Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Fly Fly Fly!!!

The recent challenge at the Everything Wendy Vecchi Yahoo Group is from Wendy's Book 3, page 33, which is a 'circular base with 3 buttons'.  I decided to turn my circular base into a hot air balloon, and my buttons are apart of the gear mechanisms.
I adhered newsprint to the a circle Art Part, and then stamped the image on it in Coffee Archival Ink. I inked the edges in Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
The gears where inked with Mustard Seed, Salty Ocean, and Mowed Lawn, but then I changed the later to Fired Brick, before stamping all of them with the definition in Jet Black Archival. The faucet handle was inked in Vintage Photo and stamped in Jet Black as well.
I adhered the newsprint onto kraft cardstock scrap and stamped a portion of the balloon image in Jet Black Archival.
I cut out and adhered the balloon to the circle and colored it in with Distress Markers. I backed a piece of Graphic 45 hounds tooth paper to black cardstock and adhered it to the balloon. I stamped the sentiment on and adhered the Fly x3 on, and then added the gears, buttons and faucet.
 
I am submitting this to the Sunday Stamper's challenge of "More Than Words".

Supplies:
From My Stash- newsprint , black cardstock, kraft cardstock, buttons, black thread, Graphic 45 Times Nouveau paper



I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!



20 comments:

  1. This is gorgeous Anita, you rocked that challenge then! I just spent ages looking at all the details, such a clever balloon, I love the colour scheme of the cogs and gears and the buttons fit perfectly... very cool xx

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  2. Wow! Way friggin' cool! LOL! I love this, and why the heck didn't I think of that??? lol! Fantastic idea, thanks so much for joining the MAC!!!

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  3. Love this piece Anita. Very inspirational. I love the way you used the circle challenge making yours a balloon. Brilliant idea to place the three buttons on the cogs. TFS .......crafty hugs Annie x

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  4. ...tis gorgeous Anita...genius idea to create the balloon, gorgeous colour choice and the buttons look perfect on the cogs...a super cool piece...Mel :)

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  5. Класс! Очень вдохновляюще! :-))

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  6. I love the way you take a challenge and really make it your own! This is such a cool piece and so dimensional. The hot air balloon idea is brilliant and the cogs and buttons so fun. Awesome!

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  7. This is great - love the balloon as the base and all the colours you've used!

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  8. Just gorgeous... love the balloon, and all the book text under stamping and on the gears is simply beautiful!
    Alison x

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  9. What an inspired idea you had and it has turned out wonderfully well. Love the balloon idea and how you brought the Art Part and the stamp together. The use of buttons for the other challenge is just genius! A x

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  10. Fabulous project Anita, love the cogs and the buttons. Sue C x

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  11. Way to go Anita! This is THE way to do a balloon! Love the attention to detail, and like so many others it has taken a few viewings to get everything. That Graphic 45 paper works a treat too. Hugs, Buttons x

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  12. You are always so innovative with combinations of different stamps and parts! Once again fabulous project!

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  13. So, cool - a great steampunk piece of art.

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  14. So fun and funky! What a clever idea!!

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  15. Super project! Love the way you fitted the gears together... fabaroonie!

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  16. Will you stop it!!!! You just keep on making more and more gorgeousness!! This is... totes amazeballs gorgeous!!! Love your innovative idea's hun. Where do I store my makes? Well, that would be telling lol No seriously, I just chuck them into a box in the garage.... some make their way to new homes and some stay in the Room of Stash.... I got toooo much stuff though lol Thanks for joining in with the Sunday Stamper and apologies for my late arrival!!! x

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