CHA Designer's Challenge Spotlight: Day 1
What happens when you gather some of the most talented and well-known designers in the craft world and ask them to go crazy with Perfect Pearls?
You get the Ranger CHA Winter 2011 Designer's Challenge!
When we blogged about our CHA booth set up, many of you commented that you loved the look of the antique doors displaying all of the Designer's Challenge entries, and you requested some close-up shots. That sounds like a fabulous idea to us, and so, every day this week we will be sharing several of the entries at a time!
Each designer was given the following guidelines:
• Perfect Pearls and Perfect Pearls Mists had to be used in the majority of the project.
• Ranger supplied a 12 x 12" unfinished wooden frame with a piece of black foam core as the background; the finished piece had to remain within the boundaries of the frame.
• The artists were free to add additional texture, layers, elements, colors, imagery and whatever else they wanted to explore.
So let's see what they came up with! In honor of Valentine's Day, our first four Designer's Challenge entries have a romantic theme:
This heartfelt piece by Jennifer McGuire shimmers and shines: each tiny heart was dusted with Perfect Pearls! We just love this almost mosaic-like technique.
It doesn't get much more romantic than this lovely floral piece by Lisa Pace. The flowers are so intricate and beautiful, and we love the patchwork treatment in the background!
"Live, Love, Laugh:" words to live by, courtesy of Richele Christensen. Richele misted and painted each of the flowers with Perfect Pearls, and she even used Perfect Pearls to gild the frame!
In this piece by Tammy Tutterow, Perfect Pearls were applied to the metal words, and the flowers were also painted with them. Tammy sprayed Perfect Pearls in the background as well. And how about that incredible frame, wrapped with pages from old books? We love it!
Check back tomorrow when we shine the spotlight on our next four Designer's Challenge entries! If you like what you see here, be sure to visit each artist's blog and show them some love, too!
Love seeing the photos from CHA and the close-ups of the individual works of art are awesome!
Posted by: SusanK | February 14, 2011 at 11:10 AM
simply gorgeous....thanks for sharing these with us.
Posted by: Renee | February 14, 2011 at 11:12 AM
These are great! I have been using perfect pearl mists and perfect pearls and I absolutely love them. I am looking for the colors of the last release and have not been able to find them. I will keep looking and now for the newest set.
Posted by: Shirley | February 14, 2011 at 11:13 AM
These are stunning! Such great inspiration!
Posted by: Anita | February 14, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Just gorgeous.
Posted by: Nathalie | February 14, 2011 at 11:18 AM
LOVE Jennifer's heart!
Posted by: rebecca keppel | February 14, 2011 at 11:28 AM
WOW!!!!
Posted by: tammy kist | February 14, 2011 at 11:33 AM
Fabulous creations!
Posted by: Erika M | February 14, 2011 at 11:46 AM
I love Tammy Tutterow! She is so inspirational and makes the most beautiful creations!
Posted by: Sarah | February 14, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Beautiful projects! I really love Jen McGuire's heart!!
Posted by: MichelleGB | February 14, 2011 at 11:55 AM
These are all just beautiful. Of course you can't really go wrong using Perfect Pearls. It's a fantastic product and adds so much to our art!
Posted by: Kathy Eddy | February 14, 2011 at 11:55 AM
These are just wonderful. What great artists! Thank you for sharing their work with us.
Elaine Allen
Posted by: Elaine Allen | February 14, 2011 at 12:04 PM
Such a lovely selection of pieces - beautiful work from everyone.
Toni :o)
Posted by: Toni | February 14, 2011 at 12:18 PM
These are some of the most beautiful art I've seen using perfect pearls, Loving all of them. Thank you Ranger for sharing.
Posted by: Susan | February 14, 2011 at 12:22 PM
I love seeing people's different take on art while using the same products. Fun!
Posted by: Kelly Karas | February 14, 2011 at 12:36 PM
All fabulous pieces from very talented designers! LOVE Richelle's!
Posted by: Linda H | February 14, 2011 at 12:56 PM
Love these!! Fabulous!!
Posted by: Lindsey | February 14, 2011 at 01:16 PM
So much beauty! I can not wait to try some of these techniques.
Posted by: Anna | February 14, 2011 at 01:19 PM
There were some truly beautiful projects on show this year - just wish I could have seen them in person!
Posted by: Helen Lindfield | February 14, 2011 at 01:22 PM
These are all so beautiful. I can't wait to be able to get my hands on the new Perfect Pearls colors!
Posted by: Dr.Mary | February 14, 2011 at 01:35 PM
I just love Richele and Tammy's projects. Perfect Pearls is such a wonderful invention.
Posted by: Christa Stokes | February 14, 2011 at 01:42 PM
Lovely. Amazing. The perfect pearls give life to each piece. Hope to try something similar soon.
Posted by: fiona | February 14, 2011 at 01:49 PM
Thanks for sharing these beautiful works of art! Perfect Pearls are just perfect! Anne, yourmainestamper
Posted by: Anne Thompson | February 14, 2011 at 02:13 PM
Beautiful creations!
Posted by: shirley | February 14, 2011 at 02:17 PM
These are really beautiful. Such amazing talent on display for all to see.
Posted by: Heidi G | February 14, 2011 at 02:25 PM