As far as the VSN goes, this is for the very first mini. Kim asked us to follow the tissue paper wc tutorial. The purple background, which started as white tissue with those colorful metallic flecks, has several DOx sprays and water added. It seemed a bit easier to do a big piece that way, just stuck it in my spraying box. Stamped a bunch of flowers and leaves on it in many colors.
For this week's tickle challenge, we were to use a book cover for our inspiration. When I'm feeling sad, lonely, stressed, worried, you know, the whole gamut, I reread a book that has given me pleasure, has a happy ending and is usually a classic. I reread books quite often, like Austen, Alcott, Rowling. I used a cover of Little Women, a book I've reread more times than I can count. The background is dark green, so I used a layer of that color, stamped my tissue paper background with lots of flowers and leaves and used this huge die with some gold adhesive paper. It's a gorgeous die with vines and a little house...Peace Begins Here. Isn't that true???? And even though the Marches' home wasn't always truly peaceful, there was love, respect, forgiveness, music and a willingness to help others. I diecut the four silhouettes to represent the four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. I've decided my oldest granddaughter is like Jo: spirited, athletic, somewhat volatile and loves to read and write.
One more VSN!!!!!!
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 GMT Views: 669
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Wed, Apr 01, 2020 @ 8:48 AM
A very pretty card, I love the cover of your book!!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
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Wed, Apr 01, 2020 @ 9:42 AM
Very creative card for representing The Little Women book, Jean! I'm still trying to formulate an idea in my head for my book card. Good way to combine challenges.
------------------------------ Judy aka Gracie "Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud." Maya Angelou
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Wed, Apr 01, 2020 @ 11:34 AM
Love this. Our childhood copy was just a plain green hardback, no possible inspiration. Yours is much, much nicer. There's a lot of comfort in rereading old favourites, isn't there. Even the ones you know will make you cry. Your tissue paper piece is beautiful, and I love that die.
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Wed, Apr 01, 2020 @ 1:06 PM
First off, that copy of Little Women is so pretty! And your rendition is equally as lovely. That gold die cut is so cool and the four silhouettes are the perfect accent acting to represent the four sisters. Love the tissue paper bg, too...what a delightful card for a classic and beloved novel.
Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40259
Thu, Apr 02, 2020 @ 4:12 AM
Your card is beautifully done with the fabulous bg, wonderful sentiment and all 4 girls on the front, Jean! A lovely book cover and you have done it justice! Thanks for playing ~
------------------------------ Sue
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