Hazel is our host this week at the Sunday Postcard Art site and the challenge is to use fruit in the creation of our postcards. Her inspirational art for this week is wonderful and I would encourage you to visit her site to check it out.
My postcard for this week is a bit "off season" if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, but I had fun making it just the same. One of the items on my Bucket List is to visit the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. That was the inspiration for this piece.
Both the background and quote are from an internet search. The image is called "Friends" and is by Stampotique Originals.
I hope you will find some time this week to play along with this challenge. You can find the rules here.
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Craft Stamper Magazine's "Take It Make It" challenge for November is to use a stamp and the theme is Anything Goes. It is possible to submit three pieces of art (each entered separately), so decided to make my third submission today.
I recently found a new stamp designer by the name of Carol Porter. I am lucky to have two of her stamps; the one I am using today being my favorite! You can see everything that Carol sells (including cards) at NAYS WORLD in her Etsy Shop. You can also follow her blog here.
I made this journal page today using a scrap of patterned paper. I added some interest in the background before adhering my focal image (stamped on book text) and stamping my sentiment onto the paper. I think the two pair nicely!
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Craft Stamper Magazine's "Take It Make It" challenge for November is to use a stamp and the theme is Anything Goes. With such freedom, it was fun to create this fall-flavored tag:
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Deann is the host for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge this week, and she has sent us back to dig up our favorite fairy tale! Few things last past childhood, but Snow White and those seven delightful dwarfs have endured the past seven decades for me! Dopey was always my favorite dwarf. Amazingly, he never spoke, yet one could always imagine what he was thinking!
For my background, I cut two pieces of heavy cardstock to 4" x 6". I applied gesso to the surface of one, then pressed the two together and "massaged" the outside a bit to push around the gesso between the two. When I pulled them apart, there was texture and pattern everywhere! I allowed the cardstock to dry and then, using a citrus color palette, applied Dylusions spray inks and spritzes of water to blend them.
The pre-colored image of Dopey was from an internet search, and the text stamp is from Stampotique Originals.
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Linda is our host at Sunday Postcard Art this week, and she is sending us off to Paris to create art! I hope you will take some time this week to join us in creating something for this challenge.
My postcard this week was a simple one to create as I used a Sizzix "texture fade" die folder to create dry embossing on my paper (cut to 6" x 4"). I then used a sanding block to rub off most of the raised surfaces, revealing the white core of the paper.
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