Tam creates.....

Hello there creatives!

Tam here today with my second creation for the 'Citrus Challenge'.

A play with some BRAND new Scrap Matrix products!!

Here's a few close ups.....

Ok let's go through the steps....

I recently got an order and was busting to try them out.

I had ordered some PaperArtsy Stamps including the new PaperArtsy mini Stamps - a couple by our beloved Tracy Scott, and a Seth Apter one....

I teamed them with my current fave PaperArtsy stencil.

Let's break into these beauties.....

I added white gesso to the page - I applied it with the NEW silicone brush. Oh yes, that gives a lovely smooth finish. No brush strokes. Genius!

I applied some greens for the background, and a touch of yellow - I used PaperArtsy Paint in 'Slimed', 'Aqua Duck Egg', 'Weathered Copper' and 'Banana'.

I then added 'South Pacific' and lots of water and allowed it to run down my page.

Just love those drips.

I then rubbed some of the paint away with a wet baby wipe through a TCW stencil called 'Deco Leaves'

Once dry, I actually used a dry baby wipe to rub some of the paint through the stencil and add colour back in. 

This layering adds depth and interest.

I then added some more paint using the colour 'Lawn' and the PaperArtsy stencil.

Now let's add some stamping.

I used Tracy Scott 57,  Tracy Scott 63 and Seth Apter 50 to create a background. 

There's others too which I look forward to ordering. You can find them here.

I love them!!! I can see they will be making a regular appearance in my creative projects.

I focused the stamping towards the top of the page.

It's important to include some white space in your project, so the finished result is not too busy and confusing to the eye.

Now I decided to add in a touch of that deep grapefruit colour from the moodboard.

For this I used Dina Wakley's 'Eggplant'.

I watered it down, brushed it on and then wiped it off with a wet baby wipe through that TCW Stencil 'Deco Leaves' again.

By watering it down, it doesn't take over the page, but instead adds another layer and a pop of colour.

So whilst this dries, it's time to stamp and fussy cut.

Using that gorgeous 'Smooth' PaperArtsy cardstock, I stamped out some of the images from the PaperArtsy stamp EKC30.

I then coloured them in using my 'Art by Marlene' watercolours.

I love that this paper stamps so beautifully, but also allows you to add wet mediums without warping the paper at all!

Amazing!

Now's the part I don't like...fussy cutting!!

Ugh

I also cut out some butterflies from a 7Dots paper.

Now time to adhere using 'Matte Gel'

I also used this to adhere a quote from the Dina Wakley Collage Words

The final step was to add in some white.

This just ties in the white around the fussy cutting, so I added some splatters and also a bit of stenciling and doodling.

There we have it.

I hope you  have a go this month at our challenge.

Here's a reminder of it....

I hope you are finding some time to get arty and creative during this strange time.

Colourful hugs to you 

Luv Tam

xx