Saturday, November 1, 2014

nowhere

Unbelievable, again only just in time with my entry for this forthnigth's Q&L challenge. And yet this time I started on time. On sunday I did a quick search for quotes with nowhere (as my previous entry already had hug in it) and found this one interesting: Nowhere on your birthcertificate did it say that life would be easy.
So the theme was set: baby.

I used soft colours for the background:
yellow and blue gelsticks
with a white embossed resist of cute owls

This was finished on monday, ok still on track. Next I carved a footstamp, I used an image of a footprint of my son when he was only 6 weeks old (where has the time gone??) and used a clear carvingblock, this has the advantage that you do not need to trace your image, but it's pretty hard to carve and is rather slick to apply ink to.


I made a birthcertificate of my alter ego aka butterfliecrafter.


I used a tag from a pasta package, recycling at its best. The journaling lines are also a homemade stamp out of cardboard and string. A doodled border which came out just perfect and I am also pretty pleased with my handwriting (probably for the first time), so all in all I can say I love the tag.


I handwrote the quote, except for the word nowhere which are letterstickers. Then came the finishing touches: the washing line with babyclothes, the stars and the cute owls again but this time in color.


I will be linking this to my junk journaling fb group and because I'm so late with this entry I can also use this for tomorrow's Sunday Sentiments :-)

18 comments:

  1. Love your sentiment Vicky, it is so right! Loved your baby foot as well, great carving job!

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    1. When I read this quote I had to do something with it. It's not totally round but the scan of his feet was also a bit square :-) I recently bought myself a carving book from Tracy Bautista and can't wait to dive into carving some more.

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  2. Wow, lovely page. Great self made stamps :)

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  3. I admit that I am in AWE of that stamp. Never saw clear carving blocks before. You did an amazing job. To get the birth certificate just right, I loved how you made a stamp from string and cardboard. You not only recycle so well, you make lovely art while doing it. Color me super impressed!!!

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    1. wow, thx for the kind words, the clear carving block has the advantage of not having to transfer the image but I will be using my regular carving block in the future as the carving itself is much easier.

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  4. What a FABulous piece. The winner of the fortnight for me, definitely. Your stamped foot is adorable! Bravo! :o))

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    1. Thanks TwinkleToes, you made my day with such sweet comment.

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  5. That quote make me smile! Cute carving! I've never seen a clear carving block before! Great idea to make a birth certificate for your blog! Mine was born almost a year later! Thanks for linking, Vicky!

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    1. I now need to figure out how to place it as my banner, think I will need to ask some help from my husband for that.

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  6. This page works well with the sentiment Vicky. I particularly like the washing line!!

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    1. Thanks, I had that sticker for ages and am glad I finally used it.

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  7. Great sentiment, so true! Love it.

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    1. Thanks Susan, quotes can be so uplifting don't you think

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  8. Who knew... clear carving blocks? Lovely sunny page (which I very nearly missed altogether). Will watch this space for more carvings!

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    1. I recently baught a stamp carving book from Tracy Bautista, really need to dig inti it.

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  9. A very true quote. I love a bit of recycling and you have made a great page saving bits from landfill.

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    1. Thanks maggie, I love re using stuff where i can, because crafting is not always as environmental healthy :-)

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