Hump Day August 13th

Guess what day it is??!!!  Yep, that's right...it's HUMP day!
Today we have design team member Venetia...


Hi all- happy Wednesday! To help with your midweek slump, I decided to twist up the current SWAT challenge.
I am currently loving "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor, and decided to take my favorite line from the song and create a canvas. Keep your perfect eyes on the prize-- it's downhill to the weekend!

We hope you were inspired to join us for drill 37, musical inspiration!!  We can't wait to see what you create!!

Hump Day!

Hello All! Lanette here today!

As you may know Earth Day was founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues, Earth Day is now a globally celebrated holiday that is sometimes extended into Earth Week, a full seven days of events focused on green awareness. So with Earth Day rapidly approaching I thought I would share a canvas that I created using recycled plastic bags.. Yes these bags!

 

As you can see I started by ripping the bags into long strips. I then glued them to the center of a paper circle. From there I just rolled, twisted and glued. They ended up looking like this:

 

Next I added a layer of gesso and some bright Art Anthology Colorations Spray & a tiny bit of stamping.

While my tops dried I went to work on my canvas adding doilies, mesh and heavy gesso for lots of yummy texture! Then I used so more Art Anthology Colorations Spray to create my landscape. 

 

 

After everything was dry I added my assembled my trees and added my quote. With a bit of stamping I was done!

 

Some details for fun :)

 

 

 

So this Earth Day (and everyday) I will try to keep this quote in mind and strive to make some greener choices. But hey if I slip up and bring home more plastic bags at least I know I can make some pretty trees!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

 If you liked my recycling project hop on over to 

Practical Scrappers and check out this months Frugal Finds Projects.

 

Art Anthology Products Used: Colorations Spray, Dimensional Crystal, Velvet & Sorbet.

Other Products Used: Bo Bunny Doilies, White Mesh, Faber Castell Pitt Markers, Heavy Gesso, Acrylic Black Paint, Prima Stamps, Decoupage, Hot Glue and some Plastic Shopping Bags.

Hump Day!

Hello All Lanette Here,

I am just stopping by to share a quick little canvas that I created today using a bit of Glitz Pattern Paper, A New Prima Bloom Girl Stamp and my stash of mist! Here just take a peek:



With one sheet of paper & lots of messy fun and I wound up with this pretty little canvas!

Don't you just love all the bright colors!! Can you guess what I used to get all that fabulous color??  I used my mists, that's right I painted my little bloom girl with a mix of mist!

Some details of my canvas just for fun!

Don't you just love how using the mist adds a beautiful shimmer!

I thought one of my favorite quotes would be perfect!  

"Experience is not what happens to you it’s what you do with what happens" 

~Aldous Huxley

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Products Used: Glitz Design Pattern Paper, Prima Stamp, Tim Holtz Stamps, Ranger Ink, Tattered Angles Mist, Maya Rd Mist, Mister Huyes Mist, Modge Podge & Gelatos.

Hump Day Beauty!

HAPPY HUMP DAY! Michele here on this fine Wednesday... This week I would like to share with you a project that was featured over at 3 Girl Jam Saturday!!   Make sure you check out all the pretty ribbons over at their store!!

I created this mixed canvas using 2 ribbons from the 3 Girl Jam store, pink crinkle ribbon and jute ribbon.

Gesso and gold crackle modeling paste are smeared over an UmWow Studio chipboard piece, hexagon background.  My cicada, also from UmWow, is painted with distress paint, gesso and crackle modeling paste and then pinned to the canvas.  I used some Studio Calico wood alphas and a banner which is also pinned to the canvas.

Thanks for stopping by today

and I hope you are inspired to CREATE!!

Michele from stuffbybelle.blogspot.com

Hump day!

Venetia's Year End Top 5 List!

Hi everyone, Venetia here. I love lists. I am such a sucker for lists of anything, and this time of year is a goldmine for year-in-review lists. To help you through your week, I am going to share a list of my favorite projects from this year. Hopefully, you will feel inspired, and I hope you share your top five project of the year in the comments below! Celebrate your creative successes with SWAT by choosing your top five projects of 2013.  

#5 Fall Pomander

 

#4 I am not amused layout

 

 

 

#3 ATCs

 

 

 
 

#2 Return with Honor Canvas 

 

#1 Wind Chime

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!!

 

See you Saturday!!

 

Venetia

SWAT Love!

Happy Hump Day!!

 Hi! Venetia here to share some Wednesday love! I wanted to make a canvas to decorate the kitchen, and take a new spin on the Est. YYYY plaques that are popular right now.

This is a simple project to recreate. The background is a single 12x12 patterned paper, and the letters are cut from a "Little Black Dress" from Basic Grey. Any collection kit would work; I wanted a neutral feel. I decoupaged everything to a canvas.

For your Wednesday, I challenge you to share something you love on the SWAT Facebook page! Instead of Oprah being the only one sharing her favorite things, put your two cents in!

Happy Wednesday, you're almost to the weekend (and a short week for our US friends!)

Thanks for stopping in today see you Saturday!

~Venetia