mirror image: noun

A form that is identical to another except that it is reversed, as if viewed in a mirror

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Pause Dream Enjoy - Challenge #35, You're so tweet

Artist Playroom - pick your favorite color

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Recycle, Re-Purpose & Reinvent - Anything Goes

Just getting under the wire for one of my challenges, whew! I loved picking my favorite colors to create with, I am a pastel girl, any color that's soft and dreamy is the color for me.

Prima - flower

Ranger - stickles

 

I cut my bird and branch from the Cricut French Manor cartridge. The brown paper ( heart ) is recycled wax paper that came from the bottom of my spray box! I love all the little speckles from the sprays on it, this photo really doesn't show it very well.

 I used a water tearing technique to make the heart, put a layer of gel medium over it and then Tim Holtz Candy Crackle. Maybe too much candy crackle as it lifted and curled but I loved the effect so I added a clear glaze to the affected area to hold all those little curls in place. You can't tell from the picture because it's still in the drying process ;)

I added a lot of layers, paint, gesso, torn hearts from a book, sprays and inks. I used my finger to apply everything, ( felt very Donna Downey!! lol )... it was very messy but gratifying and fun!

I used a wax paper transfer for the sentiment. Very cool, run the wax paper through your printer               (sentiment in mirror image ) and then gently press down. Be careful not to press too hard as it will smear, but on gesso'd background it wipes off easily if you need to try again ;0 After it dried I went over the sentiment with a pen just to make it bolder.  Got this idea from Pinterest ( of course, right? ) and here is the tutorial so you can check it out, maybe do it and link it up for Project Pinterest on the 10th!! ...::nodding head:::...

Now, before I do anything else to it, I want to ask...would you ink the edges of the sign in a soft brown? or outline in a charcoal black or dark brown? I'm torn between the 2....so let me know which one you think would like better, please!