Sunday, February 2, 2014

Kickstart Your Art- the 7th and Final Day!


Well, it's been a fabulous week at Smeared and Smudged.  The Kickstart Your Art 7 Day Art journal Challenge is coming to a close and I've managed to make it through the entire week.  WooHoo!  I've learned a lot and had all kinds of fun, but today was a real challenge as I had 3 projects to complete.  Today's prompt was an Easy Water Blotting Background with a fabulous tut, again by LauraB.  I have to say the whole self made background thing is new to me and I've learned so much. This one was particularly fun, kinda like magic, and none too difficult, thank God!, since it was the 3rd thing I did today.



Started with Distress Inks and blending tool and then just swiped the pad on the page to get more depth of color. Spritzed with a Mini Mister and water to blend colors and blotted.


More supplies collected.  Sprayed with Dylusions, then did the water blotting with that dart thingy for the dots, the Dylusions spray cap for the open circles ana a brush for the wavy lines (I was going for an underwater look).


Had planned on a mermaid or something and then remembered the fab image from the Steampunk Misses from Octopode.  Just how I felt.  Even too tired to say more.  The page says it all.

8 comments:

  1. Fabulous page! I love that you pulled Nerf dart into the process. ;) Your colors are great anything using Octopode rocks in my world!

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  2. Your background is so beautiful. Great work !

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  3. I love your backgraound,the image choice and your journaling
    Splendide réa

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  4. look at how you rolled out that background, wozzers woman, looks fab and love the aquanaught, hugs

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  5. Love it.:) The underwater theme is awesome. Thank you for playing with us all week! Big hugs!

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  6. Great page! Water blotting background ties in beautifully with your theme. Very clever!

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  7. Wow, what a fabulous background Donna! I love it and it gives the feel of being underwater for sure!! I love that image and yes, I get the sentiment. lol You did awesome with all 7 days and should be very proud of yourself for hanging in there and having 7 unique and fabulous pages in your art journal. Hugs!

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  8. Wow, really love that bg and finally made it over here!! Fab image and love the senti. It was a crazy week! Beautiful colors on this page.

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Thanks for making my day!