Me Time Message Week 4

Week four already!  Where is the summer going to?  Another super project and video from Clare to inspire us all.  This is my take on it:

 I opted for a padded envelope this week.  Had actually started to gesso it before watching Clare's video- a bit of a coincidence :-)  Not having any Intense ink blocks I did things a little differently- gesso, then white paint, followed by lightly marking out my patchwork with a pencil.  Painted the blocks with acrylics and then stamped in black on top.

Another 'make do' was a lack of suitable washi tape.  Instead I used some old quilling paper strips that I have had for ages and ages.  The relief detail was added with black silk paint gutta that I found at the bottom of a box (lol).  The photos are of course meant to represent that it is better to see a glass as half full than half empty and the quotes are (top) : 'Yesterday is not ours to reverse, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose' (not sure now if I find this inspirational or not- a bit of pressure really isn't it to make the most of everyday, whereas in reality there are good and bad ones...) and (bottom): 'We can complain that rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses'.