Masquerade. . .

This Thursday It's All About...Masquerade!  And to begin with, I made another 8 X 10 art journal page.  This one uses an old black and white magazine image, tarted up a bit with a specially cut skirt, some new legs and feet, and a mask and beaded necklace, both of which are dimensional stickers from Jolee's boutique.  The rest is acrylic paint, Sakura gel pen and black Micron pen on patterned paper.  The words in my hand-scrawled, funky calligraphy are lyrics from the song "Masquerade", taken from a book of piano music from Phantom of the Opera (scroll down for a youtube video of the song).

My second piece is an altered tag.  This actually began as a price tag on something I bought at a sale last year.  I covered it in layers of acrylic paint in yellows and golds, and stamped on a few of Catherine Moore's character constructions stamps in black Versafine.  These particular stamps are from the "Queen of Tarts" collection.  The stamped images were colored with thinned layers of acrylic paint in shades of pink and white.  The fringe at the top is a combination of pink eyelash ribbon, fuzzy pink chenille, and some glimmery gold rick rack, which was part of Belinda's RAK.

Phantom of the Opera is one of my daughter's favorite movies.  The original black and white version was one of my mother's favorites, and I saw an old clip of it on TV when I was a child.  I did get to see a very good off-Broadway production of Phantom many years ago, and I loved that, too.  But I must admit that I have yet to see the newest movie version that my daughter loves so much.  Having just found this youtube video however, I realize that I have been missing something truly spectacular, and tonight--if I can get everyone to agree--this is what we'll be watching on DVD!   The music from this production has filled our house for the last year, as Amy regularly plays selections from the musical on the piano, and "Masquerade" is one of her favorites.  Between the clip from the movie and the Queen of Tart stamps, I'm definitely in the mood for a masqued ball!

Have a great day, Everyone! 

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Comments

[June]

Wow, I loved Phantom and your journal and tag are quite inspiring. I can hear the music as I look at them...Great job!

[ilonka]

what an amazing piece!

[Katherine McCullen]

Both of these are wonderful! The blue, black, and white color scheme on the journal page is simple and effective, while the tag is rich and original .

[carolann]

Wow these pieces are brilliant hun so arty really clever well done xxxx

[chriss]

How gorgeous and funky is this a fantastic background i love it.
tfs
chriss x

[Rosie]

D'you know, I love these two pieces Barbara! Your pages are so full of colour and drama lately!! Love what you're doing, but please stop with the Videos... I got so distracted I forgot to leave a comment yesterday! I even dreamt of it last night... very weird. I have never seen the modern version of Phantom, but it was a fave of my Mum's so I know most of the songs by heart!!
It's the little things, isn't it?!