Tuesday 5 November 2013

Colour Explosion - Try It On Tuesday

Servus!!!

Time to start a new challenge over at Try It On Tuesday! This fortnight we want to see some

Colour Explosions

which means you should use bright or seasonal colours for your makes.

I had played around with Distress paints and Tim's marbleing technique as I recently added some more colour tones to my stash. The "explosion" of colour was definitely intense - but then I didn't know what to use this background for. I knew - if I made  a tag I would cover up a lot of that background (which I actually did not want to this time).

Finally I decided to create two ATCs.


As the background was the thing I wanted the focus to be on, I only added some stencilled words done with DecoArt Metallic Lustre "Gold", stamped leaves (in black jet archival) and stencilled stripes (using one of the new Tim Holtz stencils and distress ink).

To make the gold letters pop out a bit more, I gave them some shading with a black felt tip pen. Done.



I hope you like them and look forward to seeing your personal colour explosion entered to our challenge soon ;)

Hugs and happy crafting,
Claudia x

20 comments:

  1. That marble effect looks so creative Claudia...lovely colours, great result

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  2. Super ATC's love the colour explosion. Hugs Bee

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  3. Tolle ATCs und wunderbaren Farben! LG, Valerie

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  4. Claudia -- Wow!!! Amazing color. I don't blame you one bit for choosing an ATC to showcase these backgrounds. Who would want to cover that up :) Beautiful!! Love the lone leaf stamped on the side. Such a great accent to your background. -- Mary Elizabeth

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  5. I LOVE your colour explosions Claudia - these are stunning! Nicola x

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  6. They're just great, Claudia - I love the explosion of colour and then the really subtle stamping - brilliant!
    Alison x

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  7. Hallo Claudia, herrliche Farben, ich bin begeistert.

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  8. Gorgeous color!! I love the simplicity of the ATCs. It really makes the color the star of the show!

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  9. Hi Claudia! I love the intense color and beautiful marbling effect of your ATCs. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and taking the time to leave me such a lovely comment. You made my day with your kind words :D

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  10. Fabulous!! Really glad you did not cover up the background as it is truly stunning just as it is! The additions of the words and leaves finish them off perfectly though. Two gorgeous ATCs!

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  11. Fab backgrounds so glad you didn't cover them up
    Love
    Amanda x

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  12. Fantastic ATC's, the backgrounds are wonderful, and make the words stand out.
    Yvonne

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  13. Love this explosion of colour Claudia and the stamping/lines add the perfect amount of detail.
    Beyond thrilled to be on another team with such a talented artist. Jenny xxx

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  14. Herrliche Seiten, die Hintergründe sind klasse und die Farben genau mein Ding.

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  15. Wow, love how vibrant these colors are, great atc's.
    Hugz, Z

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  16. LOVELY colors and backgrounds! So you're in the Craft Stamper DT, no wonder they didn't even considered me, hehe, CONGRATULATIONS!

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  17. I love the ATC's, so pretty, and the gold lettering really stands out! Sorry I haven't been around lately, but have been way over loaded with art! waving hi from the hills of North Carolina ♥ Glad to know we are Deco Art buddies!

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  18. Love the gorgeous backgrounds you've created, the colours looks so vibrant especially with the gold.
    Avril xx

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  19. Stunning and beautiful ATCs!!!

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