Acetate Hangers

These have all been created using the spray ink and paint backgrounds that I'd previously made.  The acetate images have been painted with Silkies. The letters are die cut in black card from the red tag sale set by cuttlebug.

This hanger is done in the same way as above apart from the letters, instead I added a clay piece which I'd already prepared.  The main image is from PBS.

The Silkies have worked really well on this image, they are so bright and vibrant.



Acetate Makes

I decided to heat emboss a few images onto acetate using versamark ink and black embossing powder.  I took a used babywipe and needle felted green and pink felted wool into it.  I sewed the images onto the babywipe and sewed the babywipe onto a piece of calico which I'd previously dyed. I used the heat gun to shrink the babywipe (it wouldn't burn) and I burnt the bottom of the calico but it started to set on fire so I didn't do any more. I stamped green swirls with momento bamboo and raspberry adirondack ink.  I printed 'just good friends' onto a piece of acetate, outlined it in black pen and used a candle flame to melt it.  I sewed it onto the bottom of the calico.  I turned the fabric over at the top and sewed a line across to create a pouch to thread the wood through to create the hanger.  I put a bead at each end of the piece of wood and added a piece of co-ordinating wool to hang the piece.

This is a close up of the acetate image.  It has been coloured with Pearlescent Watercolour Paints from Once Upon a Stamp.

And this is a close up of the just good friends on the acetate. It has been computer generated and outlined with a fine black pen.

Silkies Postcard Collages

The backgrounds for these postcards were again created with the silkies, but this card is glossy so there is a much more of a sheen to it.  The main images are from PBS, which were masked after stamping. I used various other stamps to create a background collage. Glossy accents were added to the middle set of diamonds on the left and the top of the main image on the right to give a bit of dimension.  Flowers and gems were added to finish.

Silkies Tag

The background was again created with silkies and a brayer.  The main image is from PBS and is stamped in twilight and raspberry adirondack ink.  The image was masked off and the script was stamped in demin adirondack ink.  The top right and bottom left images are from Art Journey and stamped in faded jeans distress ink.  The splodges are from a green pepper press plate and are stamped in eggplant adirondack ink.  I used a white pen to soften the edges of the main image. I edged the tag with the blue iris from the primary pastels colorbox fluid chalk inkpad. Co-ordinating fibres were added to finish.

Stamping on a polygon

Maz has had some weird shapes cut recently and this being no exception, a polygon (7 sided shape). So I decided to give it a go and created a stamped collage. The images are Art Journey and the swirl is Hero Arts. I used Silkies (set 1) with a brayer to create the background colours. I added a piece of navy ribbon attached with brads to create a hanger.

Think Monday Think ATC

The theme on this weeks Think Monday Think ATC is 'green', so how could I pass this up. All you have to do is use the colour green. I have used lots of shades of green including my silkies which have given it a shimmer, not sure if you can see it or not in the photo though.

Perhaps you can see the shimmer better on this one

Tags & 4 x 4's

Been playing with my silkies again, but this time I used them as a background. I splodged a bit of each of the 4 colours onto a craft sheet, took my brayer, loaded it up and rolled. The colours came out too bright and the stripes were too clean, so I spritzed it with water and got a much more muted effect. I'm not sure if you can see or not but because they have mica in them, they sparkle!!!! The background image (stampers anonymous - diamond collage) is clear embossed on all the pieces.



I am entering the one on the right into this weeks My Time To Craft challenge as the theme is pretty pearls. I don't know if black ones are be classed as 'pretty', I can but try!!!

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It was sunny this morning, and I've done some close ups, so I'm hoping you can now see the mica which gives it the sparkle

You may need to enlarge the photos to see properly

On this one there are two stripes across her dress that are prominent

Acetate and Silkies

I printed these images onto acetate and painted the backs of them with my new silkies. Then made them into 4 x 4's. I've only got 4 colours so I was a bit limited, but I'm pleased with how they turned out.

Let's get Dotty!!!!

I'm hosting a swap over on Lotstodo with the theme of 'dots, spots and circles'. You have to make an atc, a postcard, a tag and a 4 x 4 page.

Tags

These were created thanks to information from Joy (Lotstodo Forum) and inspiration from Sheena Douglass demonstrating on a C&C tv show yesterday which was re-run last night.

I went my own way with them as all I had that she was using was the black soot distressed ink pad!!! I inked adirondack wild plum and mustard coloured distressed ink onto a craft mat and spritzed with water. Using a paint brush I added in some of the chalky/paint highly pigmented with mica from the silkies I got in Harrogate (remember, the ones that look like nail varnish!!). I swooshed the tags in the mixture to get a background. Using black soot I stamped various images onto the tags (again purchased at Harrogate, the stamps, not the tags). I clear embossed certain images, including the hand and the bottom eye. I mixed a bit of blue perfect pearls with water to make a paste and coloured in the outer eye and part of the hand (the swirl and a finger). I roughed up the edges of the tag with a paper distresser and inked them with black soot. Added an eyelet and fibres. You might have to enlarge the picture to see it all in detail.

Thanks Joy and Sheena, really pleased with the way these have turned out so am entering them into this weeks Tuesday Taggers challenge.