This journal page is for Robin's terrific Free for All challenge, where YOU get to decide what National Day to celebrate.
I don't think tutu's and ballerina dresses were common dress-ups when I was a child, however I do know I spent many years wearing my Annie Oakley skirt, my Florence Nightingdale cape and my treasured Mickey Mouse ears - looking back I've always been a little weirdo. With two brothers and living in a country town, it's no wonder I was born a tomboy LOL.
Maybe those formative rough and tumble years are the reason why I chose this National day to celebrate, it is completely opposite to my childhood.
I love the elegance and grace of a ballerina and let's face it, who wouldn't love to put on a tutu or a flowing ballerina dress for a minute or two. Having said that, how cool would it be to go back in time and wear your Annie Oakley skirt, your cape and mouse ears just one more time.
Okie dokie, about this journal page. This is a single digi image by Mo's Digital Pencil. To print the group of dancers, I copied the original sized image and then pasted it 5 times. I reduced the image to 50% for the little ballerina and I enlarged the image to about 200% for the big girl (and I cut her legs off), I also stuck her on the page at a slightly different angle.
All of the images are just done on photo copy paper, coloured with Prismacolour pencils, blended with Zest-It and highlighted with a Copic marker, then fussy cut. The big girls body is also copy paper, but her skirt is card stock, coloured with Gelato's, Crayons and a swish of an Ecoline water marker - spritzed with water, then shaped to suit the journal page. All of the images were adhered to the black cardstock using a glue stick, making sure that the entire image is covered with the glue stick, this prevents air bubbles.
Thank you for looking and I hope you get some crafty alone time so that you can join in. I can't wait to see what your National Day is.
Date: Thursday, August 24, 2017 GMT Views: 2505
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Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16610
Sun, Sep 10, 2017 @ 9:57 AM
Wosers Susie! I am gobsmacked by this incredibly stunning journal page. This needs to be in a frame and enjoyed by many people my friend. It is too incredible to be hiding in a journal. Your coloring skills blow me away Susie, and the arrangement of this image is so impressive. I loved reading about your rough and tumble childhood because it is very similar to mine! I do enjoy and appreciate the finer things in life even though they are far from the life I live and enjoy. I bow to thee.... ~Karen.
Registered: July 6, 2008 Location: Lexington, MA Posts: 1780
Tue, Sep 19, 2017 @ 5:34 PM
Thinking if you'd done a cowgirl jumping onto her pony, would have been equally graceful...
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Registered: January 27, 2010 Location: Southern Ontario, Canada Posts: 51725
Sat, Dec 09, 2017 @ 7:26 PM
My goodness Susie ... I am in love with this beauty. I need a warning before opening one of your cards ... I am black and blue from falling on the floor!
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 82297
Sun, Dec 10, 2017 @ 4:59 AM
I see why this was your fave for 2017 - so creative and lots of fussy cutting!!!!
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