Our final guest post is from
Hels Sheridan.
What
dreams or wishes do you have for the future?
I
dream that one day I will wake up and be pain free, realistically I know that
will never happen but it is good to have a dream, to have a focal point, to
have something to aim for, to give one a reason to hang on in there.
What
dreams or wishes have you had in the past that have come to fruition? Which of
these are you most thankful for?
I have
always been a dreamer, I think that is the one thing that has given me the
strength to get through some very dark times. Sometimes it is so easy to
say “I wish this would happen or that would happen”. I do truly think
that we are masters of our own destiny and I am a firm believer in trying to
see the positive in all things, to see the good in every situation. I may
not always employ this adage when things are feeling bleak but I do get there
eventually. One of my biggest wishes of my life was that I would get
through a year of selection processes and be accepted to be a trainee train
driver; that dream came true.
That is the one I am most thankful
for. A door opened in my life and behind it was the best thing in the world;
Graham, my husband. He is my dream come true, my other half, the one who makes
me feel complete. Pretty lucky for me!
I
started with an old photo frame, painting the outside edge and inside the frame
edge with black paint. Once dry, I glued pattered paper over the frame and
sanded the edges to neaten them up and add a little distress to the look.
Using
the Sizzix Alterations Tattered Florals die, I cut three large flowers from
patterned paper and cut and layered them to form a 3d rose. More papers were
cut using the Sizzix Alterations Tattered Leaves die, making scrumpled leaves
to go with the flower.
Next came the butterflies; cutting these straight
from another pattered paper sheet, curling the wings and popping them onto the
frame with strong glue. Adding a few rusty wire twirls and some metal embellishments
finished the frame.
For the insert, I chose a nice font and printed off the
quotation (which I think is perfect!) and coloured the card I had printed onto
with Distress Inks so it toned in with the rest of the frame. The word in
the Label Pull is cut from the fancy papers – I wanted to have a word that
complemented the theme but wasn’t dream as that was already used in the
quotation.
Discover is a very strong word to use and it goes perfectly with the
theme of dreams and wishes... without the discovery, we will never fulfil our
dreams and wishes.
You can find out more about Hels and her art on her blog,
Ink on my Fingers.
