Monday, October 26, 2015

Thankful with 13@rts

Hello friends!

Today I'm up on the blog with a very simple layout but one I had a lot of fun experimenting with, using the lovely Ayeeda water-based inks.

Here is the layout, which I had also based on Scrap Around the World's mood board. My friend Heather is hosting the challenge so here I am supporting her! 



Actually, I had more heartache than fun making this. When I was nearly complete with my layout, I spilled the Sky Blue and Violet inks all over the whole page and it was unsalvageable. So it was back to a new sheet of white cardstock and I had to start all over again. But this time round, I was able to try out something new so it wasn't all that wasted. I had used the colorful inks to create the rainbow colors in the mood board and also recreated the raindrops with the bubble stamp that I made my resist with. And of course, a little feather for the birds, and my interpretation of being thankful - that life doesn't have to always be perfect for you to be grateful.

Some close-ups:


My cardstock was primed with clear gesso from the 13@rts store. I'm so glad that we finally have our own version of it which is so fluid and so much easier to apply on than the one I used previously. I then created a resist with stamping and white embossing powder before I started on the inks.


Making the layout a little less boring with texture - microbeads, glass beads and sand grit.



Layering on and blending the inks, which I watered down and splattered for the watercolor effect that is really quite the trend now. The Ayeeda inks are really intense and easy to blend. I finished off with splatters of Splash! acrylic ink.

So that's all I have for today. Thanks for dropping by!


love,


10 comments:

  1. Fantastic background! Love your take on the board!

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  2. Beautiful page Jelissa!! Love this!
    Thanks so much for joining us at SATW this month.

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  3. Oh I'm so glad you could join in Jelissa! I LOVE that background! It's a shame to have ruined the first one but this one is awesome! Thanks so much for playing along at SATW.

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  4. Oh! This is really beautiful....I'm glad you at least got to learn something from 'having' to do it again...& I really love that saying, it is SO true:):)

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  5. Wow wow wow ! So colorful and cheerful and love the saying too - certainly a good reminder not to be too hard on one self ! Thanks for sharing ;-)

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  6. Beautiful! Thank you for playing along with us at Scrap Around The World!

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  7. OH NO!. I am sorry you had to start over. That really sucks. I love the end project it is cheerful and so pretty and I love that quote. Beautiful and I love your take on the mood board. I do love visiting your blog. So much eye candy <3

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  8. Great background! I love the composition! Thank you for playing along with us at Scrap Around The World!

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  9. This is so pretty! I love the softness of it and yet you used bold colors! Great quote! All the best from SATW! :)

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  10. Jelissa your layout is amazing! Thank you for playing along with us at Scrap Around The World! ♥♥♥

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