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Monday 24 August 2015

Lucky

Good morning all.

Doctors appointment this morning which will probably incur blood tests and an MRI scan this afternoon which involves being pumped with dye...I just hope they can find some veins or I'll end up looking like a pin cushion!

Today's share is a small canvas. I bought a set of Gelatos quite some time ago and haven't really spent any time playing with them. I made amends yesterday and here is the result:


Using yellow, orange and red I scribbled over the canvas which I'd primed with gesso. I used a baby wipe to blend the colours. Then I decided to have a play with some Tim Holz goodies! Texture paste was applied through the sunburst stencil and left to dry. I stamped and die cut a Crazy bird from some waste gelli print card cutting the smaller pieces from contrasting card and glueing them in place. Sentiment was stamped on tissue with black archival. I used black soot DI to ink around the canvas then used gel medium to attach the sentiment and bird. Canvas was finished with some texty words.

Challenges entered:
A Vintage Journey - things with wings
Love to Create Challenge - anything mixed media/creative/inky goes
Not Just Cards - anything goes
Artistic Stampers - anything goes
Country View Crafts - summertime
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - anything goes

24 comments:

  1. Really love the colours on this piece and the super quirky bird. Thank you for joining in this months challenge at The Artistic Stamper.

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  2. AWESOME Carol, love this fab canvas...gelato's are fun aren't they...so many things 'out there' to use I never get to use all of mine...xx
     {The Journey Is The Start  aNNie  my personal blog}

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  3. A lovely canvas Carol with my favourite bird stamps, fab colours and textures. Hope the hospital appt. goes ok.
    Lorraine

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  4. This is brilliant Carol, I love your Crazy Bird and fabulous colours.
    I hope all goes well with your blood test and scan.
    Pauline
    x

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  5. Love the texture and background, great idea using gelli plate left over for the bird.
    Hugs
    Linda xx

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  6. Fun canvas and fun image. Hope you aren't too full of holes and that it has gone well for you today. Hugs Zx

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  7. What a brilliant canvas Carol, I love your colours and the Crazy Bird is wonderful, hugs Kate x

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  8. Wow that's just stunning Carol...what a fun image and your background is amazing! good luck with the needles! xxxxx

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  9. I hope all goes well today with your tests, I'm in on Wednesday too this week for some. Gulp!
    I love your canvass, funny I am working with my birdie stamps just now also, great minds think a like. Great sentiment too.

    Hugs Erika. x

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  10. lovely make carol. great use of the gelatos. still haven't tried them. hope the hospital was okay. hugs rachel x

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  11. Love your canvas Carol!
    Hope the doctors appt went well & all is as it should be!
    I'm off to the docs tomorrow!
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  12. Gelatos!! Aren't they so much fun? Love that luscious colorful background and your design is eclectic and funky fresh. Wishing you well at the doctor's office.

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  13. How adorable is this.... Love the work with your gelatos...Sending you good thoughts for your health ... Thank you for creating with us at Rhedds Creative Spirit !

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  14. You took this canvas step-by-step to perfection, Carol! What a wonderful process and amazing result! I wish you all the best with what's happening to you medically!! Hugs, Darnell

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  15. The Bird Crazy birds never fail to bring a smile and I love the vibrant background you created for this one! Thanks so much for joining in our challenge at A Vintage Journey. Anne x

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  16. Love the little bird and the sentiment is perfect! Awesome colors! Thanks for sharing with us at Rhedd's Creative Spirit this month! ~Nanette, DT~

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  17. Fab little canvas...I love the bird,lol...great background and colours too...
    Thank for joining in with our challenge over at Rhedd's Creative Spirit...x

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  18. What a wonderful background of gelatos and stenciling - love the crazy bird with his red eyes and beak - thanks for joining us in the AVJ Things with Wings challenge! Julia xx

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  19. Yummy yummy! Love this Carol, just gorgeous Karen x

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  20. Such a pretty backdrop for the bird. I love your mini canvas...lovely colors too.Thanks for sharing this with us at Rhedd's Creative Spirit this month. Good luck, Rupa (Dt)

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  21. hiya carol ....popping back to say thanks for joining us at countryview challenges and good luck. hugs rachel x

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  22. Oh I love that bird and the sentiments are great too! Sorry that I clog up your emails with my comments but I just never get around to doing them every day! Michelle x

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  23. Fabulous vibrant sun's rays, and I hope the Crazy Bird's bloodshot eyes aren't an omen for bad weather tomorrow! Great card.
    Thanks so much for playing along at Country View Challenges.
    Alison x

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  24. Absolutely LOVE the results you've achieved with the gelatos Carol. Thank you so much for joining us at A Vintage Journey. Jenny x

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Many thanks for taking the time to comment on my post. Constructive comments are always welcomed and appreciated on my creations. Carol x