Sunday 10 July 2016

Flower Garden on Paperartsy Blog

Hi Everyone,

I'm thrilled to be taking part in the 3UP week over on the Paperartsy blog.

The theme I was allocated was to use an autumnal palette with Lin Brown and Darcy stamps :-)

I chose to create a journal page in my small Dylusions journal:

I started off sticking washi tape randomly onto the blank page:

Next I scraped white gesso on and once dry sprayed my page with Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays:

I used Potting Soil Archival ink to sponge in the twiggy element from one of Darcy's stencils to add extra depth to the background.

Next I positioned where I wanted my flower garden to be and stamped onto the background. The Darcy flowers I used were from plates EDY10, 12 & 13. The Lin Brown flowers are from plates ELB 22 & 24.

I also painted a piece of smoothy card a variety of colours (Haystack, Autumn Fire, Tikka, Cherry Red and Zucchini) and stamped the flower heads and stems out again.

I inked all the cut edges with Potting Soil Archival ink before adhering them to the journal pages, and also inked the page edges with the same colour.

Then I added shading around the flower heads and stems with a soft pencil, smudging it with my finger.

I decided to add a little bit more foliage to the page so used some of the smaller elements from Lin Brown's stamp plates (ELB22 & 24) both along the top and bottom of the pages. I used Archival Orange Blossom and Versafine Olympia Green inks, but used second and third generations so they weren't too dominant.

The sentiment is from a really old Lin Brown plate (ELB02) and was stamped directly onto the page in black archival.

A few white paint splatters and then the final touch was the various colours of liquid pearls to most of the flower heads.

I enjoyed creating this page and seeing it develop from a relatively bright and basic page into one which has a lot more depth and layers.

I hope you will hop over to the Paperartsy blog to see what my two 3UP buddies created for tonight and also make sure you pop back every night this week to enjoy a new 3UP theme :-)

Claire xx

 

27 comments:

  1. the flowers are fantastic, of course, but I really love the washi tape in the background - it looks like a cityscape.

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  2. Oh my gosh, this is absolutely STUNNING! I adore the bold autumnal flowers against your soft, yet detailed background. A true beautify and I will pin to remember. Great kick-off!!! :)

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  3. Claire this is fabuuuuuuloous!! I adore the colour combos, they are really unusual and look amazing! Those flowers look superb! What a cool journal page! ~Leandra xxx

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  4. Loving your journal page, Claire! Those colours are superb - so very eye-catching and vivid! You have really brought out the very best of these lovely stamps. xxx

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  5. Great journal page Claire - love the depth you have created with your inks and paint in the varying layers. Fab! Nikki xx

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  6. When I first saw this I wandered how you did your background, washi tape, just a brilliant idea, which I may have to steal. Fabulous piece of art. x

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  7. Love the washi tape, never thought to use it like this, love the way the flowers come 'off' the page.

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  8. Love the washi tape, never thought to use it like this, love the way the flowers come 'off' the page.

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  9. beautiful pages Claire and lovely to see how they came together. Big hugs Rachel xx

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  10. Gorgeous flowers,they really pop out from the background! :)

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  11. Absolutely fabulous pages Claire! I was intrigued to see how you did the background because to me this looks like a ground level view looking up through the flowers to a distant city scape. Very cleverly created impression of distance and perspective! I love your use of the stamps and the way the flowers pop off the background. Really gorgeous pages.

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  12. Love everything about it Claire. Great background, fab colours and the Pearls set off the flowers really well! Congrats! Xx

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  13. Love your pages Claire. Great idea with the washi tape...I need to remember that one. The flowers are lovely and the liquid pearls is very effective.

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  14. Love your pages Claire. Great idea with the washi tape...I need to remember that one. The flowers are lovely and the liquid pearls is very effective.

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  15. Oh Claire. This journal spread is fabulous. I love the way you created the background. Must pinch that washi tape idea. I love the way you've mixed the stamp images. Your flowers are bright and vivid bi love them. I really love the stamping round the edge on top of that luscious background. Great step out too!

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  16. I love the background. Great use of tape for texture, makes for a perfect base to showcase the flowers. Thanks for joining in. X

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  17. Fabulous pages, Claire!!!!!!!!!!

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  18. Claire I love your colour palette.

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  19. Claire I love your colour palette.

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  21. This is fabulous Claire - amazing journal page

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  22. Gorgeous journal pages!! Fabulous flowers images and beautiful vivid colours. xx

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  23. Gorgeous journal pages!! Fabulous flowers images and beautiful vivid colours. xx

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  24. Oh wow Claire, your page is just so stunning, I keep coming back to have another look xx

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  25. Your pages are a joy to look at! It really is a super project! Hugs, Clare X X X

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  26. Great pages Claire, hope you're doing okay xx

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