div>
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As a child, I was thin and puny, whereas my twin brother Albert was fat and chubby. Before I started school, I was very ill with a growth on my head, and I spent 13 months in the Hull Royal Infirmary, and after that my mother took me for 11 months as an outpatient. So, I was ill for about 2 years. I was eventually cured with radium, and as radium was at the experimental stage at that time, I was told that I was the first child in Hull to be treated and also cured with radium.</div>
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When Albert and I were 2 years 11 months old, an addition came to our family. My younger brother Arthur was born, and, as a result my brother Albert was taken to 197 Belmont Street to live with his grandmother and he remained there until he married.</div>
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Coming back to number 10 Estcourt street. I well remember that the house had no electricity, only gas. In the bedrooms were gas jets, and, of course downstairs had gas mantles. I used to play with the gas jets when we went to bed ,and turn them to a great height. Something that would be considered a dangerous hazard today.</div>
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Opposite number 10 was a large Church of England school. and on reaching the age of 5 my mother took me there to start my scholastic career. But, being something of a wayward child, on the first day I ran home at playtime. This happened several times during the next few weeks, so my parents decided to send me to a school about a mile away to try and stop my antics. It was a catholic School, St.Mary's in Wilton street, off holders Rd. My brother Albert was already a scholar there. I must now mention that Albert and I had been baptized at St. Mary's Catholic Church as catholics. The school was run entirely by nuns, Sisters of Mercy who lived at the neighbouring Convent.</div>
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The headmistress was called Sister Mary Anthony. She was a tall gaunt woman, and she said to my mother that she would keep me under control. She had a large belt around her waist and she wasn't afraid to use it on disobedient children. Also in her study she kept a long stout cane that she could yield with some force. The cane was used on the older boys and I often saw lads with tears in their eyes and their hands tucked under their armpits to ease the pain, coming out of her study. The assistant headmistress was Sister Mary veronica. She was an austere type of person , who wore spectacles and she was always watching pupils as she sat at her desk. She could also lay on the cane. Other nuns were Sister Mary Saviour, Sister Mary Agnew, Sister Mary Luke, Sister Mary Benedict and Sister Mary Regis. Sister Mary Saviour was a very kindly person, and she took me in the convent sometimes and gave me a cup of cocoa. It was weak with a very little sugar, but so hot it was very acceptable in the wintertime. I remember a little of the convent as it had lots os states of the Virgin Mary and Christ. There were 2 chapels where the nuns spent a lot of time praying. One thing I shall never forget was when I misbehaved, Sister Mary Anthony made me lay on a desk on my tummy, and I received several hits from her belt on my backside.</div>
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I well remember my playmates from Estcourt Street.Walter Nix, Johnny Turner, Willie Whittle, Jimmy Redhead, George Jackets, Frank Robinson and Leslie Fowler.</div>
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My father made me a bat from a piece of wood, and we played cricket in the street. We also made holes in the road and played marbles. There were no motor cars in those days. The local Doctor sometimes came along in his hansom cab, with the driver perched high at the back with long reins to steer the horse along. An Italian came along with his barrel organ, with a monkey sitting on top of the organ. The muffin man came along about once a week, and my mother bought muffins and toasted them. Sometimes a man came with his hot-chestnut cart or barrow, and we crowded round his barrow in the winter time to get a warm from his fire. Ice-cream carts came in the summertime. At home we were well fed with plenty of broths with split peas floating in the broth. We had suet puddings and sago puddings, and particularly plenty of bread puddings. My mother bought what we called penny Ducks, and as my father was very fond of tripe, we had tripe and onions every week. I well remember bananas were 20 for a shilling.</div>
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Friday night was our bath night, and the old zinc bath came in from the backyard. Saturday was something special, as we all got dressed up (I had a sailor suit with a large collar and a pair of black button boots) and we all went up to the town. The shops were open until 11 o' clock. We had fish and chips and peas, and a bottle of pop, and my dad always bought a large bag of goodie fishes, which we brought home and they had to last all the following week. Before going to bed on a Saturday night we had to have a large spoonful of Liquorice powder in a glass of water. That was our physic for the week. . My dad always believed in keeping our bowels open. </div>
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As soon as I saw the "A Vintage Journey"<a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/2020/07/watercolour-wonders.html">http://www.vintagejourney.com/2020/07/watercolour-wonders.html</a> challenge I had the idea straight away that I wanted to print with Infusions using my Lin Brown Teasel Stamp. (PaperArtsy ELB22)</div>
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I gessoed a couple of pages in my repurposed Girls Annual, and glued down some background papers. I added a little acrylic paint in neutral tones using a credit card to spread, and also some of my glorious Daniel Smith Gold gesso.</div>
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A little stamping and writing on my right hand page to create texture, and then, the focal point on the left, with my large Teasel Stamp and words saved from a magazine. </div>
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I first dabbed an embossing pad onto my stamp, then sprinkled Rocky Road Infusions onto the stamp. Sprayed the surface lightly with water and stamped several times onto my background. For added interest I lightly sprayed the teasels and splattered some watered down Rocky Road.<br />
I decided to create a border using Nathalie Kalbach foamy numbers stamp and Versafine Clair Nocturne.</div>
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I just love teasels to the point of absolute adoration! They are a wonder of nature and have been used for decades to soften, or tease wool. Attempts were made to create a machine to copy the action of the teasel, but it was found that the natural form performed much better.</div>
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Birds also enjoy their seeds.</div>
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Here is a close up of some of the teasels that have been printed and sprayed using Infusions. </div>
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Hazel Agnewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13415715861182371303noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885458657144063137.post-91291949218545221882020-05-12T19:48:00.001+01:002020-05-12T19:51:03.013+01:00Beautiful Blooms<br />
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Well, spurred on by the fact that I learned how to blog again earlier today, I decided to create a piece that would be suitable to enter the "A Vintage Journey " Blog........Beautiful Blooms.<br />
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I began in one of my old repurposed 1950's Girls annual and applied some white gesso over the text with an old credit card. The text is still visible in places.<br />
Next, I opened my latest purchase..Iridescent Gold Acrylic Gesso, by Daniel Smith. A considered purchase but decided to treat myself during Lockdown.<br />
I applied the gold gesso with a small brayer.<br />
Then I randomly selected bits and bobs that were hanging around, printed papers, corrugated card, tissue and arranged them on the page.<br />
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For my blooms, I chose Tracy Evans' Daisy Elegance stamp. Brand new stamp and I gave it a layer of embossing fluid and then sprinkled some Infusions over and rubbed them in with my finger.<br />
Next a light spritz of water and stamped on the left hand side and secondary stamping here and there.<br />
With the stamp still loaded I used it to stamp onto some card.<br />
Pleased that I did because the stamping was patchy except for the lower part on Khadi paper which was clear. So I cut out part of the image on card and added it to the top part of the flower.<br />
Coloured in the petals loosely with infusions, added some more script stamping , splatters and the sentiment on Khadi paper backed by lace.<br />
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Loved using my new Gold Gesso, it is glorious!<br />
so, here is my long time coming entry into the <a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/2020/05/beautiful-blooms.html">A Vintage Journey Challenge!</a>Hazel Agnewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13415715861182371303noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885458657144063137.post-88750131420839774992020-05-12T15:01:00.002+01:002020-05-12T15:11:06.270+01:00Dreamer of Dreams.<br />
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This is my first post on my blog for almost a year, but, having been inspired by Alison Bomber and her Wonderful Women tag, I decided to have a play.<br />
I began with layers of fragile papers, ink splurges and string dipped in acrylic ink.<br />
I also painted a mix of PaperArtsy Fresco paints and generally went with my instincts!<br />
Lots of scribbles with Black Stabilo, watercolour crayons and White Posca pen followed and finally my picture of a beautiful woman and sentiment as my focal point.<br />
Finished off with a few of the lyrics on the left hand side from Bridge Over Troubled Waters.<br />
Happy with my creation and going to attempt to link it to<a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/"> Try It on Tuesday.</a>Hazel Agnewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13415715861182371303noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885458657144063137.post-37242533784476791882019-06-24T16:57:00.000+01:002019-06-24T16:59:32.929+01:00Thorny Path<br />
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I had a trip to my local garden centre this afternoon and spotted this beautiful tissue paper.<br />
It reminded me to enter the <a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/2019/06/tissue-paper-our-challenge-for-june.html">"A Vintage Journey" Challenge, </a>which invites us to use tissue.<br />
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I began by gluing rice paper, my newly found tissue and some magazine pics to my pages, and gradually built up a painty background by rubbing and brushing.<br />
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Eventually, some of my images disappeared and I added some of my own painted flowers, some alcohol ink flowers and some printing with the edge of a credit card. I also printed some PaperArtsy roses by Tracy Scott.<br />
I must admit that it went through a very grotty stage before it emerged like this.<br />
I added some writing with a white pen and found some Magazine words.<br />
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I was inspired to make a tag book when I saw something vaguely along these lines by Robin-Marie Smith.<br />
I set to creating painted pages and colourful gelli prints, which I tore up and added to the tags.<br />
Not too much thought into their design, just gut feelings and lots of fun.<br />
Next, I added some machine stitching and touches of black lace.<br />
Finally I selected some life-affirming quotes to each tag. These are from the wonderful PaperArtsy range by Alison Bomber.<br />
I chose the quotes for a friend who is going through a tough time and I hope that she will draw comfort from my little tag book.<br />
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Over on <a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/2019/05/book-it-may-challenge.html">A Vintage Journey blog,</a> the challenge this month is all about Books, so, I will post my tag book on there.<br />
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My journal page , inspired by the work of Laly Mille, captures for me, one of my favourite books. "The Secret Garden", by Frances Hodgson Burnett.<br />
I have always been entranced by walled gardens and wonder about the hidden stories that gardens could tell from years gone by.<br />
This piece is a fusion of magazine cuttings and my own painting. total fantasy as you can see and topped off with the little robin that guided the girl in the story to find the key to the secret garden.<br />
The paint is all PaperArtsy Fresco Chalk.<br />
So, this is my monthly entry to <a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/">A Vintage Journey Blog Challenge </a>which is all about Books.Hazel Agnewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13415715861182371303noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885458657144063137.post-11091924915026651732019-04-26T15:27:00.001+01:002019-04-26T15:27:18.103+01:00Discovering Toni Burt!<br />
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This week, I have been studying the work of Toni Burt. Bit late to the party as usual, but her work both speaks to me and inspires me.<br />
Here is a piece that combines the simple drawing of a face, some collage papers, stamping,watercolours and text.<br />
After I created her face I started to weave a story for her. She has a very wistful look upon her face and it made me wonder what lost opportunities she is pondering!<br />
I often veer toward a neutral palette, and felt that I could share this in <a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/2019/04/neutral-zone-april-challenge.html">"A Vintage Journey"</a> challenge, which, this month is concentrating on a neutral palette.Hazel Agnewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13415715861182371303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885458657144063137.post-57266728091653622292019-04-14T13:43:00.001+01:002019-04-14T13:44:15.129+01:00Neutral Zone<br />
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Over on the<a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/2019/04/neutral-zone-april-challenge.html"> "A Vintage Journey" blog</a>, the theme this month is Neutrals, which suits me so well.<br />
The design team have done us proud once again and have sparked my imagination.<br />
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I decided to collect together some magazine pics that were neutral but that also appealed to me. I had also imagined that the Tim Holtz dragonfly would look just right on my pages.<br />
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After gessoing my repurposed girls annual, I added fragile papers to my background and knocked them back with neutral tones. I wrote a few words of comfort to myself and arranged the pics.<br />
I linked them with some circles , stamped the dragonfly , wrote some song lyrics which are soothing and created a frame.<br />
I find that this kind of journalling is so therapeutic and helps to calm any worries that I have.<br />
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So, an entry for the <a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/2019/04/neutral-zone-april-challenge.html">A Vintage Journey blog challenge.</a><br />
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Sometime last autumn I enrolled upon a course that looked just right for me. It's on the Kara Bullock Art site and is called Vintage Heart.<br />
It is all about recreating your old family photos in various media.<br />
So, its taken me a while to watch any of it but I started this week.<br />
WOW! Am I enjoying it!<br />
The first, warm up class guided me through drawing ATC sized pics using pencil!<br />
Here are my efforts. I so enjoyed doing these and became quite addicted.<br />
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Next, Ce Duff, the artist, guided me through a mixed media piece and I chose my beloved Auntie Joan as my subject!<br />
I am really pleased with my efforts, it was a lot of work for someone like me that likes to be finished in a whisper!<br />
Here she is.<br />
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Hazel Agnewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13415715861182371303noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885458657144063137.post-11731706086731035502019-03-07T12:28:00.000+00:002019-03-07T12:28:32.613+00:00Learn To Be Silent<br />
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So, this is my third entry into the <a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/">5th Anniversary "A Vintage Journey" challenge.</a><br />
The reason that I have kept playing was because I wanted to produce a piece that had some white space.<br />
All too often I throw everything at my pages and don't know when to stop.<br />
So when Jennie and Alison produced adorable pieces that had lots of breathing space , I needed to try.<br />
I tried on my second entry but it didn't work out like that.<br />
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So, here is another part of the journey of my life, and a photo of my lovely Auntie Kit, out on a bike ride and enjoying a picnic. The photo looks very serene, so, I chose one of Alison's quotes and also stencilled some words.<br />
I have stencilled, and stamped and used crackle paint, also infusions , distress inks and gold paint.<br />
The book print is a die cut that I had leftover from something else.<br />
I found it hard to get a balance and I found it hard to stop!<br />
But, happy and thankful for the inspiration from the design team.Hazel Agnewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13415715861182371303noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885458657144063137.post-54171131623614207552019-03-07T09:52:00.000+00:002019-03-07T10:11:21.778+00:00If nothing ever changed...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Totally inspired by the wonderful creations from the<a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/"> “A Vintage Journey”</a> team, I decided to create my second piece for the <a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/">5th anniversary blog challenge.</a></div>
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I began by covering my double page with some floral paper and knocking it back with white gesso and ageing it with Vintage Collage Medium. The idea was to create something that looked like really old wallpaper.</div>
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I forgot to mention that my focal image was going to be a photo of my beautiful paternal Grandma. Annie Barnes.</div>
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Next I added strips of music paper and added some writing to my Grandmother telling her how I felt about her and of memories of her. </div>
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I framed her photo with a Kraft paper diecut frame and added some diecut flowers.</div>
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I was searching for suitable words to fit in with my memories and came across this lovely quote about change and butterflies.. it is on acetate and was meant to be a rubbing which should be gilded but I decided to use the acetate piece. Same with the butterflies. </div>
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To finish I scribbled a frame with brown inktense pencil and lightened the frame with Chalk Paint.</div>
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I really enjoyed creating this page but my idea of creating White Space went out of the window!.....maybe next time!</div>
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First of all, congratulations to "<a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/">A Vintage Journey</a>" in celebrating 5 years of this wonderful challenge blog. Have really enjoyed dipping into the mix of fabulous creations from the team and seeing the myriad of entries that you have sparked.<br />
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I began to think about my own journey and wrote down my thoughts for the future onto this page before I added anything. I wrote about wishes for the future for members of my family and for myself.<br />
The image of the sun emerging from the clouds jumped out at me from a magazine and I had to add this to my piece.<br />
As I assembled my papers, stencils, stamps and words, I became reflective of my family from the past and decided to find a family photo that would fit around how I was feeling.<br />
So, I squished and stamped and rubbed and flicked and aged and blended and scribbled down more thoughts and I came up with this!<br />
The tree is stamped onto acetate . I have used fresco paints, lots of fragile papers, stabilo pencil, uniball pens , excerpts from books and alcohol inks.<br />
This piece has left me feeling calm and satisfied. Can't beat a bit of reflective journalling to soothe the soul.<br />
So, I am entering this into the the<a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/"> A Vintage Journey challenge</a> for March 2019.Hazel Agnewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13415715861182371303noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885458657144063137.post-50791593354477504532019-02-09T14:15:00.002+00:002019-02-09T14:16:13.880+00:00She Walks In Beauty<br />
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While I was creating my last page to enter the new<a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/2019/02/your-hearts-desire-challenge.html"> A Vintage Journey challenge,</a> "Your Hearts Desire", I thought of another way of developing the theme.</div>
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My mind turned to a photo, which I have in a family collection, of a bride and groom. Unfortunately I don't know who they are, and there is no-one of my family left of this generation to ask.</div>
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I prepared the background with a mix of fragile papers and rubbed some pale creams and pink fresco paints in with my fingers, the idea being to blend together the background images.</div>
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I stamped a heart from Emma Godfrey onto a French Dictionary page, the page which lists Love words and aged it.</div>
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I fussy cut some flowers from my paper stash and made a copy of the wedding photo.</div>
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I added some diecuts which were left overs and found a poem which I thought was suitable. "She Walks In Beauty."</div>
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I darkened the edges of the pages slightly with an umber Neocolor crayon which I then moistened with a brush and water.</div>
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Happy to use this beautiful photo but sad that I don't know their relationship to me.</div>
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<br />Hazel Agnewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13415715861182371303noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885458657144063137.post-45794838270808716552019-02-08T11:49:00.001+00:002019-02-08T11:55:06.762+00:00Reach for the stars!<br />
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There was another extremely inspiring selection of art over on <a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/2019/02/your-hearts-desire-challenge.html">A Vintage Journey blog</a> last week. This time the theme is <a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/2019/02/your-hearts-desire-challenge.html">"Your Hearts Desire".</a><br />
So, another journalling page for me, inspired by the lovely artist Laly Mille.<br />
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I worked onto double pages in a girl's annual from the 1930's. some of the text is sill visible.<br />
First of all I washed a light covering of Gesso all over, then glued down some strips of papers from Marlene's collection.<br />
Lots of stamping and layering of paint followed.<br />
I added some Vintage Photo Distress inks to give it a vintage feel and layered up quite a lot of drippage.<br />
I stamped and cut out some Emma Godfrey hearts and aged them with Distress Collage Medium.<br />
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Finally, the crowning glory was a quote which Alison Bomber put together as a collection on one of her many sets of stamps from PaperArtsy. EAB07.<br />
I seem to instinctively choose this quote quite often. Probably the new year and my emotions at the moment which draw me to it!<br />
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Here is some more detail which shows off some of the Carabelle stamps by Birgit Koopsen.<br />
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It is actually lighter than this, but February light in my craft room is sadly lacking at the moment.<br />
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So, my entry in the <a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/2019/02/your-hearts-desire-challenge.html">"A Vintage Journey" challenge.</a><br />
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This morning I sorted through my many Graphic 45 books and selected lots of inspiring pictures that I can add to my journalling pages.<br />
These three were my inspiration which guided today's work.<br />
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I began by covering my pages with an assortment of fragile papers and united them with a wash of Burnt Sienna acrylic ink.<br />
Next, I knocked it back slightly with a wash of white gesso.<br />
Some journalling ensued in both black and white pen.<br />
I stencilled some Graphite Texture paste hearts for added texture.<br />
My three images were enhanced by heat embossing some Frantage Aged Gols Embossing Enamel around the edges.<br />
For my stamping, I chose one of Alison Bomber's wonderful quotes from PaperArtsy EAB07 and repeat stamped it in Vintage Sepia Versafine Ink.<br />
To finish, I added an affirmation by Lynne Moncrieff and Added some Wrinkle Free Distress Method Vintage Photo.<br />
To properly conclude my piece, I used Alison's quote around the edges in Black Archival as a border.<br />
I am entering this into the <a href="http://www.vintagejourney.com/2019/01/put-your-stamp-on-it-challenge.html">A Vintage Journey challenge,</a> Put a stamp on it.<br />
Their design team have been so inspiring and got me entering challenges again.Hazel Agnewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13415715861182371303noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885458657144063137.post-38346563068261429152019-01-16T17:40:00.000+00:002019-01-16T17:40:07.340+00:00Art Therapy!<br />
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It feels like confession time. I haven't posted on my blog for almost 3 months.<br />
I seem to have lost the plot lately and then flu over Christmas knocked me for six!<br />
Anyway, today, I got out my much neglected repurposed old annual and set to!<br />
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Gosh, it was hard work at first as I applied layer after layer of writing, fragile papers, paint, and stamping.<br />
It was soothing, but it just didn't feel right!<br />
So, I kept going in the style of the wonderful artist that is Laly Mille. it gradually began to speak to me as I gained confidence!<br />
This picture shows some of the layers including some scratching into the paint.<br />
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I chose some pictures from one of my favourite magazines and words that just chose themselves.<br />
There are lots of stamps in my background but to finish off I chose some hearts by Emma Godfrey for PaperArtsy.<br />
So, the whole process felt like soothing balm, or therapy, as in my title!<br />
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If I can remember how to link this to a challenge then I would like to enter this months' challenge on<br />
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<br />Hazel Agnewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13415715861182371303noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885458657144063137.post-86378162101384420282018-10-27T15:55:00.001+01:002018-10-27T15:55:41.972+01:00Portrait inspired by Frida Kahlo<br />
This is a picture that I have had milling over in my mind since I saw an image of Frida that inspired me.<br />
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I began on a 20"x16" sheet of paper for acrylics, taped to my drawing board and sketched the figure.<br />
I chose some collage papers by Marlene Meijer-van Niekirk and tore up pieces and added them to the dress and parts of the headdress.<br />
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Using PaperArtsy acrylic paints I painted over parts of the dress and added loose brushstrokes to the headdress.<br />
I did some printing over the dress with Black Archival ink to tone it down as it was competing with the headdress. Also, a fair amount of scribbling with a Black Fudeball pen. Like scribbling!<br />
Lots of adjustments took place with the face until I was reasonably happy.<br />
Always room for improvement but I need to remember that it is all a learning process and I am not trying to achieve a photographic representation!<br />
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<br />Hazel Agnewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13415715861182371303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885458657144063137.post-60881578323861807252018-08-19T15:38:00.000+01:002018-08-19T15:38:09.675+01:00PA Baked Texture Challenge<br />
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I have thoroughly enjoyed following the designer ideas and have loved them all. </div>
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I have played with Seth Apter's Baked Textures before, but when Alison Bomber used them to press her stamps into, I had to have a play.</div>
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I took a standard sized playing card and gessoed away the background and glued some sepia tissue which has letters and numbers on it.</div>
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I glued some musical notes across the middle and a Paper Doll and aged them with Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium in Vintage.</div>
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I rubbed an embossing pad along the edges of the card and dipped it into Seth's Patina Oxide and heat embossed. </div>
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Using Alison Bomber's stamp set, EAB03, I stamped into reheated powders with Distress ink Pad Picket fence. </div>
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The sentiment that I chose was "Without music, life would be a mistake."</div>
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<br />Hazel Agnewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13415715861182371303noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885458657144063137.post-41217348779889702452018-07-29T17:06:00.000+01:002018-07-29T17:06:11.084+01:00Girl with sculpted hair<br />
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Having been influenced recently by the very talented artist Emma Petitt, I embarked upon my third portrait using her ideas.<br />
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I mostly use reference when I draw a face, unlike Emma and found a girl in a Sunday Supplement.<br />
I began by prepping my background and drawing the girl with Derwent charcoal pencils.<br />
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The picture is quite large, 20"x16".<br />
I used PaperArtsy Fresco chalk paints throughout. Also PA Grungepaste .<br />
As you can see, there are some collaged additions too.<br />
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The next stage really scared me, as I had never painted dark skin tones before.<br />
It got worse before it got better, and I did wrestle with the paints before I was happy.<br />
I actually used a metallic paint on parts of the skin.....Copper!<br />
I finished off with lots of drippage and some treasure gold on the numbers and around the frame of the picture.<br />
I saw lots of bits that I would have liked to improve, but, I love her now!<br />
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Over on the PaperArtsy blog right now is the challenge entitled Mint, Sage, Claret and Gold.<br />
I have almost resisted the temptation to sing the well known song about herbs, substituting the words for this title!<br />
I loved Darcy's intro piece with all the colourful stimulation, and have really enjoyed all of the contributions from the PaperArtsy blog team.<br />
I was particularly enchanted by the book cover by Anneke de Clerck. I got out my gelli plates and had a play.<br />
I used the recommended PaperArtsy fresco chalk paints, except that I substituted Gold for White Fire!<br />
I created an A4 master board of background shapes as Anneke showed us, and used Emma Godfrey stamps from EEG14 to add greater depth. I stamped the flowers using some of the paints an also in Black Archival ink.<br />
As we have the first dull day in ages, my colours don't really sing, but, in real life they do.<br />
I love this technique that Anneke used and can see great potential for more master boards, and, am I allowed to use the "C" word........yes? Christmas cards!<br />
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Therefore, I am entering my work into the<a href="https://blog.paperartsy.co.uk/2018/07/2018-topic-13-colour-mint-sage-claret.html"> PaperArtsy challenge.</a><br />
<br />Hazel Agnewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13415715861182371303noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885458657144063137.post-25151350785624781812018-07-04T14:56:00.000+01:002018-07-04T14:57:06.142+01:00First Life Drawing in 51 years!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last night I attended a Life Drawing Class in Chesterfield. I stumbled upon the advert for it by accident on Facebook.<br />
It is something that I last had a go at in 1967, so, maybe it was time to have another go.<br />
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The class was run by John King who has a studio in Chesterfield and used to be a lecturer at the local art college.<br />
I liked his relaxed approach and he immediately made me feel welcome.<br />
I had managed to work myself up into a headachey state but felt very positive.<br />
He began by introducing us to some artists work and suggested that, if we wished, we could try to work in their style.<br />
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Our first task was using Graphite sticks, to sketch very quickly, four poses on one large page. This was right up my street as I work quickly and I didn't have time to worry about my work. Think that they were 2min sketches.<br />
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Next, using a small piece of charcoal on its side, 2 more quick pieces.</div>
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Then, the lights were turned off and John lit a huge spotlight and asked us to concentrate on just where the light fell onto the model and try not to draw outlines. Really liked this. 2 more quick sketches using White Charcoal.</div>
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This one, with the same idea was a 10 minute sketch.<br />
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Next, we had a small piece of card to print with and some black ink. These took about 10 minutes.<br />
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And finally, using the ink and card we drew the model and then, with the spotlight we added the light.<br />
All interesting stuff. I shall be back for more next month, I loved it!<br />
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<br />Hazel Agnewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13415715861182371303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885458657144063137.post-71665771143259544872018-06-30T17:32:00.001+01:002018-06-30T17:32:29.410+01:00Treasure Box<br />
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The topic over on the <a href="https://blog.paperartsy.co.uk/2018/06/2018-topic-11-enshrined-topic.html">PaperArtsy blog is "Enshrined",</a> and there were some wonderful examples on the introduction by Darcy.<br />
Their design team have come up with some wonderfully inspirational ideas this past 2 weeks as well.<br />
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So, I decided to create a box of treasures for my darling Rosebud, our 5 year old granddaughter.<br />
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I began by painting the box with fresco paint French Roast. the top was crackled with paste and then painted with assorted fresco blues. The sides I wrote messages and sea songs for Rose and then stamped and painted to create a collage effect.<br />
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I painted the letters with fresco blues and rubbed Treasure Gold into them and also around the edges of the box.<br />
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Inside, I lined the box with velvet.<br />
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The shells have been painted with blue fresco paints , and the patterns highlighted with Treasure Gold.<br />
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I added more treasure to the box, seaglass, small shells and some seaweed.<br />
Rose came across it by accident yesterday and was enchanted by the contents and thrilled that the "Treasure" was for her.<br />
The wonderment of young children is something that should be held onto by us all into our older years.<br />
So, here is my entry for the <a href="https://blog.paperartsy.co.uk/2018/06/2018-topic-11-enshrined-topic.html">PA challenge, enshrined.</a><br />
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<br />Hazel Agnewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13415715861182371303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885458657144063137.post-50138651171998208202018-06-06T13:08:00.004+01:002018-06-06T13:10:52.051+01:00Paper Dolls, Brave Wings.<br />
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Having some fun with my second entry into the<a href="http://blog.paperartsy.co.uk/2018/05/2018-topic-10-paper-dolls-topic.html"> PaperArtsy blog challenge </a>which is Paper Dolls.</div>
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I had this notion that if I could find a nest, then some paper dolls could be at home in there. Maybe influenced by all the bird activity in the garden at the moment.</div>
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I used some TH collage paper for my background and rubbed an assortment of neutral coloured paints onto it with my fingers.</div>
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I used an assortment of fabulous oldies from PaperArtsy Hot Picks..HP1005, HP1506 and HP1601.</div>
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The girls are from TH paper dolls Christmas, which I painted over with clear gesso to enable me to paint over them to brighten them up.</div>
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Very Tongue-In-Cheek, this one, but great fun to create.</div>
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The challenge on the<a href="http://blog.paperartsy.co.uk/2018/05/2018-topic-10-paper-dolls-topic.html"> PaperArtsy blog is currently "Paper Dolls".</a> There has been lots of fabulous inspiration from the team.</div>
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In the intro, Darcy talked about the kind of paper dolls that girls of a certain age used to make outfits for. Jofy made a wardrobe of clothes in her post which made me want to create my own page. </div>
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This set of stamps that I have chosen reminds me of my paper dollies so I decided to join in.</div>
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This is one of those pages where you just go where the mood takes you. No preconceived ideas, just playing.</div>
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I began with a washi tape background, used some distress inks in a distress wrinkle free way and stamped with Black and Red archival. Lots of stamping and I used the PaperArtsy stencil by Scrapcosy which has all the months on and is so handy!</div>
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Eventually I built up a story in my mind of this young French Girl, but don't want to retell as you may draw your own conclusions.</div>
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Suffice to say that she is not comfortable with her life choices and wishes the months to whisk by!</div>
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It was a bit tricky to work in this thick tome as you can see. I am almost at the end of it. It is a recycled book from Oxfam with wonderfully thick pages.</div>
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