This month the calendar started off looking like this. It's not too hideous really but we were told to get one that we don't hate as part of the original design will be incorporated every month. This month the prompts were to have crackle effect and use print on your page.
I started off with PaperArtsy Fresco paint in Sherbert and covered most of the background, barring the two focal butterflies, before putting Ranger Crackle Effects onto the butterflies. I then used a Dylusions stencil and Ranger Adirondack paint for the leaf border. The frames for the butterflies were cut using Nestabilities and they and the bookprint (from Fruit Pixie - they do great little packs of print and music sheets) were coloured with Distress Inks. I then used one of Darcy's own stamps from her PaperArtsy range to stamp the cogs in Fresco paint. It all looked a bit bright so I brushed over some Fresco paint in nougat to tone it down a bit. Some doodling and a a stamped title finish it off.
Right - off to do February's page now!
8 comments:
well done, welcome to the calendar world lol
That is a good idea, Lynne
A gorgeous fresh page. Love the pretty butterflies peeping through the frames.
C xxx
Fantastic change to this page, beautiful work :D XXX
A very cool transformation, such vibrant January colours, loving the butterflies and the white space very much :-) xxx
Love your transformation! Love the colours. Chris:-)
Those are gorgeous butterflies, glad you kept them. Love the little dashed lines leading the eye round the page.
Oh wow really loving this page, especially how you made the butterflies a feature, really stunning. Happy Art :-) Kezzy xxx
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