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Wednesday 17 August 2011

Fairies or Angels

I don't seem to enter many challenges & never organised enough to make a project that fits more than one challenge, so I spotted this one on Make My Monday and decided to have ago. Not so sure about the colours I used , but these distress inks just sit in my draw and are rarely used unlike my trusty victorian velvet and brushed corduroy!

I gessoed an oblong canvas then painted it with some turquoise watercolour paint mixed with some gesso as I didn't have any turquoise acrylic, then I sprayed it with a couple of cosmic shimmer mists and stamped with a mesh background stamp. some lovely inca gold and sprayed with varnish. The crafty Individual stamps were stamped onto eco board  then painted with distress inks and watercolours and triple embossed with UTEE, so they look like little glazed tiles, which you can't really see in the photos.
The butterflies and flowers are from one of the crafty Individual books and the butterflies were coated in glossy accents.
Just wanted to add this other photo as I was having a play on my iphone and I liked the border effect. LOL!

I have also entered this into the Dream Valley Challenge which is distressing, not too distressing I hope :-D

Happy Crafty & thanks again for all your generous comments. X

19 comments:

Jacqueline said...

This is stunning and the colours are amazing. It's lovely to see you here at Make My Monday this week - thank you so much for joining in - Jacqueline xx

Paula Whittaker said...

I adore this colour combination and think the whole piece is extremely eye-catching.

Anonymous said...

The impact of this piece of art is amazing.
So gorgeous.
Wishes
Lynne

Marjorie's Owl said...

It's lovely - and what a gorgeous shade of blue. x

Unknown said...

I love what you did with all your neat products. My distress ink sits on my shelf most of the time. Maybe I don't spend enough time with it.Your angels or faeries turned out great.
Thanks for the comment on the Madonna collage.

kjjc said...

FAbulous. the colours are so vibrant and summery.

Suzanne B aka brookfies said...

Paula....this is fabulous!!! The colours are stunning. I am so pleased you have joined in this week's Make My Monday challenge. This would have been perfect for the Crafty Individuals challenge toooooo "bright and beautiful"

Cath said...

This is great, love the colour combo not something I would of thought of to use together but they work. Thanks for joining in over on Make My Monday.

Cathx

Zuzu's Blog said...

OOooooo pretty!!!!! this also would fit the crafty individuals "bright and beautiful" theme too. luscious work as ever :)
Z x

Anonymous said...

Hi Paula. The images really stand out on this. Stunning project. Great colour combination.
Regards Florence x

Carole of Brum said...

This is really artistic, and it looks great. Thanks for joining in with us at Dream Valley Challenges. CoB

Netty said...

Oh wow am so loving your fabulous canvas, so vibrant. I think CI have a challenge going on at the moment that your art would be perfect for. Annette x

Cazro said...

An awesome project. i actually think the colours are fab. Thanks for joining us at Make My Monday. Caz

Yvonne Garner said...

Your work is gorgeous. It is just so topnotch!

Shari said...

Stunning, love the bright colors!! Thanks for joining us at Dream Valley Challenges.

melsanford said...

Wow! Fab card! Love the colours :-) Thankyou for joining us at Dream Valley! Love 'n' hugs, Mel xx

Save South Fambridge said...

Wow, amazing work. This is the sort of unusual thing that will appear in my cottage renovations, a quirky box here or there. Cant wait to get going....the painting comes first then the accessorising. Looking forward to taking a good look thru your blog and keeping in touch.
Debbie x

Suzi B said...

This is fabulous1 i too love the colours. thank you for joining the Make My Monday Challenge
Suzi B :)

Fliss said...

Wow Paula! A totally stunning creation and I really love the bright colours you chose for an amazing creation.
Thanks so much for sharing it with us at Make My Monday and hope you can join in again.
Fliss xx