Sunday, April 21, 2013

Resisting My Love of Color???

It's Monday the 22nd of April! It's Earth Day! It's also my birthday too, and I'm just hours home from across the globe where I had the most amazing trip to Europe. The Earth is truly a magnificent place, full of wonderful people and awesome sights...Happy Birthday to me...I'm truly so blessed! Thank you hubby for making it happen! More on my trip later, but I'd like to thank those of you who commented and tweeted on my snippit shots of the places I visited, as well as birthday wishes. They mean so much to me...and I say to myself, what a wonderful world!!!
Being Monday, it's also time for a new challenge at Simon Says Stamp & Show. From colored pencils to Copic Markers, Distress Paints to Alcohol Inks, all color mediums have one thing in common: they allow you to truly customize your creations. This week we celebrate all things "Color", and share tips and tutorials with you on our blogs as well! Your challenge this week is simple...use any color medium (ink, pen, mist, paint, stain, etc) on your project this week and then share it with us.
I choose to do a canvas and not only show you through photos the technique I've been raving about for months now, but also through video, however, my disc that housed the video was destroyed and talking about it disturbs me greatly, so there are only a few photos now. Anyway, that technique is making a resist for Dyan's Dylusions using Wendy's Embossing Paste and Tim's Distress Paints together. I don't know if there is a technical name for it yet, but it's all I've been doing while working with these three mediums together. My other Art mediums are probably feeling pretty neglected lately, but I just can't help it...these are a match made in my creative haven!
I prepped first before started the video to save some time. I did not coat my canvas with Gesso before starting as I usually do on canvas work. Doing so would not allow the Dylusions to sink in the way I would like. So first, I positioned my Crafter's Workshop Mini Branches stencil, and I penciled in where I wanted this tree image by drawing in a few of the pertinent lines of the main branches so I knew where it would go later. I also did this on the mini canvas that would go on top of it.
Although very difficult to see unless turned as certain angles, I stamped wording from Wendy's Evidence of Art Set in Picket Fence Acrylic Paint Dabber from Ranger all over the top of the canvas, and on the three mini canvas pieces as well. I also used her Heirloom Flowers and hand roll stamped them using Broken China Distress Paint on the upper portion and on the minis. I painted the bottom portion in Pebble Acrylic Paint Dabber to act as the mortar between the bricks.
I stamped my sentiment from Wendy's Evidence of Art several times to make sure I got a few good impressions. I cut the words apart and used Glue N Seal to apply it to one of the mini canvas pieces. The tissue paper disappears leaving the wording only. I love that! I also prepared the branches on the other mini canvas with the tree stencil and the gold embossing paste and circle stencil to have it ready.
I stenciled the ART-C Butterfly using Wendy's Black Embossing Paste on another mini canvas, and then painted in the open areas with Distress Paints. I misted the paints with water and used a tag to clean them up. It made for a beautiful background on this jumbo #10 sized tag to use on a later project.  This is where the video starts, but alas there is no video, so I will have to write about it.
I placed Wendy's Stripes & Dots Border Stencil on top of the penciled in tree and sponged on Picked Raspberries Distress Paint through the Dots to mimic blooms in the distance. I then taped the tree stencil on where it was supposed to go. I used Wendy's Gold Embossing Paste and applied it on to the stencil. I removed it and dried it with a heat tool. It puffs a bit, and turns golden and metallic rather than the butterscotch color you see in the jar. It's a gorgeous color. I added about a tablespoon of the White Embossing Paste into a cup and added about 3 drop of Tea Dye Distress ReInker to the Paste. I stirred it up a bit and applied it through a taped down Brick Stencil on the bottom portion of the canvas. You can color Wendy's Paste with any ReInkers, Alcohol Inks, and even Paints! After I dried the bricks, I stamped some of them with the Normandy Lace Stamp from Wendy's Believe In Art Set using Frayed Burlap Distress Paint. I did the same using Black Soot. This makes the bricks look more real, and the images don't have to be crisp. I used Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress Paint on the tree and on the bricks in a few spots for detail and contrast. I covered the sky and tree portion with paper to protect it, and then misted the bricks with Black Marble and Melted Chocolate Dylusions. The parts of the brick painted with Distress Paint resisted the Spray...so cool. I dried this, and then covered it up. I sprayed the sky and tree portion with Calypso Teal Dylusions. The tree resisted the Dylusions...oh how I wish you could see this via video!!! Don't worry though, I will do another.
 After I misted and dried, I adhered the branches and butterfly mini canvases. I cut a strip of Grunge Paper and painted it with Pebble, scratched it up a bit, and gave it a little Dylusions. It will be the top of the wall. Next, I painted a Wendy Pot Art Part with Spiced Marmalade Distress Paint, and misted it with Melted Chocolate. Then I stenciled Wendy leaves and an ART-C Flower with White Embossing Paste, dried that, and painted them with Distress Paints. I also stenciled on the Pot as well, and added a button for the center of the flower. I added on the sentiment canvas.
I added some Picked Raspberry Distress Stain to a Mini Mister and gave these mini roses a pink color, and then added a little more with the same color Distress Paint. I adhered these to the tree, and one lone bloom to the wall. A little free hand doodling finished this canvas off.
 
 
I don't even have to ask, because I know you all love COLOR probably like I do, but do you have a favorites technique to show your love of color? Maybe you just want to show your favorite medium or even favorite color. Whatever the case may be, create some type of Art using a color medium some how, and enter it into our challenge. You just might be the lucky winner of a $50 voucher to Simon Says Stamp. You can also be named as one of the "Top Three Picks" for this challenge. Good luck, and visit the other DT member's blogs to behold the colors of the rainbow!
 
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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

60 comments:

  1. So pretty! Happy Birthday to you!

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  2. What a great and beautiful card, I love every detail on it!!!thanks for showing us how to make it , I really love it!!

    Greetings
    Maria

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  3. Happy birthday dear Anita! Welcome back from a trip of a lifetime! Your piece above is magical. Thanks so much for sharing. Hugs, Yvonne

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  4. Happy Birthday Anita, What a Beautiful array of colours... Beautiful work Love the flowers & flower-pot...I am so glad you had a Wonderful time in the UK & Paris...I saw your pics on FB...Enjoy your Happy Day!! Hugs May x x x

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  5. ...firstly a BIG happy birthday to you Anita, and your piccy's from Europe were pretty cool, looks like you had an amazing time...another awesome crafting delight from you too, love the vivid colours and techniques, a piece bursting with life...many happy returns to you...Melxx :)

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  6. another fab make , happy birthday..looks like your trip was fun and many memories created! hugs trace x

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  7. Wow Anita, this is amazing!! Love everything about it! Cathy x

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  8. Happy Birthday! (It's mine on Wednesday!) So glad you had an amazing trip... look forward to hearing about your adventures.

    What an amazing spring canvas this is: the bricks look just fantastic, so life-like, and the blossoming tree is an absolute joy. Thank you so much for your usual detailed step by step sharing your extraordinary process with us... I'm only sorry the video went astray.

    Hope you have a fantastic day, and many happy returns!
    Alison xx

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  9. Holy Cannoli! That canvas is magnifique! (My tribute to Paris there!)

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  10. Oh my goodness, such a BEAUTIFUL canvas. The colours are gorgeous & I love all the textures - the tree & bricks are terrific.
    Wishing you a very, very happy birthday, hope you have a wonderful day.

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  11. Happy Birthday Anita! Hope you have a wonderful day. So glad you enjoyed your trip, I hope you will share some photos on here too (please).....

    This is a brilliant canvas, I love how you achieved the fabulous brickwork (will try that technique) and the little canvases are just adorable additions. A fabulous piece of home decor! Hugs, Anne x

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  12. Happy Birthday Anita! So glad you had a great vacation and adventure!

    Love your canvas! The brick wall, fun sky and flowers all are great and happy! What a greg b-day piece to share! Blogging makes the world a smaller place and I love that as I get to "meet" and share with people all over (like you!).

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  13. This is so fabulous, Anita! Welcome home and HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I love the way you added extra dimension to the brick on this piece, and the blossoms are just amazing. So sorry your video was damaged... I feel your pain on that one!

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  14. I love it!!! Just beautiful Anita!!! Wow, wow, wow!

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  15. Anita, Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your canvas is gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!! I love, Love, LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  16. It's beautiful, Anita!! You did a really amazing job on it! Thanks again for sharing your creativity with us! Have a super-fantastical birthday!! :)

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  17. Happy Birthday! I hope it is a wonderful one! Sweet Earth Day creation with the lovely flowering tree! Sweet canvas!

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  18. Очень жизнерадостно! Надеюсь, цветовая палитра совпадает с твоим внутренним мироощущением и настроением :-)

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  19. First of all...HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope that you have a wonderfully delicious day, my friend. Your art piece for the challenge is beautiful! You did Wendy proud with the use of her stencils, stamps and embossing paste. Love your design and the texture. The colors are also gorgeous. And you are so right...it truly IS a wonderful world! Welcome home. Glad you had such a fantastic trip! <3 Candy

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  20. S P E C T A C U L A R!!! I love every amazing detail!
    and...

    Happy Birthday to you!

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  21. Happy Birthday Anita! So excited for you on the trip to Europe! Looking forward to hearing more about your adventures. This canvas is simply wonderful. The texture is amazing and I love how you incorporated the mini canvases in. Thanks.

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  22. A stunning project Anita! Great shame about the video but your descriptions are so clear, - they more than make up for it for sure!

    Good to hear you had such a great trip and have a wonderful birthday!!

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  23. HAppy BIrthday Anita!!!!!!!!!!You really have an absolutely personal style! I knew that this was your wonderful work even without reading the author's name! Really beautiful! Barbarayaya

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  24. Oh my stars! What a wonderful piece of art, so detailed, so much fun to absorb all the intricate bits. Oh my stars!

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  25. Too cool! Love all the dimensionality!

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  26. Lovely piece of art!!
    but my real purpose for popping in is to wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! May it be FILLED with color and love.

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  27. Happy Birthday Anita. Your techniques on this canvas are really beautiful and its just so lovely and colourful. Hugs Rita xx

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  28. Love your canvas and all that went into it - hope you have a great Birthday!

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  29. Many happy returns of the day Anita, have a wonderful birthday now you are back home with your family. Glad you enjoyed your visit to my part of the world. I will be over to CA soon visiting your wonderful country. Love this joyful colourful piece of art.
    hugs {brenda} x0x

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  30. Happy Birthday and that canvas is so beautiful, amazing art!

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  31. Happy Birthday love Anita - quite like many of your dreams come true, you and your family stay healthy and happy. I am glad you had a good time in Europe.
    Your work exudes so much joy and comfort from - again just wonderful!
    Very cordial regards, Dagmar

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  32. Happy, happy birthday Anita, I'm an April chick myself x absolutely stunning canvas so much work and technique and so skilfully done. I look forward to hearing more about your trip xx

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  33. Happy Birthday Anita, hope you have enjoyed your day. Beautiful textural, tactile, dimensional piece. Love your colour mediums and your brick wall is fantastic. Love how you added blossom to the branches and your little plant pot and blooms are gorgeous. Love the added mini canvases for added dimension too. Lovely. Tracy x

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  34. Gorgeous piece, Anita! I love the 3D effects you added in and it's definitely not short of beautiful COLOR :)

    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

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  35. Happiest birthday, Anita! How much fun that you've been on my side of the world! Hope to be on yours one day! Wow what a gorgeous piece! It's so pretty! Love the scenery you've made! So colorful and happy! Very dimensional! Really amazing! Hugs, Sandra

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  36. This is wonderful. Thank you for taking the time to explain your creative process!

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  37. That's a gorgeous piece of Art you've created.

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  38. loVely! The stencil and the flowers are fab.
    Kate

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  39. Such a wonderful canvas, love all the details and the spring feeling.

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  40. Saw this on the challenge blog - what a magnificent masterpiece! I could only dream of making something so beautiful.. well done!

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  41. This is amazing! A truly beautiful work of art with so much detail. Thank you so much for sharing the creative process! And a belated Happy Birthday wish to you. You trip was a seriously cool birthday gift!

    Hugs,
    Linda

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  42. Wow this is gorgeous! Thanks for writing all the details so we could follow along. I'm going to have to try something like this absolutely beautiful!

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  43. Happy Belated Earth Day Birthday! What a fabulous tribute to our wide world which is oh so much better with you in it :) I love this so much for more reasons than blogger will allow characters in one comment. The dimension, color and technique are truly amazing. Thanks so much for the detailed tutorial...I must get my hands on some of that embossing paste!

    Amy*

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  44. Happy Birthday to you Anita!!!
    Wow!!! It is so brilliant. I love it:) The real work of art for Earth Day. These are great trees with tiny flowers. Truly spring work.Beautiful colours. And what a cool idea with the low wall and pot with sunflower seeds on it I love it. Greetings Asia :)

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  45. Happy Birthday Anita as I said on FB you are a very talented Lady with a lot of Inspiration !
    Love your beautiful blowers and trees .
    xxx

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  46. Fabulous dimensions with this, and perfect subject matter! An Earth day birthday girl! You are one lucky chicka!! Happy day!

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  47. Welcome home, dear Anita! And a belated Happy Birthday to you, too. I'm so glad your European trip was such a delight...although I suspect you carry delight with you where ever you go.

    I love this canvas. The colors are stunning, and all the details and texture are wonderful. I hope you will create another video so I can watch you create...you wonderful artist you! I think I will link up my watercolor card to this weeks' SSS. Sending you a belated birthday hug!

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  48. My goodness! Anita, this is such a lovely springtime canvas! Love the bursting bouquet tree! Already wished you a HB, so welcome back and hope you are feeling better!

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  49. What a lovely spring creation Anita! Love how you've build it up in layers and colours...gorgeous!

    kind regards, Alie :-)

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  50. Adore the idea of adding smaller canvases on top of larger ones, and the texture and detail you have crammed into this are only matched by the magic of your colours. A warm spring day summed up beautifully. Hugs, Jenny x

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  51. Oh wow Anita - this is STUNNING. You never cease to amaze me with your fabulous techniques and incredible imagination. Welcome back - can't wait to see your trip photos. I hope that healthwise you are on the mend. Nicola xx

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  52. This is just SOOO creative and fun!!!!

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  53. Beautiful! I'm always at awe at your ability to combine different elements into a unified composition. Blessings!

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  54. Well Happy Belated Birthday my dear. So glad the trip was wonderful. Your techniques on this piece is great and as always such a delight to look and read about. I can't wait to get back to mmy "messy" art. hugs xoxo

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  55. What a fabulous colourful project Anita. Love the texture and details you have incorporated.

    truly wonderful!!

    Annie xx

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  56. Love all the texture and detail you get into your canvas to create your interesting scenes. Love the sunny spring colours too!

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  57. I thought this was a plate when I first looked at it on the SSS blog. It looks fantastic. Since seeing your brick wall, I have just bought some embossing paste to have play with as I think that wall looks amazing. Hope my projects at least bear some resemblance. Great project Anita. Love it.

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  58. Oh my goodness Anita, I LOVE this!!! The flowers on the tree are so beautiful, just like cherry blossoms and perfect for this time of year. The embossing paste makes a fabulous job of the brickwork - must try that. Love the resist effects you have achieved with the embossing paste, acrylic paints and dylusions. Thanks for the inspiration. Maddy x

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  59. Happy belated birthday Anita, its sounds as if you had a wonderful time. I love your wonderful world canvas with its great textures and such a joyful design. Hugs Annette x

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