Dina Wakley - Show Us Your Media Gratitude

Challenge Month Three 

 

Grateful for Friendship

 

The page had scraps of Papermania tissue & gesso,

left over from another project.

First I added Tangerine, Lemon & Lime Scribble sticks,

then created a slight ghost background

using DWM Pebble Heart.

I then stuck down the woman,

from DWM Vintage & Sketches collage paper.

I added Lime paint above

her head & then before it was totally dry,

I went in with Fuchsia paint sponged through the

largest heart on the stencil.

I added Lapis to her top & a little gesso

mixed with Fuchsia for her face.

I drew around all the blocks that

make up the heart & added words in a random few.

I then journaled around the outside of the heart.

It says;

I am grateful for the friendships I have.

We do not live in one another's pockets, 

but we always know each other is there,

when they are needed.

Life is busy & people need to live their lives,

but knowing your friend is there,

to offer love, laughter, support,

a shoulder to cry on or

a text conversation to reminisce.

The bold words are the ones written

within the blocks of the heart.

Fuchsia, Lapis & Lime paint is all

Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body. 

I am really late this month, nearly missed

uploading to the challenge.

My world has been Christmas Cards for 

the past 4 weeks. They are all done.

Just two gifts to complete.

Another Birthday

On Sunday, (24th) it was also the

birthday of Bill, a family friend & our neighbour.

This year he got this one!

 Inside

The card began life as a left over mixed media background.

I had been running with a few ideas &

this one was patterned tissue, texture paste,

with Tim Holtz Gothic stencil & Dylusions spray inks

in Chocolate & Espresso.

To make into a card, I just added two tags

stamped using Creative Stamping issue 70.

The tags were covered with brown paper, 

left from a grocery bag. 

I added Inka Gold brown/gold to the texture

& then Turquoise to make it vintage looking.

Kate's Birthday

Here is a mixed media card

made for the birthday girl.

It began as a random background

which i added die cuts & beads.

To finish it I added

a hand-cast resin cherub.

Tim Holtz mixed media die cut & swirl.

Square frame I created from hand stamped paper.

Tag created from same paper.

Silver micro beads.

Background made from torn book text,

gesso, Distress Inks (regular)

in Seedless Preserves & Dusty Concord.

Cherub made with resin & mold.

Key Chain

I am very busy creating my 2019

Christmas cards & have little to share.

However I do have this mixed

media piece I made.

There are two others & two birthdays coming up. 

 I saw this made by a very talented lady on YouTube.

She is Russian & as I can't work out

how to spell her name in Russian on here,

I figured it would make sense to link you to

her video & YouTube channel.

Here is my attempt.

I made this to house my window key.

It sticks out & prevents my vertical blind

from opening & closing smoothly.

I used odds & ends from my die cut bits box.

A grunge board key. Buttons,

Sticky back pearls.

Stenciling with molding paste.

Gold paint. Black Gesso & Inka Gold

 

Doll Girl

This page had been used to clean

up from a card I made. So it had

chalk & gesso stamping on it.

Then I made another card & scraped

the remaining texture paste on here,

randomly through

Tim Holtz Dot Fade stencil.

I wanted to keep lots of white space so

to colout the page I added

Picked Raspberry & Salty Ocean

& applied using the acetate smooshing 

technique, allowing a little mixing between.

Once full dry I added gesso over some of the 

coloured texture paste.

 

I added my focal image, "Doll Girl" to two 

small torn washi tape strips.

I can't remember where I got her.

She came in a mixed pack, is quite thick 

chipboard & it was over 8 years ago!

I just knew I would find a use for her & when

I saw these words from Lisa's Altered Art,

"Her doll always agreed with her"

I knew they were perfect.

I seleceted Tim Holtz clipping stickers

"few words passed between them"

because I thought they fitted well too!

 

 

Welcome to the street card.

This is just a really quick card,

that I made last week to welcome

a new neighbour into the street.

She has bought our friend Fran's house.

It seems weird seeing lights on

as Fran passed away in July.

Here's what I made.

 Quite simple in design.

Die cuts from Sheena Douglass Mockingbird hill

set - potted conifers & fence.

Door & decorations - First Edition,

which is actually a Christmas Door set 

complete with wreath etc.

Inside I added a simple word

along with a tree & because I know she has a cat,

I added a stamped cat too!

These were from a free set 

Simply Cards & Papercraft issue 175.

 

Happy Birthday, Donna

Today is the birthday of my dear friend, Donna.

I like to add an element of surprise as you will 

see from the pictures below!

 

On the front we have a delightful Autumn die

cut frame by Yvonne's Creations.

This was available as a square or rectangle.

I figured I make more square cards.

Quote was a free stamp set with

Creative Stamping issue 60.

 

Below are two pictures of the surprise.

A Pop up feature!

Pink Ink Designs Giraffe.

Aperture die cut with XCut Build 

A Scene - Jungle,

which includes the parrot, frog & monkey.

 

 This is a view looking down,

so you can see the dimension.

All coloured with copic markers,

except the glasses, which was

Rose metallic paint.

 

The birthday greeting was also a free one. 

Happy Birthday, honey!

I hope you have a fabulous day.