Refresh Your Craft & Soul Blog Hop

Hello, I'm so excited to be a part of Jennifer Grace's most recent blog hop, which is just one part of the free, multi-day blog event she has planned. Not only will there be plenty of crafts, tutorials, and challenges, but of course there are goodies to be won! If you've never participated in one of her events, you're in for a treat!

The theme, Refresh Your Craft & Soul, stems from Jennifer's word for the year, cleanse. Immediately I began to think of watercolors, which I've been trying to use more and more. Another word that came to mind was simplify, so I wanted a lot of white space as well as a minimalist photo.

On a regular piece of graph paper, I applied gesso and once that dried, used a few shades of blue watercolors. Once that was all dry, I matted my photo on a 6"x6" patterned paper from Glitz {Uncharted Waters} and adhered everything together. For my background, I stamped the words and then decided I wanted to treat that area as a second photo. I cut a piece of transparency and stitched a border onto it with my sewing machine.

I wanted to soften the angles so decided to cut out a few circles, then cut slits and brushed them with water to give them extra dimension. For my finishing touches I used yellow watercolors and more stamps, some jewels and flair, and matted the whole layout on the black and white patterned paper.

Now that you've been thoroughly inspired, here's how you can enter to win a fantastic prize pack featuring Glitz {77} and My Mind's Eye {Now & Then Izzy} items, totaling over £25! You must comment on all the blogs in the hop and then go back to Jennifer's blog, Jennifer Grace Creates to let her know you've been round. You have until Monday, June 9th at 10:59 pm BST (5:59pm EST) to enter.

But wait, there's more! Your comment on my blog post enters you for a chance to win a vintage themed embellishment pack and 6-piece flair badge set from my new Etsy shop. If you choose to follow my blog, Pinterest, and/or Instagram, you will earn an extra entry for each follow. If you already do, you still earn the extra entry(ies). You have until Monday, June 9th at 6pm EST (11pm BST) to enter and then I'll announce the winner on Tuesday, so come back and see if you won.

Thanks so much for stopping by, now head on over to Jacky at scrappyjacky!