The Feb Collage-A-Thon.

Well the weekend is almost upon us & the great Collage-A-Thon is only a few hours away over at atcsforall. My fave 'A-Thon of all cos i luv to collage. I will post all my artistic efforts here with news of any trades. Keep your fingers crossed for me. I luv these 'A-Thon' weekends & luv getting pretties thru the mail. So hopefully i will be able to fill a few more pages in my ATC album. Although people are making anything from ATC's to Gothic Arches & anything in between.
I got a phone call from my cousin last week. She wants me to make her an album with a Scottish theme. I don't need to have it ready until June time but i thought i had better start getting it ready now, or, ideas at least. Cos i'm bad for leaving stuff until the last minute.
So anyway, she & some friends are gonna climb Ben Nevis & take pics along the way & wants somewhere to show them off. She doesn't want anything too over the top in the way of pages, ideas along the lines of purple/heather/ green pages, but with a decorated cover. My idea was to watercolour wash some pages with those colours & maybe some 'tartan' papers. If anyone knows of anywhere i can find them then i would be eternally grateful, cos i don't fancy having to paint 'tartan'. Was going to use watercolour paper, cos i have lots of it & when it is covered & collaged & acrylic'd over it becomes quite sturdy & strong. I suppose i could Gesso it 1st & acrylic over cos have never been that fantastic at Watercolour anyway. Was just wishful thinking on my part i think. I dreamt of being another Turner with dramatic seas or Monet & his water lillies.
I am just thinking out loud here & probly not making much sense. But if i'm talking to myself after a couple of glasses of wine, who cares. It's just between me & me. Right? But if anyone out there is listening/reading or wotever, & can link to anything Scotishy, re. papers. Then let me know please.
I am sure some idea will hit me like a brick eventually, & if not then it's on to plan B, which i havent thought about yet. But watch this space.