Paper Wings Production July Blog Hop & Giveaway: Yellow

WELCOME to Paper Wing Productions July Blog Hop & Giveaway! If you've arrived here from Katie's blog, then you're in the right place.  If you’re just stopping by for a visit, please CLICK HERE to start from the beginning.

This month our color theme is Yellow.  So get comfortable and let us fill your day with the warm shades of yellow, enjoy the hop!! 

The main prize is a $25.00 gift certificate to the Paper Wings Productions online store.  

For a chance to win all you need to do is:

• be a follower of the Paper Wings Productions blog
• visit each of the participating designer's blogs and leave a comment
• come back and leave us a comment on the PWP blog telling us you completed the hop.

To increase your chances of winning: like our Facebook page and/or invite your friends to the hop.  Be sure to leave a separate comment for each of your additional entries. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 on the Paper Wings Productions blog.

Happy 4th of July to all my American friends, I hope you're enjoying your day!!  This month I'm sharing a sun drenched art journal page.

This is an old page from my art journal.  It already had all of these beautiful colors on it from previous projects.

I added more layers using stencils and stamps.  The large flourish is from the Vintage Melange set.  The birds are from Bird Melange and the new Bird Beauty stamp set.

Next I added some molding paste to stamp into.  This is one of the stamps from the Bird Beauty set.

After that I added my focal image.  This big beautiful lady is from the Melange 3 Gypsy cling stamp set.  Then I decided to add more texture with molding paste and stencils.

I  love this quote from the new Bird Beauty stamp set!!!

Now for some personality!  I added Domino Washi tape, stamped canvas heart, metal crown, feathers, a flower and Queen B.  I used the Perfect Alphabet and bees from Vintage Melange.

I sprayed various shades of yellow Dylusion inks.  I also added some borders using a stamp from the Vintage Melange stamp set.

Okay, it's time to send you off to your next stop so head on over to Amber's Blog.

***Here is the complete line up just in case you get lost along the way***

Inna Karpova

Carrie Avery

Dana Tatar

Erica Rose Thompson

Katie Smith

Norma Gomez **You are here**

Amber Rasmuss

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY!!

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Let Your Creativity Take Flight!

  
Melange 3 Gypsy         With Bird

Bird Beauty Cling Stamp Set Vintage Melange Bird Melang Cling Stamp Set Little Birds Cling Stamp Set Vintage Domino Cling Stamp Set Frames and Flourishes Cling Stamp Set Bees Cling Stamp Set Perfect Alphabet Clear Stamp Set Domino Printed Washi Tape

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Imagine

Hi everyone!  I hope all is well with you.  I wanna take a moment to thank Karon for checking up on me and to fill you in on whats been happening.  I'm sure you all have noticed that I have been MIA lately.  I'm fine just suffering from a little blogging burn out.  Trying to balance work, family and hobbies has been very hard for me.  Life seems to pick up speed daily and I have to decide what I'd like to do most with my free time.  These days any free time I get goes to creating.  I'm doing more and more shows so I have to try and keep up my inventory.  I've also been searching for ways to expand my product line.  

I'm extremely please with the way my art business is growing.  One of my goals from the very beginning was to have my artwork printed on different things like bags and notebooks.  Recently I've found ways to make that happen and I now carry everything from originals to jewelry, stationary and zippered bags.  If you're interested in keeping up with me, Facebook is really the best way.  I try to share works in progress there as well as upcoming show information and other happenings.  I also interact with everyone there via comments or private messages.  Here is the link to my page: https://www.facebook.com/NormaGomez.LittleHoneyBeeStudios.  

Okay well onto art!!  Here's a look at one of the canvases I just finished:

This is a large 20x20 1.5" deep canvas.  Let me know what you think!

Thank you so much for joining me today and Karon thanks again for checking on me!

Have a beautiful day!!

Paper Wings Production April Blog Hop & Giveaway: Turquoise

WELCOME to Paper Wing Productions' April Design Team Blog Hop & Giveaway! If you've arrived here from The Aviary, then you're in the right place. 

This month we're working with beautiful and peaceful Turquoise.  So get get comfortable and get ready to be dazzled by our design team, enjoy the hop!! 

The main prize is a $25.00 gift certificate to the Paper Wings Productions online store.

For a chance to win all you need to do is:

• be a follower of the Paper Wings Productions blog
• visit each of the participating designer's blogs and leave a comment
• come back and leave us a comment on the PWP blog telling us you completed the hop.

To increase your chances of winning: like our Facebook page and/or invite your friends to the hop.  Be sure to leave a separate comment for each of your additional entries. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 on the Paper Wings Productions blog.

Hello everyone, thanks for stopping by!!  Today I have a really fun mixed media collage to share with you.  I was pretty happy about this month's color because I love cool turquoise especially with a pop of a warm color like pink or red.

So I started out with one of the backing boards from the Nesting Components kits.  Dana does this so I thought I'd give a try too ;D.  I wanted to just have fun, let loose, do some recycling and use up scraps.  I found strips of stamped paper from one of my Dec projects.  Believe or not it was still hanging around on my desk, lol.  I just glued them on with Modge Podge and the blue was accidental.  It was paint that was still on my paint brush but hey it works!  The strips of paper are stamped with the Postcard stamp. 

Recently my son went through a phase where he was taking electronics apart so now I have lots of techie scraps lying around.   Being the hoarder "creative" person I am I saved all the little pieces to use in my projects.  I also dug into my junk box for chipboard bits and cardboard.  The yellow piece is actually the divider from my grandson's Memory game (no one's stuff is safe, lol).  I gesso'd everything and stamped a cute little bird from the Bird Melange stamp set.

Next it was time to get inky!!  I sprayed various shades of teal, turquoise and blue Dylusions inks over everything.

After that I dug into my Nesting Components kits and found THE perfect image (love her).  I tucked in my techie pieces here and there.

I randomly stamped the Writing cling stamp and added beautiful pink flowers.

This beautiful sequenced heart has been in my stash for over 10 years!!  I'm glad I finally found the perfect spot for it, see hoarding pays off (sometimes, lol).

Here's another look at the beautiful pink flowers.  The jeweled flower is my stash of flea market jewelry finds.

She looks pretty sassy don't you think?!  Her look, the beautiful bold color and all the bling instantly reminded me of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun".  So using another scrap from my desk, I stamped it on using the Perfect Alphabet stamp set.  This is my newest PWP stamp set and I'm so glad I got it.  It's a must have, trust me!!

I managed to work in a yellow bangle some more birds and the piece of tag.  I have to say, I really love this one!!  It just makes me happy :D

Okay well it's time to send you off to your next stop so head on over to Amber's Blog!

***Here is the complete line up just in case you get lost along the way***

Norma Gomez

Amber Rasmuss
Carrie Avery

Dana Tatar

Erica Rose Thompson
Katie Smith

Paper Wings Productions Blog “The Aviary­ - http://paper-wings-productions.blogspot.com/

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY!!

&

Let Your Creativity Take Flight!

Postcard Cling Stamp Writing Cling Stamp Writing Backgrounds Cling Stamp Set Fly Away Cling Stamp Set Bird Melang Cling Stamp Set Perfect Alphabet Clear Stamp Set Vintage Cuties Clip Art Sheet November 2013 Nesting Components Mixed Media Kit

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Namaste - Paper Mache Heart

Hi everybody!  I'm back with another paper mache heart.  I've actually had this one here partially done for months.  So I decided that it was time to finish her up.  She is done in the same colors of my last two pieces for the same reason, to finish up the paint I had out.

I'm calling this one Namaste because of the mandala inspired background.

I was really inspired by the beautiful mandala designs all over Pinterest so I just started doodling.  I also did a little stamping to help fill the background.

I did all of the doodling freehand using a Faber-Castell Pitt Pen and then painted them in and highlighted using a white Sign pen.

I chose not to prime my flowers so the colors are muted by the dark background.

I think that keeping the color toned down really helps her stay the focal image even though there is a lot going on in the background.

She was drawn a long time ago so instead of starting all over, I decided to just go with it and paint her in.

Even the back got a coat of paint ;D

When I look at her "Namaste" instantly comes to mind but I decided not to write it on there.  What do you think, should I add some words or leave it the way it is?  Let me know your thoughts!!

Thank you for stopping by & have a beautiful, peaceful day!!