Thursday 5 March 2015

Springtime for ATP Exchange


Colours of Spring is the new challenge theme over at 
Annie our host this time  would like us to use a fresh colour palette and include flowers/birds.
Please pop over for all the details,  see what we made and find out how you could win a generous   £10 store voucher from our sponsors at the  Artist Trading Post.
I have highlighted the products  used,  that are available from the store.


I used a large Wooden Heart shape  [from a set of 3] as my base.

To add texture  I reached for a Tim Holtz stencil and my pot  of Paper Artsy  Grunge Paste.



I painted over the surface when it had dried out using 
Paper Artsy Fresco Finish - Vintage Lace, 
mixed with a little white Gesso.
On the left is how it looked after one coat
Adding a little random stamping with some old stamps.
I added another coat of paint  before the next stage.




To colour the heart I used .....
Prima Colour Bloom-Summer Sky
Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Peeled Paint
Treasure Gold - Olive Bronze to add some highlights.




Now for my  additions,  using  Paper Artsy stamps., The flowers are from the Joffy  13 set
and are a favourite of mine to use.
The bird is from a new set--
 Lin Brown Eclectica 18
I used water colour paints for colouring and added a few small beads to the center  of the flowers.







This is  the last challenge at the Artist Trading Post Exchange,

Keep a look out for something new and exciting coming soon


Thank you for taking time to  stop by, the comments you leave me are always appreciated.

28 comments:

  1. Love your spring heart, really beautiful! Have a lovely day, hugs, Valerie

    ReplyDelete
  2. Gorgeous heart Yvonne! Love the textured background and the flowers look magnificent! Sue C x

    ReplyDelete
  3. What a fab spring heart Yvonne.. brings me hope for spring!
    xxx Susi

    ReplyDelete
  4. This is so beautiful and with such rich colours for the images you added to the wonderful background. It will look lovely hung up somewhere for sure

    Love Chrissie xx

    ReplyDelete
  5. Brilliant Yvonne, love the effect you've created on the heart.
    Love
    Amanda x

    ReplyDelete
  6. Makes my heart go boing! Fab birdie and those colours brought a ray of sunshine :-) (it's grey here today!)

    Glad you like & don't recall seeing the pearl box.

    Sally

    ReplyDelete
  7. Absolutely lovely art piece, Yvonne.
    Hugs xx

    ReplyDelete
  8. Fabulous Yvonne, just love all the images and the lovely bright colours.
    Wendy xx

    ReplyDelete
  9. Fabulous Yvonne, just love all the images and the lovely bright colours.
    Wendy xx

    ReplyDelete
  10. I love the bird and flower images, they're very sweet, and the heart is gorgeous, love how you decorated it!!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Gorgeous Yvonne! Love your heart with all the wonderful metallics and your bird and flower are so much fun! Great project! hugs :)

    ReplyDelete
  12. This looks gorgeous. I like it even with out the bird and flowers.
    Great structure, great background

    ReplyDelete
  13. I love, love, love this piece. The heart is fabulous with the texture and stamping. I think the bird and flowers are so bright and cheerful and certainly make me think of spring, which I hear is scheduled some time soon. I will believe it when I see it since we still have 2 feet of accumulated snow on the lawn and pile of almost 8 feet on either side of the driveway.
    Hugs!
    Cec

    ReplyDelete
  14. I love hearts and the little birdie is so cute!
    Hugz, Z

    ReplyDelete
  15. A gorgeous project for our Springtime challenge Yvonne :-) I love your textured heart and the fabulous flower and bird.

    TFS and best wishes
    Annie x

    ReplyDelete
  16. Fabulous spring time project, I love the way you decorated the heart, and the flowers and bird certainly make me think of spring.
    Jean x

    ReplyDelete
  17. Love this springtime heart and all that great texture! The bird and flowers just rock!

    ReplyDelete
  18. A gorgeous spring time project Yvonne love the bird:)
    Val x

    ReplyDelete
  19. This heart is gorgeous, Yvonne! Love the bird, flowers and the fabulous background.
    Hugs, Mar

    ReplyDelete
  20. This is so spring, love that bird with sunshine flowers but the heart background could be a piece on its own...it's just gorgeous Yvonne! Ruth xx

    ReplyDelete
  21. This is so spring, love that bird with sunshine flowers but the heart background could be a piece on its own...it's just gorgeous Yvonne! Ruth xx

    ReplyDelete
  22. So pretty Yvonne, this is lovely. Nikki xx

    ReplyDelete
  23. This is so sweet...I love the hearts at the background and the sweet bird. Nice piece of work.
    xxx Plony

    ReplyDelete
  24. Love this, great textures and colour. Flowers and that little bird look fab.
    Avril xx

    ReplyDelete
  25. Love this, great textures and colour. Flowers and that little bird look fab.
    Avril xx

    ReplyDelete
  26. Amazing tag. Fabulous the background textures and colours, love thel bright colurs Lin and Jofy's images. xxx

    ReplyDelete
  27. Amazing inspirational piece Yvonne and what a wowser you are at fussy cutting. Gorgeous.

    Warm crafty hugs from Shirl x x x
    ShirlsCards.

    ReplyDelete
  28. Fabulous texture and lovely colours on the heart, and how cute is that sunny sunshine bird?! Lovely!
    Alison xx

    ReplyDelete