this is the most fun i have has in a while...just using products and layering backgrounds without a plan!
watch the fun!
Untitled from donna downey on Vimeo.
supplies used:
- 6 x 12 canvas album
- stem foam stamp
- GOLDEN turquois (phthalo) fluid acrylic
- GOLDEN cobalt teal fluid acrylic
- weathered wood distress ink
- ink blending tool
- crafters workshop brick template
- holyhock foam stamp
- 12 x 12 prima mask round leaf
- tattered angels sprout chalkboard glimmer mist
* one lucky reader will win ALL the supplies used in todays video!
make sure and leave your comment to be entered to win!
And the winner is.........post #252 jeanie!!!!
Please email me at [email protected]
and I will get your supplies out to you!
Who will be the next winner?
Another amazing piece Donna. I can't wait to see what you think of next!
Posted by: Jennifer Smith-Sloane | March 14, 2011 at 05:33 AM
LOVE. LOVE. LOVE what you are doing!
Posted by: Irma | March 14, 2011 at 05:36 AM
Wow, its so artistic. Lovely work.
Posted by: Sudha | March 14, 2011 at 05:49 AM
I'm completely loving these tutorials.
Posted by: Beth S | March 14, 2011 at 05:50 AM
Absolutely beautiful. Love all of these colors. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent.
Posted by: Jane | March 14, 2011 at 05:54 AM
SO cool! Trying to decide which is my favorite...maybe the first, no it's the last one, wait the brick. Yeah the brick one. The other two are great also. I'm so glad that I don't have to decide!
Posted by: Diane | March 14, 2011 at 06:11 AM
This is stunning! You are a true inspiration :-)
Posted by: Siri | March 14, 2011 at 06:12 AM
Looks fabulous already!! Can't wait to see what happens next!
Posted by: Liz Walker | March 14, 2011 at 06:24 AM
amazing, I love your work, so "inspirational"
Posted by: Dianne | March 14, 2011 at 06:26 AM
Ooooh, you know I'm in love with the Cobalt Teal, but with the grey bricks they are GORGEOUS!!!
Posted by: Account Deleted | March 14, 2011 at 06:49 AM
Gorgeous, messy, happy fun Donna, just love it.
Posted by: Jane Butler | March 14, 2011 at 06:55 AM
What beautiful pages! Want to try as soon as I get home from work...
Posted by: a mess of things | March 14, 2011 at 06:55 AM
These are so stinkin fun. Love the inspiration I am feeling this week. Thanks to you!
Posted by: shannon | March 14, 2011 at 07:00 AM
Oh.my.wordy.lordy. Stunning. Those colours! And the bricks! Love love love!
Posted by: Lita | March 14, 2011 at 07:04 AM
I love what you do... and I'm looking forward when you back in October for workshops in Germany.
See you.....
Sandra
Posted by: Sandra | March 14, 2011 at 07:06 AM
Your album is super after day 2 ... how will it be at day 3 ?
have a nice day !
Posted by: Nathalie B | March 14, 2011 at 07:15 AM
Progressing nicely! You're so gifted is thee way you can put random elements together and have them come out looking so good! Holding my breath in anticipation of tomorrow's inspiration.
Posted by: Amanda Jane | March 14, 2011 at 07:22 AM
What a great way to wake up! Love watching the progress and getting INSPIRED!! Can't wait to see how you add to it tomorrow!
Posted by: Brenda V | March 14, 2011 at 07:24 AM
O...M...G.... What an amazing way to start my day! These pages, techniques are totally inspiring me to try this project... And I would totally LOVE to win all these awesome supplies! I'll definitely be tuning in all week to see how this evolves! Hope you're having fun in Australia! "See" you tomorrow!! Thanks the chance to win such cool stuff - extremely generous of you!
Posted by: ellen vargo | March 14, 2011 at 07:32 AM
hiya, as usual you totally inspire me to have fun while creating
tfs
http://emilysnan.blogspot.com/
xmaggiex
Posted by: margaret dowling | March 14, 2011 at 07:46 AM
loving the layers! Great mix of textures with the architectural images and the green stem!
Posted by: Emily | March 14, 2011 at 07:54 AM
This is so inspiring... I don't feel like going to work I just want to stay home and play!
Posted by: Johanne S. | March 14, 2011 at 07:56 AM
This is just awesome!!! Love your work and the colors you've used. Those are just my favorite colors. I always seem to grab those colors when I want to paint.
Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Wendy Swenne | March 14, 2011 at 08:05 AM
This is an amazing prize I'd love to win *) So inspiring. I like techniques on cavenas.
Posted by: Julie | March 14, 2011 at 08:08 AM
Wow...I can tell I am not going to get any "work" done this week. How fun is this process?
Posted by: Elizabeth | March 14, 2011 at 08:08 AM
It was fun I have pulled out some Paris pictures to print I am very excited to join in the fun!
Posted by: donelle Macey | March 14, 2011 at 08:09 AM
I will be pulling out my canvas pages tonight and can't wait to get home to play. This was a fantastic day in your studio! Love the addition of thalo blue and didn't even know how much until I saw todays post. Thanks and I'm now off to work. Mary Werner
Posted by: Mary Werner | March 14, 2011 at 08:28 AM
You crack me up!! Loving all the inspiration! Thanks so much Donna...keep it coming!!
Posted by: Angie Murray | March 14, 2011 at 08:29 AM
I love the blues you used and that hollyhock stamp is awesome!
Posted by: Jewel | March 14, 2011 at 08:32 AM
How awesome !!!! Really loving those bricks. Cheers xxx
Posted by: sandie | March 14, 2011 at 08:35 AM
Totally beautiful - love that teal colour - almost as much as you do!! Can't watch the video till I get home from the office but if it's as good as yesterday's ....!!
Posted by: Helen | March 14, 2011 at 08:38 AM
That was fun-just watching you! Thanks!
Posted by: Margaret | March 14, 2011 at 08:43 AM
I was sick yesterday so I started Inspiration Week today! And I'm LOVING it!
I'm definitely one of those people who buys things 'cause they look so dang neat in the packaging (guess I'm a marketer's dream!) and one of those things was a set of canvas pages from the DD Store!
I am SO going to see where you go this week and use some of your ideas when I start my own mini-Inspiration weekend!!!
Hope I win some of your great supplies!
Posted by: krys72599 | March 14, 2011 at 08:48 AM
Just simply Lovely! Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: Mye | March 14, 2011 at 08:49 AM
Your excitement is CoNtAgIoUs!! Even if i don't win one of your oh so SWEET giveaways, I still feel like i've 'won'. (Thanks for sharing your imagination with the world!) I'm ready to escape into my little crafty world...now, will someone please loan me a couple of extra hours today? :)
Posted by: micah holden | March 14, 2011 at 08:54 AM
It's totally cool to watch someone else play! I loved the bleeding Halo! That brick mask...very neat!
TFS
Posted by: Dolly/scrapthat | March 14, 2011 at 08:56 AM
Loving the "drippage" and how the layers are coming together...the process is fascinating! I must find time to play.... :)
Posted by: craftlyn~ | March 14, 2011 at 09:00 AM
Just luv the "bleeding bricks"--now I would have totally panicked--but you made a real artistic motif out of it--now, THAT'S why I really appreciate your teaching--S U P E R Merci autre fois--Julierose
Posted by: Julie L. Holleran | March 14, 2011 at 09:03 AM
I love your turquoise pages! Your work is always so creative.
Posted by: Marsha | March 14, 2011 at 09:05 AM
Your enthusiasm is contagious!
Posted by: Kim | March 14, 2011 at 09:11 AM
OMG Donna another fabulous page!! I am really loving this. You are such an inspiration to all of us!!
Posted by: Mary Harris | March 14, 2011 at 09:13 AM
This is fun, Donna. Love watching you play and the pages are beautiful!!
Posted by: Cathy Wegner | March 14, 2011 at 09:13 AM
Donna, you are a genius! OMG this is soooooo amazing! Oh wow! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!!! I'm you #1 fan!
Posted by: Marika Lemay | March 14, 2011 at 09:16 AM
Those are seriously awesome, I do believe the Holly Hocks are my favorite... but those bricks are totally cool too - I placed an order last week... now I am starting a new list and was going to place another today... but I am thinking maybe I should wait a few days as I do believe there will be more cool things I must have after this week! Can't wait for tomorrow! :0)
Posted by: Michelle Oatman | March 14, 2011 at 09:17 AM
So Beautiful!! I get so inspired watching you. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Michelle | March 14, 2011 at 09:24 AM
Great ideas, thanks for inspiring us all
Posted by: rach | March 14, 2011 at 09:27 AM
Love it Donna! Thanks for doing all this.
Posted by: Katie | March 14, 2011 at 09:31 AM
Love the way u have used all the masks/stencils. I cant get hold of one of your 6x12 album so am looking for something to use instead
Posted by: Mell | March 14, 2011 at 09:32 AM
donna
thank you for putting me in such a happy place....
love love love everything you are doing...
hugs and more
peggy
Posted by: peggy forma | March 14, 2011 at 09:34 AM
WOW I really love those canvas pages. I've never worked with canvas b efore but this is something I really want to try. Thanks for the inspiration - I just love it.
Can hardly wait to see what you do tomorrow.
Posted by: Reba K | March 14, 2011 at 09:40 AM
oh wow, I am loving how this is turning out! I'm a huge fan of INspiration Wednesdays...so having them everyday is awesome!!!
Posted by: Joanne | March 14, 2011 at 09:44 AM
Such a fun way to start my day!!
Thanks!
:)
Posted by: Susan | March 14, 2011 at 09:44 AM
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that Hollyhock one!!!!
Posted by: Maria McGuire | March 14, 2011 at 09:45 AM
AWESOME work...oh WOW!! such fun and inspiration!!! =)
Hugs, SannaS
Posted by: SannaS | March 14, 2011 at 09:49 AM
ok i suppose you realize that by the end of the week we're going to be addicted to daily inspiration videos.....just saying
(love it!)
Posted by: Lori | March 14, 2011 at 09:53 AM
Hi Donna. Those pages look great. You make everything look so easy! I am loving this series. Thanks for taking the time to do it.
Debbie
Posted by: Debbie | March 14, 2011 at 09:54 AM
You are so flippin' AWESOME!!! I'm already knee-deep in online courses this week but I HAVE TO DO THIS!! The cool thing is that I have almost everything you used already in my studio. WOW! What a great week!
Posted by: Jill | March 14, 2011 at 09:57 AM
Love how the pages are turning out. I appreciate knowing how the different transparency of the paints will work with water as I'm building up my stash of Goldens. Your pages are gorgeous and look so effortless (but I know it's not) Have to go and get myself some masks as they make such a huge difference. Can hardly wait for tomorrow's lesson. What a great thing to look forward to, first thing tin the morning.
Erin
Posted by: Erin | March 14, 2011 at 09:57 AM
Alway inspired by your projects! So would love the win! Thanks for the chance Donna!
Posted by: rhonda | March 14, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Oh Donna!
I "really loved today" too!
I am sooooo ready. It is a studio day for me ;o)
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Melle in FL
Posted by: Melle | March 14, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Oh, wow! This is awesome! Thank you so much for taking us through it!!
Posted by: Rebecca | March 14, 2011 at 10:08 AM
LOVE CANVAS!!! And can't wait to play with mine. Inspiration Week was such a great idea.
Posted by: Michelle | March 14, 2011 at 10:12 AM
I am LOVING this project! And can I just say how much I love that prima mask and the effect it has on the page?! I'm going to have to order that for sure. And the hollyhock foam stamp.
Posted by: Tia | March 14, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Your videos are like a breath of fresh air. Love your upbeat way of teaching. These pages today were awesome. Keep them coming!
Posted by: Denise S. | March 14, 2011 at 10:17 AM
WOW!! Totally amazing!! I can't wait until next week (I am on spring break) to do this!! I am going to place an order soon... Thanks so much.... LOVIN' IT !!
Posted by: janie | March 14, 2011 at 10:18 AM
I can't wait to play with some of these ideas! thanks
Posted by: Hope R, | March 14, 2011 at 10:21 AM
loving it! cant wait to see tomorrow!
Posted by: suzanne | March 14, 2011 at 10:22 AM
Loving this tutorial! Keep it coming.
Posted by: Tish | March 14, 2011 at 10:23 AM
These canvas pages are the best yet! Am eargerly awaiting for the next one each day!! Thanx and they are awesome!
Posted by: Pam K | March 14, 2011 at 10:25 AM
dude.
need.that.stencil.
Posted by: Jaimie | March 14, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Loving this project thus far!!! Thanks so much for the inspiration.
Posted by: Carol Bailey | March 14, 2011 at 10:27 AM
Oh how I wish I had those bricks. I've had an idea brewing in this noggin for a while.
Posted by: Creatingsarah | March 14, 2011 at 10:30 AM
i am loving the addition of the soft beautiful colors with the stamping and masks. looks like soooo much fun!
Posted by: Wendy Brightbill | March 14, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Donna!
Thanks for the inspiration.........I am so excited to try my hand at this awesome project.
Thank you !
Posted by: nancy thompson | March 14, 2011 at 10:32 AM
Hi Donna
Another inspirational video! What will you do next? Can't wait until tomorrow!
Posted by: ireneann | March 14, 2011 at 10:32 AM