Minky Girl by Daniel Torrente for Stampotique
Scroll, butterfly and script by Tim Holtz
Inks and paints by Dylusions
Wow, how did it get to be may already?! One of the things about doing a calendar like this, is that it makes you realise how quickly time goes by. April went by in a haze of school holidays and bank holidays, and now I'm longing for a bit of routine again!
For my May pages I pushed myself out of my comfort zone - not a lot, just a little. You may not think I've done anything different but I did, I used purple (although, to be fair it does look a lot like pink in this photo!) and as a rule I don't do purple. Not sure why, it's just a colour that doesn't sit comfortably with me. Here's how it looked before I added the squares and details:
And here's a closer look at Minky girl, scowling as she does LOL! I found this wonderful quote (by Shakespeare of course) to accompany Minky. Just in case you can't read the small print, its the one that begins .... Shall I compare thee to a summer's day.......
Don't forget to link up using the linky gadget below as this is proving to be a really easy way of visiting other challengers. Well done to all of you who are still in! We have completed 1/3 of the year, only 2/3 to go! I have really enjoyed visiting all of you and seeing the wonderfully different creations every month.
Yesterday I taught a 'Journal Inspirations' class to a lovely group at Art from the Heart. We had a lovely time getting inky and painty. Have a look at Ann's blog here to see her fab journal pages, and what she had to say about the class.
Here they all are hard at work:
And here's a page I started in class yesterday as an example of finger painting! I completed the journaling later when I got home. The image I added to my page looks rather prim, so I used the 'Queens English' for the quote (which is not how I usually speak at all! Know what I mean, like, innit?!) The journaling on this page page refers to my discomfort at using purple on my calendar page.
Image by Tumblefish Studio
Byee for now.
tell me about it - I suddenly realised I was 2 weeks behind! strangely I'm working on purple pages too. great pages Kate. from Ann's post sounds like it was an exhilarating class.
ReplyDeleteHa ha Purple... I have trouble with yellow!
ReplyDeleteyour workshop looks so much fun, i badly want to go to one!
great page, but you're not fooling me there's no purple on there, bit of fuschia maybe. Anns pictures from her class make me hope I will get ooop north one day, :)
ReplyDeleteLove your May Kathryn, the background is fab. Had a mad dash around today to get May done, phew!
ReplyDeleteErika.
I hope you're not wishing the hols away Kate! Love your May page, although not entirely convinced you've used purple (and as a purple fanatic, I should know!!). Looking forward to my journal class THIS month ;-)xx
ReplyDeleteGreat calendar pages and so much fun, Annette
ReplyDeleteFabby pages Kate. Love your pinky purperly background :) Yesterday sounds a grand day out.
ReplyDeleteLove your blue page too :)
Looking forward to joining you soon for a class..fingers crossed..xx
Whooo .... How spooky! I had a conversation with Dyan last week on the very same topic as I can't work with purple either, and this w/end I did a journal page about it!
ReplyDeleteYour page looks fab, and i'm with the others on that it doesn't look like purple, wish my purple would turn out as good.
great, great, great idea! I'm going to create my May page and keep going!!!
ReplyDeleteLove your pages, the colours are beautiful. Thanks for the challenge, it is making me try new things. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat page, I have forgotten to put my name on my entry, just *My journal pages* - duh! still too early, I guess!
ReplyDeleteI love the colors of your May pages! They are lovely!
ReplyDeleteWell purple is my enigma too - only in art though - I do wear purple as it suits me (so I've been told!) strange that so many of us 'can't' seem to get on with it in our art work. I do love your pages Kate , the colour blending is always gorgeous :)
ReplyDeleteMay page is done in my 365 journal... will post and link up in the next couple of days :D x
I must say I almost had second thoughts about a May page - but then I had to ...
ReplyDelete(The linky doesn't like me, but I do exist)
Another month done, glad the class went well too !!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful May pages. I love purple, can't get enough of it but find it hard to work with orange and red! Wonder what that says about me?? Your class photos look amazing, I wish I lived closer!
ReplyDeleteAwesome May pages, Kate! And I adore your "Uncomfortable Page"! So nice to end my blogging break with a visit to see your latest projects. Always something fun here!!! Hugs, Terri xoxo
ReplyDeleteFabulous pages Kate! I'll link to mine (I have a few to show because of my bloggy break) as soon as typepad gets their act together and I can upload pictures...grr! Hear me roar! And how fun that you did a class with finger painting. Wish you were a bit closer so I could show up to one of your classes. Would have been fun. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteMe too-where did April go? I'm glad your class was fun.
ReplyDeleteLovely pages again - I wish I was heading into summer....Love those circles
ReplyDeleteLove, love, LOVE your journal page!!! And I had to smile about the purple-issue... I too didn't use it, but I learned to work with it more this year and I actually begin to like that colour...
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pages as always Kate, gorgeous colours as always Kate ;-)
ReplyDeletePat said the class was just as Ann had said on her blog :-)
Anne xx
great colourful pages! I really need to use some different coloured squares and print with circles. It looks really good
ReplyDeleteLove the colours you have on your pink/purple page! Oh how I wish I lived nearer to Harrogate - would you consider moving to Manchester?
ReplyDeleteI love the colors for your May page, Kate. It looks like everyone had a lot of fun in your Journal Inspirations class! :)
ReplyDeleteSo fun linking up again this month Kathryn - better late than never I say.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the inky calendar colors and layout you've managed so beautifully again this month!
Hello! I was one of the lucky ladies on the Journaling inspirations workshop in April. I have been using the techniques you showed us and I love them. I have just blogged about the day (it took me a while to get round to it!) http://thegingerbreadbunny.blogspot.com/2011/05/beautiful-backgrounds.html with some photos of what I did on the day and what I have made since.
ReplyDeleteThank you for a great day!