aurinkoa ja varjoja / shadows and sunshine

It's very hot these days, almost too hot in my little studio under the eaves.  So now I played around with "cool" materials, like tissue paper and stamps, pale blue mists through a stencil, crisp black stamping.
These I made for the Try it on Tuesday challenge (Stencils). Colors were "Runway Inspired", the challenge has a inspiration photo of Christian Siriano's Resort 2016 collection with lovely sunny hues of apricot and smoke grey,  turquoise, pink and some beautiful yellow on the background.

Moonshadow

Be still

Ullakkohuoneessani, "ateljeessani", tulee äkkiä kuuma, eikä juurikaan tee mieli olla siellä nyt helteillä. Kuitenkin tekee mieli luoda jotain. No, kun ilta tulee, on hämärää ja viileää, ja eilen illalla sitten syntyivät nämä kaksi. Tein ne käteen viileistä materiaaleista, silkkipaperista, johon käytin ruiskuväriä ja mustaa leimailua, ja väritin kuvat kevyesti tusseilla ja pastelliliiduilla.
Rei'itin valkoista paperia ja väritin näin syntyneet ympyrät. Liimasin ne kortille ja pullautin päälle koholakkaa. Se on nyt uusin suosikkini. Saa helpolla aikaan juuri kuvan väreihin sopivia puoli"helmiä".

My fashionable garden

I recently stumbled over  a challenge called Runway Inspired. It is not quite what it sounds like, so no Project Runway for the paper crafters ha ha. Instead they challenge you to be inspired by a fashion look for your paper crafting."Of course" I had to play along!

Now Holly Fulton (this month's theme) may not be a household name, but do check her out. Her garments are very interesting. If I say they have prints and embellishments it makes them sound busy, which they are not. They are airy, they are clean and simple and have a soothing, "pure" look. And if one is inclined to look for inspiration outside the paper craft world, this would be a place to go.

This was inspired by the photo provided. It has quiet natural colors combined with transparency and intricate detail. I added blue, because I have seen it in her clothing for this season. (And because it gave me a theme to pursue.)
Entering this into ric #87: Holly Fulton

I made some further collages of the flowers I have in my garden right now. There is Centaurea (above), poppy is just finishing, a few dandelions still pop up and the sweet wild strawberries are a delight every morning.

To get this ethereal and semi-transparent look, I took a shiny white cardstock, roughened it up a bit with sandpaper, then smeared distress inks (tattered rose, old paper, iced spruce), but painted them with water so they got very diluted. Next came a musical stamp (early medieval notes and text). Flowers are from a wrapping paper (the poppy has a crack where the paper had been folded), text written by me, acrylic abc tiles (two of them by me), plus frothy white rub-on swirls to give the final polish (I hope).

Entering these into Moo-mania (In the garden) and Anything but a Card (anything goes) as well as SimonSays Monday challenge.
Thanks for looking!