Saturday, 13 October 2012

Calendar Challenge : Bright Colours

For our second calendar page the Craft Barn team is tasking us with using bright colours, for instance the Dylusions inks. I haven't got any of those (yet), but I do have a mixed assortment of sprays :  with and without micas, branded and home made etc...

I immediately knew which stamps I wanted to use and sprayed my page in bands of colours to suit the scene :


I used an Archival black inkpad and some water based markers for the grass and plants, then I removed colour with thin bleach in some areas (I tried lifting the colour with water only but being dyes the colours didn't shift at all).
Still not sure if I should have bleached more areas of the house and/or added colour, for instance made the roof red...

Let me know what you think,
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11 comments:

  1. Anne 13 October 2012 at 19:59

    Simply gorgeous! Love the colours, love the technique, love the image! Superb! TFS!

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  2. Scrapmate13 October 2012 at 20:08

    I love the way you've bleached out just the fence - it makes it look like a traditional white picket fence and contrasts beautifully with the sprayed BG.

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  3. Cocofolies13 October 2012 at 20:29

    J'aime beaucoup cette petite scène et ton dégradé de couleurs, c'est très beau ! Je n'aurais pas décoloré davantage non plus je crois... C'est superbe comme ça ! Bon dimanche à toi.

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  4. Maggie13 October 2012 at 22:02

    A great calendar page love the image and colours for a bright and fresh look

    MaggieH

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  5. woodandfabric14 October 2012 at 02:03

    This is a great stamp that you used. Beautiful bright colors.
    Michelle

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  6. laury5514 October 2012 at 07:03

    great calendar page, beautiful stamped image

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  7. LindaS14 October 2012 at 08:34

    Beautiful stamping and colors. I especially like the look of the white fence.

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  8. Suze Bain14 October 2012 at 09:15

    Bleaching is a technique I've never tried but it looks so effective. Imlove that house stamp too. A super calendar page. xx

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  9. Jenni's Jems14 October 2012 at 14:15

    The colours are gorgeous and no I don't think it needs more, think you lifted just enough to highlight with the bleach ..if in doubt do nowt! :-)x

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  10. Mona Pendleton17 October 2012 at 16:52

    So pretty! Love the background!

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  11. Von21 October 2012 at 11:33

    This is so colourful love the simplicity of it :)
    Von ♥

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