It's soon come around this week ...... because of the Bank Holiday I suppose! It should be a nice quiet weekend though .... it's hubby's turn to fly across to the UK. He's going over for a guys get together ..... so it's bound to get messy!! Glad I'm not going.
Anyway, to get the weekend underway, I'm absolutely thrilled to be today's Guest Designer over on the Country View Crafts Challenge Blog.
This month's challenge theme is .....
Simply Scenic
There's already been lots of fabulous inspiration for you through the month and today it's my turn.
Summer is on its way, so I'm told ..... and with that in mind my take on this month's challenge is .... a piece of home decor, with a pretty little summer meadow scene .....
This is so simple to do and the picture inside can be changed to suit the seasons throughout the year. Would make a lovely little gift too!
There's some fabulous shabby chic picture frames around, and not that expensive, it's what you put inside them that matters.
I cut a piece of white cardstock to fit the aperture then added some colour using Distress Inks ..... pretty shades of blue to create my summer sky ........
I spritzed the ink with a little water, let it sit for a while then removed the excess with paper towel removing some of the ink as well.
I then stamped the flowers across the bottom using a black Archival ink. This particular image is from IndigoBlu ..... Wild Flowers and is one of my favourites. Depending on how you colour the flowers they could be anything ..... buttercups, poppies you name it!
I decided NOT to add colour this time ........ instead I took more of the background colour away ...... using a paintbrush and some clean water I painted over each of the flowers, dabbed with a piece of kitchen roll and removed the ink ......
I stamped some butterflies above the flowers, once directly onto the scene and then again onto pieces of previously inked card from my scrap box ...... leftovers really from previous projects (I never throw anything away!)
I then fussy cut these and attached them over the top of the ones on my summer scene (cuts out the need to cut around the really fiddly bits like the antennae)
I took one of the sentiments from a set of JOFY stamps (JOFY 09) and stamped it across the top ...... perfect fit (phew!)
and to finish off I used some watered down Picket Fence Distress Paint splattered over the scene using a paint brush.
I also added a touch of White Fire Treasure Gold to the ornate bit at the top of the frame ...... gives it more of an aged look I think.
I hope you like it ......... you've still got time to enter the challenge so why not give it go.
Thanks for popping by ...... it's been a pleasure to be GD on the Country View Crafts Challenge Blog. It just so happens that Country View Crafts is my favourite online craft store ..... fab products, great prices and it's FREE P&P (UK that is)
Have a great weekend ...... it's my turn to host our crafty get together tomorrow ..... 6 stamping mad ladies around the table (hubby's glad he's away!) You never know we might just get something finished this week ..... there's always a first time!
Cheerio until next time
This is so simple to do and the picture inside can be changed to suit the seasons throughout the year. Would make a lovely little gift too!
There's some fabulous shabby chic picture frames around, and not that expensive, it's what you put inside them that matters.
I cut a piece of white cardstock to fit the aperture then added some colour using Distress Inks ..... pretty shades of blue to create my summer sky ........
I spritzed the ink with a little water, let it sit for a while then removed the excess with paper towel removing some of the ink as well.
I then stamped the flowers across the bottom using a black Archival ink. This particular image is from IndigoBlu ..... Wild Flowers and is one of my favourites. Depending on how you colour the flowers they could be anything ..... buttercups, poppies you name it!
I decided NOT to add colour this time ........ instead I took more of the background colour away ...... using a paintbrush and some clean water I painted over each of the flowers, dabbed with a piece of kitchen roll and removed the ink ......
I stamped some butterflies above the flowers, once directly onto the scene and then again onto pieces of previously inked card from my scrap box ...... leftovers really from previous projects (I never throw anything away!)
I then fussy cut these and attached them over the top of the ones on my summer scene (cuts out the need to cut around the really fiddly bits like the antennae)
I took one of the sentiments from a set of JOFY stamps (JOFY 09) and stamped it across the top ...... perfect fit (phew!)
and to finish off I used some watered down Picket Fence Distress Paint splattered over the scene using a paint brush.
I also added a touch of White Fire Treasure Gold to the ornate bit at the top of the frame ...... gives it more of an aged look I think.
I hope you like it ......... you've still got time to enter the challenge so why not give it go.
Thanks for popping by ...... it's been a pleasure to be GD on the Country View Crafts Challenge Blog. It just so happens that Country View Crafts is my favourite online craft store ..... fab products, great prices and it's FREE P&P (UK that is)
Have a great weekend ...... it's my turn to host our crafty get together tomorrow ..... 6 stamping mad ladies around the table (hubby's glad he's away!) You never know we might just get something finished this week ..... there's always a first time!
Cheerio until next time
Linda
xx
3 comments:
Your scene is beautiful! The butterflies are so vibrant against the gorgeous background and I love that you left the flowers uncoloured. The frame is lovely too. Wonderful piece xxx
Congratulations on the Guest Design spot, Linda! Your frame and sweet seasonal meadow scene are superb! I love that you can change out the art work for each season! Thank you for the idea!! I hope you had a fun weekend batching it w/o hubby!! Hugs, Darnell
Congrats on the GD spot and this is a lovely framed piece.
Avril xx
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