Thursday 1 August 2013

Words, glorious words!



    Words Words Words!........

     .......that is where we go today with Alison who brings us a fantastic challenge here on 'Our Creative Corner' for the month of August......

       I'll let Alison explain it to you properly so if you want to know more, hop on over to 'Our Creative Corner' and she will lead you to some fun and fantastic creativity. I know you will have an amazing time!


    So where did I go with words?....Well, this creation actually started off as just a bit of playing. This isn't how I usually work - For most of my creations I begin after I have an idea/plan...I didn't have any ideas for this challenge when this began .....I sat down intending to just have a bit of a messy play with some Distress Inks as I hadn't done that in a while. This began as just a sheet of card and three ink colours - Tumbled Glass, Peeled Paint and Tea Dye. I was just having some fun....just a bit of arty playtime....



      So there I was with my wrinkle free distress effect card....and I really liked it....and all my new birthday stamps were begging to be used.....I had the Tim Holtz face stamp that had been on my wish list for sooooo long - I HAD to use it....I knew that I needed to make something with words for this challenge....and ideas began to pop up......words flowing?....flowing hair?....paint some hair?...words IN the hair?.....and so I began to make the 'Words' creation...


      I stamped the face with Coffee Archival ink on tissue paper, then painted the back of it with Vintage Lace paint. I stuck it to the card and then using three Fresco Paints - Bora Bora, Hey Pesto and Pumpkin Soup I began to paint some hair. After this was dry I stamped some quotes with Antique Linen DP.





















I used the harlequin stencil and blended some tumbled glass DI through it.




    Then I used the 'Art is' stencil in the corner of the card and blended some Vintage Photo DI over it. A Tim Holtz butterfly stamp was stamped in Antique Linen in two opposite corners, and one set had Vintage Photo DP stamped over the top to give a layered shadow effect.


















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     To add to the words theme, I stamped some script stamp using Coffee Archival ink randomly across the page. I outlined the face and hair with my 'not often used' white gel pen - (Note to self - This is a nice effect so use this pen more!) and I created my own tissue tape using Micropore tape covered in Bora Bora and Hey Pesto paint and stamped with a PaperArtsy mini text stamp in Coffee archival ink. I placed the tape at the corners of one side of the card.

     I used die cut flowers, covered with Tumbled Glass DI and edged with Vintage Photo DI. These flowers had copper brads in the centres and the leaves were blended with Peeled Paint DI and edged with Vintage Photo DI.





















     I finished this creation with a two lengths of rusty wire that were twisted and the looped to create a hanger. A grapevine heart was attached to one end of the wire and a Celtic style patterned button was added to the heart with an extra twirl of rusty wire. I then blended some Vintage Photo DI around the entire card to add a bold edging



























.........and that is my 'Words, Words, Words' hanging.

I can't wait to see all the 'Words' creations over at Our Creative Corner - We all hope you will come and play along with us this month!

   
I would like to enter this in the following challenge -

Fashionable Stamping Challenges - Script/Books/Pages/Print




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23 comments:

  1. The peeled paint and tumbled glass go together so well, Laura!

    I love the colour stains and the stencilled background too! A lovely make!

    Hugs,
    Claudia x

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  2. Fab piece Laura and a great theme again, hope I get a chance to play...

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  3. Gorgeous creation Laura! Love the colour combinations and the shapes.

    kind regards, Alie :-)

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  4. Smashing. Absolutely and utterly smashing. Suzanne xx

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  5. fantastic project, wonderful blends of colours abd stamping. Love your wired embellishments.
    Yvonne x

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  6. This is absolutely gorgeous Laura. Love all the layers and techniques. The colours are great too.
    xx

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  7. Hi Laura, the background you created for the face is stunning, I love that beautiful heart and the flower embellishments look wonderful. Hugs, Anne x

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  8. Love the colours and layers here, and beautiful use of one of my favourite stamps. Gorgeous texty hair!
    Alison x

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  9. All my snooping around trying to discover who is who I completely forgot to leave a comment. Beautiful creation. That face is just wonderful and I love how you have arranged your flowers. Look at all your layers! I need to learn this or at least try!!
    Sandy

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  10. Great use of colors! Love the background against the words and face.x hugs trace x

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  11. Laura, this is just gorgeous again! You always inspire me so much, as I love your style - you are one of my blog icons! This face is one of my favourites too and actually not on my list to buy,as I actually own it! I love, love, love the way you have blended the colours on the flowers and leaves and the way you have used the words. Your paint techniques, layering and a kind of 'X' factor that I can't define always sets your work apart for me! Thank you for dropping by my blog and leaving such a lovely comment. I still have a lot to learn from wonderful artists like you, but I am hoping to have a go at the latest creative corner challenge, as I love words! Ha ha! Julie Ann xxx

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  12. Incredibly clever multi-layering Laura. I love that you have left the beautiful face 'naked' to stand out. You always leave me speechless with your work. Hugs, Jenny x

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  13. Your "playtime" certainly resulted in a lovely creation Laura. What a gorgeous stamp that is - she looks so serene and the colours you've chosen compliment that look so well. And you're right about the white pen - a great addition. Love, Margie x

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  14. Hi Laura. It is sooo much fun just to sit and play! I love all the layers and the colours are gorgeous. I love that face too...it is still on my wish list! I also love the pops of white...it seems to add so much depth and a real lightness to the project.
    Thanks for joining in the fun at Fashionable Stamping Challenges.
    Dot x

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  15. Ohhh, this is just so lovely, it's one of those projects we want to keep coming back and looking at. Beautiful.

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  16. Absolutely gorgeous, such detail
    Rosie x

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  17. Beautiful piece of work, love all the different layers, and colours.

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  18. Hi Laura, fabulous project with so much detail and a wonderful background.
    Thanks for sharing with us at FSC
    Avril

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  19. Stunning! Love how you've done her hair, especially. She leapt off the page at me when visiting FSC.

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  20. So so so beautiful is she! Love all the color and the heart is wonderful!

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  21. A really gorgeous piece of crafting Laura, just love your colour palette and exquisite stamping. xx

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  22. Gorgeous! I especially LOVE your background and the heart embellishment - did u=you make the heart yourself?



    xxx Ellie xxx

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  23. This is fantastic, Laura. I love the free form, artsy feel to it. Wonderful colors and design and how cool the way you worked in the words. Beautiful!

    Hugs,
    Linda

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