Q&L - Silence

This fortnight's challenge from the Craft Barn is Silence or Dazzle.  I went for silence (not my usual approach!) as my first thought was The Sound of Silence, but I am creating a bit more difficulty for myself this year, by trying to keep to my real core favourite music...so I went for I Can Hear Your Heart Beat, one of my favourite Chris Rea songs, another old song, from Water Sign.  I suspect most of my lyrics will come from 70's and 80's.

I'm using this massive A3 sketch book, so I have plenty of space to work in.  I found a set of old map prints and knew this was going to be my base.  I trimmed it up, and gave it a really good sanding, because it had a high gloss finish.  I chose a map as a back drop, because of a line in the song 'I'm in a European disco, and it's thumping up the beat' - so welcome to Marseilles!  I also distressed the  edges, and ripped into it to age it.

 Before.........  and after!

Then I set to with ink and stamps!

I wrote out the first few lines on card, which I then coloured using promarkers. I added a doodle of a heart monitor output on that lyric (it's NOT my heart beat, it's not fast enough!), and then glued it all together.

Hope you like!

 

 

 

 

 

Resources

 

Substrate: - Endeavour City Maps Print Set, Marseilles

 

Paint and Ink

Archival: Watering Can, Orange Blossom, Venetian Orange, Potting Soil, Red Geranium

Distress Ink: Tea Dye

Promarkers: Vanilla, Satin, Spice, Cinnamon

 

Stamps

Prima clear stamps: Finnabair Brickwork, Distress dots

KaiserCraft: Film Edges

 

Bling and other stuff

hmmm, no bling?