Hello there,
It’s time for my second DT
project for Country View Crafts and Challenges with the theme ‘Hello
Fall - Use Rust Colour Tones', hosted by our lovely team member Fiona.
The challenge is open worldwide and you can join the group here:
https://www.facebook.com/group
You
must use products from brands that Country View Crafts stocks and
please list them in your entry. You can enter 5 times each month with
different projects. We’ve got a fabulous £25 gift voucher prize that one randomly
selected winner will win this month. The challenge runs to the end of this month.
I decided it was time to use my Dina Wakley products and make a double page spread in my journal. I used all Dina Wakley paints for this.
In keeping with the colours of Autumn/Fall, using random strokes, I
brushed some Dina Wakley Paints; Cocoa, Mustard, Ruby, Buff, Fir, Eggplant and Tangerine onto a piece
of A4 white cardstock.
Then
with Nocturne VersaFine Clair I stamped on the leaves from Dina Wakley
Bold Botanicals, heat embossed these with WOW clear embossing powder and
fussy cut these out.
On a separate piece of white cardstock, I lightly stamped, using a stamping platform, my bears and brushed some Buff and Cocoa in the shape of each bear. I used the big bear twice and the little one once. Once dry, still using the stamping
platform, I over stamped first my 2 bears, then the other large one (on a separate piece of card), with Nocturne VersaFine Clair on top of
the painted backgrounds and fussy cut out.
I
stamped a moon image from the Dina Wakley Moon Faces Set, painted over
with watered down Buff and Night and then stamped again in Nocturne
VersaFine Clair and fussy cut out.
I began to
decorate the background of my journal page. First I collaged on some
torn pieces from the Dina Wakley Typed Ledgers 1, I also stamped the bear border in black Archival onto some collage tissue paper and added these to the page, and then I brushed on
Buff, Mustard, Ruby, Cocoa, Eggplant, Sapphire and then White to blend it a
bit more, mostly all watered down as I went.
I used my Dina Wakley Triangle Fence MDS83153 stencil with some white paint to add some interest to the background and I stamped in black the leaves from Bold Botanicals randomly to build up depth and then I stamped some words from the Dina Wakley Moon Faces stamp set, using Distress Oxide Lost Shadow to stamp them with.
When I was happy with my background, I auditioned my cut out images where I wanted them to sit.
I felt it needed some texture, so I added some Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mummy Cloth and some torn pieces of white tissue paper.
When
I decided where my bears were to go, I laid up my leaves and tucked them around and in front of the bears andf the Mummy Cloth layer.
I added some cut out hearts (from my leftover painted pieces) to my bears and also gacve them some pink ears and cheeks.
I chose a quote/sentiment from Typed Ledgers 1 and position that on the finished page. I chose this because it looks like Mummy and Daddy Bear are watching as their Baby Bear goes out into the big wide world.
Here’s my finished journal page. I love it! And I hope you do too. Maybe give it a try? (or try some of the techniques in it?)
And hopefully you’ll join in our challenge this month to win that awesome prize of a £25 gift voucher.
Thanks for looking
Hugs
Carol x
Products used:
(If anything is out of stock you can always contact Susan to see if she can order it in for you).
Dina Wakley Scribbly Bears
Dina Wakley Moon Faces
Dina Wakley Bold Botanicals
Dina Wakley Paints
Dina Wakley Typed Ledgers 1
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mummy Cloth
Distress Oxide Lost Shadow
VersaFine Clair Nocturne
WOW Clear Embossing Powder
Ranger Black Archival
Distress Collage Medium
