Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Dina Wakley Birds

I love my garden and the birds that visit so it was a perfect time this afternoon after tidying the garden in the sunshine, to start a new project using Dina Wakley's bird stamps.
I began by randomly spraying Dylusion inks; spraying through stencils and printing the reverse to create a background. Next I stamped numbers and circles using PA fresco Orchid and Snowflake.
I am getting braver with my own handwriting and scribbled away with a Black Promarker and White Uniball Signo.
I stamped the birds onto book pages and coloured and washed them with Inktense crayons.
I cut them out except for the fiddly legs, restamped them onto the page and glued them back onto their legs.
I have started a collection of pieces of text cut from magazines and OUT OF DARKNESS COMES LIGHT seemed appropriate for this particular day, so that was added too.


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11 comments:

  1. sam21ski25 February 2014 at 15:35

    Oooh perfect, looks fab xxx

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  2. massofhair25 February 2014 at 15:42

    Beautiful Hazel, seems the birds have landed, so to speak! Great to see some white space, stunning colours:-) xxx

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  3. Lindsey25 February 2014 at 18:14

    Gorgeous!

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  4. Julie Lee25 February 2014 at 18:34

    I really love this, Hazel! I love the birds and the branches and the fab colours. Your work just gets better and better. Stunning pages! Julie Ann xxx

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  5. Helen25 February 2014 at 18:37

    I love that - beautiful colours on the background and I really really wish I'd got those birds - hope they're back in stock soon!

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  6. Lin25 February 2014 at 19:13

    wow lovely papes Hazel..I love that bird set, wanted to get them last week but will have to wait until pay day lol!! Love all the layering xx

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  7. craftimamma25 February 2014 at 20:13

    Beautiful pages Hazel and those birds are on my wish list. Lovely colours and fabulous background. I wish my hand writing was half as good as yours. It's never been fantastic but it's getting real 'old lady wobbly' looking now :-(. Hands don't always do what the brain says these days.

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  8. Unknown25 February 2014 at 20:29

    I like those bird stamps. Vibrant colours are fab x

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  9. Kezzy26 February 2014 at 12:57

    Wow wow wow absolutely awesome journal page, the colours are amazing and I love the double page layout with only half done on the first page, it really suits the sentiment. I have inktense blocks and pencils but not used them yet, I really should get them out you really have inspired me, thank you. I have been umming and ahhhhing over these stamps and think I may now need them lol. Kezzy :-) xxx

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  10. Alison26 February 2014 at 20:16

    Gorgeous page Hazel, I love the background and birds xxx

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  11. Anonymous27 February 2014 at 18:46

    Hello Hazel, that is a fantastic page. I love those little birds & they look great against that gorgeous background.

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