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: 2096
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Registered: March 25, 2011 Location: Germany Posts: 9011
Fri, Aug 14, 2020 @ 1:56 AM
Georgeous Susie, there is not such thing called "failed" attempts, it's just not the right time for them. Put them aside and there will be a day you have lots of fun with them. Your georgeous result is the proof of it.
I love it ♥♥♥, my friend, take care.
Registered: July 12, 2005 Location: Hugging a golden and stamping' in PA Posts: 21216
Fri, Aug 14, 2020 @ 2:07 AM
This is incredibly sweet and beautiful, Susie! Only you could take a failed attempt and turn it into such a masterpiece! The background and the coloring of the friends are gorgeous!
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Registered: June 3, 2016 Location: France Posts: 59754
Fri, Aug 14, 2020 @ 3:55 AM
Oh my ... Susie you are so talented to make these stunning and grunge backgrounds!! great mixed media and lovely scene with the little friends, so beautiful!!
Oh, Susie, these are just so fabulous that I can't stop looking at them! I've read your description and I am amazed at how you brought them to this stunning finale. Love those sweet images and your coloring is fantastic.
Registered: February 27, 2007 Location: LaCrosse, Wisconsin Posts: 39273
Fri, Aug 14, 2020 @ 5:02 AM
You always amaze me, Susie....as susan (one4joy) said to me once, 'I just throw things at paper and see what sticks.' You stick a lot of beauty on your projects and it all works, even the so called 'fails.'
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Fri, Aug 14, 2020 @ 5:07 AM
Susie wow oh wow. The BGs are gorgeous and you say failed...I don’t see anything failed on these. Just beauty. No such word as failed. I love everything you did with these. Cute images. TFS. Keep safe and well my mate over East. Big hugs
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Registered: May 18, 2004 Location: Southwest Michigan Posts: 36980
Fri, Aug 14, 2020 @ 5:55 AM
I love your descriptions of how you come up with your amazing creations ~ I can just picture you at your craft table, all inky and surrounded by all the tools you've played with! I've been sitting here for several minutes just taking this creation in. It is stunning; the color, the texture, the fabulous coloring of the friends! I love everything about this!
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Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105027
Fri, Aug 14, 2020 @ 7:39 AM
AWesome. Simply awesome. Although your cards are never simple, the bg is fabulous for these little friends, and the saying is perfect. Thanks for always uploading such interesting card, Susie.
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Registered: September 17, 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 6092
Fri, Aug 14, 2020 @ 7:55 AM
Don't you love it when it all just falls together, this is spectacular, love the little mermaids and fairies they are just the sweetest, you did a fantastic job coloring them and your backgrounds are just wonderful with all the textures and great colors!
This is gorgeous! I don’t believe you have failed attempts! Whatever, you put them to good use. Your art always amazes me, Susie! Thanks for sharing it and the stories that go with it.