Saturday, June 20, 2015

Sometimes blotches of paint can turn into a new technique.

I had no idea as to what I was going to do with this week’s SOC challenge pink + pink + orange.  What resulted was certainly surprising:  


Started with this quote from my Seize the Day desk calendar


Covered the watercolor paper with book paper from an old algebra book and Decou-page: 


  • Put on a wash of light pink paint.
  • Pushed modeling paste through a stencil.
  • Painted over the modeling paste while the stencil was still in place with darker pink.
  • Tore scraps of scrapbook paper into squares.
  • Crinkled the squares.
  • Edged the bottom piece with distress ink.
  • Glued in place.

This is where the blotches of paint came in.  The dark pink paint that I squeezed out on the deli paper was still wet and I accidentally got some on one the squares as I was gluing it down.  Liking it I added more using a makeup sponge.
deli paper with paint


Lastly, I edged the whole thing with distress ink. 

What came out was a rather fun and funky collage!


What mistakes have you made that turned out to be a new technique?

                         Joining in on the Summer of Color Challenge week 2.

Colors used: 
Martha Stewart's Pink Dahlia
Apple Barrel's Pink Polish
                             Tim Holtz's Distress Ink  spiced marmalade


19 comments:

  1. Your page turned out beautifully and the imagery coordinates perfectly with the wonderful quote!

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  2. This is gorgeous! I love all the techniques you used!
    God bless,
    Sherry

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  3. Beautiful canvas, Diane. Lovely use of pinks and orange.
    I love to create texture with book pages as well! :) TFS this beauty.

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  4. Inspiration comes in all forms and directions, and mistakes turn into what I call Flopportunities. Lovely piece and wonderful texture.

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  5. Love it I love the colours and texture it's really good. Thanks for commenting on my blog

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  6. Stunning piece, I love the colour and texture and the powerful quote! I love peace pilgrim quotes!!
    Beautiful!

    Hugs Giggles

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  7. Fab background and layering techniques, the colours work really well. x

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  8. Lovely page (super layering!) and that sentiment is perfect!

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  9. I love your page so much! A gorgeous work of art!! Thank you so much for letting us all know how you made it, too! And that quote is perfect and so true! I have to listen to that one more!!! HUGS!

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  10. I love how you made that background! Great idea to colour it while the stencil was still on there.

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  11. Hi Diane you made me smile cutting up the maths book. I wasn't a great lover of maths lessons so I very much approve Lol! Not only that but it looks great.
    Happy crafting, Angela xXx

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  12. The page is just lovely! Bright pink always makes me happy!

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  13. Wonderful use of the colors--love all the texture! Great quote, too.

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  14. This is wonderful, love your background!!

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  15. very pretty piece :) lots to look at and discover :)

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  16. This is a beautiful piece. Thank you for showing us your process. I especially like the way you used the modeling paste for texture. The math book pages look good too.

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