A DAY IN THE PARK! A LAUGH! MORE FROM THE BEACH 1996! and A PROMISE!

Last weekend Thomas found this punk show he wanted to see in a big park in Philadelphia.  It was a beautiful day so I grabbed a pad of watercolor paper and a bunch of mediums to play with.

Here's a bit of what came out of my afternoon... (please remember that I do NOT have any raw drawing talents so this was actually a big deal!)

THE PARK

This was the spot I ended up sitting in...

Watercolor crayons

Derwent Inktense blocks

THE LAUGH!

And now I have a funny to share -

Is this not simply THE cutest?

THE BEACH!

My first layout uses sketch #44 from 
Make It Monday at The Memory Nest. 

I rotated the sketch 1/4 turn to the left, and I used 2 photos instead of 3 because of their orientation.

and a few close-ups -

A PROMISE!

My next layout is for the design team call over at Let's Get Sketchy!

So first I will tell you a little bit about the call in case you also want to submit a creation of your own. Let's Get Sketchy is a sketch blog owned by Brenshevia Baker, previously owner of the Ning site Colorful Creations.   She is very talented and a lot of fun to work with.  As a DT on this site you will need to complete 2 layouts per month, comment on all entries to the challenges and post the challenges on your blog.  

Full details can be found in the post at: http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.com/2015/07/lets-get-sketchy-design-team-call.html?spref=fb

There were 2 sketches to choose from. Here is the one I deciced to use.

and here is my layout - 

and a few close-ups -

I loved this saying and thought it was perfect... after all, not many of us get to truly enjoy a really rainy day...but getting an opportunity to see this most spectacular rainbow reminded me that if you are not ready to enjoy all your minutes you could miss out on something as amazing as this rainbow!

 

The circle was cut from a wonderful clear acrylic sheet with tiny lavender dimensional dots.

Here you can see the 2 fun embossing folders I used if you can pull your eyes away from that spectacular rainbow!  

Truly a PROMISE from God.

I am also entering this layout in 

Word Art Wednesday challenge #192.

ONE COLORFUL SUMMER

Brought to you by the Krazy Crafting Crew

Our independant hop team is bringing you colorful delightful creations for summer time projects!

If you have just stumbled upon the hop, Robin Lane from "Create-a-Latte" will be your hostess today, you can start from the beginning and work your way through, to get all the inspiration we have to offer. The whole line up will be provided at the end of this post.

Here is a photo of the blog candy our hostess has up for grabs:

For my project I opted to do an art journal page.  I started by coating my page with gesso.  I was impatient and did not allow it to dry enough when I started adding my Derwent Inktense Blocks and my Watercolor Crayons.

Next I added water.  I smeared them with a cosmetic sponge.  Usually the lines disappear but since the gesso was not quite dry it left some there.  I wish I had started with my Distress Inks.  

I then started adding acrylic and dimensional paints.  I don't often use those little bottles of sticles so I took them out.  Of course I squirted too hard and the bottle burst open and I got too much.  I added and added and the paper was saturated.  I rolled over it with a paper towel and got some interesting lined texture.

Next I had to wait forever for all those layers of paint to dry.  Eventually I got to add my favorite texture medium - DryDex Spackle with a Crafters Workshop Template.

And now I will make my sun a glorious yellow and add my title!  I sprinkled some pink and yellow alcohol inks but they were very dark so I added some gesso over them.  I put gold perfect pearls over the whole sun.

I created my title from Basic Grey Hip chipboard letters and colored them black with my Pitt pen.  I found this great swirly transparency which I cut apart and placed in the corners.  I also added some black rhinestones.

I hope you have enjoyed my creation today, I would love for you to visit again, we have hops with new themes every first Sunday of each month.

Don’t forget to keep an eye out for some blog candy offered throughout the hop. Some blogs are offering extra perks! They all have their own wishes for you to win, so don't forget to read the rules for each one as when they are offering every blog has different requirements for entries.

Thank you for stopping by and hopping with us! We love to inspire you so be sure to come back for more!

Here is the line up to help you navigate through..

Create a latte

So Many Crafts, So Little Time

Pink Dalmation Scrapper

CardMonkey's Paper Jungle

Love 2 Create it all

Lorby's World

Anita and Bugs

Precious Pages with Paula

Janet's Creative World

Scrap and Chat

TRUE COLORS

Tonite I decided to play with my mixed media supplies.  There is a song challenge this month on Colorful Creations to make a creation inspried by the Cyndi Lauper song True Colors.  As you know from previous posts I am just coming through a time of major struggle mentally and physically and this song really spoke to me and what has been going on.  

I started by coating my art journal page with a layer of gesso.  Then I took out a few Crafters Workshop templates and a little jar of Dry Dex Spackling.  (yes - the kind you use on the wall!)  I wanted something with a lot of texture.
  

Next I started adding color.  I used several Ranger paint daubers, watercolor crayons, Derwent inktense blocks, and Adirondack dimensional pearls.  I blended them together with a wet cosmetic sponge.

  

I wanted to be sure that the texture was more defined so I took some more gesso and scraped it across the top.

To represent the troubles I have been having I took a paint brush loaded with black gesso and splattered it several times randomly on the page.

And finally...I chose from the lyrics - 

You with the sad eyes
Don`t be discouraged
Oh, I realize
It`s hard to take courage
In a world full of people
You can lose sight of it all
And the darkness inside you
Can make you feel so small

But I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that`s why I love you
So don`t be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors 
Are beautiful like a rainbow

Show me a smile then,
Don`t be unhappy
Can`t remember when
I last saw you laughing
If this world makes you crazy
And you`ve taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I`ll be there

And I`ll see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that`s why I love you
So don`t be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
Your true colors
Are beautiful like a rainbow

(Can`t remember when I last saw you laughing)

If this world makes you crazy
And you`ve taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I`ll be there

And I`ll see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that`s why I love you
So don`t be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors
True colors are shining through

I see your true colors
And that`s why I love you
So don`t be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors
Are beautiful like a rainbow


and I added them to the page -

Thanks for dropping by.  I hope that you have enjoyed this blast from the past of music and my interpretation.