Good morning all.
Yesterday was a total washout except for about ten minutes mid afternoon when we saw blue skies and a beautiful rainbow!
Yesterday was a total washout except for about ten minutes mid afternoon when we saw blue skies and a beautiful rainbow!
Another altered water colour pad to share today. No inanimate object in the house is safe from being gessoed at the moment...Hubby and the kids better watch out!!
I forgot to take a before photo but this is a bog standard A4 water colour card pad. I gave it several coats of Gesso then masked off the edges (although there has been some seepage!). The newsprint stamp from Clearly Besotted was stamped in two corners and also masked off. Next I got out the bold and bright set of aquatints and daubed the colours all over. Using a stencil from Memory Box and textured paste I stencilled the flowers bottom right. The main image is a stamp I got in a lucky bag, it's huge...I had to use a pyrex flan dish to stamp it as I didn't have an acrylic block big enough! I stamped in archival ink on tissue paper and used studio multi medium gloss to attach it. The journalling stamp also came in the same lucky bag, the other two sentiments are from Premium Craft Brands and are also stamped in versamark and heat embossed. The background has been stamped with various stamps from Stamping All Day, Indigo Blu and Premium Craft Brands in an assortment of distress and memento inks. The stencilled flowers were then sprayed with tangerine Sprinkys.
Challenges entered:
Bloggers Challenge - alter it
Crafts 4 Eternity - bright colours
Just Add Ink - add texture
Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes
Not Just Cards - anything goes
Anything but a Card - anything goes
Altered Eclectics - anything goes
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - anything altered art goes
Scrap it Girl - use watercolours, paint or gelatos
Fabulous creation Carol. Love the striking colours too. Enjoy your Weekend. Hugs Rita xxx
ReplyDeleteGesso the kids and gesso the husband, great idea...love your energetic color combo on your book...found you playing along on Bloggers Challenge..You have a nice blog.
ReplyDeleteThis is fabulous Carol! And I actually think the tiny amount of seepage around the edges -very tiny! - look good too. Hugs Christine xx
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous Carol, I love the beautiful colours, you really are having fun with your Gesso.
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This is so gorgeous, great colours, so vibrant makes the main image really pop out!! Many thanks for joining the Rhedd's Creative Spirit challenge and good luck!!! Melissa (DT)
ReplyDeleteFaboulous - love the colour combo. Thank you so much for joining us this week at Not Just Cards Challenges Good luck and We hope you'll join us again soon.
ReplyDeleteZoe x
Handmade with lots of Love
Hi Carol, love your work here, wonderful colours and image, very striking, hugs Kate x
ReplyDeleteWOW Carol this looks fabulous and the seepage adds to the effect. Love the colours and the stamps. Beautiful rainbow too.
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Linda xxx
This is fabulous, a beautiful design and I love the colours.
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I am saying big WOWs after seeing this and then reading the how-tos. Lots of inspiration on techniques to try with this pretty card. Loving the watercoloring and that bold black flower. Amazing that the tissue adhered so well and I loved the newsprint on the corners too. Great work on this one, Miss Carol. TFS & ditto for the gorgeous rainbow. Happy wkend and Hugs.
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely Carol your watercolouring is stunning ...........you captured that rainbow so lovely too!
ReplyDeletewonderful Carol - I adore the colours and texture - brilliant!!! The rainbow looks fabulous too! Looking forward to working with you! Hugs rachel xx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I love all the softer colors and then that stark black foreground image. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant Rainbow and project.
ReplyDeleteLove the colours and your wonderful design.
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Patricia x
What a gorgeous and fab journal project. Love the colors. Thanks for playing along with us at Scrap It Girl!
ReplyDeleteThanks for entering our Not Just Cards Challenge this week!
ReplyDeleteMonica - DT
Gorgeous :) Thanks for joining us at Crafts 4 Eternity this week hugs x
ReplyDeleteStunning page, the colour palette is stunning and I love the image and text...a fabulous entry for our challenge over at Rhedd's Creative Spirit...x
ReplyDeleteThis is a stunning page, love the design and the colours really pop.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for coming over and joining in with us at Rhedds Creative Spirit.
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Becca xx (DT Member)
This journal page is awesome! You must have had a lot of fun. Thank you for taking part at Scrap It Girl challenge!
ReplyDeleteI really like your journal page. Thank you for taking part at Scrap It Girl challenge!
ReplyDeleteI love this! Thanks for playing along at Scrap It Girl!
ReplyDeletebeautiful colors...thanks for playing with Scrap It Girl this month!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Love the bright colors, such a fun combo! Thanks for playing along with Scrap It Girl!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Love how you did the background! :) Thank you so much for joining us at Scrap It Girl! :)
ReplyDeleteOh, this is gorgeous! So glad you shared this with us at Anything But a Card!
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