The Crafty Corner With Janna

This week for the new Funkie Junkie Challenge we are playing to the theme of “A study in contrasts”  The seasons are changing and the cold greys and browns of winter are giving way to the warm greens and colors of spring! For your challenge highlight contrasts in your project. It could be themes, colors, textures or forms. We are looking forward to seeing your creative interpretations and juxtapositions of things that are contrasting!” For this challenge I will be looking specifically at the color wheel and color contrasts. Below I have recreated the color wheel using Distress colors. For video tutorial click here . The color wheel is divided into different sections. Below are the three  customary divisions. Primary Colors Secondary Colors Tertiary Colors Using the color wheel we can also make color schemes and combinations. Here are a few examples below. Complimentary Harmony (Colors directly across from one another on the color wheel) Analogous Harmony   (Three colors s...

  April Showers Bring May Flowers Janna - The Funkie Junkie Challenge : Spring has sprung and flowers are blooming. Add flowers to this weeks creation. They can be your main focal point or hiding in the background. Let’s get into the swing of spring with flowers. Happy crafting! For this week’s challenge I have been shopping my stash looking at a variety of elements that say spring. To start with I have pulled a variety of flower dies and chosen a bunch of bright spring colors.  Most of the flowers in this piece were cut from leftover scraps. For video instruction click here . Used: distress glaze twisted citron, wild honey, candied apple, salty ocean, and picked raspberry, dies brushstroke flowers 1 and 2, tiny tattered florals, bunny games, bird and egg die, paper cut chicks, tiny type die sets upper and lowercase, distress spray stain squeezed lemonade and distress mica spray stain flickering candle, distress paint weathered wood, speckled egg, picket fence, and stormy ski...