Graphic 45 & Scrapbook Adhesives Blog Hop Day 2

Hi Everyone!!!

Today is Day 2 of Graphic 45 and Scrapbook Adhesives Blog Hop... And welcome... 

Today I'll be sharing this project for this blog hop...

Do drop by others, comment and get a chance to win this week prize package from Graphic 45 and Scrapbook Adhesives... Hop along with us:

Graphic 45's Blog

Scrapbook Adhesives' Blog 

Ginny Nemchak's Blog

My Blog (YOU ARE HERE!!!)

Keri Sallee's Blog

AJ Otto's Blog

Latisha Yoast's Blog

I bought this violin about 10 years ago and has been kept in it’s casing for more than 5 years. Recently, as I opened up the casing, the look of the violin brought me back tons of memories. To showcase this sentimental piece, I decided to build this violin display stand so that I can display my violin when its not in it’s casing... Thinking about it, my passion in music is still lies... I hope one day when I'm ready, I'd love to pick up my violin again and begin to play my favourite concerto...

Supply List:

Botanical Tea Papers (Flora, Fauna, Field of Flowers, Botanical Tea, Hello Friend, Herbal Infusion)
Botanical Tea 8” X 8” Paper Pad
Botanical Tea 6’ X 6” Patterns & Solids
Botanical Tea Tags & Pockets
Botanical Tea Alphabet Stickers
Botanical Tea Stickers 
Graphic 45 Staples (Shabby Chic Ornate Metal Key Holes & Washi Tape) 

Prima Marketing Embellishments (Resin Frame & Junkyard Findings Zip)

Wooden Violin Charm (own stash)

Scrapbook Adhesives 3L Products Used: 

Thin 3D Foam Squares, Dodz Medium Adhesive Dots, Scrapbook Adhesives E-Z Runner 

(as shown above)

Have fun hopping and remember to comment to enter a chance to win... Have a great day and good luck!!!

Cheers!!!

Technique Twist Challenge and Blog Hop

Time ready flies, we've reached 2014. Whatever had happened in year 2013, I believed we have reaped what we sowed; whether it's good or bad. We are all growers of our lives, if year 2013 was not a pleasant one, then grow 2014 well. I wish everyone a good 2014 year ahead.

Something to announce and share here, I'm honoured to be part of The Technique Twist Design Team. For a good start for this year, sharing here is my very first design team project for this challenge; Blurred Vision Watercoloring. Besides, we are having a Blog Hop (details below) for this new year so do join us!! There's some prize giving.

For this challenge, I've created a mixed media tag using Graphic 45 Secret Garden collection; one of my favourite collection. As always, their paper collections always that beautiful.

I started by gesso-ing the entire plastic acetate sheet and distress paint all over using several acrylic paints (supplies list below), creating a wash out background. The edges were then distressed using Tim Holtz distress paint in scattered straw. Script text stamp is from Graphic 45 Secret Garden collection; I did a double stamp using Ingvild Bolme chalk ink as the first layer, watercolour-washed it to create a blur vision then stamped over with StazOn. And this is the final look:

Background distress painting...

I also applied the technique on a stamped embellishment...

Supplies:

• Gesso
• Daler-Rowney heavy body acrylic paints (cadmium yellow, yellow ochre)
• Martha Stewart satin acrylic paint (mint)
• Tim Holtz distress paints (victorian velvet, scattered straw)
• Ingvild Bolme chalk ink (shabby tote, stone)
• StazOn solvent ink (timble brown)
• Tim Holtz distress ink (tea dye, brushed corduroy)

A Grower's tag... I added some dimensional pearls
in butterscotch to give some texture...

New Year's Blog Hop Order:

• The Technique Twist
• Julz
• Becky B
• Pam
• Terria
• Leena
• Katie Zoey Ho (ME!)
• The Technique Twist

If you're following along the blog hop then you just came from Leena's blog. The next stop on the hop is back to The Technique Twist's blog so hop on over and see what we have created to share with you! Remember, if you find a link that doesn't work, you can always hop back to The Technique Twist for a list of direct links to all the blogs in the hop! There's a great prize involved so be sure to comment on each blog as you hop and don't forget to play along! :)

Happy hopping and thanks for dropping by.