Lutradur

I've been playing with a piece of Lutradur.  Firstly I covered it with different pieces of lace which I attached with a gel medium paste and left it over night to dry.  Then using my new eco friendly paints, I randomly painted all over it.  I used a dark purple paper for the backing of the image which is one of the printed canvas etched pieces I'd previously made. I added mesh, ribbon, fibres, gems and a button. 

I've not been very good lately at making actual pieces, I've played around trying new things out, but not actually made anything with them.  So, this time I decided I should make the Lutradur sample into something, and this is what I came up with.

Fabric & Paper

Now then, before anyone starts, I know this looks pink, especially the brads, but I can assure you that it is RED. I covered the atc in music paper, swooshed it with blaze red stazon. Added red organza and a piece of red netting. The white heart is cut from a tumble dryer sheet. Ribbon, brads and gems used to embellish.



I'd forgotten how small atc's are so decided to use a postcard size (6" x 4") for this one. I stamped my new collage of clock faces over the card in black stazon. Run a piece of red metal through the big shot with my new cogs cuttlebug folder and sanded it back to reveal the silver and attached to the card. Added a piece of hessian and a piece of red organza. The word was done using a dymo machine and is stuck under the organza. The piece of black ric rac was added. I stamped the clock face in black stazon onto a piece of dyed fabric. Put some wadding in the middle and sewed around the edges and attached to the card along with a button tied with a piece of black hemp. Inked the edges of the card with blaze red stazon.

Creating Layers

I've been playing around with fabrics, layering them up again, but thus far, I've resisted using my heat gun to burn some of the layers!!!! The little green square on the bottom left with the button on is actually padded but it's hard to tell from the photo.

This post could be edited shortly and a new picture of this might appear in it's new format !!!!

Playing with Fabrics

I've been playing again today. I stamped an image with black stazon onto a piece of a cotton hankie which I'd previously dyed a yellowish colour. I used a dyed redish piece of cotton fabric for the base, added a dyed tumble dryer sheet and a piece of dyed tulle or netting to you and me. I added a piece of wool which I draped round the image in order to try and create a frame. I stitched all the fabrics together, as above.



Using my heat tool (the one with the nozzle, not the hair dryer type), I heated the various materials. The tumble dryer sheet and the netting melted quite nicely to reveal the image and some of the wool fibres.

Gothic Arches - Autumn

This weeks Gothic Arch theme is autumn. I stamped my Mona and placed her in an embossed cuttlebug frame smeared over with distress inks. I cut the leaves and acorns with my cuttlebug and water coloured them to get the paler colours. The backing is a piece of tumble dryer sheet sprayed with adirondak colour wash sprays. Still deciding whether or not to add a word!!!!

Mega Swap - Lotstodo

This is the mega swap piece that I made for the swap on the Lotstodo Forum which Andrea arranged. My maker is Ellen and my reciever is Ju. Andrea set the criteria for the swap and mine was to use, a canvas the wrong way round, incorporate brown and silver, use a word and a number and a piece of metal. The background is a tumble dryer sheet sprayed with glimmer mist and distressed re-inkers. I painted the top of the canvas silver and the sides brown. I added the image, the various metal pieces, the silver bow and the gems to the crown. I cut a piece of wire mesh to fit the canvas and stapled it to the wood, added the 4 brown buttons, cut the letters from brown card with my new storybook cartridge for the cricut machine to spell out No1 Prince.

Been Playing Again!!!

I've been playing courtesy of Lorraine at UkStampers. I wanted some 'Lutradur' but couldn't find any in small quantities, so she suggested that I try tumble dryer sheets instead, so I did. I bought the cheapest ones I could find, 94p from Asda.

I then used my new craft tool to burn shapes and patterns into it. Obviously this is just a practise piece to see what happened, how much pressure to apply etc. As you can see, some bits I managed to burn!!!

I then sprayed with sheet with watered down distressed re-inkers

I will get around to doing a proper one, one day!!!!