I'm busy prepping for CHA next month (more on that soon) which is good because I am definitely in a creative zone, so many ideas!
Over on the SimonSays Monday challenge the theme is Love is in the Air + red. As I had some scraps left over from my PaperArtsy heart I thought I'd have a play.
I started with an old 7x5" canvas and gessoed to try and eradicate the previous colour (orange / pink). Plenty of layers later I added some book text and then began adding layers of paint. First up, a very watered down Mud Splat and then washes of Chalk and Snowflake (all PaperArtsy) to give some opaque and some translucent areas so the book text could peep through in places..
Walnut Stain Distress Ink added, spritzed and flicked with water to get a mottled stained effect around the edges.
The stamping is from PaperArtsy HP1107 in Watering Can Archival.
Why the clocks? Well lust can be sudden and fleeting, but love, love grows and deepens over time
Barn Door Distress Ink was added bottom right to give that hint of red, lots of water added and spritzed to give water stains and differing strengths of colour,
The heart was a left over scrap from my Grungy Heart. Edged with charcoal pencil to define and some charcoal marks around it to frame and reflect the grey of the Watering Can archival.
I'm pleased with the simplicity of this, even though it has many layers of texture.
Hugs
Jo
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this is amazing Jo. Love your layers of stamping, and the red heart is great.
ReplyDeleteLove this, You always create such beautiful backgrounds x
ReplyDeleteLOve your project! The touch of red is perfect and the background fabulous! Thanks for joining us this week on Simon Says Monday Challenge blog! Barbarayaya
ReplyDeleteBeautiful - I love the layers and textures.
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