Birthday Balloons

 

 I have another background today that almost didn't happen.

I started this over a week ago.  At the time, the supplies were from left to right:

110 lb cardstock

Ice cream lid used as paint palette

2 colors fluid acrylics (colors of your choice)

1 balloon

I chose the colors, then blew up the balloon, but left it overnight.  The next morning the balloon had leaked and was nearly flat.  I put the project away and went on to a different background technique.  I finally decided I should try to make the nearly flat balloon work.  Fortunately, when that didn't happen,

 

I found another birthday balloon in my stash. 

I was once again hopeful.

 

I wasn't sure if these were the same two colors I had chosen before, but I like them together, so decided to use them.  I poured the green gold on the plate,

then dipped the balloon in the paint.  I smooshed (may not be a word, but I used it anyway) and did a bit of twisting in places, once I felt I was lining the paint up instead of randomly adding it to the page.

I then added the blue to the plate.  It was much thicker than the green, which gave me a bit of trouble.

The thicker blue paint didn't smoosh as much as the green paint.   I was still quite pleased with the results and it makes a great background.

A close up.  I'm thinking this would make a great "under the sea" background.

I tried to color compensate for this in PhotoShop.

For Day 17 of 22, I repurposed a gifted balloon and created a charming background.

Thanks to everyone who is following along on this recycling journey leading up to bEARTHday.