Purple for May AB Challenge

AB group Challenge for May.

The color choice and quote prompt is:

 

'When I am an old woman

I shall wear purple with a red hat

that doesn't go and doesn't suit me’

-Sue Ellen Cooper

Use purples, violet, lavender, fuscia, mauve, etc for your colors,

With perhaps a dash of red thrown in! Attach fibres, and other sewing type elements.

 

This is the third in a series of four.

Here is my page spread:

 left page

 right page

close-up of quote

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Being Green





It’s not easy being GREEN.

 

The frog said that.

The frog also claims that a kiss from a princess will enable him to revert to his princely status.

This is the March Challenge on the Altered Books group on yahoo.

The color GREEN, tags, folds, windows/doors.

 

 

The three frogs, glued onto a folded page (three pleats)

 

The closed window, partially hidden

 

The frog's declaration

 

Open window with princess

 

The whole picture

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Blue on Blue Challenge

This month's Challenge on the AB Yahoo group is all about colour and textures.

The Blue that came to my mind for this Challenge is the song ‘Blue on Blue’ by Bobby Vinton.

I printed the lyrics of the song and began collaging strips and scraps of papers and text onto the page with the lyrics, along with some serviettes pieces and washi tape.
The next step was the blue glaze over everything.
The chipboard letters were covered with gesso, then textured paint, then a thin layer of crackle paste, and more paint to show the cracks. I did some paint dribbles, and other dimensional paint scratches, giving more texture. The broken heart seemed fitting!

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