Been playing - new stash, inspired by Lin Brown

After a couple of hours this morning re-organising some of my stash (new and old) and putting away and cataloguing the stamps (I write them in a ring binder by manufacturer, so I can take the list with me so I don't duplicate...) it was time to play..

Well you may have seen in the post yesterday, some of Lin Brown's gorgeous samples using the new Paperartsy Fresco colours.  This is inspired by one of hers, with different colours - Spanish Mulberry and Yellow Submarine, primarily. I love these colours!  There's a bit of Tango in there too..

 Take a piece of grey board and cover with half a sheet of Anna's "sunrise sunset" Prima papers

Cover with paint of your choice - I used Spanish Mulberry and Yellow Submarine, though should have watered them down more, you can't see enough of the paper through the paint..

Using the waste from Lin's die cut flowers, add Snowflake, then one of the paints - I used the Spanish Mulberry, and with the template still in place, stencil a contrast colour (I used French Roast but it's too dark because it then hides the script stamp really)

Add leaves (a mixture of greens, as the first version was too pale/translucent so I had to fudge it and start again!!  and some Snowflake splatters

 which you then add Tango to with a baby wipe

An arch die cut from waste packaging, and tore some of the top layer back, painted with a mixture of the same colours as in the background, and French Roast round the edges.  Edged both the arch and the whole piece, with Onyxite Treasure Gold.

The little flower is one of the resin ones I got yesterday, painted with Spanish Mulberry and had Onyxite TG added to it.

I think Lin's colour way worked better, but it was fun to try with these new paints (and I do love these colours!!)

Thanks for looking.