JFF - Week 13 - Triangle(s)

The last week of Vons shapes theme on the JFF challenge blog is 'trinagle(s)'  The base of the triangle is a piece of card with duck egg muslin sewn on to it and then roughly cut in a triangle shape.  The image, which has been coated in ice resin, was machine stitched to the fabric and card.  A button and a word were added.  Now you might think that I did not get that messy making this piece, but I can assure you I did!!  I got absoultely covered in tiny shreds of fabric from cutting and ripping all the tassles at the bottom!!!

JFF - Week 11 - Star(s)

The JFF shapes theme continues and this week Von is asking for a star.  I finger painted this canvas a while ago and hammered in 6 small nails.  I added an image, which I was tempted to cut into a star shape but then changed my mind!!! I threaded yellowish hemp around the nails to create a star.

JFF - Week 10 - Circle(s)

It's Vons turn to choose this months JFF theme and she has chosen 'shapes' with the first one being 'circles'.  I covered an old cd with small pieces of lasagne and then painted with gesso.  I applied another layer of lasagne and then another layer of gesso.  Once dry, I painted with mushroom acrylic dabbers.  When dry, I rubber across it with my finger using gold to get a contrast.  The image is from one of the CI books.  The outside of the inner circle is covered in rock candy distressed stickles.  I put brads in the metal plate which says cherish and attached with silicone glue!!!

The other side is backed with a piece of background card that I'd previously made.  Ribbon and fibres were added underneath the backing.

JFF - Week 8 - Stamping with a difference

This is Zoe's last week of the 'let's try it out' theme on JFF.  She has asked that we use a stamp in a different or new way.  Remember a while ago when I made my own stamps with foam and a piece of wood - here, well I decided to use one of them to create this background.  I watered down black eco friendly paint and washed it over a piece of absorbent paper out of a pink pig sketchbook.  Once dry I scraped gesso over it using an old credit card.  Once dried I painted the homemade stamp with red pepper acrylic dabber paint and printed onto the paper.  Once dry I painted the stamp again but this time with white eco friendly paint and stamped over the red. 

I haven't decided what to do with it yet, but on one of the yahoo groups I belong to there is a 'printed' swap going on.  This includes creating the stamp, creating the background and then making it into something, so I might just have a go at that.

Canvas and Clay

This is a flat canvas measuring 10" x 8" just to give you some idea of size.  I put a good thick layer of texture paste around all the edges.  I added about 6 pieces of text book pages with mod podge, but didn't like it so I painted the whole canvas in silver acrylic dabber and added black to the edges.  I added gold and bronze to break up the solid black.  I then decided that the middle was too silver so I added some gold, pearl and bronze. I didn't like that either so I covered it with tan eco-friendly paint, but used an old credit card to scrape it over.  Once this had dried I stamped various images with black stazon.

The heart shape is made from pearl, gold and bronze polymer clay.  Once I'd got the shape I more or less wanted I started adding bits and pieces to it.  Screws to each side, smaller screw heads to the top left, a cog from a watch top, an open safety pin, a cog, brads, chain and pin linked togehter, a button and an 's' shape at the bottom.  Once I'd pushed them into the clay I used my TSS tools to make the dots and dashes marks.  The gold colour hoop at the top is a curtain ring with copper wire wrapped round it.  I baked it all in the mini oven.

Once cooled, I put the two pieces together and added a few more cogs and wires to the canvas.

Exciting News

I am pleased to tell you that a few of us have been working behind the scenes on a new challenge and tutorial blog.


I can't say too much at this time but there will be a new weekly challenge every THURSDAY, that's so you have time to get your thinking caps on to create at the weekend!!!


The first challenge will be posted up on THURSDAY 03 February, but other useful information may well be posted before that.


But if you'd like to help us spread the word, take the button from my side bar and display it on your blog which will officially open next Thursday.  Below is what you are looking for.

The new blog is called 'Just for Fun' as that is what it is meant to be.  No winners, no losers, no prizes, no sponsors, purely just for fun.  When we stop having fun, we stop the challenges!!!