Bright and Cheerful

 

Hello Monday my friends! Welcome to this week's challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL. Around here, fishing season has begun, so I doodled and painted a fishy page for a junk journal, in bright and cheerful colors to celebrate the season.

Pop-up Fish Page

I started by gessoing and painting a paper bag for my background in blues and greens, using acrylic paints.  While that dried, I started to doodle fish and water plants onto watercolor paper with a black pen. 

I added watercolors, then fussy cut the pieces.

My fish seem to be smiling...these must be the ones that got away.

I wanted to create an interactive page that popped up.

Since I had minimal materials with me at the time, I made "springs" for the fish out of watercolor paper, by bending it in an accordion fold and attaching it to the fish.

I just added an extra tab to the plants so they would pop open. 

My bright, cheerful fish make me smile!

I used just a few materials for my page, but lots of imagination (inspired by Dianna Petty Lippe). Now it's your turn to create a bright and cheerful make and share it with us! Our generous friends at Simon Says Stamp are offering a $25 shopping voucher to one participant. 

SUPPLIES:

Dina Wakley Sky acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Turquoise paint	Dina Wakley Lime paint	Dina Wakley Ranger EVERGREEN 1OZ Media Acrylic Paints MDQ53996	Daniel Smith SAP GREEN 5ml Extra Fine Watercolor
Daniel Smith YELLOW OCHRE 5ml Extra Fine Watercolor	Daniel Smith PERMANENT ORANGE 15 ml fine watercolor	Daniel Smith Phthalo Turquoise watercolor	Daniel Smith QUINACRIDONE RED 5ml Extra Fine Watercolor	Simon Says Stamp Daniel Smith Watercolor Shari Carroll Palette
Ranger - Dina Wakley - White Gesso	Dina Wakley Ranger Media Brushes	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER	Craft Scissors - Tim Holtz	Royal Langnickel ZEN WATERCOLOR BRUSH Set
Canson XL WATERCOLOR PAPER	Zig PURE BLACK Millennium Assorted Point Pens

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Be sure to check out all the bright and cheerful work by the design team!