May Arts Spring Craft Challenge

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Hi again everyone..second post for the day!

I'm very excited to say that I made it into May Arts Spring Craft Challenge!!

 We had a choice of ribbon and the 4 that I chose were:

 Teal String

White Eyelet

Green leaves

Salmon Faux Lightweight Canvas

  

6" x 12" wall hanging 

 

other products:

Daler Rowney - gesso

Ranger - Distress Paints

spiced marmalade, wild honey, brick, barn door, and antique linen

Crafters Workshop - stencil TCW191S ( brick pattern )

Golden - Molding Paste ( for brick stencil )

Crafters Workshop - stencil TCW 97
Golden Molding Paste - ( for flower stencil )
Ranger - Distress Stain, peeled paint
Helmar - 450 ( for leaves )
gold micro beads - misc.
Helmar - Professional Acid Free Glue ( for green stems )
Darice - 8mm Bell Caps
Helmar - Gemstone Adhesive
Willow Bead - Glass Dust Balls ( for inside of Bell Caps )
Spellbinders - white pearls

If you go over to the May Arts page and leave a comment as to which one is your favorite project, then you can be entered in to win a free spool of ribbon.
 Yes, I would love for you to say it's mine, but you don't have to...

also entering this in:

Berry71bleu - April Challenge Flowers!

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Anything But a Card -  Challenge 15 Spring or Alice in Wonderland

OK, so Tracy went away for a week to play ....errr....work for a week while she was in Las Vegas. So, maybe I whinned a little too much because the girls from the Mixed Media Monday Nights group assigned....ASSIGNED me something to do...geez...bossy sweet friends! lol
Actually, I loved every minute of it and want to thank them for the push incentive to create this piece.

 They gave me a list of things to use:

Lori - butterfly....who started the whole idea!
Mary - gesso and bubble wrap
Jean - the color yellow
Anna - book text and she found the quote for me to use too!
 

 

OK, so I'm thinking this piece will work well for this ABAC challenge on a couple of levels. First, when I think of spring I think of butterflies. Here, I gessoed book text, inked it with Ranger's Dylusions and then ran it through the printer for the butterflies which I fussy cut out. I outlined the veins with my Faber Castell PITT pen in black. .

 I couldn't remove the yellow from the above picture,  but it does show how I gave one butterfly some dimension with my Helmar's Liquid Scrapdots. I really do love this stuff!! I also am in love with the Goosebumps spray that gave this ink such a wonderful dimension.

 

 I also think this piece fulfills some of the Alice in Wonderland criteria as it has watches embossed with modling paste using the Crafter's Workshop stencil TCW 201S. I spritzed some Imagine Goosebumps spray before spreading out the Ranger's Distress stains ( using water ). Wonderful effect, will be using this more!

Rabbit quotes on time from Alice in Wonderland:

"Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!"
[singing] I'm late / I'm late / For a very important date. / No time to say "Hello, Goodbye". / I'm late, I'm late, I'm late."

 

Walrus quote

 “The time has come," the walrus said, "to talk of many things: Of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings” 
 

Then used my Distress Stains as splats. I hit them hard onto the board and it gives a wonderful ...splat!

 

My finished wall hanging:

Daler Rowney - gesso

Ranger - Distress Stains

Imagine - Goosebump spray

Crafters Workshop - stencil

Really Reasonable Ribbon - cording

Faber Castell - PITT pen

Helmar - Liquid Scrapdots

 

Thank you ladies, it's already hanging up in the Art MoB!