Cheryl
is hosting the SGC Challenge for October and she's given us a wonderful theme:
Happiness Is...
I was
trying to decide which photos of my grandchildren to use when my
daughter-in-law posted these images on Facebook with a one word comment - "Happiness"
- and I had my "aha" moment.
I had
been hold off using the 12 x 12 plywood sheet that came with the September kit,
not sure what to do with it and wondering if moisture from various mediums
would warp it. Swirly Designers Jan Penny and Kim Heard answered my question,
telling me that acrylic paint and Distress Stain worked fine.
I
started experimenting on the back of the sheet and had a bit of a happy
accident. First, I spread on some Distress Walnut Stain and the results
surprised me. I've had this bottle for a couple of years and so maybe it's the
age, but it dried brown with an olive greenish tinge. Next, I applied some Folk Art Chalk Acrylic
in White Adirondack that I've probably owed for just as long. Some of the paint
landed on the stain and as it dried, it picked up the green, giving it an
almost mint hue and I knew exactly what I wanted to do.
As I
went over the dried stain, I was careful to spread my paint in one direction,
using heavier and lighter strokes here and there to give my background some
texture.
Before
putting the paint away, I lightly dabbed some with a paper towel on bit of
corrugated packaging that I roughly tore down the sides; this is what I used
for the matting.
The
title was cut with my Cameo from KaiserCard Coffee Bean cardstock, using the
Cotton Candy font.
The
Mark Richards cluster bling and the Darice Peach Sequin Trim are from the kit;
the flowers and twine are from my stash.
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