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Yet another tag from the Character Construction Tag Swap

I am back again with yet another of my tags from the Character Construction Tag Swap.  This is my Sand Dollar tag using Viva Colour Inka Gold~blues for the background.  I painted the sand dollars with Viva Colour Inka Gold~Old Silver to make them shine.  Her tail has Viva Colour Inka Gold~green painted on the bottom and thick embossing powder over the paint to give it a patina.  Her hair is Viva Colour Pearl Pen~yellow.  The decorations in her hair and her bikini top  were created with Viva Colour Pearl Pens and Glitter Pens which are so easy to use.  She was stamped on card stock using Catherine Moore’s Character Construction Stamps.  The sayings are also from the Character Construction collection She Sells Seashells.  

More inspiration by designer, Sue Whittemore!

 

 

Hello again! I am so excited to share with you another one of my Tags using  my Catherine Moore’s Character Construction Stamps and  Splash of Color products. 

I wanted to make my mermaid look like she was swimming!

Making her was fun and easy - First, I mixed Viva Colour Inka Gold~blue with a little bit of Inka Gold - Haematite {black} and painted it on cardstock. I cut it out to look like waves and layered it on another piece of cardstock. 

Using my Character Construction's "She Sells Sea Shells" Stamps and stamped the mermaid onto cardstock.  Her tail was painted with Viva Colour Inka Gold~green.  I mixed Viva Colour Modeling Cream~pearl with Luminarte Primary Elements. 

I applied the Modeling Cream over The Crafter's Workshop Quartrefoil stencil with a pallet knife.  It is so easy to do and it dries so fast.

Her hair was easy!  I added dimension to her hair using Viva Colour Pearl Pen~sunny yellow and to add the decorations in her hair too!.  They give such a great raised effect and dry so quickly. The seahorse, starfish and sand dollar was die cut using Provo Craft dies.  They were than rubbed with Viva Colour Inka Gold~copper for the seahorse, gold for the starfish and Old Silver for the sand dollar.

 

I just love Splash of Color products as they make creating so easy and so much more fun!

 

Welcome Guest Designer Sue Whittemore!

I am very excited to share a bit about myself and my work on the Splash of Color blog!  

I always knew that i would be involved in some type of Art since attending Art School!  I cannot remember a time in my life when I did not use paint as a medium into my crafts and my decor, I even painted images of all the Winnie the Pooh characters on the wall of a child's room

Since retiring I am able to spend alot of time with my two teenage grandchildren, Tess and Emma, who I thoroughly enjoy.  I live with my Siamese cat, Ming Mei, who is very devious and feisty but I still love her.  

I always knew that i would be involved in some type of Art since attending Art School!  I cannot remember a time in my life when i did not use paint as a medium into my crafts and my decor, I even painted images of all the Winnie the Pooh characters on the wall of a child's room

In addition to painting, I enjoy making quilts, machine embroidery, working with felt, wool and roving.  I also love to make greeting cards for various stores in our area. 

But since my niece, Cheryl Mezzetti, introduced me to mixed media and the Splash of Color products, I have been concentrating on learning all the techniques and products thanks to Cheryl's expertise.   She shared with me how easy it is to use the Splash of Color paints!  I am hooked - so of course when I needed to make some tags for my swap I had to use the paints!  Splash of Color's beautiful mixed media products and Catherine Moore's Character Construction stamps are a match made in heaven.  

For my swap I created 5 tags using many of the Splash of Color products!  For this first tag, I stamped the mermaid image onto a piece of white cardstock.  I rubbed with Viva Colour Inka gold ~ blue, for the base of her tail.  

I mixed together the Viva Colour "Pearl" Modeling Cream with Luminarte Primary Elements{i can change the color of their pearl or champagne modeling cream just by mixing in Luminarte primary elements}.  Using the "Quartrefoil" 6x6 stencil from The Crafters Workshop and a palette knife, I covered the tail and quickly dried it with a heat tool.  

Her necklace was easy to create - I rubbed a bit of the Viva Colour Inka Gold ~ Blue onto the Oceanside small resin pieces and viola ~ finished!

Supplies used: Viva Colour Inka gold paste "blue", Modeling Cream "pearl" mixed with Luminarte primary elements "dragon fly", Viva Colour Inka Gold paste "gold"rubbed with my fingers onto the compass, Viva Colour Inka Gold Paste "blue" painted onto Oceanside small resin "starfish" and for the hair I used the stamp Posh Limited by Dee Gruenig "prairie grass" and stamped with Colorbox ink.