Cotswold Crafter

 

Good Thursday Morning Ladies, 

What are you all up to today?  I have the dreaded bladder clinic, Soph wants to take me, so that we can go into Cirencester after, not that I mind,  it's a beautiful town, with lots of lovely individual shops and cafés and bakeries.  It will be my first time leaving the house since last Friday!

Lilian I hope Roger got home safely and that you had a more relaxed day yesterday and I hope your pain was more manageable too xxx

Karen I was sorry to read that your pump had stopped working through the night again, it must be terrifying.  I hope that it didn't ruin your day yesterday,  is it easily fixed??  I use Sand Dune Versafine Clair, quite a bit as its great for colouring over so that you can't see lines.  xxx

Maria,  How are you feeling today,  I really hope that you aren't coming down with something,  that's the last thing you need if you are going away,  you have had a lot of worry and stress recently,  I think that all of that gets you down both mentally and physically.  I hope that you can put those worries to one side for a week so that you can have a few days away with Rick and a good book, just to recharge your batteries. Sending you a big hug xxx

Gina I hope that you are feeling better after your hospital stay, such a shame that you had such a worrying reaction to your last Chemo injection.  I hope that your heart rate has returned to a normal range and that it doesn't spoil your week in Wales, what were the chances that you and Sonia would be going to Wales at the same time?!! Have a lovely time xxx

Brenda I'm so pleased to read that you had a good last visit to St Christopher's,  its so reassuring to know thst the staff and facilities are so lovely, I hope that you managed to have a lovely relaxing day after your visit xxx

Sonia I hope today isn't too long and stressful at work,  keep focusing on Wales and having a lovely week away with Mark celebrating your Anniversary xxx

Sue I was so sorry to read that you were feeling rough again,  I wonder if you have low immunity and are picking up bugs after having the grands around at the weekends?  I hope that you wake today feeling better.  Now I think you have seen me me create a 'Masterboard 'before but it was a long time ago, you basically take a piece of  card (any size you like)  I used A3, you then use ink or paints, Gesso,  Texture paste, stencils & stamps, to build a colourful textured background. I will do a step by step on Saturday if you like? xxx 

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Today I am sharing a Journal page I created using the Masterboard I created following Tracey Evans workshop 121.  

I absolutely love how this one turned out,  I didn't colour my Pumpkins the same way that Tracey did,  she stamped in Portabello Versafine Clair,  which I thought was too dark, she then coloured them in with white acrylic paint and then started to build colour with pencils, it seemed a bit long winded, so I just stamped mine in Carved Pumpkin Distress ink, I then added a little Crackling Campfire Distress ink around the very edge of the stamp, to add a little definition.  I then took the same colours in Distress Crayon and added more colour, using the darker colour to the shaded areas,  I stamped mine, fussy cut them and used 3D glue gel to adhere them with dimension.

I stamped and fussy cut the ivy stamp and added that around the Pumpkins and  trailing down the top of the card, I did try and stamp direct but the Masterboard background I used has multiple layers of paint, Gesso and stencilling, so the stamped ivy got  bit lost.  Adding the fussy cut pieces really bought the piece to life. Using a piece of the masterboard gave me the coloured background,  I just added shading under the Pumpkins, I added the birds too, some white highlights here and there and some splatters finished the page,  the sentiment is from a Tim Holtz sticker book. I added the piece to a black mat and will stick it in my Art journal.  

It took me a good few hours, I was on my own but managed to relax and enjoy colouring and fussy cutting my pumpkins and foliage and building the layout was fun too.  With hindsight I think my Pumpkins are a little bright, but I like them,  they make me smile 😊

I started another journal page and made two thrinchies yesterday too. 

I hope that you all have a good Thursday, 

Love and hugs,

Sandra xxx