This card is for today's SCS Color Combination Challenge~ A Pistachio Party in the Sahara. I am the challenge hostess today and the dessert option is to add your favorite embellishment to your card/project.
I am an avid follower of Vicky Papaioannou and her fabulous art journal pages. One of my favorite embellishments these days is embossing paste, so I whipped out a card (must admit the whipping took a couple of hours...) using one of Vicky's journal pages for inspiration.
The background is watercolored with today's three colors. I covered the entire panel in distress glaze to keep the watercoloring intact. The fun took place with adding the embossing paste around the edges with the bubbles stencil. The seahorse and sea star were watercolored as well and then stamped with one of the ultimate grunge stamps to add some dimension. Gel medium was used to adhere them to the panel and I shaded around both with a PITT pen. Touches of white gel pen and sentiment added to finish the card.
I am also entering this card in Teresa's Hope You Can Cling To (HYCCT) Challenge~ Cancer Free. (Freestyle Collage Card)
Enjoy!
My Blog: www.artfulljourney.com
Date: Monday, October 12, 2015 GMT Views: 1747
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Stamps: MFT Clearly Sentimental About Art, Stampers Anonymous Ultimate Grunge
Paper: Strathmore Watercolor, Sahara Sand
Ink: Pistachio Pudding, Pool Party, Sahara Sand, Going Gray
Accessories: Sizzix Tim Holtz Sand and Sea Dies, Dylusions Small Bubbles Stencil, Embossing Paste, Gesso, Gel Medium, Pitt Big Brush Pen Cold Grey, Black Gellyroll Pen, Distress Glaze, Uniball Signo White Pen
Registered: September 7, 2007 Location: Miamisburg, OH Posts: 43141
Mon, Oct 12, 2015 @ 7:40 PM
This is fit for hanging on a royal bathroom wall! ;)(because that's where shells and underwater artwork goes, right?) Just beautiful Peggy~~~and so easy to see now where you were going with these colors!! Gorgeous!!
Registered: October 30, 2007 Location: Posts: 26718
Mon, Oct 12, 2015 @ 7:56 PM
Wow, Peggy, this is awesome!! I love all the textures and soft colors, and sea images. I wouldn't know how to start a piece like this, so my hat is off to you!
Splitcoast Dirty Dozen Alumni Splitcoast Challenge Hostess The Charmed Life
Registered: November 19, 2005 Location: Bethel Park, Pa Posts: 37082
Mon, Oct 12, 2015 @ 8:26 PM
this is a fabulous piece of mixed media, girlfriend- the colors you chose are perfect for this underwater scene- I love it-the seahorse and starfish look awesome all grunged up-and your background elements make this collage so lifelike
------------------------------ Mary Marsh SCS Color Challenge DT Coordinator My Blog- The Charmed Life
Registered: October 28, 2004 Location: Castro Valley, Ca Posts: 49248
Mon, Oct 12, 2015 @ 8:45 PM
Wow this is gorgeous mixed media Peggy! I follow Vicky P's blog also and have been loving her art journal posts. You did her justice for sure with this!
------------------------------ Harriet aka hskelly
My blog: Allycatcards