the documented life project: weekly challenge 7
Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 11:30AM Welcome to Week 7 of The Documented Life Project!
February 8 - Draw one Shape. Repeat. Add Color.
I knew I would love this week's challenge! Any project that is repetitive in nature calms me. I can draw the same thing over and over again and feel myself de-stress. It is silly, but true.
Circles are my favorite. To create my shape I took one of my homemade palettes, a paper plate, and cut several different sizes of my shape out. I stitched them to a piece of patterned cardstock that had white circles printed on it and filled them in with two bold colors.
I chose to make my tip in much smaller for this week. I wanted my circle shapes to hang off of the edges so I could see more of my planner page peeking from behind. I love the way that this challenge turned out. It is bright and colorful and the paper plate circles have a lot of yummy texture. The mix of paint, gesso, ink and thread all create a painterly look- just what I wanted!
Want to stitch something to your page? You can see a quick little video here-----> STITCHING ON PAPER.
I am looking forward to seeing your interpretations of this week's challenge and I can't wait to meet you back here next week!
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Reader Comments (8)
Another stunningly beautiful challenge - Rae, I love how you take it all the nth degree!!!
oh sweet Lorraine- thank you my friend! xo
love the post!! your circles are so darn cute and i love the stitching! so inspired!!!
So Yummy! Yum yum yum, who doesn't love circles?! Love those!
Thank you Kristin! I am hooked on adding stitching to everything lately ! just gives it that little extra something, ya know?!
You are too funny Hanna! Thank you so much! I KNOW right? I LOVE circles too! Especially really colorful stitched ones!
Again, I am awe-struck by your wonderful use of color on everyday objects!! And thanks so much for including the stitching tut. Since I have been playing with my hand-me-down sewing machine from my Mama ( clue to it's age - it's avocado-green!! ) I think I am going to attempt to try some stitching with this challenge!!
XoXo
Yay Kristal! I can't wait to see what you create! I am so hooked on stitching on paper. It is easy and cheap and a great way to add so much yummy texture! I am a goofball - I would LOVE To have a GREEN sewing machine! hee hee! Enjoy!