Hello everyone, I'm here at last with plenty of pics for you to see. I really don't know what happened to March, so much work and it flashed past before I knew it. April has been a little bit calmer, but only a bit.
This last week I've been doing some artwork with paints and inks and having a whale of a time with it. I do love paints and inks, maybe that's why I took to Faux painting/effects. It's a real shame I don't have more time to do it more often, I do miss it. I would have loved to work for National Heritage/Trust restoring the old big houses, but alas I needed a degree which entailed being at Uni 5 days a week and with a morgage to pay I just couldn't do it. If only I'd found it when I was younger. Our careers advisers at school never gave us any information on jobs like that, all they ever banged on about was shop, office and bank work, none of which was I the slightest bit interested in. Had I known about restoration of faux painting it may have been a different story.
I had a 50th birthday pressie to make for our friend Jez, it took me a while to decide what to do for him as it had to be something special that he could keep. Inspiration hit when I was sat in the Dr's surgery, not quite as strange as it seems. They have a few shelves of second hand books that they sell for charity, so that was what got me thinking. Below is what I made, I was quite pleased with it, but flip me did it take a long time to do, even after ripping out about a quarter of the pages. I don't think I'll be doing another one anytime soon.
I've also done a couple of projects for the Polka Doodles Studio 12 blog since my last post, both use Studio 12 stamps. Nikky has loads of new goodies added to the shop website, it's well worth having a gander. The first project is a wooden sign I picked up in Wilkinson's for £3, it's about 14" long so it was a real bargain.
A bit late now, but here are the Clarity samples from the April shows.
That's it for now. Have fun creating till I'm back again.
This last week I've been doing some artwork with paints and inks and having a whale of a time with it. I do love paints and inks, maybe that's why I took to Faux painting/effects. It's a real shame I don't have more time to do it more often, I do miss it. I would have loved to work for National Heritage/Trust restoring the old big houses, but alas I needed a degree which entailed being at Uni 5 days a week and with a morgage to pay I just couldn't do it. If only I'd found it when I was younger. Our careers advisers at school never gave us any information on jobs like that, all they ever banged on about was shop, office and bank work, none of which was I the slightest bit interested in. Had I known about restoration of faux painting it may have been a different story.
I had a 50th birthday pressie to make for our friend Jez, it took me a while to decide what to do for him as it had to be something special that he could keep. Inspiration hit when I was sat in the Dr's surgery, not quite as strange as it seems. They have a few shelves of second hand books that they sell for charity, so that was what got me thinking. Below is what I made, I was quite pleased with it, but flip me did it take a long time to do, even after ripping out about a quarter of the pages. I don't think I'll be doing another one anytime soon.
3 comments:
Hi Dee, Beautiful projects, especially your creation for your friend's 50th birthday, it may have taken you ages to complete, but the outcome is stunning.
Lots of love from Patricia xx
Lovely blog post Dee xx I just love what you have created for your friends 50th x
Everything is very beautiful Dee, the book is astonishing! Really very beautiful and special - so worth the effort. Hope you are keeping well Karen x
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