The Day 4 class by Michelle Ward was titled, Let's Have Take Out. For me, it was a much needed lesson in softening the look of a background and I loved it! Unfortunately, my end result did NOT look like Michelle's page! Not even close. I had ZERO success.
I am not giving up though. Oh no, no, no! I will keep working at it as opportunities arise in this class and beyond because I want to get it! For the moment, however, I'm moving on to Day 5.
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The Day 5 instructor was Michelle Rydell and her project was named, 7-Step Journal Page Recipe. I had a good time working on this project!
Here it is.
Do You See What I Hear?
(Ignore the ugly, muddy color surrounding the piece.
I scotch taped it to my quilting design wall to flatten it.
Actually, it's not a wall at all. It's white felt-like fabric hanging over a door!)
I followed Michelle's 7-step recipe pretty closely but I used a few additional supplies.
It took a long time to find magazine pics (words were easy) because 99.9% of the magazines around here (not counting hubby's) are instructional ones that I subscribe to so I don't want to cut into them. I finally found a couple of miscellaneous magazines hidden amongst the rest and a few circulars from the mail. YAY!
It took a long time to find magazine pics (words were easy) because 99.9% of the magazines around here (not counting hubby's) are instructional ones that I subscribe to so I don't want to cut into them. I finally found a couple of miscellaneous magazines hidden amongst the rest and a few circulars from the mail. YAY!
I really had fun with the dots, probably because I love dots. Adding them at the end of the process really perked up the page too! Note that a white dot is missing from inside something. I just discovered it.
Can you find it?
I guess it's my version of Where's Waldo, only let's call it--Where's the Missing Dotto?
That's a fun page! I found your missing white dot, lol. Had to search though. About Day 4, it took a couple of tries for me, but I get it now and it works like a charm. Two tips: 1) don't skip the gesso step; it really does help. 2) go quick; put enough paint down so it doesn't get dry very quickly, and then get a move on. It will wipe off easily if it's not dry yet. Also make sure your wipe is wet enough. I dipped mine in the water a few times to revive it (those things are tough). There will be paint on the back of your stencil, most likely, so, you know, don't stick it on anything important. Hope that helps. I love the look of it, too.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the tips Florence! I greatly appreciate them. I did use gesso but only let it dry a few hours. I'll do it overnight next time. I'm behind and it looks like after I post this next one I need to wait on some supplies to arrive from Amazon so I may have time to try it out again. Have a great day and thanks again! D~~~~
DeleteI love your page - and the missing dot just shows the hand of the maker...
ReplyDeleteThank you Cath! I guess it does show the hand of the maker. I never thought about it like that. It's a great way to view it! D~~~~
DeleteWonderful page!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sue!
DeleteI love this a lot!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Nathalie!
DeleteGreat journal page with missing "dotto" found among two-toners!. Love the tethered balloons effect of your color circle thingies!
ReplyDeleteThank you Gloria! Glad you found the missing dotto!
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