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Friday 11 January 2013

Craft Barn Alpha Challenge - V


To start off the new year there is a new challenge on the Craft Barn blog. Every 2 weeks there will be a letter of the alphabet chosen by Isabelle that we have to incorporate into an art journal type project -  I've decided to use a dictionary. I am already stamping in a dictionary having been inspired by Stamping Matilda's blog but this new challenge is more of an art journal rather than just images so I picked up another dictionary from a charity shop.
The first letter is 'V'. I pondered on various 'v' words I could use - valentine, Victorian, vintage but decided to go for veil so that I could use this gorgeous stamp that I don't use enough. I bought it in a grab bag on ebay and have no idea who makes it. I covered the pages with white acrylic paint applied with an old credit card, masking the definition of veil and let it dry. Then I used a technique I saw on a video made by Brett Weldele following a link on Tim Holtz's blog. He spritzed some ink directly onto the page and then dipped a stamp into the pool of ink and stamped it around that area. I used a Hero Arts grid stamp with a maple spray. I then stamped the main image with Versafine onyx black. I used crushed olive and peeled paint DI around the edges and stamped a raindrop stamp (drip drops by All Night Media) with Impress cerulean blue. The quote is by an ancient Sufi poet called Jalal ad-Din Rumi printed in Algerian font.

33 comments:

  1. Amazing stamp, amazing page!

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  2. Simply amazing. Very inspiring and quite ethereal. Brava!

    Thanks for playing with us !

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  3. What a wonderful stamp and very fitting quote, fabulous journal pages. I tried a journal page but it went pear shaped so went with a plain altered page.

    Sylv x

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  4. This is gorgeous and definitely has the WOW factor. I still haven't got my dictionary :(
    Lynn xx

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  5. Great "V" word and super stamp, just the ticket! Thanks for visiting my challenge page too. BJ

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  6. This is wonderful, I love the techniques you've used and I'm looking forward to learning and improving my pages over the year. Love that image btw:)
    Val x

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  7. Great word for "V" and a lovely stamp - fab pages!

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  8. An absolutely beautiful & thoughtful page, I really love it! Thank you for joining us over at the craft barn xxx

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  9. Super page, what a great stamp

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  10. Wow your page is lovely - that stamp and the colours you used with it are beautiful.

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  11. Such a great image, your pages are wonderful.

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  12. She looks sad. Lovely effect with the grid stamp. Lovely pages

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  13. Oh My Word!! This is gorgeous!!!! love it xxx

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  14. How beautiful is this then!!! Simply perfect! Love that face(even though most of it is hidden...)!

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  15. Wow!!!!! Fab techniques for a stunning page my lovely.
    Hugs x

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  16. Gorgeous page and that stamp is so beautiful !

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  17. You've created a beautiful page - love the image and the words!

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  18. Oh wow!...Fantastic pages ...loving the stamp:)..looking forward to seeing your next alpha challenge now! :) x

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  19. What a wonderful interpretation. Love your page

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  20. Such an emotional page with the stunning image :)
    Von ☺

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  21. A gorgeous page! Love the colors and this stunning stamp, very impressive eyes so the sentiment fits perfectly.
    Fab page!
    Suzanne

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  22. Love it, beautiful altering!
    Thanks for playing with us at the Craft Barn
    Izzy

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  23. What a stunning image - this is a gorgeous page , such a beautiful sentiment and perfect background, Esther xx

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  24. Gorgeous stamp making a beautiful page, thank you for commenting on my blog have updated photos today as it was so awful hope it is a bit better today lol

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  25. Wow a gorgeous page and I love that stamp. very effective love it xx

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  26. Wow, this is amazing!!!! Truly inspiring ... I look forward to seeing more of your entries.

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  27. Wow! This is so pretty and such a deep and thoughtful quote! Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and leaving sweet comments! :)

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  28. so cool...love your background and the stamp (I have the same but haven't used it for ages lol)

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  29. Wonderful pages. I especially love the colors and technique you used for the background.

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