Yup I am Guest Designing at my own challenge blog :-p
Scrap Around The World - Sometimes it happens LOL!!
As a Design Team member at 2Crafty Chipboard I am sharing
another layout based on the awesome March Mood Board from
Terhi Koskinen, this time focusing on 2Crafty Chipboard products.
A reminder of the mood board! I used the colours, the sentiment
{in that I scrapped something that definitely brings sunshine to my soul},
the twine, & the chevrons thanks to a 7 Dots Studio stamp!
For anyone wanting to achieve a level of proficiency in anything it requires
10 000 hours. I have put in that & more to my craft. For some people it
comes more naturally than others but I have specifically left my archived
posts here from when I began blogging in 2007 to show my journey.
TIP Instead of mists I used inks on my background,which is a better way if you
are wanting to create a cleaner looking layout. I love the Prima Ingvild Bolme
inks, they are a great shape to handle & always very full of ink.
Once I had inked over my stencils I flipped the stencil over then laid it down
& rolled over with my roller to pass over some of the excess ink rather
than wasting it. ***CHEEKY TIP FOR BACKGROUNDS***
My sticker sentiments & stamps come from 7 Dots Studio Illumination -
a really great collection. This is a page about my art, the process & my feelings
about it. It is an important thing for us to document I think & often something
we are so busy doing we forget to make a record of our own artistic journey!
For anyone wanting to achieve a level of proficiency in anything it requires
10 000 hours. I have put in that & more to my craft. For some people it
comes more naturally than others but I have specifically left my archived
posts here from when I began blogging in 2007 to show my journey.
It irritates me to hear "I wish I had the time/money to scrapbook" from people
who clearly have the time & money for other things. We can all be who & what
we want to be, if it is important to us & talent is practically worthless without
consistency, hard work & the determination to succeed.
You can read, watch videos & talk about things until you are blue in the face
but learning comes from doing so above all else my advice is to push
yourself to create. For me I have done that by being on Design Teams,
with deadlines, that I could not miss.
Hope I have encouraged you to MAKE GOOD ART!
8 comments:
Inspiring post, Helen.....nice little tips & lovely, LOVELY page .....weird Guesting for yourself!!!!
Gorgeous! LOVING the colors and the circles!!!!!!
Love this page!!! Not just the design but the whole concept ... absolutely brilliant and all so true!! Love the tips as well!! Great inspiration here!! Thank you Helen!! xx
You're on fire Helen....LOVE this artwork and I love your words. Yes, it takes time and yes it takes money and yes we learn by doing....all the people said Amen.
Love the page, sentiments and the tips...thank you kindly ;-)
You are really really on a roll here with these! This page surprised me in a really good way! It just beautiful to me with the simple bright colors! Really dig it! Hugs for sharing!
Awesome mood board and I love the colours. How cool to GD at your own blog. I really want to play along but time is not on my side at the moment. I can barely keep up with my blog visits... Love your layout and the quote is so true.
This is a cool take on the MoodBoard! I am totally digging it and not really your usual style. Fab post and words of wisdom, Helen. You are always an inspiration.
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