SUMMERTIME is HERE

Oh what fun I can have with colors... I have two challenges that I am going to enter this into... one is Sugar Creek Hollow and the theme is  #92  Summer Sunshine using BRIGHT reds, oranges and yellows....

And then other challenge is  Our Creative Corner... which is Summertime...  what is it to YOU...  which is FLOWERS and pollination of FLOWERS and VEGGIES... with BEES... keeping the bees healthy... and growing more and more of them... 

So here is what I created...

 

This is the finished wall hanging... which is about 10 inches long and about 5 inches wide...  I hung the message on the bottom...  only because I ran out of ROOM!!!  LOL... it does happen... and additions have to be added onto houses... so why not a wall hanging??? 

 

Anyway... here are some other pictures... 

 

 

 

This is what it started out looking like... I had used some distress inks for the background and then when dry, added some pearl misting...  love it... then when that was DRY...  I used some texture paste and an old (like over 10 years old brass stencil)  and put that texture paste onto the board...  as you can see the dye came thru in some places... 

 

But I used a water brush and some distress ink and colored the texture paste designs... and then added some gold burnishing... 

 

 

I tried to make the turquoises different colors... for depth... and I think I got it... but anyway... I did have a lot of fun doing this whole process... I kept on dancing around it... (a sight for sore eyes..)  but I did have fun!!!! I love the bright colors... and that is so very exciting to me... 

 

Then I made the flowers... more dancing and singing...

 (another thing that you really don't want to hear... 

but that is what it was like ) 

 

This is the top half of the piece... 

 

The middle section...  more flowers and the leaves are made from a rubber stamp that I made from an eraser...  love to make leaf rubber stamps...  never enough leaves... 

 

The bottom of the hanging...

Believe in YOURSELF

And Magic will Happen...

 

Oh so very true... 

I am also believing in the BEES  this year... as they need a lot of magic to happen to them this year... we need to really protect them... not use chemicals at all and to help promote this whole thing...  bees keep us ALIVE!~!!!!!

The little bee is two pieces... his/her wings are made from vellum.   

More pictures of the flowers... 

 

That top flower is made with Pickled Raspberry ... I love that color.. and that flower is really bright...

 

I really don't think that this falls into line with Vintage or with Shabby Chic... but it is summer time and a bouquet on a table would have brought this same look, when you saw it... so I am entering it... I love it too much to just hang it up and not have anyone see it... 

 

Thanks so very much for stopping by and leaving a comment or two... as I really do appreciate them all.. .and cherish your thoughts...

 

Have a super wonderful day... as our day is winding down in the US... Yours in the UK will be starting sort of soon... 

 

ENJOY it all... Celebrate each and every day...

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie