Tuesday 1 March 2011

JOURNAL CALENDER (March 2011)

My March page is ready to show off

I am really enjoying this challenge,
My finished February page will appear by magic near the bottom of this post,

(I'm on time again can you believe it!!!) (lol)

For those of you that are not in the know,
this challenge lasts the whole year,
you have to journal every day in the form of 12 monthly calender pages,
& then head over to the the kathryn wheel blog & link up your creation,
so Kate Crane & any one else can see what you have come up with,

Like the sound of that? you can jump in at any time along the way,
so get cracking & head over HERE to check it out.

I am also entering this for the,
SPRING HAS SPRUNG Challenge,
over at the artistic stamper creative team blog
Now with out further a do,

here's my MARCH page,


This page turned out fresh & clean looking
just as I wanted (that's what spring is in my mind)
I love to see all my bulbs jump out of hiding & start to bloom,
Spring is my favorite time of year,
the nights start to get lighter, & the world starts to get it's colour back.
I was thinking of using daffs & tulips but I couldn't resist using
Dyan Reaveley, Dylusions Stamps
check them out here at the Art from the Heart Shop

I am improving with my confidence slightly,
I have managed to stick some of the flowers down (lol)

Now my Spring Fairy Dancer is made from collage sheets,
the head is (my favorite) from DYAN'S DOWNLOADS
the dancer & crown are from the very talented Marsha

OK here's some shots of what I used
& how it built up,


If you would like to see how the colours are blended
you can go to my Jan or Feb posts HERE or HERE
I have done this page in exactly the same way.


Here's my page after I have stamped on it,
& this is the distress inks & stamps I used.


I then stamped & blended the flowers onto some scrap paper
& cut them out.


The pre cut squares are from a TSV on QVC that I brought ages ago
(I love the fact that I am able to put these to good use on my pages) 
The word MARCH is stamped from an alphabet set
& cut out, I then edged it, & all the squares with a black marker
to make them stand out.
The days of the week & numbers were made on the computer
& then cut or punched out in the same way as the previous pages.
I coloured the flowers with whispers marker pens.


I hope you like it!

Here's my finished FEBRUARY master piece (lol)


If you would like to see how this page was made you can

click back to the February post HERE 

& for all you double clickers out there like me,
my window sager is still on going,
I am decorating my bedroom (slowly)
& I am having to have the outside of my house
re rendered,coated & painted
(to stop a leak/damp problem I never new I had
 until I pulled out my husbands wardrobe to decorate)
Money & time is so tight at the moment,
sorry if I neglect my blog a bit.

Well I think that's about it,
I don't think I've missed anything.

I see I am up to 72 followers, (how cool is that!)
I do value all of my followers,

& I do appreciate all the wonderful comments I get from you all.
It gives my confidence a real boost to think you all like what I make
enough to come back,
so thank you all once again.
that's it from me today.

Thanks for stopping by,
Back soon,
Kat x.

24 comments:

  1. Love the clean look of your pages, great colour and that image is super!!

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  2. I love your colours Kat, The image is great and your stamps, they are lovely pages x

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  3. Thanks for showing your techniques; that was really helpful. I love how everyone has their own style. Your pages are beautiful.

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  4. Fab, fab and totally fab! Love the way you showed us the colours you used and then the stamps :) the greens are so springlike and uplifting!x

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  5. Great page....love your Spring colours....just wish spring would actually arrive!!

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  6. lovely fresh flowers for March and thanks for sharing your methods

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  7. Stunning pages Kat. Loving the step by step techniques too. Thanks for sharing

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  8. A really good way of showing the techniques you used. Great pages and great colours love the image on the March page, very creative.

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  9. Your March pages are really neat and clean. Great ! Thanks for telling us how you made them.

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  10. gorgeous. love the way you've put these together. fab colouring

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  11. Fabulous pages. I am delighted you shared the steps on how you created such lovely pages.

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  12. Really love both months and enjoyed the tutorial!

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  13. Lovely pages this month and last x

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  14. Wow, your pages are rally striking. March is very 'springlike' - let's hope we get some springlike weather :-) Thanks for staying with the challenge and keeping up so far. Looking forward to seeing your pages for April! Kate x

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  15. fab!!!! Loving your journaling style!!!...Loving the colours of your march pages, all the fabulous stamping you have done, and your funky fairy! Hugs Juls

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  16. as ever Kat you have rocked this page... LOVE your style.. I know, I said it before ... but I do!! x

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  17. Love the funky fresh feel to your march pages, Thanks for playing along with the ASCT challenge :D
    Stay Inky
    hugs Minxy

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  18. Fantastic pages - both of them. And so cool that you detail how you made them. Looking forward to seeing more over the year :-)

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  19. Oh wow wow wow, these are fabulous pages.
    I love the monochrome idea.
    Very beautiful!!!
    Greetings Anneke

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  20. You March page is beautiful and full of spring. Thanks for sharing how your March calendar developed.

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  21. Gorgeous colours, I like the way you've shown us the colours etc.

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  22. Your march page is wonderful, love the fresh green look, really captures spring x

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  23. Wonderful colours in March, love your calendar idea.

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  24. ah, you really have a knack for this.....I hope to get started soon....you really have inspired me. thank you

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