if you never did....

well today is back to 'normal', the boys are back and school...boo hoo... and little Lucy will be super fed up! It will be a tough day for James as he has missed lots of school and been the reason for my less than super blogging and commenting performance ..... so fingers crossed he will manage just mornings at school this week and not be too exhausted .. poor kid! many tests results still waiting... BUT.. I have given mysef a talking too...it could be far far worse, so stop being so silly, pull yourself together and get on with it!!!

So welcome to my little blog post today, inspired by the talented and lovely Tracy Evans whose blog post that inspired me can be found here . Now I decided to start super small and gain confidence as I am only dipping my toe in..so here goes :

Now I know it cannot compete with all the amazing stuff out there and the lovely Alison has an amazing make here , I have never tried this before and I love it! and this piece is me...so expect more to come ( I know there is as I had a play after this and braved some bigger ones! ).

I started with a blank coaster and arranged my goodies onto it

Then covered the whole thing in a coat of gesso, I liked plain and covered in gesso, so when I got to the spraying part felt a bit nervous to say the least..after much spraying, with colour and water I was happy and left to dry. I used white linen and calypso teal and water and then I made some sprays with distress re-inkers...namely stormy sky and gathered twigs.

I then added some dry brushed gesso for highlights and pearl moon gilding wax ( pearl moon ) from creative expressions..love this stuff!!

The sentiment is from Artistic Outpost - Think and Wonder. Finally I edged in walnut stain..so for a first go I am chuffed......

Right well I am off to get this whole school thing done...thanks to everyone for sticking by and I promise to keep up with commenting and blogging much better , but I hugely apologies if there is the odd hiccup along the way............

Thanks it means a lot,

have a fun and inky day!

trace x