from orange to blue....

...that just about sums up my change in mood since my last blog post.  Since October 15th when I uploaded my "orange" page, it seems that what was left of the summer sun has disappeared, and we're left with cold, wet days and dark evenings, bleeuuurghhh.  I don't like winter :(

That aside, here's my entry in the blue journal in my current colours CJ.

I wanted to do something a little different in this book, and as someone who uses computers constantly for both work and leisure, an homage to the dreaded BSOD - blue screen of death - seemed appropriate.

I hope it sums up the sick feeling I get in my stomach as that blue screen appears when I'm in the middle of something desperately important that I haven't saved :|

I wanted to stamp all the text in the background, but none of my white inks were co-operating, so I had to handwrite it instead.  Hopefully that doesn't spoil it too much.

 A quick how-to:

• the background is blue acrylic paint scraped onto watercolour paper with an old credit card
• the computer text is written with a Ranger Inkessentials white pen 
• the gloopy stuff at the top is cut with a Martha Stewart border punch 
• the gravestones were cut freehand from navy textured card
• the skulls were stamped with midnight blue Stazon onto light blue vellum, cut out, and then made into stickers with a baby Xyron
• the title letters are MM chipboard, painted and then given a coat of clear UTEE

Mint/lime green next, looking forward to that one, I like green.