Sea Shell Art Journal

Hi Lovelies,

Today I'm sharing with you the next addition to Helen's wonderful Art Journal.
This week's class was all things under the sea and involved various layers of stamps and stencils to create this stunning oceanic background.

This week Helen has included the sentiment 'every shell has a story' in-between the wispy stenciled designs.

The stamp featured in this week's class was 'Sea Shells' by Stampendous, which has been water-coloured and highlighted with a white pen. These have then been layered on top and underneath the stenciling to create depth to the page.

Helen has used the dandelion stencil from Celebr8 in amongst other textures and patterns to create the background. This is a perfect example of how you can incorporate products into your project that don't appear to fit the theme.

The textured paint and various stenciled designs are a stunning combination
which make this page a true stand out!

A final touch of black pen outlining and this gorgeous page is complete!

Helen's Art Journal classes are such a great way to learn new techniques which you can use no matter what style of crafting you prefer. If you wish to find out more about these classes or book a seat please call one of our lovely ladies at the shop.

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We today we ventured about Armidale on foot. We started at the markets having a look see at what they had at the farmers market. A few marketers so not much to see today really.

Off we walked around town to see the historical sights. Lots of old buildings from the early days.
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This Celtic cross was erected to commemorate the first Christian service held here in 1845.

A walk through Central Park we came across some structures to commemorate efforts of soldiers in wars.

Her is our van setup at the Showgrounds. A good walk to the amenities keeping us fit!!

Day 2 - Tin Can Bay

First an explanation - as we travel around we will be sharing our travels on our blog. A number of our family are not on facebook, so this is our way of keeping them in touch. Not totally craft related, but you never know when some craft may show up :-).

Another Day in Paradise

We were off to a bit of a late start this morning. Slept in until 8am. Life is hard :-).

We decided to take a stroll down the Kath Kelly path. We were told it was about a 30 minute walk and there was a little coffee shop at the end of the road where we could refresh before wandering back.

When we set off the first thing we noticed was that someone had pulled the plug on the ocean. The tide goes out a long way here.

The path winds along the shoreline and there are lots of signs showing the different bird life and trees. There are also a number of different pieces of exercise equipment. It is really a lovely walk.

Now okay we did amble in our walking but we were a bit shocked to find that we took nearly 2…

Day 3 - Tin Can Bay

Evening Lovelies,

This morning we set the alarm for 6.30am so that we could go down and feed the dolphins at Barnacles. It was a little chilly this morning with the temperature at 3 degrees, but the wind was a pretty gusty so it seemed cooler. My family must love me that they got out of their warm beds at that time to go and paddle in the water.

We did think that there would not be so many people there due to it being a week day, but we were wrong.

We only saw one dolphin this morning, his name is Mystique. He was the alpha of the pod and is about 28 years old. He was very gentle and a little battered as you would expect from an animal of his age. Andrew, Rob and I all took a turn at giving him a little treat.

Back to the van park for a cuppa and then Gramps gave Rob a lesson on how to put the annex up on the van.

It did not seem too hard, and hopefully Robbie will remember how to put it up next time we need it. They were thankful for Andrew's height to help when we had t…

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