Hi Bloggers, it's the first Sunday of 2013 so welcome to the first PanPastel challenge of the year and for your pleasure it is an 'anything goes' theme which always goes down well.
Those who follow me know that I have been experimenting more with the journalling style lately and I have also been using prints I made after Christmas with my new gelli plate. This is another of those and I have added PPs over the top to create more dimension using masks and also used PPs over some gesso layered through a mask. I used the white gesso to stamp the circles as well.
The stamp is from Crafty Individuals and called Party Puffin, isn't he just fabulous? I am making this into a cover for a new diary.
I hope you will join us again this year, there are lots of fabulous challenges in the pipe-line and there is a trial set of the pans for the winner supplied by our fabulous sponsor Berni at Your Creativity Store.
We are welcoming two new members to the team Tracie from the UK and Terry from the Netherlands, I am sure you are gonna love their work so please pop over and say hello.
Hope your week 1 went well and that you are finding lots of crafty time.
Take care and have fun.
hugs {brenda} x0x
Challenges to have fun with -
Art Journal Journey - Crowns (Thank you Susi for telling me about this one)
We are welcoming two new members to the team Tracie from the UK and Terry from the Netherlands, I am sure you are gonna love their work so please pop over and say hello.
Hope your week 1 went well and that you are finding lots of crafty time.
Take care and have fun.
hugs {brenda} x0x
Challenges to have fun with -
Art Journal Journey - Crowns (Thank you Susi for telling me about this one)
a gorgeous make Brenda, love all the layers you have created in your background.hugs trace x
ReplyDeletesoooo stunning!! Loving all the layers and the beautiful soft colours!! Hugs Juls
ReplyDeleteYou really have got these gelli plate backgrounds down to a T Brenda. This is just superb and fits so well with the puffin. What a superb diary you are going to have. Hugs, Jenny x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Brenda :) I marvel at how you combine all the mediums together :)
ReplyDeleteVon ♥
Love this gorgeous cover for a new diary, Brenda...that bird is so lovely and adorable!!
ReplyDeletexxx Margreet
totally amazing Brenda, love the backgrounds that you have created, perfect for these stamps
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Love the addition of the stencilling on your background and that puffin stamp is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Brenda, love the softer colours used too. Very inspiring xx
ReplyDeleteOh, Brenda, die Karte ist zuckersüß.
ReplyDeleteGefällt mir großartig.
Ich glaube, ich brauche diesen Stempel auch :-)
Herzlichst Sophie
oh Brenda this is AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteWhat to link it to the crown theme over on ART-JOURNAL-JOURNEY
I would be happy to have you on board with us there!
xxx Susi
Gorgeous Brenda, fantastic background. I love that image, I purchased it just before Christmas. Happy New Year. Tracy x
ReplyDeleteThis is just fantastic Brenda and so love the background and the colours
ReplyDeletex catherine
What a lovely mix of different techniques! Love it,
ReplyDeleteLucy x
Very creative Brenda, love the colours.
ReplyDeleteHugs
Desíre
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Wow! wonderful Brenda, what's not to love? xxx
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful, I love the textured effects and the colours are fabulous
ReplyDeleteLindsay xx
Gorgeous Brenda I really love it xxx hugs
ReplyDeletefantastic creations, love the backgrounds!
ReplyDeleteoh this is brilliant hun,the colours are super and the design is just amazing,hugs Cherylxxxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteI love this new style from you Brenda. just fabulous work. The colours and detail are brilliant.
ReplyDelete'ere did you know that Claire has a 'battery operated pencil eraser!!
I WANT ONE!!! lol
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Brenda my friend, I love your art journaling style! I do believe you have talked me into one of those plates. This is beauiful! Hope all is going well and that Becca is still on the road to recovery! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteOh this is so gorgeous Brenda love the colours and the puffin.
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Debby
He looks so happy on the cover and I think it is fabulous the words you have added to the bubble.
ReplyDeleteWishes
Lynne
Hi Brenda, Happy New Year to you and the family. Gorgeous work as always, the colours are fabulous! hugs Heidi x
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredibly rich background! I wish I could sit with you, Brenda, and see how your rock the PPs. It was remembering all your gorgeous work that made me spring for a few sets when DD came to town!
ReplyDeleteYou've created a wonderful card, lovely image and wonderful colors.
ReplyDeleteHello from Art Journal Journeys ~ your gelli plate background helped create a super page with so much interest (hard to stop playing with the monoprinting once you begin isn't it!)
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year
oxo
Your new cover looks real cool! Love your background so much! Seems I have to find out the gelli-printing too;) ..and the stamp is genious!
ReplyDeleteGreat cover! Gelli-printing, hugh? Heard of it for the first time yesterday at the creative jump starters... a new "must-have" maybe... Anyway - the background is beautiful and the colours too!
ReplyDeleteWonderful and funny creation.
ReplyDeletelovely page and funny
ReplyDeleteLove your work, and that party puffin is SO-oooo CUTE! ~tina
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