Mary is our Color Challenge hostess today, and she has given us a slushee-wonderful color combination of Cucumber Crush, Watermelon Wonder, and Hello Honey. As I used these colors, I realized how sherbet-like they are—just like rainbow sherbet. How convenient, that the dessert option is to show a favorite summertime treat , such as ice cream, popsicle, snow cone, cupcake, etc.
I am absolutely in love with this adorable set, Penguins in Paradise. I chose this little guy with his popsicle for my subject, but I also created a very unusual background using mixed media.
Every week, I look at the Friday Mixed Media challenge. Most of the time, I think, "Oh, that's too hard for me." But last Friday, the challenge was to get over my fear of mixed media, and try something new. So I did. First, I took a piece of mixed media cardstock, covered with gel medium, and stuck down a piece of Typeset Specialty designer paper. Then I covered that with Gesso, and let it dry. I tried streaks of the challenge colors with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers, but the color wasn't bold enough. So after that dried, I covered it with a wash of similar colors from my set of Zig Kuretake Gamsai Tambi watercolors, and let that dry. Finally, I covered the entire sheet with Golden Glass Bead Gel. I love this stuff! It has teensy tiny glass beads in a medium that turns clear when it dries. It gave my panel the look of sherbet—or at least that's what I was aiming for.
I cut out my tree, penguin and beach ball with my Silhouette Portrait, then colored them with Copic Markers, and stamped the sentiment with Watermelon Wonder ink.
One more thing, getting back to the Color Challenge—my favorite summertime treat isn't actually a popsicle, it's being in Hawaii! ;-)
Thanks for stopping by, and please play along with us this week!
Paper: Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media, X-Press-It Blending Card, Hello Honey DS paper for swim trunks
Paper Size: A2
Ink: Watermelon Wonder
Accessories: Copic Markers, Cutting with Silhouette Portrait, matte medium gel, gesso, Golden Glass Bead Gel, Zig Kuretake Clean Color Real Brush Markers, Zig Kuretake Gamsai Tambi watercolors, Sizzix circles die
Wonderful card, Barbara! Love the cute penguin! I was wondering how you achieved the look on the BG piece--it must be the glass bead gel. It sure gives a neat look! I'll have to check out that product.
Registered: August 1, 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 26819
Wed, Jul 01, 2015 @ 7:42 AM
Love how your card turned out. I am so glad that you tried something new. Love how vibrant the colors look. I tried to make a card and tried to get close to the colors with what I had and couldn't get them dark enough. That little guy is so cute. I'm sure that popsicle will cool him off. I hope you join us with the mixability challenges again.
Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 75033
Wed, Jul 01, 2015 @ 7:56 AM
This is just so adorable. His popsicle is cooling me down.
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