E-Team Journal Blog Hop Update

Happy Friday!

First weekend of May and lots of things going on. It's Star Wars day for some as it is "May the 4th". Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo as well as National Scrapbooking Day. Today was to be the last day to upload your Journal Cover if you are interested in joining the E-Team Blog Hop next month. We've decided to extend the deadline and give you a couple more days. There are already some artful journal covers that have been shared. Please go to THIS POST to upload and share your journal cover. You have until Sunday, May 6th to upload your journal cover.

I am very late to share and post my journal cover. I think part of it was procrastinating and not wanting to commit to ink it up. I started with covering the cover with some Gesso. Spreading it thick was my goal as I wanted to etch some words the cover. Taking a pencil, I wrote some words in a variety of handwriting as well as random scribbles. I really wanted to create some texture.

To be safe, I let the covers dry overnight. I wanted to use some of my Claudine Hellmuth Paint Studio stash. I love these smooth paints and how you can mix it up. I used this helpful chart to create up to 51 colors with just the 15 existing colors.

 

Using water to create a color wash, I started to apply the colors onto the cover of my journal.

Using some Distress Ink (Vintage Photo) with a blending tool, I was able to tone down the colors a bit and highlight the etched words. I decided that my journal cover is going to be a work in progress for this E-Team Blog Hop series. I'll probably add some embellishments along the way. 

I hope you find some time this weekend to get a little inky and create something for yourself. Thank you to everyone who have already shared their journal cover. You have two extra days if you decide to join in on the journal fun. 

Have a great weekend and 

- Daisy
"feed your creativity" at eclectic Paperie

New E-Team Blog Hop + an eclectic Challenge

IT IS TIME for a new E-Team Blog hop plus a new challenge for you. 
I challenged the e-Team by giving them three materials to work with. I knew that they had these supplies on hand and were easily accessible. I gave them the following supply list to work with:

1. Distress Inks (could be a combination of Distress Ink Pads or Distress Stains)
2. Any kind of die (could be Spellbinders, Sizzix, Cuttlebug, Circuit, etc...)
3. and an EGG CARTON - incorporate into your project somehow. You could flatten it out, cut it up, or use it as a surface.

Visit the e-Team this weekend to see what they created. Leave one comment per e-Team blog participant beginning today - Sun, August 14th. Two winners will be chosen randomly from the e-Team blogs to win some of the new 6x6 paper pads that have arrived along with some other eP goodies. 

Broni Holcombe

Linda Duke

Latrice Murphy

Micki Harper

Sherry Cheever

Starla Nelson

NOTE: Linda Ledbetter is going to sit this one out but visit her weekly Grungy Monday challenge on her blog at Studio L3.

The e-Team was up for this new eclectic Challenge. You all know how creative they are and how diverse their projects can be. I can't wait for you to see what they did with their supply list.

NOW A CHALLENGE FOR YOU!

So this new eclectic Challenge is now going to involve you, too. This is now your chance to show us your creative projects by joining us in this eclectic Challenge. You have to use the same 3 supplies that is listed above in your creation. Those are the only guidelines. Let your imagination have some fun. 


You will have until Sunday, August 21st to create and upload your eclectic Challenge: You're a Good Egg creation. We are going to pick a winning creation and post on August 22nd. This winner will receive a $40 eclectic Paperie gift voucher.



Thank you so much for joining in on this fun new blog hop/challenge!


-Daisy
"feed your creativity" at www.eclecticpaperie.com

Please link your blog using a public image-hosting site. After you enter your info here, click "Next" and you'll be able to select the photo you wish to display as a thumbnail.

This challenge will close Sunday, August 21st, 11:59 PST.