A Time and a Purpose for Everything.

Hello all, it's Toni here back with a two page journal spread. Ever since I 'christened' my Dylusions Journal a few weeks ago, I've been itching to get started on another page. I'm not very good at letting go and writing into my journals, partly because I'm not sure what I want to write about and also the act of actually writing and the fear of 'spoiling' the page. So to ease myself into this, I decided to write out the lyrics to one of my (many) favourite songs. I've chosen the song Turn! Turn! Turn! to Everything There is a Season, written by Pete Seeger and recorded by The Byrds. I've always thought the lyrics were timeless and a quick bit of internet research tells me that they 'are taken almost verbatim from the Book of Ecclesiastes'. So indeed they are timeless and very pertinent to the world today. Enough of this! How did I construct the pages....Step1, Splat the page with Distress Stain ooooooh what fun !

 Next ...stamp over the surface with  Versa Mark Ink,  using the wonderful  Holyhock stamp by Dionna Downey for Unity Stamps, then heat emboss with  Clear Embossing Powder.

Then...More splodging with Picket Fence Distress Stain. This helps to cover the coloured splodges that are not embossed. Once dry, I coloured over the entire surface with Stormy Sky Distress Stain. I let this dry, then covered the surface with paper, I used a piece of printer paper, and ironed the surface with a hot iron. This removes the embossing powder and reveals the colours beneath. if you try this, remove the paper whilst it's hot or it will stick to the surface, if this happens just iron again to re-melt the embossing powder and release the paper This technique is often called 'faux batik'

I then used a black Faber Castell fine tipped Pitt Pen to doodle around the flowers,

Nearly there! i could very easily have stopped at this point as I really love the way the flowers were looking, but I was determined to get writing ! So I penciled in some wavy guidelines, I used a plastic 'ruler' from a set of Tonic cutting strips, and used a Uniball White Pen to write the lyrics out, I was only going to copy a few lines but once I got started I just couldn't stop !

I've really enjoyed the two 'halves' of this project, the freedom of the splodging and painting with Distress Stains and the more controlled stage of outlining the flowers and writing with the pens. So I shall try not to shy away from writing in my journals in the future. I've been missing out ! x

Pretty much all of the supplies I've used for this project can be found in Kim's wonderful eclectic Paperie Shop. Click on any of the links below to be whisked straight there. I've included Dyan Reavley's Journal Block as this is the perfect size to create the wavy lines in the Dylusions Journal.

Dylusions Journal	Dylusions Journaling Block	Distress Stain - Stormy Sky	Distress Stain - Picket Fence	Distress Stain - Peeled Paint
Distress Stain - Crushed Olive	Ranger Distress Stain - Picked Raspberry	Ranger Distress Stain - Squeezed Lemonade	Distress Stain - Wild Honey	Distress Stain - Worn Lipstick
Uni-Ball White Gel Pen