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

PA Challenge #9 Words

All my crafting time has been taken up with birthday cards recently but I wanted to join in this challenge as I had a stamp in mind ready to use. Love this quote ;

CREATIVITY is allowing yourself to make mistakes. ART is knowing which ones to keep.

I've put together a small tag using using my favourite blue FF paints with a touch of stencilling.  To add a bit more depth I've added some pearl dots and silver swirls.  Sorry for the quick post but wanted to add my entry before I forgot.

thank you for looking xx

PA challenge #8 - sprays

I was a bit unsure whether to enter this challenge as sprays and me don't mix very well  - basically I'm just too messy - it took 3 days for the ink to wash off my hands lol

Anyway I've made a tag as my entry combining Cosmic Shimmer sprays and watered down fresco paint. I've alternated the layers using various stencils - unfortunately the photos don't pick up the gorgeous shimmer.

I'd used a number of baby wipes to clean up I let a couple dry and cut out the flower then leaves from card sprayed in the same colours.

thank you for looking x

Grunge Paste #2 - Shells

Well if yesterday's post was a quick one this one a super quick one - this is my second entry to the PaperArsty challenge details can be seen here.

My first was using GP in the traditional way through a stencil for this post I wanted to try something different.  I bought this little silicon mould a couple of weeks ago and wondered if GP would work in it - took a while to dry out but I'm really happy with my little shells.

thank you for looking...xx