Phew this tickle went on for a while.....over a 3 day period to be exact.
This card is for the Teapot monthly Tickle challenge.
I recently acquired some Jane Davenport products, including a face stamp and wanted to give it a whirl. I can't draw, I can't paint and I just do my thing and hope it comes out ok in the end lol.
The face once stamped looks good on its own. I decided to try out my new colour bursts too....gosh if this isolation keeps going my craft room will burst at the seams, but Amazon will love me!
As I'm reading....I retract....as I've been reading and will continue to read ....To Love a Sunburnt Country by Jackie French, I knew I could somehow make my new face stamp work for the challenge.
The book is one of those reads where you can go back to it and pick up right where you left it....even after a couple of months. Usually I'm not a slow reader and have been known to read up to 5 books a month. It's not as though the book isn't interesting, I'm just preoccupied with other things. I will persist with it and finish it. It's set in Australia and Singapore during WWII and is a story about survival and love.
Back to the card....after choosing which colour bursts I thought would capture the colours on the cover of the book, off I go waving my brush around. That's when I should have left it as it had more purples and pinks, but nope that wouldn't be me lol.
I've also acquired a Jane Davenport book on how to create faces.....I have a lot of time on my hands at present so I'm trying to teach myself how to draw, paint and create shadows. As you can see I got my shadows wrong but it was tricky reading and seeing a face visually and then transferring that knowledge to my stamped face lol....usually I turn the book upside down to get instructions...lol. That's why my shadows are on the wrong side but let's just say the sun was high at the time.
Moving on....so that's when I'm adding gelatos as per my instructions. I had even created a sample too, but obviously gelatos and colours bursts don't mix well. Maybe I should have known that with all the social distancing in place. Sorry, I couldn't resist lol.
So back to the colour bursts I go but this time I'm adding more orange and yellow. Where's my purple and pinks gone...oh dear. I carry on brushing and flicking and realise that there's going to be no paper left if I don't stop soon. So what do I do.......out come the sparkly watercolours..lol....and I'm flicking and brushing highlights on there. In fact everywhere lol. Oh I do love sparkle.
Phew that was a close shave but I finally stop and I've only been making this panel over 3 days....not all the time lol. Then I remembered somewhere in my memory bank that I should add gel medium to protect the panel. Out it comes and I'm brushing that on but wait...my black journalling pen is starting to streak and part of her eyebrow is now on her nose. Doh, doh doh.
So out come some CP inks...I didn't have the energy to get the colour bursts out again and I'd cleaned up lol...and it's just a little speck. More brushing and flicking. Ok I'm done. DH thinks it's good so it must be ok lol.
Panel matted and I chose to use a line from an Australian poet and writer's poem �eoeMy country�e for my quote. I'm an Aussie but I was born in England but I have come to love my new home. Marrying an Aussie may have something to do with it.
Inside the card is a panel with the whole poem on.
I hope that my tickle recipient likes the card and knows that there's a lot of layers on there and a lot of doh's lol.
TFL. Keep well and have fun
Date: Monday, April 6, 2020 GMT Views: 907
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Accessories: Ken Oliver colour bursts, Journalling pen, Kuretake watercolour paints, gelatos, wink of Stella, enamel dots from stash
Techniques: Stamping, watercolouring, plonking, twirling, rubbing, happy, then more adding, rubbing, not so happy, more watercolouring, adding shine and sparkle
Registered: January 11, 2017 Location: Wisconsin summer and Arizona winter Posts: 19734
Mon, Apr 06, 2020 @ 7:10 PM
Fantastic creation Jayne! Love the description of your 3-day process. Wonderful way to make a card! Such fun! I'd love to see your table top after all that! Love it! Thanks for sharing your adventure! fav'd
------------------------------ Judy aka Gracie "Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud." Maya Angelou
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Registered: April 18, 2011 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 51844
Mon, Apr 06, 2020 @ 9:43 PM
Oh my gosh Jayne, you nailed the tickle challenge. Wow this looks amazing, so arty and fabulous!! I loved the link to the poem in the chat thread too. We used to recite the poem at school and also used to sing it to the tune of Puff the Magic Dragon. Thanks for the wonderful memories and for inspiring me to keep trying with this stamps.
------------------------------ Susie
Please don't take your organs to heaven - heaven knows we need them here.
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Registered: June 3, 2016 Location: France Posts: 59847
Mon, Apr 06, 2020 @ 10:22 PM
Jayne this card is absolutely amazing!! you've designed the book cover so well, I love the intense colors the face is perfect and seeing your card and book I need to check if I can find it here, thank you for the step by step writing!!
Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50484
Tue, Apr 07, 2020 @ 5:19 AM
Totally awesome card! The colors are amazing....and I think you did well with this face stamp (I have this one, too)...it's kind of weird working with this since it just has the features and not the outline of the face but you did a wonderful job.
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28839
Tue, Apr 07, 2020 @ 6:46 AM
Wow! This is amazing and very beautiful!
------------------------------ 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
Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16610
Tue, Apr 07, 2020 @ 7:55 AM
Gasp! This is really gorgeous Jayne and such a great representation of this wonderful book cover too. I so enjoyed reading your creative journey in making this gorgeous card Jayne. You make it all sound so fun and interesting, even the stressful parts where you are trying to fix things seems fun! So pleased you persevered with this card and what a card this is too. This is really going to make someone's day when they receive this beauty in the mail. Hugs! ~Karen.
Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40338
Wed, Apr 08, 2020 @ 6:22 PM
Jayne, your end result was worth all the time you took to create this beautiful card, fabulous colours and a wonderful face! You have chosen an iconic Australian poem and the colours so perfect for our landscape. I’m aware of Jackie French’s books but have not read any, I think I might add this one to my list. We certainly have plenty of time to read ATM~
------------------------------ Sue
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Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 82483
Sun, Apr 12, 2020 @ 5:57 AM
Oh my, how did I miss this card! LOVE IT AND I want to read that book too. Very, very cool Jane face. Super cool, Jayne. Hugz
------------------------------ Nancy Williams - Hope your day is Spirit-filled and ink-filled (in that order)!DRS Designs-DT, Punchkateerforever, Dirty Dozen Alumni