This was such a fun page to do but I could probably do a whole art journal about school days never mind just one page.
The prompt this week over at ukstampers is (if you haven’t guessed already) School days.
The page has to include:

• jot down 10 random things about your school days
• use lined paper
• add ink blots and doodles in the margin

Just in case you can’t read my random thoughts they are:

• pink custard
• belted for ripping a book (those were the days when the teacher would ask you to hold out your hands, cross them over and the teacher would belt them with a leather strap – ouch!
• navy gym pants – horrid!
• climbing ropes – in the gym hall there was a massive climbing frame that could be pulled out from the wall and it had ropes on it
• Janet and John books (TOGS will know about these) – oops I actually put this in as Jack and Jill but they were in fact Janet and John reading books.
• walked to school
• my best chum was Catherine
• ‘has a tendency to daydream’ was a comment on one of my report cards
• under 15 junior athletic champion
• prefect then deputy head girl

I used graph paper as my background paper which I roughly painted white edges on.  I drew on a graph and added doodles.  I used to like colouring in squares and making patterns.  I wrote out the ten facts on lined paper which I then scanned, added ink blots and the ‘remember’ at the bottom.  This was printed onto acetate and I added white paint behind the pale blue ‘remember’ to make it show up a bit more.  Staples and a paper clip hold the two pieces together as they also remind me of school days.  The acetate reminds me of the overhead projectors that took ages to get just right.

Inks:  Black document ink, Distress ink Frayed burlap and Antique Linen
Stamps:  The Artistic stamper Ephemera 1 048A5
Paper:  graph and lined paper from a jotter, acetate
Other:  staples, paper clip, red pen