Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Summer of Color - Wild and Reckless







This week's ice cream inspiration on Kristin's Summer of Color week 5 challenge is called Wild and Reckless, I love the name, although I'm not sure I'd eat that ice cream!

This will be my last week to participate - starting Saturday I'll be on vacation for 9 days (Pismo Beach!), so I'll have to miss the last week. But I just want to say how fun it's been, and so good for me to have to stretch and use colors I wouldn't normally use. Thank you Kristin and all the wonderful participants - I've so enjoyed looking at everyone's art and seeing new (to me) blogs.

I've been itching to do something with a large piece of chipped, rusty old ceiling tin I've had for a while, and last week I had my oh-so-handy man cut me out a little bird from it. So I decided to somehow use it in this week's challenge - definitely not an obvious combination, to me anyway, so I struggled with it.






This is plaster on a really thick piece of something that I re-used - with lots of bits from my stash to decorate the bird. It was fun once I decided what I was actually doing.







19 comments:

  1. Oh YUMMMMMMY! Wonderful texture, great colours perfect for this week's ice cream flavour AND a cute mixed media birdie too - I'm loving this :o)

    Have a lovely time at Pismo Beach (I haven't heard of it, I'll give it a Google), although it's such a shame you won't be playing in the SOC's final week :o(

    xx

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  2. xo!
    (And Have a wonderful vacation - thanks for playing!)

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  3. Wow! Very creative mixed media art work and also love the previous portrait ~ she is beautiful ~ thanks ^_^ (A Creative Harbor)

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  4. Oh that's gorgeous loving the texture and depth to the piece hope you have a great holiday! Hugs

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  5. Wow Terri stunning piece, great colours and textures... I love the bird (so cleverly done by your oh- so- handy man!) and crochet too :)

    We will miss you next week..... hope you have a lovely holiday - 'see you' when you get back :)

    Karenx

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  6. I love, love, love the bird! It's so beautiful made up with all those wonderful bits and pieces - the crochet is beautiful, and I love the tag with numbers on - what you find in your stash never fails to impress and amaze me!

    Hope you have a great holiday - I look forward to seeing some inspiring photos when you get back?!

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  7. I love how you interpret and see things and reuse. Fantastic! Hope you are havin a great vacation!

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  8. This is great! I LOVE your mixed media pieces! Have a wonderful vacation! And I will be following you for the future too! :)

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  9. very nice! I wish I could touch this...you just want to run your fingers over it! Thanks for the visit also!

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  10. O my goodness!! It's so beautifully rustic! I LOVE your little bird, Terri!. Gorgeous. Perfectly perched on a doily. Great artwork. Hugs.

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  11. Just gorgeous and hope you have a great break away... wish I was heading off somewhere warm... you will be missed for the last week, but I look forward to catching up once you get back...xx

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  12. This is stunning....hope you have a wonderful time away...xxx

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  13. This is so cool! I love that you used an old tin and created something so beautiful ( full of texture too!). Enjoy your vacation in Pismo!!!

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  14. I love the texture in this piece!!

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  15. ooohh what a wonderful piece!! love the birds necklace :)

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  16. Hi Terri,
    Just wanted to say that I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger award - I love visiting your blog and seeing your beautiful and inspiring creations. If you don't do awards then please accept my aplogies and just ignore this! If you are interested then details on what to do are over on my blog.

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