hooked: adjective ( slang )

 Captivated by or devoted to a custom or thing

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I love color, it's no lie, so when I saw the Helmar Monthly October Color challenge I was hooked. I also LOVED the picture of the flower that was the color inspiration too...double hooked! I actually didn't even want to alter the picture, if I had water droplets, I would have added those too!

Here is mine, I did a hanging canvas for my Art MoB studio. You can see all my wall hangings if you click on the tab at the top of my screen that says Wall Hangings for the Art MoB.

 

 

And if you want to see the progression of how I made it, here is a slide show. I really fought the background as you will see, in the end, it's black, just like the color inspiration. I just couldn't get that color combination out of my head. I told you I liked the picture! lol I used my Helmars Gemstone Adhesive for all the colored gems.

 

 

Products in order of use:

( opinion of products are purely my own )

 

Daler Rowney Gesso ( applied with an advertisement credit card, who says junk mail is all bad ?)

Atlas page maps ( really wasted this, since you can't see them in the end )

Art Word stencil ( another waste in the end )

Lil Davis Designs - Mint Glitter Glaze

Glimmer Mists ( Popsicle ,Peach Delight, and Candy Apple red )

water mist

Patio Paint - Petunia, Fern Green

Apple Barrel - Black Gloss, Pumpkin Orange

Delta Ceramcoat - Bright Red

blotted with wax paper

Faber Castell - Metallic Gelato ( used dry and rubbed with my finger to smooth it out )

Allene's Tacky Glue ( give it a moment to set up before adding twine )

Twine ( colored with the Galaxy marker )

American Crafts Galaxy Marker - ( LOVE this white marker! )

Reminisce Black pen

Me & My Big Ideas - colored gems

Studio 18 - gem

Helmars Gemstone Adhesive ( awesome stuff, especially since I am clumsy and kept smearing glue on my gems, but you can never tell once it's dried!!!! )

Reminisce sticker letter ( had to use glue under the letters to get them to stick to the gloss paint )

Pitt Pens - Black

White Reminisce pen

swirl - Don Juan cartridge

beads - misc.