Colors galore

Today I was inspired by colors. Lots of them.
It all started with a piece of paper with random splashes of watercolor. Intriguing, and begging to be used. I added some more dots to enchance certain colors, then stamped on it with a hex background stamp in three primary colors. I was going with a certain color palette - you can view my inspiration at the end of the post.

Then I cut up some TH Paperdolls, using only their faces and feet. They all received striped stockings.

 Then they were clad in patterned dresses.

 Headgear - crowns and silly hats followed. And colorful wings of course.

Hopefully you feel inspired to join UseYourStuff challenge this week with something 'for the love of children'.

I am entering this set into:

SimonSays Wednesday: For a child

MixedMediaWorld: #28 Anything goes (moodboard: I was inspired by the colors more than by the pictures themselves.)

Under the Sea

and with the fishes...

For these I used the CD-inking technique that can be found on youtube or some blogs. Take a plastic sheet or a cd-cover, swipe Distress Inks on top, spray with water and dip your substrate into it.

I used three colors and shiny white cardstock. This way the color floated on the surface and produced a translucent, watery surface.I didn't want to go heavy on product here, it is water after all.
Later I added droplets with a shimmery pale blue mist.

Fish are stamped, as is the seaweed. Eyes and air bubbles are enamel drops. Further embellishments is thread and some words.

entering this into:
Mixed Media World: #16 Under the Sea
Fashionable challenge: #113 Under the Sea
Die Traumfabrik: Finding Nemo

Paketoidut muistot / Bundled memories

 KK-vintagehaasteessa kysytään neliöitä ja nappia. Tässä haasteeseen tekemäni kortit. 'Paketoidut muistot'. Kortit eivät osallistu haasteeseen, päinvastoin niiden tarkoitus on olla inspiraationa, sillä minuthan valittiin juuri DT-jäseneksi.
Kaikki lähti siitä, että muistelin kesätaloa jossa asuimme lapsena. Ullakolle olivat edelliset asukkaat jättäneet matkalaukullisen vanhoja kirjeitä joita me lapset sitten avasimme ja luimme. Lopulta kaikki oli sekaisin, kirjeet ja niiden sisällöt olivat erillään. Joistain kirjeistä tipahteli vastaan valokuvakin. Kirjeet jäivät lojumaan, joten seuraavana kesänä hiiret olivat käyneet nakertamassa niitä pesätarpeiksi ja monet olivat silppuna.

Näitä silppuja sitten muistelin. Pohjat tein Lehtipöllön blogikirjoituksen innostamana. Pohjan päälle tuli (neliömäisiä) revittyjä tekstejä vanhoista kirjoista ja kirjeistä, kankaanpala ja vanha valokuva. Solmin muistot paketiksi ja lisäsin sopivan sanan (unohdettu, muistoja...). Napinkin sain ympättyä mukaan...

Tiesitkö, että KK-vintagehaaste on avoin myös atc-korteille ja tägeille?  Käypä osallistumassa! Aikaa on vielä reilusti.

My Bundled Memories are based on my own childhood memories. Our family used to spend summers in a ramshackle big house.
The attic was empty save a few suitcases with letters in them. Of course those were highly interesting, we opened and read the letters as well as we could, wondering about the people on the photos and how did the ones writing letters fit in -  - and then left everything lying around. No adults ever went to the attic so the letters stayed on the floor till next summer.
Next summer the letters had been gnawed into bits and pieces by mice looking to feather up their nests.

These cards take their cue from those events. Bits and pieces from old letters and books, topped with an old photo, then bundled up.
Backgrounds are made with a technique where you ink up a hard surface (I used a CD case and some dreamy, soft colors), then spritz it with water and transfer that inky pool onto watercolor paper. A bit of chalky mists (Ayeeda) and some curlicue stamping round it up. Photos and sentiments are by 7Dots.

Memories

Remember me

Forgotten

entering these into:
MMWorld: #12 Vintage
Mixed Media Challenge: Dream On

Thanks for looking!