This is the half way point for the Take It, Make It Challenge. You still have plenty of time to enter your artistic creations for a chance to win prizes and be published in the Craft Stamper magazine. This week I made a gratitude mandala using a few winter and spring stamps in a different way than their original purpose. I have a snowflake stamp around the edges, an acorn stamp, a butterfly stamp and my wonderful feather stamp. I am still surrounded by the colors of Fall since we are having a very mild season and the leaves haven't completely fallen yet. Great for Leaf Peeking tourists. So my color choices have reflected that.
For the mandala circle I can use pre-cut circles out of card stock or in this case I cut my own out of water color paper using a compass. I drew a circle around each of the areas I wanted to stamp on with a pencil that could be erased later.
After I have achieved a look that I'm happy with using my stamps then I start to color in the images. On this mandala I used Inktense pencils and Dylusions in a water pen.
When I was finished with the coloring I used a Micron pencil to write on the side of each leaf the different qualities I want to show in my life such as love, joy, peace, gratitude, etc. Then using the same pen I wrote my feelings about the things I am grateful for each day.
Next I used a Delicata Golden Glitz ink pad and re-stamped the snowflake images and the acorn images again to highlight them. I have a bottle of Liquid Pearls in the Bisque color that I brought in at the end to highlight the butterflies and add some sparkly interest.
We have so much to be grateful for each day. Just the sun and the air we breathe are things we can be thankful for every day.
Thanks so much for stopping by today, I always appreciate your visits and the comments left here. I noticed several new followers and I want to say thank you to them for taking time out of their busy lives to follow along on my artful journey! Big hugs to all of you, I am grateful for you! Sincerely ~ Renee
Gorgeous! Love love love
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful! xx
ReplyDeleteWow Renee! What a stunning mandala! and such a clever idea- I love your design and colors used! Perfect!! xo
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Renee...beautiful idea♡♡♡
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous, and a wonderful idea Renee!!! Have a nice day. Hugs, Coco x
ReplyDeleteClever use of stamps, I love Mandalas, they have such a serenity about them. I used to pain them all the time and find myself in so much peace
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool shape and love all the stenciling and how you've colored!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Love how you made the patterns in circle and great colours!
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