Wednesday 9 July 2014

X-Press Graph-X Blog Hop


Yaaaay - it’s time for a blog hop! Everyone on the design team has been working hard to create some really fun projects using some of our favourite products and the best part is that you have OVER TEN opportunities to win! 

Here's the canvas I put together:


Our brief was to create something that represents you. One of my most treasured roles is mother to three humans, and I love this photo of me and my girls on the Manly ferry last year.  I wanted to create something eclectic and colourful to reflect how crazy my life can get, as well as to remember to celebrate the small things this life brings me.

Here's how the canvas came together.  I started with a layer of Hazel & Ruby Chevron Newsprint Tissue, stuck on with Tripletac. I left wrinkles in it on purpose to help add texture to the background: 



Then I painted the edges of the canvas with turquoise acrylic paint, and mixed some green acrylic paint into a blob of Chromacryl Texture Paste, and applied it to the canvas through a stencil:


Then it got really messy, and I forgot to take proper photos LOL! I love that when I'm creating - when I get lost in the moment and experiment.

I tore some of the first layer of tissue off and added some Chromacryl Gesso over these areas. I toned the colours down a bit with a wash made with brown acrylic paint and water, and then added drips of Crushed Olive Distress Stain. A few strips of Crazy for Chevy and Colourblock Quotes washi tape were added, and the background was almost complete.


I sponged some gesso through a stencil to add the dots. Here's a bit where I put down the word happy using Hazel & Ruby Stencil-Mask:


and here's a Hazel & Ruby Pic Pocket, where I can add some handwritten notes from my girls:
 

The canvas was completed with some random flowers, cotton gauze and stamps from Technique Tuesday. I also added the frame to the photo with a Molotow pen, and a chipboard spider web painted green from FabScraps supports the photo and flowers.

Now, here's where you come in. We want to know what inspires you! Leave a comment on this post and you could win an awesome bundle of goodies like this one:



Make sure you hop over to the other blogs and the Inspiration Lane Facebook page where you could win a heap of prizes, valued at over $500!! The hop is open from 9am AEST July 9 until 11:59PM Monday July 14, 2014. Sorry, Australian and New Zealand residents only.

The next stop on the blog hop is Sharmaine, and if you want to start from the beginning, pop over to the Inspiration Lane blog.


Happy hopping!

27 comments:

  1. Lovely job layering all of your elements T!

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  2. wow I agree my children are my treasures and they are my inspiration, they are crazy and they drive me a little crazy lol. Thank you for the chance and i love your work :D

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  3. Wow, beautiful colours! The colours and textures of nature really inspire me.

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  4. Beautiful canvas Teresa, I love the layout and such a beautiful photo of you with your daughters. I get my inspiration from nature (beautiful colours and shapes in different seasons) and my Husband's photo's. And also of course from people's projects they created. There are so many talented people out there.

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  5. What inspires me is all the wonderful creations people post on the web and facebook.

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  6. Beautiful work as always Teresa. You know how much I love texture paste (hint hint)

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  7. Wow, I love all your bright elements on this canvas against the black and white photo which somehow makes the photo stand out most, I love it and I'm feeling really inspired on this blog hop, just itching to get to my craft goodies right now haha. XOX Lucy

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  8. your canvas creation is amazing ! I get inspired by blog hopping, watching youtube videos and looking through magazines. Thanks for the opportunity to win the giveaway

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  9. Fabulous project, Teresa! Gotta love all those pops of colour, thanks for the inspiration!!

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  10. Thank you for sharing your process! :) I am totally inspired by seeing other people's creativity come to life and I am inspired just by looking at all my fun supplies, especially my copics.

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  11. gorgeous little humans you have & beautiful project, thanks ever so much for sharing with us & you have totally given me ideas for the canvas I aim to start soon. WOW.

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  12. Wow! What a great canvas Teresa! Love how all the elements blend so well together! It's artists like you who inspires me to create and to experiment beyond my comfort zone!

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  13. WOW - FABULOUS canvas Teresa - LOVE the techniques and colours you combined to celebrate your photo!!! I have NEVER been this ADVENTUROUS with my crafting and feel inspired to give it a go!!!
    Blog Hops like today are part of my cyber inspiration, I like to visit blogs for inspiration and techniques too and a crafty challenge is always good to push my limits!!!
    AND I find it exciting to experiment with different products and techniques too, especially when magic happens before my eyes, or even better, at my fingertips :)
    Every day I'm inspired by the colours, patterns, shapes and textures of nature, often taking too many photos.
    THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION and for the chance to win some CRAFTY AWESOMENESS :)

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  14. my greatest inspiration comes from sorting through stashes of lace and papers and fabrics and ribbons and bits and pieces!! great fun!! and pinterst!! and shopping!!

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  15. I'm inspired by seeing the creative process of others.

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  16. Love your project and blog hopping is such an inspiration...

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  17. Such a beautiful, bright and colourful canvas! Thanks for sharing. I get inspiration from lots of places including nature, looking at other people's gorgeous creations and browsing pinterest or even getting some old craft items I haven't used in a while and just playing :-) Thanks for the blog hop and the chance to win!

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  18. So inspiring, I've never been able to pull together this style without it looking haphazard.
    Right now I am being heavily influenced by Mary Doodles and Emily Wayne Illustration. I am trained as a graphic designer but all I want to do now is draw pictures. I am adding to my marker set bit by bit but OMG I would SOOOOOO give all these the best home ever! I've started a new Facebook page Doodeloly www.facebook.com/doodeloly so all my friends and family can keep up with my Daily Doodle project. I am doing at least one doodle a day Practice makes perfect right?

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  19. Beautiful colors used , and great inspiration

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  20. I'm inspired by nature. It's very refreshing to be outdoors and just enjoy those simple things in life.

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  21. I love looking at great card designers on you tube and card magazines.Now that i have entered blog land and design teams, all the other very talented crafters out there constantly inspire me to do better every time I create a card.

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  22. I've always been inspired by paper crafters. Lately I love watching Youtube videos featuring Copic markers being used to colour in The Greeting Farm's characters and Disney's Frozen's characters Anya and Elsa. I've been sharing these with my 6 year old daughter who absolutely loves watching them with me. So much so that she's now "blending" her colouring just like in the videos! She inspires me to not limit my creativity to a certain palette but rather to use all the colours to give my creativity life!

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  23. This is awesome Teresa!! Love all the colours and detailing! What a fabulous canvas!!

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  24. Talented people like yourself that share their ideas, projects and techniques remain my inspiration to try new mediums, styles and colour combinations. Your canvas radiates with the love and joy that your girls bring you. I adore the idea of adding the little pocket so that you can keep some of their hand written notes. I know that I've had a delightful time on this hop and wish to thank everyone that helped put it together. Wishing you continued success Teresa. =)

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  25. I'm inspired by great colour combinations - which I find all around me; in nature, on the internet, other people's craft, and more recently in museums while travelling overseas. I was so inspired by colour and pattern, particularly in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London; I came home with lots of ideas to create!

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  26. There's so much going on in this page....it could keep me absorbed for ages.... and inspiring use of colour and texture.

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