May-Days at Dream in Darkness

Soooo, it's the 1st of May and the dictionary tells these facts about it:

1. The first day of May, the traditional day for pagan fertility rites.

2. The first day of May, a spring festival, a celebration of the beginning of the spring.

3. The first day of May, a world-wide workers' holiday.

4. Perfect day to start a new challenge at DiD.

Granne made a card in very gothic style:

Using Debbi Moore's Printables.

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And Anne has made something amazing ( as always ). 

Here's a little sneak peek for whats coming later on:

Snakes seem to "bug" people.  There aren't any here, 

so they're an abstract concept to me. March 17 was St Patrick's Day, 

and a sequence of Journal pages got started by the thought 

that he was reputed to have rid Ireland of snakes.  

The first 2 were posted in my facebook album at the time:

The dog has a snake between his lips.  Must be before St Pat's time!

When St Patrick cast the snakes out of Ireland....  where did they go?

How would they get off an island?

Except this is what snakes usually do to boats:

Or, could Patrick throw them... as far as Scotland?

Seems Nessie has a thing or two to say about THAT!

Always assuming Nessie isn't one of those evicted snakes.  The whole journal page:

The page started with layers of stencils:

Stencil Girl for Curvy Ladder, and Ribbons & Circles. Calligraphy in page 2 She also produces Seth Apter's Drip alphabet.

Artist Cellar for the angel cartouche on page 2

Stampers Anonymous provide Brett Weldele's Flames stencil, which makes excellent waves.  The curled up snake is film strip stencil.

Butter Side Down stamps include Peeking Pirate, Sea Serpent Attack, Sea Dragon, Fossil Beach, Loch Ness Monster, Moray Eel, Oarfish (vertical), Mt Rainier Mothership.  In the first pages, The Alamo (doubling as a monastery), and Wizards Bookshelf standing in for the Book of Kells.

Highlander Celtic Stamps: "Eire",  Inchie knotworks, several of the mini circles, Celtic Cross, Scotch thistle woodcut, boat.

Seth Apter / The Altered Page has several borders used round the edges, including one that rather mimics snake skin patterning

Ikes Art digistamps are the Angel, and the dog.

You'll just have to come back later in the month to see What Happened Next :)

And before then, I'm hijacking the blog to join a Sin City blog Hop on 3 May, 

so keep popping in as we keep loading new and terrifying pieces onto the blog.

Kim

coming along here with a digital art journal page.

"What's your story?"

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And if you share your creepy, weird, snakey? makes below, 

one of you is going to win this stencil if you link up below :)

An InLinkz Link-up