The Summer of Color3: Week 3

It's hard to believe that we're at week 3 of the Summer of Color 3 challenge.  It's been so much fun to use the colors.  This week is no different since the combination is purple and lime green!!  How fun, summery and exciting is that?!   This combination just says summer and gardens and all things bright and happy to me. 

The first project I have to show you is a scarf I made a couple of years ago.  I was knitting quite a lot back then and I was designing some freeform scarves that I called my Bohemian scarves.  I chose yarns that looked good together and started to knit.  Along the way I would change stitches and widths, think about how I would embellish the scarf when it was finished and just had a great time knitting away.  Well, here is the result of one of those freeform sessions.

 

 

I never got bored knitting these scarves and since I haven't done one in a while I'm itching to pull some yarns and get started again.  As you can see, beads always made it into the embellishing and the knitting!

 

My second project this week came about because of a new stamp I just got.  I loved the vineyard theme of this one and wanted to use it on a tag.  Here's what I came up with. 

 



 

I water colored the image and embossed the edges.  I debossed the tag after using Dylusion sprays on it.  The embossing folder had been inked with Distress ink before being put through the machine.  I thought it needed something along the edge so I die cut some cork (I couldn't resist the vineyard vibe!) and glued it to the edge of the tag. 

 

So there you have my projects for this week.  Thank you so much for visiting.  To my new visitors, welcome, I'm so pleased you stopped by!  See you all next week for week 4!