Sunday 6 January 2013

V for Victory!

Here is my entry for the Craft Barn's Alpha challenge.....

After playing with Dylusions inks for all the previous evening.......I knew straight away what I wanted to do....and luckily I happen to have a dictionary for such a purpose just lying about....!!

And what better letter to start with than V.....so the obvious choice for me was V for Victory as it is almost my name!

The biggest challenge I had was trying to hold the pages open as it won't lie flat......and even more so trying to take photos!! (so excuse my inky fingers in the shot)


Here is what I did......I sprayed pink and yellow Dylusions........then stamped swirls round the edge with purple archival ink. I used Dylusions blue/purple on a separate page and drew a V with white gel pen and then cut that out and stuck it down, then drew on some silver circles, highlighted the word with white gel pen and wrote on Victory in silver pen, and then used a small lid to stamp gold glitter circles that I think you can only just about see in the photo.....

Here is the link:
Craft Barn Alpha challenge





17 comments:

  1. Looks like you had great fun with your page! Brilliant colours and superb idea! Bravo!

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  2. Gorgeous entry! And I love the word you chose, both for your name and for the meaning.
    Same problem here to lay flat those pages...pffff

    Thanks for playing with us at CraftBarn!

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  3. Fab entry! Love the bright colors. I know from someone else who puts a glass plate onto the open book to take pics, perhaps that's an option for the next time ...
    Suzanne

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  4. Great dictionary page. Love your choice of word too. If you need help prepping the book so that it lays flatter see youtube link in my blog. Glass plate is a good idea for photographing.

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  5. Thanks Grainne and paulaexuk for the tip on using a glass plate.....I'll have to think if we've got anything suitable to use for next time :)

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  6. ooo this is really pretty Vicky! I love that you are using a smallish dictionary, I couldn't find one when I needed to! Thank you for joining us on this journey :D x

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  7. I love this and am determined to join in!! I just need a spare dictionary, but love that you're using a small one. hmmmmmm!!

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  8. Great colours on this page, love it. Still working on mine I have two ideas but am not sure which togo with!

    Sylv x

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  9. Beautifully bright and colourful - wonderful!
    Juliax

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  10. Beautiful colours on this - those Dylusions are fab.

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  11. Gorgeous! I had trouble with my pages not lying flat, too!

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  12. Great page, like the vivid colours :o)

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  13. Beautiful! Love the dylusions and V for victory is sooo perfect!

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  14. Ooh girl after my own heart with the fab colours!! Love your page and chosen definition.

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  15. Fab pages...love the bright colouring..great word you chose too :) x

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  16. Great choice of word and love the bright colours
    Thanks for playing with us at the Craft Barn
    Izzy

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  17. Lovely entry ... love the colours!!! :)

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