'Shlurple the purple'

Quick card and quick post. I'm just in time for the Sunday Stampers challenge over on Hels Sheridan's blog. This week it's purple tones. I was originally going to use lilac tones on my assemblage clock and submit it for both challenges... but then the purple didn't happen, so as a late offering it's a sunset instead.

Apologies for the poor photo, you can tell the nights are drawing in as I've had to take the photo in artificial light....and I never like the result.

I've used pan pastels to build up the colour for the background and then the Crafty Individuals 'Build a Meadow' stamp set with versamark and pan pastels...........and that's it.

I might just add another photo taken in daylight tomorrow! Thanks so much for stopping by.

Updated photo......happy crafting!

CC3C...Assemblage Clock

Over on Linda Ledbetters blog it's time for CC3C number 10 .....the assemblage clock. This month the challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique where you could be the lucky winner of a $25 shopping spree!

Here's my 'pretty' entry...it was quite difficult to take a good photo of it, partly because of the glass, which I removed for the photo and partly because it is deep so it created a lot of shadow.

I was looking forward to this challenge and had so many ideas buzzing around my head but I just couldn't decide. Should I do steampunk, gothic black, keep to my vintage tones, a rusty clock from the sea? In the end I just started and went with the flow....and it was none of the above. Don't ask me how I arrived at this shabby chic wedding theme....green and pink (moi?) with probably a bit more gilding than I would normally use, however once I got into it I had fun, even though it was quite fiddly doing some parts of it.

Sorry but I didn't take any photos along the way as I wasn't sure where it was going to end up. Whilst we can't give any details away of how it's 'assembled', I'll just mention a few things I've used....

Tissue wrap given a painted crackle finish. A Wendy Vecchi embellishment on the top. 

Tim's wallflower paper stash as a background and to make the tattered floral flowers. Some extra stamping on the paper and I've used some WV translucent embossing paste on the background through the doily stencil. A few idea-ology pieces, a found relatives card and some bead gel around the rim.

Lastly.....I must be getting old because they look so young!

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy your creativity!

Mr. Brightside...

The Sunday Stamper challenge this week is to use bright colours. So much for saying I was in a vintage colour palette mood at present....Hels has tempted me out!

So I am sharing a couple more journal pages that I've just completed from backgrounds I started at a Lin Brown workshop. We were having fun using gelatos, though you could use portfolio oil pastels. Having covered the whole page and blended them, take a stencil and using a damp (not wet) baby wipe gently wipe to reveal the surface beneath.

At the time I was just experimenting and trying different colours and wasn't thinking about how this would make a 2 page spread! Anyway that was the challenge, I had used a little orange and yellow on the green page but that was all...so how to tie them together? I loved the white reveal but decided if it was a background I needed to soften it. I got my colouring pencils out and spent some time just shading the leaves around the edges and using colours from one page on the other. I'd started colouring in on the photo above but here is a close up. 

What to use as a focal point without detracting from the background to much? I've used crunchy wax paper and stamped flowers and leaves from Lin Brown stamp sets. Firstly stamping in snowflake fresco and then over stamping in various colours of fresco paint. I scrumpled the wax paper up and then pulled them out again, applying treasure gold to the ridges.

The saying is stamped in black, clear embossed and watercoloured with distress markers.

To finish white highlights and black lines to frame the pages. It's growing on me...it's definitely bright and has stamping on it so it qualifies anyway! Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting.