We are celebrating "friendship" in the F4A challenge this week. The details can be found here.
Thanks to the fabulous Watercolour Wednesday team, I have a huge stash of cardstock backgrounds and journal page backgrounds. None of them worked how they were meant to, so I haven't uploaded them to the WCW challenges, but I am having a lot of fun trying.
I take these "failed" attempts and use them as a base to add left over paint, ink, texture paste, clean stencils, etc, and at some point they find a home.
Gesso has become my new best friend. It makes such a big difference when using gellato crayons, distress inks and sprays. The background of the card came about because I was elbow deep in paint stained stencils and masks on another project. I chucked it on the first thing I saw (a gessoed sheet of A4 cardstock) and by the time I got back to the mask to clean it, it had stuck to the card.
After cleaning up from the other project, I took all the stained baby wipes and scrubbed them into the gessoed/masked sheet of carstock.
I then gave it a quick squirt of Distress Ink spray and a spritz of water, in an attempt to get the mask off....this is the end result and I couldn't be happier. Mind you, I couldn't have done this (or the journal background) if I had purposely tried to.
The little underwater friends are sweet digi images by Molly Harrison. They are coloured with Prismacolour pencils, Zest it pencil blend, colorless blending pencil, gently wiped with walnut stain distress ink before fussy cutting. Stickles and liquid pearls were finally added along with some sequins.
The sentiment reads....Friendship isn't a big thing, it's a million little things.
Thanks for looking dear friends and I hope you get a chance to join in. Stay safe.
EDIT: The "flower" is a doily stencil - Prima Marketing Finnabair Elementals Stencil Doily (6" x 6")
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2020 GMT Views: 1380
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Registered: March 27, 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 67890
Thu, Aug 13, 2020 @ 6:56 PM
Susie, you amaze me on how you can come up with something this beautiful and precious with all your combinations of media!
Your little mermaids are adorable and look so happy together!
Love the colors of the backgrounds!
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Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9812
Thu, Aug 13, 2020 @ 6:58 PM
Just gorgeous, Susie. Those bgs turned out so pretty.i love all the texture and the rich colors. Your little ladies are super cute and colored beautifully.
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Registered: October 26, 2009 Location: Oakhurst, near Yosemite Nat'l Park. Posts: 46421
Thu, Aug 13, 2020 @ 7:39 PM
Oh Susie, I absolutely LOVE this!!! Your bg is so gorgeous and then those little ones, OMGosh, they are so super adorable!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE them! Your artistry always amazes me my sistah from anudder mudder!!
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Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 74956
Thu, Aug 13, 2020 @ 8:29 PM
These are not "failed" pieces for WCW, they are simply pieces for bigger projects in the making!!! I am just WOWed by these beautiful masterpieces of under the sea.
------------------------------ LizThe joy of the LORD is my strength.Right Brain Madness --My blogProud member of the redDivasKSS certified multi-step stamperFan Club member since 2004
Registered: June 10, 2011 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 6523
Thu, Aug 13, 2020 @ 8:55 PM
Oh Susie this is just fabulous. Lots of adorable little mermaids as well. The backgrounds are stunning seeing that you think you failed at the water colour challenge. No such thing as “failed” here. Makes me want to try journal pages again (I think)? Going back for another look - again and again.
Registered: November 2, 2015 Location: Murrells Inlet, SC Posts: 3377
Thu, Aug 13, 2020 @ 10:10 PM
Susie, I am just blown away by your design. I love the deep blue sea. I should have been a mermaid. Your mermaids are adorable and your background is just stunning.
Registered: October 23, 2011 Location: Western, NY Posts: 5288
Thu, Aug 13, 2020 @ 10:37 PM
I'm not sure what you did but not only awesome techniques, but the card is fantastic! Mermaids exquisite, BG stunning, colors gorgeous, and the card is an adorable under the sea master piece!
Betty
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 123031
Thu, Aug 13, 2020 @ 11:38 PM
Oh wow. I wish the Favourites thread was working and I was notifying S, I wouldn't get tired of seeing these. What beautiful colours and texture, Susie, and a perfect sentiment. The only problem is that I like backgrounds I can recreate!
