garnish: verb

decorate, embellish 

 to add decorative or savory touches to (food or drink)

 to equip with accessories : furnish

 to take (as a debtor's wages) by legal authority : garnishee

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PanPastel Challenge Blog - #21 Bling it

All That Stickles - Turquoise Linky Party

So, here I was playing with my gelli plate intending to make a mermaid print and I did too, but what I made here, was created from the stencils I was using to mask with. ( In other words instead of using the pieces that I had cut from the Cricut as a mask, the pieces themselves became part of the art. Each layer was cut from the Cricut, laid onto the Gelli plate and then lifted off after painting. Then each piece was layered on top of each other to make the wall hanging. Each piece was cut out of a trasparency sheet. )
This is my unintentional mermaid. :)
 I say unintentional because I didn't plan on using the Cricut cuts as part of the design, I thought I would be throwing these cuts away.

For each transparency layer there is a coat of gel medium over it so I am assured that the paint won't flake off the plastic transparency. So that's a whole lot of layering, coating with medium and then adding another layer.

 I just LOVE how bright and vibrant the colors came out and since I was using transparencies, any color below shows through the top layer. Each time I peeled up the mask piece I squealed! seriously There are numerous layers here and each one is delicious!

The color themselves are not neon, but laid against this black background and they just zoom off!

I used the turquoise stickles to outline the turquoise seaweed and left the others alone, I did add stickles to the starfishes. 

My mermaid is outlined and a few drop of liquid pearls are added to her, and that's all the garnishment that she needed.

Rangers- stickles, turquoise, yellow, glam pink

Pebeo - outliner

Higgins - white ink ( for eyes )

American Crafts - Mary marker ( lips )

Plaid - acrylic paints

Gelli Plate

Cricut Craft Room - Pirates and Mermaids ( digital cart )
Rock Princess, p. 54 ( banner )

Try it on Tuesday-animals

My heart goes out to all the families in Oklahoma, please keep them in your thoughts and say a prayer for them.

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 'On the Wild Side' , to feature animals or birds.

The background to this piece began with Imagines Goosebumps spray and then followed with an assortment of Ranger sprays. The compass and quote were cut from a magazine and outlined with  a Faber Castell PITT pen. The entire piece was outlined with Higgins Super White ink and is hung with Really Reasonable Ribbon's hemp cording.

The pup was hand drawn on a magazine image and cut out, once adhered to the board, he was outlined with my Pebeo liner. His tongue and shadowing was created with Faber Castell gelatos and his eye was made with American Crafts Marvy Marker.

The tile words and letters were fitted on a straight pin with a small cork bead at the end and then glued down with Helmar's 450.

So, are YOU living like someone left the gate open?

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 a favor to ask...

I made it to the top 3 finalists for designing a wooden book for Genuinely Jane Studios, would be honored if you would go visit there and cast your vote for me...( I designed the camera. )

hot air: noun

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"Interestingly, the history of hot air ballooning can be traced back to the 18th century - way before the Wright Brothers developed the first airplane.

The urge to fly like the birds prompted humans undertake several attempts to soar in the skies.

 The Montgolfier brothers - Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, are given the credit of being the hot air balloon inventors - a feat they achieved in the second half of the 18th century." 

I don't now about you, but I am fascinated with hot air balloons...don't get me wrong, I do not, in any way, want to be in one, I just like looking at them from the ground floating across the sky.

and why am I talking about hot air balloons, you ask?
 Because it's time for

where our challenge is Inventions, inventors, or steampunk

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I was really going back and forth on this challenge because there are SO many awesome things that have been invented over time, but in the end inspiration from this picture  I discovered on Pinterest won out. I was smitten from the moment I saw it!

 So many elements were found recycled parts, the balloon ( or envelope ) itself came from packaging, covered it in tissue paper, outlined with my Pebeo to create the seams, colored with metallic melon gelato, and embellished with rhinestones and pearls.

The basket ( or gondola ) was created from a used tea light, that tin is so malleable, I just loved working with it. Covered it with tissue tape which was then washed with the same gelato color as the balloon. After I punched holes into the basket I sewed it with silk cording to attach it to the balloon. I used LSD to prop up the puffy heart that is riding in the basket.

I love the free hanging heart bead on the ground cable....which really shouldn't be attached theoretically beacause in the real world it would get caught on a tree or something...but then hey, there aren't giant puffy hearts flying balloons either... but I like how it looks :)

  

American Crafts - Thickers puffy stickers
Dear Lizzy - glittered chipboard bird
Maya Road - arrow chipboard, tissue tape
Ranger - Distress Paints, tissue tape
Pebeo - outliner
Helmar - 450, Liquid Scrapdots
Faber Castell - gelato, PITT pen
Higgins - waterproof drawing ink
Syudio G - stamp
Really Reasonable Ribbon - hemp cord

also entering this 6x12" wall hanging in:

Sparkles Monthly Challenge - #43 Hearts
Faber Castell - April 'Take the Challenge' with Mou