Sunday, February 14, 2010

Enjoying challenges

Michelle Ward of Green Pepper Press Street Team hosts monthly challenges and provides wonderful information on the topic. This month's topic is LOVE Letter as in oooxxx, why of course!

The task is to create a journal page but since I am a card maker I make a full background sheet following the challenge details and then make it into cards. The backgrounds were created with Ranger dabber acrylic paints over a textured gesso base.

I am also playing in my friend Anne's February challenge is posted on her blog, Gaal Creative. I loved playing with wet acrylics with a spring & butterfly theme. Oh so fun to play with wet paint and stamps...and finally adding some embellishment with stickles and dimensional paint. I will have just enough time before Anne's deadline to get these in the mailbox with few surprise notes to family and friends. Thanks Anne and Michelle for great theme ideas!







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14 comments:

  1. thimbles bobbins paper and inkFebruary 15, 2010 at 2:11 AM

    Brilliant! Jan, I just love these. Absolutely beautiful!

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  2. AnneFebruary 15, 2010 at 5:36 AM

    Hi, Jan! These are terrific! I love that you used acrylic paints to make your background and on your stamps! Love the golden Stickles, too! Thanks so much for playing my challenge! :-)

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  3. michelle wardFebruary 15, 2010 at 7:03 AM

    Aren't you a clever girl! Thank you for telling the crusaders that you don't journal but instead chose to make a full page as backgrounds for your cardmaking. Very inventive way to play along. Thanks for sharing Jan.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2010 at 8:01 AM

    Oh Jan these are gorgeous! I love the colors and the paint! love it xox

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  5. CreateologyFebruary 15, 2010 at 3:42 PM

    Hello Alaska. I love butterflies as they are the bearers of 10,000 happinesses. Come on Spring! Thank you for visiting my blog. I am now following yours. Keep creating...

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2010 at 11:50 PM

    What fantastic butterflies - they make me happy just looking at them.

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  7. goudenregenFebruary 16, 2010 at 4:11 AM

    Love your colors and the gesso background is great. I am curious how you make cards from them.

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  8. Pumpkin Delight (Kimberly)February 16, 2010 at 9:29 PM

    Oh, your butterflies are so pretty. I like it a lot.

    Stopped by from Michelle's Street Team

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  9. JanetFebruary 19, 2010 at 7:08 AM

    Love the purple butterfly!

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  10. jgrFebruary 19, 2010 at 11:22 AM

    Hi Jan,
    Wow! I love the butterfly-just in time for Spring too.

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  11. Tami BayerFebruary 23, 2010 at 3:49 AM

    Beautiful way to amend the challenge to your art. These are all gorgeous cards.

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  12. MonaFebruary 23, 2010 at 9:43 AM

    Purple - my favorite. Lovely pages

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  13. carolanneFebruary 23, 2010 at 11:08 AM

    These are so cute and creative. Would love to get one of these in the mail:-)

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  14. Susan Sager BrownMarch 1, 2010 at 5:32 PM

    Lovely colors and texture, your pages sure do make gorgeous cards. I never thought to use my daubbers over gesso, what a great idea!xoSusan

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