Beach Beauties Mixed Media Junk Journal Spread

Happy summer day to you!  It's time for a new challenge at Stamps and Stencils.  Our hostess Ruth has chosen the theme Colour, Texture, Shape.  She says, "This month it's almost anything goes as I have a picture inspiration board for you.

Maybe it's the colour palette ranging from cream and peach through to gold, warm browns and soft greens that inspires you...or you want to use different colours and use fabric, lace or metal in your project as texture? As for shape, what about flowers, leaves and architecture or the design elements that are gothic, steampunk or romantic? Whether your inspired by one or all of the pictures, please share your mixed media creations with us, the only restriction - you must use a stamp or stencil somewhere in your project. Can't wait to see what you're inspired to create!"

I decided to use the moodboard as a jumping off point for my color scheme and gessoed some panels in my Darkroom Door junk journal.  I used Lindy's Stamp Gang and Prima Color Bloom sprays.  I spritzed the spray with water to make it bleed.  The Color Bloom started to separate when I used my heat tool and created this lovely mottled look.  From that I decided to do a beach themed layout.  I stamped the new Mini Calendar randomly in Archival Tree Branch ink to build a background.

I embossed the new Seven Days stamp in white.  I used a pen to circle Saturday.

I stamped an Darkroom Door advertisement stamp in Archival Coffee for further color variation and added some tissue tape here and there.

I used Tim Holtz ephemera and found relatives for my collage.

The Ornate Frame 2 die was covered in texture paste and aged with Distress Ink.  I added a silicon molded lace bit made Esther at Shoregirl's Creations (thanks sweetie!) because it really tied back into the moodboard. I added lots of splashed gesso and ink.

To finish things off I added a Prima Marketing Salome Flower from the Wild and Free collection, with a string bundle beneath and a die cut Tim Holtz Scroll, which I embossed in Ginger EP.  I really love this refreshing color palette!  I hope you are inspired to add some color and texture to your project and play along in our challenge.  Thanks for visiting!

I'm also sharing with:

The Paper Girls: Seashells, Sea or Beach
Crafty Cardmakers: Tic Tac Toe

I went diagonally with Summer, Stamp and Embossing
Watercooler: Anything Goes Feminine
Paperminutes: At the Sea
Rubbernecker: Vintage or Newspaper
Simon Says Stamp: Summer Sunshine