Monday, 11 June 2012

Wishes And Dreams...

When I first saw this paper from Fancy Pants, I fell in love. It's so cute and darling! But I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to do with it...until now.
I realised as soon as I saw the "Wish Upon A Star" title card, that I had the perfect title for a layout: "When You Wish Upon A Star"...and so this layout was created. 

I had lots of fun with my Imaginarium Chipboard. I painted the branches with Twinkling H2O's. And left them as they were. I painted the stars and alphas with Twinkling H2O's, then covered the stars with Kindy Glitz, and the alphas with Dimensional Magic. I'm not sure why, but every time I cover Twinkling H2O's with Dimensional Magic, it crackles as it dries, and I just love this effect. 

I will let you in on a little secret - these colours were not easy for me to work with, lol! I struggled at first until I found my rhythm. Or maybe it was just that my mojo was a little slow to kick in? But I am happy with the end result - I challenged myself and succeeded. And no, I don't always succeed, lol!!! 

I want my girls to realise how much I did wish for them. They were wanted. Not accidents. Not second thoughts. But well and truly wanted, and wished for. 
Thank-you for stopping by today. I hope I have inspired you to challenge yourself, to grow as an artist, and try something new. It's not always as scary as it seems... :-)

4 comments:

  1. Hi Julieanne, Kim just put up the link to your blog so thought I'd come by and say hi and I am so glad I did, your blog and projects are fabulous and I am loving your fabulous use of mixed media and color. Looking forward to working with your sketches over the coming months. xx

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  2. Hello there, just heard from Kim at SWAT that you have joined as our sketch designer and just wanted to welcome you to the team!! Love your July sketch, I can't wait to get started on it, and your scrappy style is awesome! can't wait to see what you create for swat in the following months :)))

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  3. I got your link from Kim too, omg that page is awesome, so playful and cute and the design .... love it!

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