Summer Inspiration *with video

Happy Sunday dear friends!

Today I want to share a little bit of Summer inspiration!

During Summer vacation and between swimming in the dreamy sea

 I found the time to alter this cute small spatula I found in the beach house.

Of course what would be more perfect for this project

 than the ColourArte products? :)

I won't share much of the process, you can see everything in my video.
I hope you will enjoy it and get inspired! 
Don't forget to leave me a comment, as well give me thumbs up on my You Tube channel  :)

Some details...

ColourArte supplies list for this project:

Primary Elements

"Mermaid" France Papillon Series: 

Nutmeg

 Ocean Wave

 Guatamalan Green 

 Copper Pearl

All Purpose Clear Glaze Medium 

Other supplies

spatula

seashell

charm boat

white twine

gauze

Prima - Finnabair art stones

Prima - Finnabair Black Gesso
Prima - Finnabair Texture Paste - White Sand

Prima - Finnabair 3D Gloss Gel

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With this project I'm entering

 The 'Sail your dreams' challenge at Scrap Kafe 'International'




and the Nautical/By the sea challenge at Simon Says Stamp



...

Thank you for visiting!

Have a lovely crafty Summer day :)

xxx

Athanasia

nostalgic feeling

Hello mixed media friends!

Here in Greece August is the third and last month of Summer. That means that my vacation on beach house will end in a few days and I'm getting in a melancholy mood. But, still the sun is shinning and the sea is amazing for swimming.

 So, today I'm hosting the Mixed Media Place and sharing a canvas about all these Summer things and emotions: a little bit of sea, memories and some paper boats I made by myself like those we used to make when we were children.

I glued on the canvas a paper from 7 Dots Soulmates collection and painted the rest of the canvas with white gesso. Then I glued the photo, the embellishments and the paper boats and stamped with several stamps here and there. I also wrote a small text I found on internet about 'what is a nostalgia'. After that, I used some blue and light brown colors to match the sea and the sand of the photo. The Lindy's Stamp Gang turquoise is the perfect color to represent the sea. I also used my favorite color ever Blue Grass from Primary Elements here in some spots to highlight them and as well gold and mediterranean silks. My final step always is to make some splashes with white gesso.

***chippies from 2Crafty Chipboard

I hope you got some summery inspiration from my project.

Have a lovely sunny day!

a beautiful start

Hello everyone!

This is my page for our April challenge at Scrap Around the World.

It is based on this amazing moodboard made by Hera Sugitani

Pretty beautiful, don't you think?

I was inspired by the sea, the starfishes, the seashells and the seahorses.

Summer is my favorite season and I love everything about it,  especially the sea!

I also like seahorses, so I decided to paint two on my page with my favorite sprays from Lindy's Stamp Gang.

I also used some Prima flowers and lace, and a few buttons and seashells.

Here is a closeup:

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