Tuesday 7 April 2015

Singing in the Rain

The April calendar challenge at The Craft Barn is Blue and Umbrellas.  I must admit I struggled with inspiration and had to resort to Pinterest to get the ideas going. 

Firstly I embossed the umbrella and the dog and masked them off. I wet the paper all around the mask and sprinkled Brusho at the top of the paper, letting it drip down.  Once the blue was dry I wet the paper under the umbrella and let the yellow run upwards.  Using a wet paint brush some of the paint could be moved around to create the puddle underneath.  The sentiment was stamped and rain drops added with paint on the edge of a credit card.  Finally a little stamping was added to the edge to create a frame before adding the calendar.


Materials used:
watercolour paper
Brusho: ultramarine, turquoise, black, lemon, yellow
Ranger Archival Ink: jet black
Ranger Distress embossing ink
Stampendous embossing powder: midnight black
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint: little black dress
Tando mask: accessorise
Creative Expressions: dreamy sentiments
Kaisercraft clear stamps: edges

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12 comments:

  1. Beautifully done. Your little do g looks like he's just found that one sunny spot out of the rain!

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  2. Great page, I love the background! xx

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  3. Fab page , love the background :)

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  4. Maybe you struggled a bit, but the result is so lovely! Such a brilliant design, and that dog is so cute!

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  5. Fabulous page, love the colours and the composition.

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  6. This is wonderful. Love it.

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  7. How adorable to shelter a fur baby with a 'brolly'. Love it! :-D

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  8. I love your use of brushos for the background, a fab April page

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  9. The dog is in the spotlight with that area of yellow, it's great! The background blue with the black raindrops does give a good rain impression too. Wonderful page.

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  10. Great sentiment with lovely lettering, love the puddle underneath the cat, the rain is cleverly done and the border just finishes everything off.

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  11. Fabulous entry!! Thank you for joining in The Craft Barn Challenge.
    Jane x

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