Crafty Adventurista: September DT Project 2 For Country View Crafts and Challenges

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/groups/164920247712393

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?)