A man of words and more

Hi Everybody!

Last week I bought some new goodies from LaBlanche shop.

They also had lots of special offers, including these large

door hanger sets made out of chipboard, which 

only cost 1€ each, so I stocked up on several different ones

at that price. I gave it a base coat of cream coloured

acrylic paint, used structure paste through my diamond

stencil to give some texture, and then collaged various

bits and bobs of napkins. The man, I'm calling him

Sir Jasper, was given an extra coat of brown paint. I added 

the diamond shaped rub ons and then crackled him

with Deco Art crackle. When it was all dry I rubbed

some soft gold paint into the cracks, round the edges, and 

onto the hanger itself. Then I added the

decorations, some of which were rusted with the

wonderful iron powder and oxidation mixture I showed in

my last post. The suitcases are a chipboard sticker which

was gifted me, I roughened the edges and then rubbed some 

gold into them. And there's a story to go with it:

Sir Jasper is a kind gentleman, but has always

been extremely forgetful, and has a bad habit

of being late. His mother bought him 

an XL pocket watch to hang from his lapel so he

he at least always knows the time. He needs to catch

a train to London in 2 hours time, and is searching

for the key to open the safe, which contains some valuables

he must take with him. Unfortunately he cannot remember

where he hung the key. Will he remember in time to

finish packing and catch the train?

What do you think?

I am linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin,

and to Simon Monday challenge, masculine. 

(Happy to say I was in the designer spotlight there last week).

I am also linking to Altered eclectics, anything goes, 

and Rhedds creative spirit, anything goes

For Rosie's challenge at Art Journal Journey I did some

digital playing and came up with this fun piece:

At the end of our road the town gardeners have once again

planted a wild flower mix on the little patches of earth

where the roads meet, and they make a lovely sight:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!