Sunday 25 August 2013

86 - CSI challenge - Sweet

Lovely soft pastels this week at CSI and the Evidence prompted me to try my hand with some gelatos.
Having watched a few demos on line, I thought I'd be brave and experiment.  My first three attempts were apalling and ended up in the bin.  I finally settled for this one.  There's room for improvement, but I did enjoy getting messy and using some watercolour paper.

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Our DGD, there is nothing caged about this little girl.
The birds on the twig are fussy cut from a Prima paper
The bird cage is from Dusty Attic
Little orange hearts by Scrapmatts
The yellow flower is coloured with gelatos on vellum
 Thank you to Eila Sandberg for the little pink butterfly
MATERIALS
Watercolour paper
Gelatos - Faber Castel 
Prima - Songbird collection "Zephyr" (birds on branch)
Prima - Alphas
Prima - Flowers
The Crafter's Workshop stencil - Mini flying bird doily
Derivan Matisse - Impasto medium
Dusty Attic - Birdcage #5
Scrapmatts - Heart chippy
Stampendous - embossing powder
Petaloo - Flowers
Ribbon - unknown
Spotlight - pearl flowers
Die-namics die - Decorative doil duo
Vellum - unknown
Melissa Frances - butterfly

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12 comments:

  1. absolutely loving this Helen , so soft and oozing with love x

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  2. Heehee! I'm sure you'll get the hang of the Gelatos & then there'll be no stopping you!!! I really love the little splotches you've got going & that bird on the branch is sooooo sweet:):):)

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  3. Beautiful work, Helen! I had quite a time getting the hang of the gelatos too but I love the soft way you've used them here. Stunning!

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  4. Helen this is a work of art, wow such perfection on that sweet background!An adorable photo to match too ♥♥♥

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  5. Oh this looks so sweet, and the colors in the back ground are divine.. wonderful layout Helen!

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  6. Such a soft, sweet and precious page Helen! So great that you gave the watercolours a go and think your background came out really well! I did some experimenting with some alcohol inks a while back, and all of them ended up in the dustbin, so really glad you were able to get a great result! I love the experimenting, but sometimes it does not turn out like the image I have in my mind! ;-)
    The photo and elements are great....they work so well with your beautiful background! Beautifully done! ;-)

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  7. Sweet is the perfect description of this layout. Lovely colour combo.

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  8. "Sweet" is the perfect title and love this colour combo.

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  9. Wow this is truly beautiful Helen! Looks like you are a gelato pro already!! Lovely page!!!

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  10. Helen this is so gorgeous, that background is amazing and I love the arty feel of your LO.

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  11. Oh wow this is sooo pretty!!! Awesome work!! :D

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  12. I absolutely love your work, and enjoy stopping by your blog to have a look.
    I have sat and looked at this for ages Helen, its "GORGEOUS", WOW!!!!, a fave of mine....Love, Love, Love it. xx

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