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Kerella
January 25, 2017

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The Process:
I knew I wanted to play with a little mixed media, so I swiped clear gesso over white cardstock with an old gift card. Once it dried, I took a stencil with triangular shapes and just sprayed through it with three different sprays. I flipped the stencil over and pressed the negative into the page, and dried everything thoroughly between each color so I wouldn't end up with mud. That part became the bottom and top bands.

The sprays I used were made from distress stains, water and perfect pearls - except the purple. I made that from a mix of Dr. Ph. Martin's India ink and water (I try to work with what I have).

The next thign that came together was the broad strip down the middle. I didn't have any papers that were quite right. Either the pattern didn't work or the color wasn't right. I liked the circles on this page, but it was mustard yellow. So, I swiped peeled paint Distress Stain over a portion of the page. I lost some of the details of the pattern, but I think it looks better this way.

The whole time I was working on those two strips of paper, I was thinking about how I could embellish these pages. The sketch calls for shapes that break down into cirlces and triangles. The subject of the photos, Bandelier National Monument, is a Native American heritage site, so I borrowed some images common in Native American art - spirals, arrowheads and feathers. The internet gave me some jpegs that I turned into cut files. If I had it to do over again, I'd find a less-intricate spiral because when I scaled it down to 3/4", what I got was a mess.

Most everything is secured with Scotch ATG tape, but the fine details are adhered with Tombow Aqua.

The Photos:
We spent three days in Bandelier National Monument outside Los Alamos, New Mexico back in 2015. When we weren't camping on the ridge, we were hiking in the canyon. Now, I am afraid of heights, but I took the opportunity to challenge myself to do things that terrified me. Like hike the narrow trail with the deadly plunge and no handrail, just to see the waterfall.


layouts scrapbooking mixed media bandelier national park nature history Color Medium 12 x 12 Distressed Naturalist Die Cuts Distressing Embellishments Inking Journaling Masking Misting Nature Travel & Vacation
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