Blue jean girl...

July page for Darcy's 2015 Altered Calendar challenge :D

 Use "bumped stencil" technique and add your own face...

This month I had chosen to use the Bruce Springsteen page of my calendar...and promptly forgot to take a photo of the original...

He was wearing a bandanna, which is a habit I share(as well as the curly hair) AND

I also have a denim waistcoat lol so it was easy which bits of the original page to leave visible.

 I found an old photo from my youth and did a quick likeness in place of the Boss, as well as adding a few curves to his waistline lol.

 Now to try out the "bumped" stencilling technique.

This is where you stencil in a dark colour...

 move the stencil over slightly, then cover with a lighter colour.

I used a set of stencils by Artistcellar from Tam's Whimsy series.

 This technique gives a wonderfully simple 3D effect to your page...

 A quick bit of defining with a black posca pen...

and Bobs your Auntie :D

The Poe quote reads...

"...And the maiden she lived with no other thought

than to love and be loved by me."

(from Annabel Lee)

Enjoy :D XXX