Sunday, September 12, 2010

GPP Street Team 44 – In A Scrape

It has been awhile again since I participated in a Crusade lead by the incredible Michelle Ward. I read the prompts every month and plan to do them but sometime life gets in the way.

Today, I was supposed to be packing for my Cape Cod trip but I decided that I couldn’t have all my  favorite supplies packed up on this grey and quiet Sunday. I needed to play !

The Green Pepper Press Street Team Crusade #44 – In A Scrape was a great place to start.

Michelle shared techniques using an old credit card or a paint scraper to cover your pages with paint. No paint brushes required ! I did get my fingers in there in a few places…

P9120001here’s one where I used my fingers to blend in the corners and make those circle shapes. I love how the blue paint scraped of – almost like it had been ripped…  

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Michelle also suggested using stencils and masks and dragging the paint with the credit card  over top of them. You can see a circle flower stencil in this one…

I certainly didn’t have as much success as Michelle did with her masks but I did have fun trying…no critics in the Queen of Arts Studio!

P9120010This page has a heart I cut out of an old acetate and used as a mask. Loving this one!   

P9120011This piece of paper was kind of my blotter for my credit card and for my stencils. I like its a little more subtle colors. It will make a good background to build from too.

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I saw something in this page as soon as I smeared that purple on with a circular smush of the credit card…

Do you see it ?

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Yep ! A Bird !!!

This is is Irving, the Homing Pigeon and his home, who came into being with some additional painting, some black ink and a collaged house on a pole.

I love him…

One more benefit of playing with paint like this is you end up with fingers that look like this :

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I think I can see these shots played with and added to a journal page in the future as well.

Painted fingers are a definitely JOY to me !

So a big thank you to Michelle for the great inspiration she provides every month. Head over to the GPP Street Team blog to see some more great scraping !

Come on, Irving, let’s fly away home…

Happy Sunday, Beautiful Ones !

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43 comments:

  1. OliviaSeptember 12, 2010 at 11:37 AM

    I love this Kim, how different, but just as beautiful as ever, My Queen! xoO

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  2. DawnSeptember 12, 2010 at 11:55 AM

    woohoo! LOVELY. I am working on Michelle's crusade too :)

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  3. LuLu KelloggSeptember 12, 2010 at 12:35 PM

    I love this....what a great technique! I love all these beautiful colors and your painty handie pandies!

    LuLu♥

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  4. SophieSeptember 12, 2010 at 12:56 PM

    You ended up with some wonderful backgrounds!
    I really like the first one (I kind of see a long-necked cat or a giraffe on the left... the orange spot) and your bird is so fun to look at.
    Hugs,
    Sophie

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  5. JesterSeptember 12, 2010 at 1:16 PM

    Wow, these are fabulous - love the colours of the second, and the third one with the hears is just magnificent. And Irving, what a bonus! Wonderful work, Kim.

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  6. michelle wardSeptember 12, 2010 at 1:22 PM

    Yay! She's back on our street ;)
    Love your effects - and your colors. That heart page is fabulous! Love that your *eye* saw a bird and you went for it. Super cool to see the before and after. Thanks for coming back to play with us - especially while procrastinating!! Have a great trip. xo

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  7. K J DSeptember 12, 2010 at 1:29 PM

    Yep, my fingers were like that too - and my face!!!

    I didn't spot Irving till he came out of hiding but it made me relook at your lovely backgrounds and I can definately see a fish with its orange eye really looking at me in the second one down!

    I love what you've done and that you loved doing it so much!

    Karen

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  8. *jean*September 12, 2010 at 1:59 PM

    awesome results, kim! i love every one of them! your birdie is perfectly delightful too! i loved this challenge!

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  9. pattiSeptember 12, 2010 at 2:08 PM

    I love these Kim they look great. Thanks for sharing the technique, I will try it. I'm looking forward to getting equally messy hands!

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  10. Lynn CohenSeptember 12, 2010 at 2:19 PM

    nothing better than colorful joy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  11. teriSeptember 12, 2010 at 2:29 PM

    You are sweet. You love your fingers painted. And there I was wearing gloves. ;-)

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  12. The Bodhi ChickletSeptember 12, 2010 at 2:30 PM

    Love getting the hands painty! Have a wonderful time, I hope you have good weather, good talks, good wine and great art making!

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  13. Gez ButterworthSeptember 12, 2010 at 2:46 PM

    Wow! amazing pages. :) Just love Irving. Arh, messy fingers.. always a sign of joy to me too. Happy crafting. Gez.

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  14. stephSeptember 12, 2010 at 2:58 PM

    Love the colors, Kim!!! and every page is stunning...have a happy trip!!!

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  15. Cindy September 12, 2010 at 3:12 PM

    have a wonderful time, your art looks fantastic. I liked the bird too. have fun.

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  16. rebeccaSeptember 12, 2010 at 3:27 PM

    thank you for your early morning visit. i have missed this cyber family while enjoying an unexpected heart warming visit from a dear friend.

    love the beauty i find here....
    and always your radiant heart.

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  17. KimberSeptember 12, 2010 at 4:37 PM

    What great pages Kim! Love your color choices and how the scraping blended them together. Thanks for sharing! Oh yeah, the bird is fabulous!

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  18. JessicaSeptember 12, 2010 at 6:25 PM

    Kim, I love love love the second page. I feel like I could dive right into that page and probably find a mermaid!

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  19. Kim TedrowSeptember 12, 2010 at 8:21 PM

    These are inspiring! Love the hearts, and loved seeing you take one through the next step. -Kim

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  20. VStarRiderSeptember 12, 2010 at 9:08 PM

    Glad I'm not the only one who wears her paint! My husband can always tell when I've been creative cause I can never seem to find it all to wash it off! LOVELY work - I think your heart masks worked great! I see a cityscape in the first one....
    Cindi

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  21. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2010 at 11:10 PM

    You went all the way with your scrapings! The colours are great!

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  22. lindaSeptember 13, 2010 at 12:23 AM

    very cool work! I love the stenciling your incorporated, such interesting pieces!

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  23. iHannaSeptember 13, 2010 at 3:25 AM

    Yay, glad you're back cruising! I too think the months just pass so quickly, it's amazing how many days there are and yet sometimes the crusades can't be fit into them!

    I like the heart page a lot, you really see the hearts even though they are subtle and in the "background", nice!

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  24. jgrSeptember 13, 2010 at 4:12 AM

    Hi Kim,
    So glad you came to play! I love all of your pages the one with the 'rip' effect is a fave. Also your bird is too cool. Have a great trip my friend.

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  25. rachel awesSeptember 13, 2010 at 4:57 AM

    i love your pigeon too!!!
    your backgrounds are dreamy
    & i'm sending much love
    to you this good morning!!
    xox

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  26. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2010 at 5:02 AM

    Beauty, imagination, and willing to do the work!!! That's what creating is all about. You are a great creator!
    Love you precious one.
    Mom

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  27. Kate RobertsonSeptember 13, 2010 at 7:08 AM

    Oh I love your scrapings, especially the found art one. Such a cute bird. Maybe he will have future stories to tell. The hands look so fun, I love seeing painted hands pictures. I had never thought of throwing them into an art journal page, that is really putting yourself into your art.

    Have a wonderful day my queen.

    Kate

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  28. JessicaSeptember 13, 2010 at 11:14 AM

    i love all these pages, and the colors are great! So cool that you took it further and did the bird. Thanks for sharing!

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  29. MelanieSeptember 13, 2010 at 1:51 PM

    I really love the third one - the hearts and colours are gorgeous!

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  30. Elizabeth HaltSeptember 13, 2010 at 6:17 PM

    Oh! A use for those pesky old credit cards! I wish I had one right now.

    I love the effect.

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  31. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2010 at 10:19 AM

    I love the scrape too. YOur bird is so wonderful, so Kim...and the hands too.....xox Corrine

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  32. SuvarnaSeptember 14, 2010 at 10:37 PM

    these are gorgeous! I love how the last image led you to Irving.
    xo

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  33. JenniferSeptember 15, 2010 at 1:16 AM

    I loved the hearts hidden in the pages! I really loved seeing Irving come to life right before my eyes :)

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  34. DMGSeptember 15, 2010 at 6:52 AM

    These are so BEAUTIFUL, Queen of My Heart! Don't you just love to use masks? And hearts, of course? My all-time favorite of my abstracts has a mask of a heart in it too. Makes me think of you! Your lime green and plum-colored painting with the hidden bird is just divine; it reminds me of one of Katherine Treffinger's abstracts (check out her out in my blog roll). I'm also loving your "I Am" journal spread. I am dying to do some journal pages, but what with being back and school and trying to get enough paintings ready for a festival in early November, I've had to cast aside my first love for a while. YOu've inspired me so much today, though, that maybe I can manage squeeze in a few pages, if I sleep less.....

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  35. Brigitte aka ScrappassieSeptember 15, 2010 at 1:05 PM

    Gorgeous papers and I love your bird! It's a good thing you found him hiding in your paper ;-) Thank you for sharing !

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  36. ElenaSeptember 15, 2010 at 3:37 PM

    WOW! Is that enough? WOW!

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  37. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2010 at 5:32 AM

    Your pages are great! The colours are so vibrant and clear!

    Rachel

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  38. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2010 at 6:16 PM

    You are right; that heart mask is a cracker. Love the bird too. I'm like you, I wear my art on my hands LOL

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  39. Terry HartleySeptember 18, 2010 at 9:37 PM

    Hi Beautiful! i love the 5th one. I see a fairy or nature creature of some sort there. And--of course, i really love the bird. As my husband says-- always a bird for Terry. :)

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  40. Beverley BairdSeptember 19, 2010 at 7:41 PM

    What great pages you've created! Love the colours and textures.

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  41. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2010 at 3:08 PM

    Painted hands, a sure sign of a fun time. Love the page that "birthed" the bird!

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  42. goudenregenSeptember 23, 2010 at 3:03 AM

    Love what you made, beautiful colors and the stencils worked out fine.

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  43. tjSeptember 28, 2010 at 2:30 AM

    I love the blue and purple page. It looks like rain to me. And it's so cool how the bird came to be... happy creations from germany! tj

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