Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Swirls and Roy de Maistre

The ARTastic Challenge Blog asks you to take inspiration from works of Art. I think this is a really clever idea so I decided to play along with the challenge this month.

Roy de Maistre and his work titled Frozen Music is the art piece that is being used in the April challenge, with the additional criteria of using Swirls.


The colours from this piece of art that inspired me were the orange and purple. It's not colours that I would use all the time (although I used them last month in a layout) but they are 2 of my favourite colours. The swirls for me were the easy part. I had been wanting to try something for ages, and just hadn't done it yet, this was the perfect opportunity.

I found my D'vine Swirl embossing folder and ran my mixed media paper through my big shot. Then it was time to get messy.



The background I created remind me of Autumn so I wanted to keep it along that theme. The image that always comes to mind when I thinking of Autumn are the leaves swirling in the wind, which is taking the theme of Swirls that one step further. I was going to use leaves but then I found my feather stamp and feathers are very swirly in the wind.

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13 comments:

  1. Unknown16 April 2015 at 16:51

    Love your card Dee and so glad you decided to play along with ARTastic. The background looks really rich and your cluster is gorgeous.

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    1. Deena16 April 2015 at 20:54

      Thank you Wendy for coming to visit and your lovely comments. I had playing with the challenge cannot wait to see what the art is next month, who knows maybe the challenge bug has bitten me

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  2. Jane17 April 2015 at 10:12

    Lovely card Dee, your background looks fabulous and I really like your cluster. Many thanks for sharing with us on ARTastic.

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    1. Deena17 April 2015 at 21:05

      Thank you Jane for you lovely comments, I really appreciate you coming to visit

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  3. Deb17 April 2015 at 20:12

    Your card looks fabulous. Love the swirly background and the colours look amazing. Thanks for joining in with us at ARTastic.

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    1. Deena17 April 2015 at 21:06

      I really enjoyed playing along Deb and thank you for coming to visit

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  4. Lizzy Hill19 April 2015 at 19:27

    Oh, this is BRILL!!! Love the idea you've taken from the challenge & gone with....& that little cluster on the front of the card is sooo nice:):) So glad to see you joining us at ARTastic....& Look Out for the Challenge Bug......it's catching & I think I have it, LOL!!!!!

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    1. Deena20 April 2015 at 12:06

      Thanks for stopping past Lizzy. LOL i would never have guessed with you and the challenge bug ;)

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  5. mytawnyinspirations23 April 2015 at 08:33

    Fabulous take on our challenge. I love how you have created the background for your card... the swirls have been enhanced beautifully. The cluster of swirls and feathers are perfect. I look forward to seeing more of your art. Thank you for sharing at artastic. Cheers. Di

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    1. Deena23 April 2015 at 13:00

      Thank you Di, you comments are greatly appreciated

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  6. Jo23 April 2015 at 10:57

    I love the embossed swirls! great take on the challenge & a beautiful card. thanks for joining us at ARTastic :)

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    1. Deena23 April 2015 at 13:01

      Thank you Jo, it was a great challenge. Look forward to seeing what the challenge is next month

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  7. Elaine1 May 2015 at 00:22

    Wow, your card looks great. I have that embossing folder and you made me think I should take it out again :-). I love your feathers with the pearls. Feathers are the craze lately too :-). Thanks for joining in with our challenge this month.

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