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Mona Pendleton | Sunday, January 5, 2014 @ 10:01 PM | , ,

Hi there! I hope you had a great weekend! It's Monday so that means it's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week we are all about the word blue! Whether you take the word blue to mean a color or state of mind ~ we're all about blue! I have the winter blues and I am longing for a beach vacation with blue skies and crystal blue water.

Inspired by the thought of a beach vacation, I created a page in my art journal using an assortment of blue colored mediums including the following products: Broken China Distress Paint, African Jade Acrylic Glaze, Denim Color Wash, and Tropicana Teal Spritz
Once I was satisfied with the multi-layered background, I added a trio of die cut mini butterflies:
as well as a variety of Remnant and Words Rubs:

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you join along in the fun!
Be Sweet ;)


 Comments

40 Sweet Comments So Far:

Holly AKA KopyKat 1 said...

This is so beautiful, love the fabulous design and the colors.

Anonymous 2 said...

Oh my gosh, I love tropicana teal & all those fab shades!!! This is a yummy project !!!

Sorry you have the blues... I'm right there with you. My hubby told me to "stop hibernating" --- lol !!
Apparently I hadn't left the house in days... ;)) It's just too darn cold!! Lol

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KathyO 3 said...

So beautiful, Mona! You are incredibly creative!! Always creating outside the box! Really love visiting your site because I know I will be inspired! Thanks so much and have a great week!

Greta 4 said...

Beautifully done, Mona--love the little butterflies & the shades of blue!

Adriana B 5 said...

this is so so gorgeous :) awesome work and details XX

Anna-Karin 6 said...

Beautiful page Mona!! Love the wonderful textured background and the crackle butterflies are perfect on top of it.

Ros Crawford 7 said...

Absolutely fabulous!! Reminds me of summer too!

sandi 8 said...

Wow! This looks fab! Love all the blue hues here!

Anonymous 9 said...

gorgeous, gorgeous!!!

Candy C 10 said...

Mona, your art journal page looks amazing! I love all of the techniques you've used on your background to really give that ocean/beachy feeling you were going for. The blue tones are very striking! <3 Candy

Unknown 11 said...

I love the shades of blue and the texture on those butterflies. :) I'm always good through the holidays and then I'm ready for winter to go away lol. Hugs

Lynette Jacobs 12 said...

Gorgeous shades of blue. My favorite color.

Mirna 13 said...

Beautiful art journal page, Mona!!!Love everything!!!

Christine L 14 said...

Well Mona.... although you know I'm a pinkie by nature, I also love blue too.... and this is GORGEOUS! Loving those butterflies..

Hugs
Christine x

Michelle 15 said...

Wonderful art journal page, Mona. Blue is such a difficult color for me to use and you've done a magnificent job and made it look so easy. Beautifully done!

Unknown 16 said...

So beautiful and creative, Mona! Love all the blues!

Words and Pictures 17 said...

Glorious depth created by all those layers - wow - this is an amazing page, Mona!
Alison x

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans 18 said...

Hi Mona, love all the layers of differing blues on this piece. Love the touches of texture too. I always love to see pieces with lots of layers . The butterflies add wonderful movement to,your piece. Tracy x

Riikka Kovasin 19 said...

Ooh and aah! So gorgeous! And loooove the colors!

Sandra 20 said...

Stunning pages! Love the texture and all the layers you've created! Beautiful! Hugs, Sandra

Susan Lankford 21 said...

Mona….beautiful blue creation! I'm amazed at the amount of creative work you devote to each little treasure you make…I'm learning from all that you do and the products you use!

P.S. Thx for the sweet comments!

RobinH 22 said...

Gorgeous, Mona!! You are so talented!! Love the beautiful texture!

MackieMade Paper Creations 23 said...

Love how you used BLUE!!!!! Especially love the crackled textures!

Unknown 24 said...

Really beautiful work, Mona!!! You are amazing!

MichelleMc 25 said...

This is spectacular, Mona! Love all the superb layers and beautiful colors!

Davi 26 said...

Mona, I Love those blues, so refreshing! The crackled butterflies are a beautiful addition to the very cool bg :)

Lisa Elton 27 said...

The blue is fresh and lovely Mona, pretty project!

Karla 28 said...

Beautiful page, Mona!!! Love the pretty texture and the blues! Really creative!

Cassandra aka Scrap Savvy 29 said...

Stunning! Love the colour depth and textures you created. Cool crackle on butterflies. Going to have to try that. Thanks for the inspiration!:)

GabrielleH 30 said...

So Gorgeous, Mona!! I absolutely love this beautiful design and colors! Your background texture is so creative! TFS!

Chris 31 said...

So beautiful!

Suzanne C 32 said...

Beautiful blue journal page. Love the texture and of course the gorgeous butterflies. Has me thinking of warm tropical breezes!

Meihsia Liu 33 said...

What a beautiful page, Mona. I love the pretty textures and the gorgeous blue color scheme you used. :)

barbarayaya62 34 said...

Wonderful page ! The textures you've added are wonderful and the butterflies absolutely beautiful! Love this shade of blue!!! BArbarayaya

Unknown 35 said...

What a beautiful page. It does have a beachy feel to it.

Hope you having a wonderful week my friend.

Hugs~

Mary Reidel 36 said...

Lovely page! Amazing texture!

Stella 37 said...

I think we all need a bit of summer but I guess we have to wait another while :) Your page is amazing; love all the shades of blues and the butterflies!

PaperLover 38 said...

Love this gorgeous art journal page!! The texture and color are amazing!

SCarol 39 said...

Love this page and all the texture.

Andrea Ockey Parr 40 said...

Mona! Not only do I adore the variations of blue that you created, but I love how you combined soft butterfly images with the more "gritty" looking numbers and fonts. It's just a really unique and stunning mix of sassy and sweet!


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