Monday, February 1, 2016

February and Dreaming about the Beach

It's February 1st and we are experiencing springtime weather in Louisiana! So what better to do than to create a beach themed piece - seriously - I don't even need an excuse to create something coastal. I just love anything beachy.

So - the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog's theme for February is - Glitter!

Our sponsor for February's challenge is Frantic Stamper, Inc.  The prize is a $25 store gift certificate! What a wonderful prize. 



For my creation, I used chalk paints from PaperArtsy. These paints are absolutely fantastic and this project doesn't show the range of colors they come in, but stay tuned because I will have more projects coming up.



The other items used include collage papers, various ephemera (fabrics, beads) stamps and glitter glue on the waves. The surface is a 20" x 16" piece of birch wood that I coated with gesso.


and a close up view. I still can't get that glitter sparkle to show up in the photos.




I hope you are inspired to play along! Please follow these rules to be eligible for placements and prizes. Entries without our Challenge Graphic or Link Back to us will be deleted.

* You must use our challenge graphic in your challenge post.
* You must comment on at least 3 design team member's blogs. 
* Your post must link back to the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge post
* Add a link to your direct post, not your entire blog, a YouTube Video or a Pinterest Board
* You can combine with up to 4 other challenges. 
* No Backlinking allowed! Any back-linked entries will be deleted.
* You can enter up to 5 times, create whatever you want, and HAVE FUN!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!



21 comments:

  1. The beach always speaks to me!! This is such a gorgeous piece and makes me miss the ocean!!!

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  2. What a fabulous beach scene Melanie! I'd love to be sitting on that beach sipping on a fruity drink right about now :)

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  3. Gorgeous canvas, and I think you definitely captured the coastal feel.

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  4. Beautiful! I love the flow of this!!! And those waves are amazing! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  5. It's also my opinion Melanie, I love the sea and your very creative and beautiful canvas, gorgeous!

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  6. I saw this on MMMC and I just had to come in for a closer look! Fabulous beachy scene. I just love the textiles you've added for texture and your wave doesn't look scary at all! I live just minutes from the most beautiful beaches, but I never go in the water!

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  7. Oh the textures are just gorgeous, very calming canvas, I love it!!!

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  8. Your lovely swirl of the waves is charming with the flowing sentiment. Beautiful canvas!

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  9. This is just so pretty! Love it!!

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  10. I love this piece. The different shades of blue and the texture created on this piece is great.

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  11. A lovely frame Melanie.. I Loved the Swirls of the wave :)

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  12. The waves are great arranged - so it looks really powerful.
    A wonderful work!

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  13. I love this work !!, it is very original, with textures, colors and design !!
    Thank you very much for the inspiration !! :)

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  14. Me too...I love the beach! The texture on this really caught my eye. Beautiful!

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  15. Loving the colours, the texture and the movement you've created in this gorgeous project. Thank you so much for the inspiration x

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  16. love the colours, great inspiration.
    Carolyn x

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  17. We live slap bang in the middle of the UK and I can't remember the last time I visited the beach. You hoped it would inspire us? I can smell that gorgeous ozone aroma, feel the breeze on my skin and I can also smell the gorgeous fresh fish & chips at one of our favourite seaside towns. You got it and thank you for reminding me about it too. Awesome inspiration at TMMC Karen x

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  18. Fabulous project, I love the beach scene and all the texture :)

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  19. Love the color and the texture in this!

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