She decided…

she was worth it.

I love this saying, and it’s how I feel today. I’m worth it!

As I face a challenge to become healthier at this time in my life, I have decided that I am worth it and I wanted to art journal a little.  Between the two, this is what you get. 😉

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This page was done using Dina Wakley paints, Dyan Reaveley’s Dylusions spray inks, Dina Wakley stencil for the dots, Dina Wakley stamp for the girl’s head and quote, and I made my own heart stencil using a small card from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology line and a exacto knife.

Art Journal – YES!

So very recently I went to Wichita Falls, Texas to Scrapbook N Such for a class (or four) with mixed media artist, Dina Wakley.  I am IMPRESSED!!!

She taught us several things over the few days, and I made several pages for my art journal!   I am so happy with what I’m learning.

Dina has a new line of media coming out very soon, and I’m really excited to be able to purchase it.

I bought the famous, and hard to get, Scribbly Birds stamp set and also some black gesso (what!!!?).

Here’s a little sampling of the pages I did during the classes.

 

Me with the fabulous Dina.

Me with the fabulous Dina.

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Then tonight, I decided to try out the lovely black gesso.  I’ve never used it before so I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do.  Here’s what I did.

First, I covered the two page spread with black gesso and let it dry.

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Then I scraped on a few colors of acrylic paint.   Next, I used DecoArt Dimensional Effects texture paste through a baroque stencil to create some texture.

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Finally, I used white Staz On to stamp one of the images from the Scribbly Birds stamp set as well as one of the quotes.

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I like it so far. 🙂  What do you think?

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xoxox

Sara