You will all remember that my good friend Dawn Inskip passed away suddenly last year. There are still many days when it just hits me and I think of her so often.
I wanted to scrap something special but couldn't think what and how and then I saw a page posted for inspiration on FTLOPP and I knew I had to scraplift it for Dawn.
The defining thing that always stood out with her designs was the colour. I am a vanilla person ... I fear bright colours (not that you'd believe it if you saw my car!) and Dawn's designs always made me explore so much more than I would have done. They were bright and vibrant and lush and so this was the perfect page for a tribute to her.
It took an age to find and cut all the coloured petals, ink them, punch the stars and circles, but it was very therapeutic. The photo is Nigel and I on her bench on the day we went up with Paul and Carly to unveil the bench.
I think Dawn would have approved!
In addition, I have been painting today.
Our focus at art this month has been to look at pop art - not a genre I like or really understand.
I have had a couple of dabbles but this one - copied not my own design, but obviously painted myself and made my own a little - I was quite pleased with.
Works better if you are further away from it and squinting helps too.
Very interesting exercise in negative space. Doubly proud as I painted it in acrylics which I hate using.
Today I am thankful for
- the friendship I had with Dawn
- colour
- people who share inspiration so generously
- the scrapping community I am so proud to be a part of
- time to be able to create
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