Christmas Wreath

 

Made a Christmas wreath on a 3 hr workshop at GIFHE (29/11/21) with tutor Jo.

As we can't hang it on the front door, Martin put it on the outside of the gate.

Paint Pots & Cats

 

Finished a couple of coffee tins which I've changed into paint / pen pots.

And the other sides.

Added the resin and metal pieces.

I used bronze powertex.

Made a couple of cats using bottles and polystyrene ball.

I coloured them with gold and silver powertex pigments and the varnish, added some metallic buttons and made them each a pair of specs.

Day 18 - More Tag Clusters

Firstly I arranged the leftover tags from yesterday into more clusters.

Again I started to play around with some vintage ephemera.

And finally came up with these.  I really enjoyed making these, especially the upside down ones.

So these are for day 18 of the #fabtag30day challenge.

Day 17 Tag Clusters

The prep work.

Then I started to pull a few things together.

And here they are, all finished.

These are my day 17 tags for the #fabtag30day challenge.

Day 13 Tag

I took some photos outside on the grass but then realised you couldn't see the tassels very well on the bottom.

So I took another one inside.

Another tag for the #fabtag30days challenge.

FAB Tags 30 Challenge - More Tags

I cut some tags and used clear modelling paste through a stencil.

I used oxides to colour them and then stitched around the outsides.

Placed the smaller ones on top of the big ones to see what they looked like.

Then I added different colours of treasure gold to the stencilled areas.

I got a few embellishments out and had a play around until I got something I liked.

Glued everything down and here are the finished tags. More for the FAB tag 30 challenge.

Tags & Tag Holder

Another couple of simple tags towards the FAB tag 30 challenge.

Then I made a tag holder from recycled envelopes.

And I stuck it in my oriental text pages book.

Napkin Background Tags

Spritzed a layer of plain napkin with water and added droplets of distress re-inkers.

Once dry, I stuck it to a piece of card.

Used gesso to tone it down a bit.

Chopped it up into tag sized pieces.

Added various colours of gelatos and distress crayons.

Cut them into tag shapes and sewed around the edges.

Added some tissue papers to the top two smaller tags.

Next I added some script stamping in timber brown stazon.

Added various embellishments and a paper doll.

And the same with this one.

Finished tags side by side.

Inspired by Andrea at ARTYmaze - thank you.

Toppers

Made some toppers from the bits and pieces I created yesterday.

Close ups of some of the toppers.

Sausage Dog

I mixed white powertex with bronze to create a lighter brown. I used small pieces of hessian to cover the body and make the ears.

January Powertex Box

"We wish you bluebirds in the spring to give your 

heart a song to sing"

https://youtu.be/44vV98vpuQ0 - Click here to see all the contents of my box

** Your box might not be exactly the same, but you will have similar items**

I cut a 6 cm polystyrene ball in half as I wanted to fatten the bird up and make him more 3d.

I stuck one on each side of the wooden bird shape. 

Next I arranged some sort of platform for everything to sit on. I used part of the cardboard from the box as the base.

I painted the mdf birdhouses with blueberry pie acrylic paint.

I started to compile pieces to make a tag using other items from the box.

So as not to cover up all the background paper, I traced round and cut out the shape.

I placed the mdf bird shape in the cut out background space and put the cut out piece back on top of the bird shape.

I dismantled one of the paper flowers as I wanted to use it to try to represent feathers.

Next step was to cover everything with Powertex. I used the blue from the box and some bronze that I already had to paint the branch top left. The bird is covered in t-shirt fabric and I used a couple of pieces of hessian to create wings. You can easily use the paper decoration for this too.

I just wanted to show you how far the Powertex goes. I covered all of the above pieces liberally and I've still got half the bottle left.

And this is how I assembled everything together and coloured it up with the blue curacao and golden olive Secret Art Loft pigments.

I think they look very fitting outside in the garden in the middle of the bush.

I used the golden olive pigment on the body of the bird and on the flower feathers. I painted the leaves on the wallpaper background with blueberry pie acrylic paint.

This actually looks better in real life as the colours are more defined, but unfortunately, my camera doesn't appear to be a fan of blue!

I hope this has given you a bit of inspiration. Don't forget to show us what you make with the contents of your box and don't be shy in uploading them to the Powertex Studio FaceBook page. For further inspiration, visit the free online Powertex magazine here. 

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