PA topic 22 - Masterboards

You can tell by how quickly (for me) I've made my entry for the current Paperartsy challenge how much I enjoy making Masterboards.  I usually stamp random images and colour them in but this time I've braved a spot of brayering.

This is the first couple of layers and where I usually declare it a "right old mess" and give up. 

Any way I carried on adding a couple of lighter colours and stamping, in ink and paint.  Lastly for a Christmassy feel I added a few snowflakes with bonding powder and silver foil - afraid these don't show up very well here.  I can see I need to persevere when making these as I quite like the end result below.

 

 

These are the paints and stamps I've used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                Now the fun part of making the masterboard into cards - I ended up with 4 and a tag !  I might actually end up with enough to send at this rate ! 

 

Thanks for looking xx

PA topic 21 - Abstract

Not a topic I'm ever sure about - either creating or to look at. But after seeing some of the lovely pieces of art people have produced I thought "why not give it a go ".  Hopefully this isn't too simple to be included as I quite liked it at this point and didn't want to spoil it.

Afraid I've no step by step photos as I just went for it - love the foil when it catches the sun.  I might try something like this again as it was fun to do what ever came to mind

Thank you for looking x

Wearable Art #2- Reusable Bag

My second entry for the current PaperArtsy topic of wearable art is partly down to the charge on plastic bags that came into effect this week - I thought if I made something bright and cheery I might actually remember to take it with me 😊

I used a pre made bag and with the new limited edition and blueberry frescos, mixed with fabric medium, stamped the flowers and stencilled the border.  The bag is made of quite a heavy weave cotton so the stamping hasn't come out very clear in places - just adds to the handmade quality. To add a bit more interest I added buttons to the flower centres and sewed a length of ribbon along the top edge.

I've just noticed you can see part of a cushion I made recently so here's the whole thing - I've just rediscovered my passion for sewing so it's hard to fit in everything I want to make at the moment.

Thank you for popping by xx

Wearable Art - Bangle

The current topic over at Paperartsy is wearable art - see here. I've several projects in mind and just hope I have time to work on them this week.

My first entry is a bangle - unfortunately I didn't take any in progress photos. This started life as a plain wooden bangle, which I painted in Honey Dew.  Next I stamped and painted a strip of tissue using a mix of paints and ink.  This was then glued to the bangle and the whole thing cover in gloss glaze.

Thank you for looking x

Brushos for Paperartsy challenge #17

I've had a couple of pots of these wonderful pigment sitting in my drawer for months - after seeing Sam Butlers samples I found the courage to use them . I firstly used them to tint some texture paste which I applied through stencil

Next I had a go at stamping and sprinkling them through a stencil and spritzing with water - great fun but a bit messy, or is that just me ?  I've some thin sterile gloves ready for next time 

Lastly I sprinkled some powder onto some white card and spritz with water - once dry I stamped the images and cut them out. These were attached with foam pads for dimension and the butterflies glazed.

Thank you for looking x

Gels and Mediums

PaperArtsy Flowers

What a great topic - so many ideas and so little time.  My piece was inspired by a canvas I made in a JOFY workshop a while ago and also the lovely crackle on Deborah Wainwrights Floral canvas. How   I've missed this effect

My background is stone over mud splat FF paint.  I found a wonderful old book a while ago and have used a page from this as the background to tie in with the floral theme. I stamped a number of JOFY images and painted using translucent paints.

I forgot to take any pictures part way through but here is the finished project.

thank you for popping by xx