zaterdag 24 augustus 2013

The letter O at the Craft Barn and I picked 'ornament'.

Right ladies, this time I actually am on time LOL!  So, I picked the word 'ornament', and for this page I made my own ornaments.
I started by gessoing the page making sure I left the word open. Then I took some Faber Castel Gelatos in the colours Guava, Watermelon and Raspberry. I used them dry and blended the colours with my fingers which works wonderfully when you do it on a gessoed later. The grungy hearts you see in the background were made with a stencil and a baby wipe which takes away the gelato.
I marked my work choice with a permanent pen and used Indian Ink to make the ink splatters. The strips you see are leftover design papers which I glued down with gel medium before gessoing the page. I accentuated the strips with a Faber Castel Pitt pen in the olour Middle Purple Pink no. 125.
Here is a close up picture of one of my homemade ornaments. I used Mold Mods to make them, painted them black and added some Rubb and Buff in a gold colour.
I'm pretty happy with the result and I especially like those ornaments. Well, I'm off to enter that Craft Barn Challenge. Have a great weekend you all!
Hugs Frea
http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.ca/2013/08/alpha-dictionary-challenge-letter-o.html


13 opmerkingen:

  1. Leuk gedaan. Je bent weer heerlijk op dreef zo te zien.
    Liefs, Melanie

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  2. Love the strips of paper with your ornaments. BJ

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  3. Ziet er weer heel leuk uit! Zeker met die roze kleur ;-)

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  4. Your page is a joy to look at! Very clever, creative and inspiring!

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  5. Love the ornaments - wouldn't even know where to start making something like that! They look great
    x

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  6. wow this is a full on page - techniques galore and it sounds like you had fun with it the whole time. The ornaments look fantastic and the completed page is very cohesive.

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  7. Some really lovely ideas on this page. I love the hand-crafted ornaments. Julie Ann xx

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  8. Beautiful 'O' pages and your moulded and decorated ornaments are very clever :)

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  9. Lovely spread! Great colour and I do like that fleur de lis ornament!

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  10. Great page, I love the background! xx

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  11. Hi Frea,

    Thanks for visiting me and commenting on my page, I am so late catching up after having family for nearly two weeks. I love your pink page with ornaments.

    Cazzy x

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  12. Fantastic page !!!
    Thanks for playing with us at the Craft Barn
    Izzy

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  13. Great page and I bet you had fun making those ornaments too. MMx

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