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Welcome to the Artistic Outpost Design Team monthly blog hop!   The team has created some beautiful projects!

My project is inspired by a scrap pulled from my scrap pile using the Paper Boy image.

I always think this little gent looks like a boy who lives down by the docks with his sweater and stocking cap.  To create the feeling of the sea I added the lighthouse from the Beyond The Sea plate in the background.  The background was created on the gelli plate using a clock stencil and paints.  I added a few words from Huck Finn stamped in black ink.  I added script from the French Flight plate randomly stamped in the background. . 

Hop along for all the inspiration:

Gerrie * Lisa * Sue * Tracy * Linda * Allison * Terry * Kate

Thanks for stopping in!

Suzz

Americana

Welcome to the Artistic Outpost Design Team Monthly Hop!  The Design Team has whipped up some fantastic projects celebrating Americana. 

I was inspired by the historic images of Atlantic City and the Boardwalk.

I started from a wood piece found at the rehab store.  I think it is a wood leg from a table.  I thought it would be fun to re-purpose the wooden leg. It reminded me of something you would see down at the beach.

Each side reflects a few of the different images from boardwalk.  I used the colors of red, blue and gold tones as they fit the Americana theme..

The finishing touches were the shell, sand and raffia.

Products: Artistic Outpost - Boardwalk, Artistic Outpost - Cowgirl Strength, Beyond the Sea, White &  Light Blue Acrylic Paint, White Cardstock, Sand, Shell, STAEDTLER Watercolor Pencils

For all the fantastic projects by the Design Team stop by each of the team members:

Gerrie * Lisa * Suzanne * Tracy * Linda *Alison * Terry * Kate 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz

Lighthouse

Happy Friday!

I had purchased a set of wooden coasters in a wooden box. I created several fun wall hangings using the wooden coasters. This particular one I used the Artistic Outpost Lighthouse from the Beyond the Sea set.

This took several layers and playing around to get this effect. :) Start with a base of Adirondack Acrylic Paint. Stamp the lighthouse Versafine black onyx. Color the image using watercolor pencils to color and re-draw the lines. Wet the watercolor with an aqua brush. When the colors are to your liking. Versamark the entire surface and heat emboss. Repeat a couple of times to give it a nice gloss. Stamp the Sentiment using StaZon Ink on the glossy surface. (If it doesn't work you can remove it using the StaZon cleaner)

Accent with twine, tulle and charms.

Hope you have a lovely Friday!

Suzz

Starfish Project

Well I was very excited to have my first official guest designer post over on the Artistic Outpost blog today!  I decided to pull out my Beyond the Sea set and create a starfish card. 

I started with creating a starfish shape.  After a few sketches I decided to trace a circle from the bottom of my glass onto white cardstock. I free-handed a leg of the starfish. I used the starfish stamp and a real starfish (dried out) from the kids bathroom as my inspiration. After I had created one leg, I cut it out and used it to trace the outline on the circle five times. That became my template.

Here is the starfish:

Recipe:

1. Cut out starfish shape.
2. Stamp Image of the couple using brown pigment ink. Color using watercolor and distress edges with brown dye ink.
3. Stamp multiple shells and sea creatures using brown pigment ink. Sponge with Scattered Straw Dye Ink. Sponge edges with brown dye ink.
4. Stamp music using brown pigment ink repeatedly across starfish.
5. Sponge gold dye ink across entire starfish.
6. Sponge edges of starfish with brown dye ink. Sponge using sea sponge brown dye ink to add a texture.
7. Add touches of light blue to starfish by coloring light blue and blending with waterbrush.
8. Versamark all images and starfish and heat emboss using clear embossing powder. Repeat if needed to get smooth surface.
9. Tie twine around surface of starfish.
10. Layer couple in boat and other images onto starfish using pop dots and glue dots.
11. Accent clams with light blue pearls.

Now after that was done..... I decided I wanted a backdrop for my starfish and I created this:

I love the effect of the tool as it looks like water rippling and added a few pearls for the bubbles. I didn't have a frame so I will need to get one to put this in so I can hang it up. It goes with the decor in the den perfectly.

I hope you enjoyed the little starfish!

Thanks for stopping by.. Have a wonderful weekend!

Suzz