Monday, February 13, 2017

2017 Texture Calendar - June

Welcome Back...I was MIA last week due to business/office stuff but I got to play over the weekend so I'm excited to share!!



Today we'll pick up our Texture calendar - June page.  I don't know about where you live but June is when summer kicks into high gear here in Indiana. Fairs, Antique Tractor Shows, Hay time, etc...and most of all - SUNSHINE!  February is a dreary time of year - everything brown and grey, it feels like mother nature is taking a nap and I sorely miss the sunshine of summer which is why I chose to color this page yellow!



This month's page texture is created by ephemera... stuff you find in your everyday life (new or old).  Personally I LOVE ephemera and you'd be surprised at how much texture you can find.  Today I'm using a bit of new and a bit of old to comprise my collage of textures...wall paper bits, paper doily (from a box of chocolates), vintage store trading stamps, mesh from a bag of garlic, tissue from an invoice book.  I'm also using a few bits from pages that create a visual texture - sheet music, maps, ledger papers, dictionary pages, etc.


I started off by gluing everything down
using Shimmer Creative Medium.


Trimmed off the excess once dry.


I chose 3 different colors of Yellow Gelatos 
that I scribbled over the page.


I spread and blended the colors together with my fingers.
I don't know why but 
I'm just not satisfied with the results when I use other "tools".


I finished off the page with my calendar
and some "summery" embellishments.



2 comments:

  1. LOVE your use of the green stamps! Beautiful calendar for June!

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  2. Very cool collage! That is a neat idea to use the gelato to pull it all together.

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