Evening! I was sitting in shed this evening ( I'm writing this yesterday ) and saw the balsa wood I purchased last week for something else, and had the idea to paint a face on a piece. I cut off a length and and painted it in Vintage Lace fresco finish acrylic paint from Paper… Continue reading Day 4 of 29
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JOFY sample 3
Hello and welcome back for the 3rd sample. I chose to decorate a frame to hold my picture. I used crackle Glaze from Paper Artsy to distress the frame.I first painted the board with Mint and Blush from the fresco finsh range! I then mixed up a watery Chalk to knock it back. I stamped some of… Continue reading JOFY sample 3
Day 3 of 29
I was down the shed looking at some of the other faces and came upon Deborah who haschallenged herself to only use charcoal and acrylic. Mmmm I thought to myself, now where is my charcoal...Well I found it tucked away. It's unopened can you guess how long I've had it. No! not 10 years. It… Continue reading Day 3 of 29
JOFY Sample 2
Hello me again with steps on how I made sample no 2JOFY often demonstrates the stamps she has designed in a 'less is more' way, and having seen this demonstrated last year by attending one of her classes, chose this technique for my number two project. I also thought I'd keep the colour palette simple.I… Continue reading JOFY Sample 2
Day 2 of 29
Over lunch today I sketched this little lady in my 3x5 moleskin journal. Once home I used a a water soluable crayon in a lilac colour around the edge.She is drawn with an everyday pencil a found in my bag.Thanks for your visit, take care Debs xx
Day 1 of 29
Evening all, yes I'm joining the challenge. I love doing faces and so this challenge will be great for me.I do not promise to blog everyday but will do my faces and experiment with different mediums. So here is my first face of 29 See you soonDebs xxx
JOFY sample 1
Hello and welcome to the steps of how I made my first sample.I started with a tag board from my stash which I brayered with colours from the new limited additions colours of Cherry Red, Turquoise and a touch of Slate. I knocked it back with Chalk.I stamped the background with archival in watering can The… Continue reading JOFY sample 1
Faerie at home
Evening folks! Wow what great makes on PA blog, have you seen it? if not follow this link. Liz Borer launched her lovely new stamps. I was lucky enough to purchase one plate and decided to have a play tonight.I started this tag a couple weeks ago. I distress the edges using crackle glaze and… Continue reading Faerie at home
With fresh eyes…
Hello and welcome, tonight I'm bringing you a heart that I started in the week. Some of you may know that I put it on face book at this stage because I was stuck what to do. Luckily My Son-in-Law Mark suggest it needed something top left and several of my Twitter mates agreed. This… Continue reading With fresh eyes…
Launch Night with JOFY
Hello and welcome, thanks for stopping by. I hope you are all well, and have been enjoying all the stamps from the Designer's and guests on the Paper Artsy blog. I was really thrilled when I was asked to demo some of JOFY's new stamps, and I must admit little scared when I knew I would… Continue reading Launch Night with JOFY
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