Sunday, 12 July 2015

Turquoise waters

The colour turquoise and the Beach hut theme for the Craft Barn July calendar challenge only means one thing... the BEACH!!!

As delighted as I was with the Beach concept, I didn't have a lot of choice of Beach huts! A few years back Docrafts came out with some Beach Huts stamps, designed by Michael Powell, and I resisted buying them thinking that I might be able to grab them later in the sale... Of course the best designs never do get on sale and the Beach huts never joined my stash.

I decided to use a Crafty Individual paper instead (Book 6 - The Seaside) for my huts and transfer them with gel medium on a piece of watercolour paper.
The sand and sea were painted in with watercolours.


If you think the calendar is strangely placed it's because I placed it where I could hide the worst mishaps! I'm guessing the gel medium wasn't completed dry when I started rubbing the paper layer and as a result I rubbed some of the image as well...

Thanks for coming by,

Also entering the We Love to Create and That Craft Place challenges.
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13 comments:

  1. Shirley12 July 2015 at 11:23

    All looks good to me Christine even the placement of the calendar lol. Would never have realised there was a mistake to hide.

    Warm crafty hugs from Shirl x x x
    ShirlsCards.

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  2. brenda12 July 2015 at 11:44

    Fabulous Christine, what is it about beach huts that always reminds me of childhood I wonder ? Could be that I was always fascinated by them and always wanted to go inside, now I realise there is not actually very much to see !

    B x

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  3. chrissie12 July 2015 at 20:04

    This wonderful and just the sort of scene that Imlove

    Chrissie xx

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  4. kaybee13 July 2015 at 07:28

    Love the gel transfer - and I could just dip my toes into that water!

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  5. hazel13 July 2015 at 08:11

    This is a wonderful calendar page, I love the image transfer.
    xxx Hazel.

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  6. Elaine14 July 2015 at 12:57

    Such a great idea to do the image transfer - you've created a wonderful watery scene. Love it!!

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  7. TwinkleToes2day15 July 2015 at 11:42

    I love this! The subtle colours make it look quite vintage to me. Nice job Christine! :D {{Hugs}}

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  8. Scrapmate15 July 2015 at 21:39

    I wouldn't have thought twice about your quirky calendar placement if you hadn't mentioned it. I like the effect of the image transfer.

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  9. Crafty Claire19 July 2015 at 19:34

    I love the way you've blended the image with the watercolour. It works really well xx

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  10. Unknown21 July 2015 at 09:01

    Just love this.

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    1. Craftyfield22 July 2015 at 07:12

      Went to see your Brusho page, such a versatile medium, love the delicate touch you used with them (not easy)! Like you I really enjoyed this theme.

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  11. maggie6 August 2015 at 07:50

    Love the effect you have got with the image transfer, it blends so well with the watercolour.

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  12. Lesley11 August 2015 at 12:45

    Great page, love the huts! Sorry for the late comments, dealing with family illnesses at the moment xx

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