This week's Mix-Ability challenge is to use Versamark ink and chalks or pastels on a mixed media project. I had already started a page in my altered hymnal, so I thought I'd try this technique in the background. - I've tried as much as possible to keep the hymns in the book readable, and this is a great way to add texture and color to a page without obscuring any of the print. I say that, but then... well, you can see where I dropped my inked-up stamp on the facing page. Acckkk... brillliant. The bird is a stencil that I hand-cut - that area is done with acrylic paints. I stamped my Grunge Circles stamp with Versamark ink around the edge of the bird, then applied chalks with a cotton ball to highlight the design.
All stamps I used are from Impression Obsession, except the verse stamp - that one is from smARTworks, a company I used to work with which has sadly gone out of business. I thought the verse went well with the hymn.
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Fri, Dec 06, 2013 @ 9:10 AM
So very beautiful, Dina! I love how you conveyed the whole of the earth with your blues...sky with the bird, swirls of the seas, the dust of the earth...a fabulous take on the mix challenge and so cool you've begun a hymnal journal. You've inspired me to get back to work on my hymnal. Thank you!
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Fri, Dec 06, 2013 @ 9:55 AM
This is so beautiful, Dina. I love it! I also loved that you dropped your stamp - I do that so often and it makes me so very mad! I have an old Bible that I may do something similar with. Thanks so much for making samples for me!
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Fri, Dec 06, 2013 @ 2:56 PM
Totally gorgeous!
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