Monday, October 17, 2011

31 Days of Halloween - day 17

Good Morning to all the hoppers on this 31 day journey with the Smeared & Smudged blog hop! I decided to take a break from the rolodex cards (don't worry it's not for long I'm sure) and get out my journal to play in. My only other entry in here was from the skull appreciation day hop back in June.... my poor neglected journal :(

I scribbled my watercolor crayons starting with lt blue in the middle then a darkler blue then black around the edges. Then I took a wet paint brush and spread the color all around. Since I didn't want to wait for long for everything to dry I took a papertowel and blotted it. At first I was worried that I was pulling too much color off the page, but I really like how it turned out. The tree is from Paula Best and all the rest are from CTMH. I used colored pencils to add a little bit of color to the house. This wasn't my vision when I started the page, but I was pleasantly please with the end result.
I will also be entering this into the Forever Night Challenge for this week: Black and Creepy.
Next stop on the hop.... Ikes' World.
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15 comments:

  1. ikeOctober 17, 2011 at 7:20 AM

    WoW - that's cool. Love the effect. Did you notice the spooky looking ghost/pumpkin face up on the righthand side ??!!!

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  2. ~Lady B~October 17, 2011 at 7:21 AM

    Fantastic Journal page! Looks great! BTW...I sing "This is Halloween" everyday now. lol!

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  3. ~Lady B~October 17, 2011 at 7:23 AM

    Ike is right! So cool! I see it now!

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  4. KristyLeeOctober 17, 2011 at 9:12 AM

    Steph,
    Awesome looking journal! Love it! Love the ghosts and bats flying around!
    Peace,
    KristyLee

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  5. SugarOctober 17, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    that is too cool! love how you did it!

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  6. Sara a.k.a. Eternal Princess RyanOctober 17, 2011 at 1:36 PM

    Wow... I really like how this turned out Steph!!! I need to work on something dark like this!!! What an awesome inspiration piece!!!

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  7. Monique's artOctober 17, 2011 at 3:44 PM

    love this pages, great colours and I love the ghosts

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  8. DonnaMundingerOctober 17, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    Your page is just FAB, Steph! Love how the background turned out. makes for a very spooky scene. xxD

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  9. UnknownOctober 17, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    Your page is lovely the background is awesome
    Luv Jane xxx

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  10. Scrap VampOctober 17, 2011 at 9:34 PM

    This is a beautiful journal entry! I love the colors and the haunted house!

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  11. DK SpinsOctober 17, 2011 at 10:37 PM

    Love your journal page Steph! The colors are gorgeous & all the images work well with each other.

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  12. SusanOctober 17, 2011 at 10:43 PM

    WOW...I REALLY like the blue,white,black combo! great page!!
    Susan

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  13. Sharon SahlOctober 18, 2011 at 6:05 AM

    Great journal page! YOur background colors are great for this theme and love how you applied them. I thought I'd seen(and bought) every haunted house out there but you all keep showing me new ones!

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  14. UnknownOctober 27, 2011 at 3:13 PM

    Thank you for taking part in Forever Night Challenge #13! Your project turned out Great!!

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  15. I Don't Do StraightNovember 10, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    Cool! really spooky effect, FAB!

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~happy crafting~

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