Sunday 11 May 2014

Q&L: Fame - Life's been good

Hi there!  The challenge this fortnight was Unique and/or Fame.  I was struggling, then the good old iPod did it again...  Life's been Good by the Eagles (or Joe Walsh), and yes, I have seen them a couple of times!  I'll be able to stick all my old ticket stubs into the book at the end of this!  So here is the verse:

It's a difficult one to illustrate, this, so I didn't!  I went for abstract.

My A3 substrate this time was watercolour paper.  Because I wanted to move the acrylic about on the paper, I gave it a coating of Matt Medium (which I managed to squirt all over my trousers, my T-shirt, the floor, before I got it on the paper...), and then used the Eclectica limited edition Paper Artsy paints in blocks, with a smidge of Nougat, for graduation. 

My Kate Crane/Kathryn Wheel stamps turned up yesterday, so I used two half circles on the lower edge, and outlined them in white. 

In keeping with the fame theme, I stamped stars in metallic Brilliance around the edge, leaving a gap for the words.

Added the words, and details of the song/band, and hey presto!

Hope you like!

Resources

Substrate
Winsor and Newton Cotman Water colour paper

Paint and Ink
PaperArtsy: Tikka, Chartreuse, Chutney, Nougat
Distress Ink: Black Soot
Brilliance: Mineral

Stamps
Hero Arts: Life of the Party Stars

Bling and other stuff
Edding 751 creative: White Marker
Pitt Calligraphy pens: Black
Winsor and Newton: Acrylic Matt Medium

13 comments:

  1. fab pages and great song. Love the little stars and the border :)

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  2. Great page - love the feeling of space - less is definitely more!

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  3. Oooh this is lovely! It makes me so happy to see my stamps being used like this :-)

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  4. I have that song going through my head right now! What a perfect quote!

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  5. Visiting from the Craft Barn ~ I really like the abstract here and those stamps are awesome. I like your writing. :o)

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  6. This looks lovely - I bet it looks much better in real life with all that shine!

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  7. Loving the Kate Crane stamped edge, it is so beautiful! Fantastic page and wonderful lyrics, you have such a beautiful and remarkable handwriting skill, truly marvellous.

    Stunning work :-) xxx

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  8. The Eagles! LOVE IT! and that gorgeous stamped edge - sooo beautiful! Great work!

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  9. Lovely page, good choice of lyrics!

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  10. Love it! Also love the Eagles and this is a great quote

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  11. Sometimes abstract is the best way to go. And abstract fit perfectly with these lyrics. I'm a big Eagles fan. I had a friend who had seen them several times, so I learned to love them by proxy. The colors, the stamps, and the hand written lyrics all came together perfectly.

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  12. Love the Eagles, so great song choice and yes abstract is good

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