I was cleaning my paintbrushes yesterday; after doing my tag swaps; in my journal, (the A5 mid sized one) and had a bit of a play later..
I just dragged the brush down the page until it ran out of colour, first the pink and then the orange
Next, I stencilled some grunge paste through the new (to me) Lin Brown leaf stencil
when that was dry I added some stamping (Stampotique French text by Papillon) in Tea Rose and Magenta Hue archivals
The black stamping are WendyVecchi (apart from Remember which is a Clarity)
I finished with some flowers (Lin Brown) stamped and cut out on white card and painted with the pink Dylusion and a few strokes of the orange, to tie it in with the background.
Scribbled some pencil marks round the page to create a border (I remembered, Gabrielle!!) and stuck the flowers on.
As Carmen has so kindly pointed out, this is a perfect fit (with the tags and atcs in the previous post) - Pink + Pink_ Orange for
Week 2 of Summer of Colour, so I'm linking it there
Ooooh lovely, fab colours xxxx
ReplyDeleteWow! I love this Helen! The colours look fantastic and the texture is great. That Lin Brown stencil is one of the best things ever! xxx
ReplyDeleteVery thrifty crafting Helen and great finishes pages as well.
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Great stuff, Helen! I always clean off my brushes onto scratch papers, mop up ink with kitchen roll and keep the colours co-ordinated, etc. etc. They make such great backgrounds - I use a lot of the larger ones as photographic backgrounds when I photograph my work. It's amazing how much paint you can waste in your water pot, isn't it. I lvoe the page you have made - gorgeous colour scheme and all that delicious texture! Keep up the good work.
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Love the way you left all the brush strokes in this, beautiful x
ReplyDeleteOne year all my monthly calendar pages were created using mop up paint, or from where I cleaned my rubber stamps. But mine didn't look as lovely and controlled as yours.
ReplyDeleteBesides really liking the colors and the design of the spread, I also liked the way you tied the pages together with adding the line around the outside of the pages. That is one I must remember. Thanks for the inspiration.
More gorgeous colours, I love it.
ReplyDeleteLove those colours together Helen really effective. I love that stencil too and it look amazing on your pages xx
ReplyDeleteLovely way to use your excess paint Helen and the pages turned out fab! I bought that stencil last week at the show ;-)
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Lesley Xx
gorgeous and one of my favourite colour combinations!
ReplyDeleteThis one too - you must have been psychic last night :D Love these pages especially the text stamped in pink.
ReplyDeleteVery crafty. Great job with the colors.
ReplyDeleteLove pink and orange and you have put together a great ensemble! Another great page Helen! x
ReplyDeleteTwo gorgeous pages with the fab colour pallet this week. Visiting from SoC5
ReplyDeletesweet! the pink background works really well with all the elements.
ReplyDeletevisiting from SOC, have a lovely day.
I absolutely love this work of art! Your pages look amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work for SOC! Valerie
ReplyDeleteVery pretty x
ReplyDeleteFabulous take on the colors Helen!
ReplyDeleteFab spread!
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ReplyDeleteGreat colours...they really pop ;) xoxo Sioux
ReplyDeleteGreat art journal pages!
ReplyDeleteLovely page, so warm.
ReplyDeleteVery nice! I love what can be inspired when cleaning off brushes - it always feels bonus magic.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pages Helen-I LOVE the leaves!!
ReplyDeleteLovely painterly pages!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous use of the stencil and colours. At first I thought it was fabric that you had printed onto. Anita #29 Itsamistry Design Studio
ReplyDeleteLovely design for this week's SOC.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Love how the backround came out and the leaves are stunning.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and creative mixed media- wonderful colors!
ReplyDeletevery creative pages :)
ReplyDeleteVery very pretty :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pages. Love the dimensional leaves.
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