20 June 2011

THE SUMMER OF COLOUR CHALLENGE - WEEK #2 GREEN

What fun I have had this past week in visiting the different submissions for Kristin's "Summer of Colour Challenge".   Click on the title of this post or the badge at the right to have a look!  Inspiration abounds!

My loose plan is to find a Caribbean version of each colour and create  basic backgrounds for my Cuba journal pages.   I'm quite pleased so far and this is leading my thoughts for next steps in quite a different direction than I might have thought.

As soon as the colour green was announced I knew that it was the green of the jungle and the palm leaves in Cuba that would be the influence for my background.

I gathered all of my green inks and sorted out a progression of the right tones.  Everything has been built upon the background paper which is Panama Jack, Rusty Pickle.   Some paint splatters to start, a favorite cheesecloth background stamp, the building up of the stamped leaves and then some jungle leaf patterned paper torn into bits here and there on several edges. 


And here is a sample of what inspired the background.




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  1. Šolanje na domu-Waldorf20 June 2011 at 01:13

    Great background! Love that you're using a map as a base. :)

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  2. JaN's ArTy JouRneY20 June 2011 at 01:27

    Fabulous inspiration once again! Love the shades of green of your stamped leaves :)
    Jan x

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  3. Micupoftea20 June 2011 at 02:01

    oooh, love it Sandi! Clever idea, awesome variety of greens!

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  4. Alis Clair20 June 2011 at 02:33

    I love the layers and textures you have created on this piece. Love the greens you used too.
    xx

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  5. Mandy20 June 2011 at 03:01

    oh...this is fabulous...love the stamping and the vintage treasure map quality it has...xxx

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  6. K J D20 June 2011 at 03:39

    Wow! Cuba looks amazing!

    I love how you have used the photo for your inspiration for your journal page.

    The greens are gorgeous!

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  7. WrightStuff20 June 2011 at 03:43

    Ah... I feel relazed just looking at the picture.

    You have a really pretty blog by the way. Love all the fairies and glitter.

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  8. Netty20 June 2011 at 04:01

    Terrific green collage, you can definitely feel the jungle with this fab piece.

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  9. Unknown20 June 2011 at 04:03

    Love it, it is really fab.

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  10. joanna20 June 2011 at 04:30

    Hi Sandi :) I love how you incorporated the map with the leaves. great layering!

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  11. Chris20 June 2011 at 04:50

    Beautiful.. love how you took inspiration from your photograph :D

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  12. Valerie-Jael20 June 2011 at 06:08

    Great idea to make your backgrounds. This one is lovely! Valerie

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  13. Melisa20 June 2011 at 06:46

    Great jungle paper! The dark gray parts of the map over nicaragua, costa rica. ect. even looks like an elephant peeking out of the trees.

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  14. Liette20 June 2011 at 08:26

    what a good idea to use a card paper...like it so much...and you have the perfect colors for your background...famous!!! look for your other projet..xx

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  15. Anonymous20 June 2011 at 10:43

    Love how you incorporated a map into the background, cartography is one of my favourite things.

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  16. Jen @Sadie Inspired20 June 2011 at 14:22

    Clever idea to use a map in the background. Wonderful!

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  17. Joanna20 June 2011 at 14:58

    Oh I love this piece! So many layers! The more I look at it, the more interesting it becomes :D Can't wait to see what you create next week :)

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  18. Ella20 June 2011 at 15:06

    I love this idea! You were clever to add the depth to this, great use of texture! Nice inspiration, I might add~ :D

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  19. JessiVille20 June 2011 at 17:15

    Very clever. You really captured the jungle vibe. I love the inspiration photo too! Hugs, Jessi

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  20. Lesley20 June 2011 at 17:31

    Wonderful interpretation on Green this week Sandi.
    This is so much fun and I love visiting all the blogs.
    Lesley

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  21. Becky F (Art Parfait)20 June 2011 at 17:44

    I like this a lot. :)

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  22. Kristin20 June 2011 at 20:09

    What a wonderful page - I too love all the depth here - what a beautiful journal this will be! xo

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  23. Anonymous21 June 2011 at 05:37

    Ohh thats so gorgeous I really love how you created this one using the photo as inspiration.
    Hugs June

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  24. Jingle21 June 2011 at 05:38

    This is so very pretty!

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  25. Georgie Horn21 June 2011 at 08:34

    Hi Sandi!
    I really need to get on with my green project. whoot!Whoot!

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  26. JulesinParadise21 June 2011 at 11:39

    Absolutely tropical...bravo!

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  27. Gerri Herbst21 June 2011 at 16:49

    Incredible love all the greens.....thank you for all sweet comments about my sea themed matchbox. take care, gerri

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  28. aichaku-愛着21 June 2011 at 18:13

    this is very nice!

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  29. Diane Salter22 June 2011 at 11:19

    Sandi--I love what you've done here!! BEAUTIFUL!!

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  30. Kathy23 June 2011 at 05:09

    Great page.. love the map as a background and all the layers.. the greens are perfect... just perfect...

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  31. Georgie Horn23 June 2011 at 21:06

    wonderful work Sandi!

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  32. Jo Murray24 June 2011 at 11:48

    Lovely background... and I LOVE the tropical inspiration.

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  33. Nan24 June 2011 at 18:57

    I really love the way you are doing this journal. And what a great way to use older scrapbook or even newer! I have tons and never thought to paint on it. TFS! :) Nan

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  34. Wildflowerhouse24 June 2011 at 21:35

    Fascinating work. I really like this and that cheesecloth stamp.

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  35. Sandy Ang26 June 2011 at 06:33

    Can totally see the inspiration photo in your journal page !

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  36. Michelle26 June 2011 at 16:51

    I see an elephant on the side! Very cool!

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  37. Julie26 June 2011 at 16:51

    Sandy, what a great page! I love the leaf stamp, very simple and fantastic. Thank you for dropping by my blog. Julie

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  38. Elizabeth Claire26 June 2011 at 20:52

    How cool is that! I love ..LOVE the idea. Just beautiful.

    Hey..Thanks for visiting my blog and for the kind words!

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  39. Jenny26 June 2011 at 21:29

    love it Sandi... gorgeous background layers...

    Jenny x

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