Crusade #44 - In a Scrape

It has been quite awhile since I joined the GPP Street Team on their crusades, but I finally carved out some studio time to join in. This month Michelle Ward offered up one of my favorite ways to create a background, paint scraping.

I started with a blank page in my journal....  

Added some orange and blue paint...

Used my paint scraper to move the paint around....

Then added a few words to complete my journal page for the day....

A very fun way to get messy at the studio table, thanks Michelle for the fun!

Comments

[Melanie K.]

I so want to do her challenges and I never end up doing them! I love your page.

[Lay Hoon]

Cool ...i love the step by step you show in your blog.
The colour combo turned out very well.

[Jackie Wood]

Thanks Melanie! The challenges are great fun once you get into them, but I understand that it can be hard to make the time. 
Hope you can join in soon!
Jackie

[michelleward]

Jackie - nice to have you back playing with us! Love this page. Great textures. The white letters are a cool element - especially the "T". Thanks for sharing!!

[Steph]

wow, Jackie...this is a wonderful piece...despite the technique you're controlled the spread of colors soo well that the yellow is balanced out throughout the page....Thank you for sharing!!!

[Jackie Wood]

Lay Hoon,
Thanks so much and glad you stopped by
Jackie

[Jackie Wood]

Michelle,
So glad to be crusading again. I always have such a great time once I clear the decks and get started on one of your creative adventures. Scraping is a favorite technique and I have really enjoyed seeing what the other crusaders have created.
Thanks again for bringing us all together,
Jackie

[Jackie Wood]

Steph,
Thank you so much for your comment. I really enjoy this technique, it always creates such unique backgrounds.
Thanks for stopping by,
Jackie

[Jane]

Hi Jackie,
Your page is beautiful!! The colors are wonderful and the text really adds another dimension.

[Jackie]

Love your page - the scraping effect has worked really well; wonderful colours and the script looks great!

[Jackie Wood]

Jackie,
Thanks so much for you comment and stopping by. I really enjoy the scraping technique, lots of cool texture.
Take care,
Jackie

[Jackie Wood]

Thank you Jane, I really enjoyed this one. Michelle always has something fun for studio time!
~Jackie

[Brigitte]

Beautiful page. You've got a cool scraping thing ;-)And your colors are wonderful, such a great combination. Thanks for sharing !

[Jackie Wood]

Brigitte,
Thank you so much, I appreciate your sweet comments and for stopping by my blog.
Take care,
Jackie

[Daphne]

Oh I love it a lot. You make it look so easy..lol

[Cath]

Great quote and a neat page; love the orange showing through the scrapes.

[Jackie Wood]

Daphne,
Scraping is my favorite way to make a quick background and it is really fun to use a variety of tools along the way. The one thing that I have learned, quite while the color is still good, otherwise a muddy mess will soon arise!!!
Thanks for stopping by,
Jackie

[Jackie Wood]

Cath,
Thanks, the quote was inspired by a journal entry in the Squam Journal.
I love using blue and orange together.
Take care,
Jackie

[Bev Baird]

What a great journal page! Love how you created it and what you added to the page!

[Jessica Walthall]

Great page! i really like this color combo, and the scraping makes a perfect background for your lettering. Nice!

[Jackie Wood]

Bev,
Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking the time to stop by.
Have a great week,
Jackie

[Jackie Wood]

Jessica,
Thanks so much! This is my favorite color combo too!
Take care,
Jackie

[Alex Louisa]

I love moving paint around with a scraper. It's fun AND it looks great. I especially like what you've done here Jackie.

My dog stole my paint scraper recently... But I'm sure I can find something else for the job!

[Helen]

Love your end result, beautiful lettering over your scraped background. Good to see how you made it with the step by step photo's.

[Jackie Wood]

Alex,
Thank you so much for your kind words. I agree that moving paint around with a scrapper is fun, it gives you such a great texture that you can't get with a brush. Oh my, I understand about the dog, my pup has "borrowed" a few things from the studio over the years. Cardboard also works great to move the paint and if you tear the edge you can get some fun looks as well.
Have a great week and thanks for stopping by the blog,
Jackie