Dina Weekend Day 3

The last day on Dina's workshop at AFTH was so much fun and alittle sad too as it was coming to an end. We painted, we scribbled and generally had a blast, here are my efforts some finished, some not.

Finished journal page.

Unfinished Picture

Unfinished Book

WOYWW

On my desk this week is my journal, so I decided to show a few pages I have not shown before, thanks for visiting.

Dina Workshop Day 2 - Coptic stitched book

Day 2 at the Dina Wakley workshop over at Art From the Heart saw us making fabulously textured pages and a coptic stitch bound book. This is the first time I have done this kind of binding so I was very happy yo have a go!

My front cover involves lots of texture and many many layers of paint combined with stamping and doodling. All stamps were Dina stamps produced by Stampington and available at Art From the Heart in the UK.

This is my book open so you can get an idea of the many different pages and textures. And below are pictures of the individual pages, as you can tell it is not finished yet, but I don't think it ever will be. The subject is your past, present and future.

The final picture is of my coptic stitch. Very happy with the result!

Dina workshop Day 1

Friday was the start of a wonderful weekend at AFTH with the most fabulous Dina Wakley.  The first day was all about drawing birdies Dina style, something I had asked her to do so I was so chuffed she choose to teach it to us! This is my first practice piece on water colour paper.

This is my finished piece on a wood framed canvass. Totally awesome day full of fun and laughter and learning. I foresee a birdy journal in my future.

Bad blogger award goes to me!

Sorry for being so crap lately at blogging! Here is some eye candy to make up for it!

Ladies Who Lunch, Haul and Dina!

Wow allot in the title line but actually not much to write!

Friday was the monthly meeting of the Ladies Who Lunch and hosted by the lovely Anne who made a sumptuous lunch of home made lasagne with salad and fresh fruit with Limoncello specially made for me for dessert yummy! I haven't finished the project we did so I have nothing to show yet. The fabulous Moira from Happy Daze came over as unbeknown to me lives very close to Anne and kindly brought half her shop for us to look at, and a big shopping list from me! Ha! Here's my haul video on what I bought, and no I am not saying how much I spent!





Also I have finally gotten round to videoing what I made in the Dina Wakley workshop a few weeks ago!



Enjoy!

Sunday Art Journaling

This months Sunday art journalling at Art From the Heart saw Dyan teaching us about lettering and masking your journalling if you don't want others to read it, or even to read it back yourself! Also fancy lettering that will be a focal point on your page. It was a fab day, learning in the morning then following instructions left by the lovely Dina Wakley in the afternoon. Here is my finished page, finished it in the session too! I'm getting good at this finishing projects lark!

WOYWW 1st Dec

Whats on my desk today? A package from Dina Wakley containing the infamous shaky pens that are only sold in the USA and a journal page for me to stick into my circle journal!! What a lovely suprise, I am totally amazed that we got post this morning, it has been snowing none stop since before I got up and the road is all filled in with snow, how the post lady got here is beyond me! Dedication for you! I think a small pressie is in order for her this Christmas!

Dina Weekend

The above 2 are not finished and are in my large journal, after this weekend I am alot more comfortable working at this size so I think I will be in it alot more now. The below pictures are finished pages.

The final image is a combination of everything I have learned from Dina, I wont go into detail's you will have to take the class for yourselves. All I can say is it is well worth it!!!

Me n Dina

Fab day at Art from the Heart today on day 1 of Dina Wakley weekend, Very tired tho it was a long day but a good long day so I will post pictures of what I did today probably next week.