It's my pleasure to be your hostess in the Color Challenge this week. I've chosen Just Jade, Balmy Blue, and Night of Navy, with the dessert option of WATER. I wanted double dessert, so I depicted water (the ocean) and also used water in my technique to create this art journal page.
I started with a 6" x 6" piece of watercolor paper, which I punched to go into my disc-bound journal. I sprayed it with water, then sprayed Chipped Sapphire and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide sprays in several layers, drying with my Ranger heat tool between each layer. When I had the blend of light and dark blue that pleased my eye, I smooshed a Lucky Clover Distress Ink pad on my craft mat, sprayed with more water, and randomly dipped the page into the ink droplets, again drying between layers.
While the page was drying, I stamped the turtle and the "Advice" stamp on Bristol Smooth cardstock with Chipped Sapphire DOX, then sprinkled with matt embossing powder and heat set. When it was cool, I lightly covered those areas with a blending brush and Tumbled Glass DOX. I edged the Advice panel with a brushing of Chipped Sapphire, and also stamped the fish scale design all around the edges and randomly in the center of the page. I fussy cut the turtle, cut the letters from Night of Navy cardstock, and adhered it all together. Finishing touch, the date on the lower left corner.
The sea turtle is known as "honu" in Hawaiian and symbolizes good luck, protection, endurance, and long life.
I hope you find some time this week to create with this week's colors, and perhaps find a way to incorporate water into your design. Thanks for looking!
Stamps: Swirl Turtle, Advice from a Sea Turtle (Technique Junkies), Fish Scales (Designs by Ryn)
Paper: Watercolor, Bristol Smooth, Night of Navy
Paper Size: 6" x 6"
Ink: Chipped Sapphire DOX pad and spray, Tumbled Glass DOX pad and spray, Lucky Clover Distress pad
Accessories: TUL punch, Inside and Out Stitched Rectangle Dies (MFT), Festive alphabet dies (Scrapbook.com), Wow Clear Matt Dull Embossing Powder, blending brushes, white gel pen, Ranger heat tool
Registered: February 19, 2011 Location: Fullerton, CA Posts: 15351
Thu, Feb 10, 2022 @ 2:40 PM
I recently made a card for my Hawaiian buddy with a sea turtle, but I wish I had had your gorgeous bg and that really cool swirl turtle. These both look so fabulous. Wonderful page for your art book and I love that you will be reminded of all that Honu symbolizes each time you see it. Beautiful crafting.