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

PaperArtsy #11 Hidden Objects

There has been some truly amazing projects for the Hidden Object theme over the last two week - see the original post here.

My sister's birthday is coming up soon and she's asked for money to put towards something bigger - I didn't want to pop this inside her card so came up with the below wallet idea. This has three hidden pockets into which I'm going to hide the money and also a couple of baby photos just for fun - well fun for me and it is her 40th !

I've decorated the front and back of each panel of the wallet with brayered and stamped wax paper and some die cut butterflies. 

 

Thank for looking  Sx

PA challenge #10 - Bottles

Well I had very good intentions of transforming a lovely shaped bottle I've had for ages - it got as far as my desk but then the ideas stopped.

So I dug out my long neglected journal. I used the bottle images from Hot picks 1109 - some stamped directly onto the page and some onto a spare piece of card - these were later enhanced using glossy accents.

I then had one of those "happy accident" moments - I stamped a couple of moths onto the sky area.  I thought the FF paint was completely dry but it must have been slightly damp as the ink started to fade into the background.  The end result is a blurred image that gives the feeling of the moths being in the distance.

I finished the page using a few die cut flowers (some on vellum that are them heat embossed - love this effect) and a few buttons.

thank you for stopping by  Sarah x