Paper Mash Up

Paper Mash Up

Hi There!

Brrr!  Autumn has arrived -

Chilly mornings, warm and

sometimes sunny days.

We shall soon have to

light the fire in the evenings

......now where did I put

that rug.................?

Helen Chilton is with us

today to show us what

she has made with those

bits of paper........

"Here are some Christmas decorations 

using paper scraps from my 

(very large) scrap stash!

Cut the shapes out of mount board.

Then get out your paper scraps - 

I've chosen greens and blues for my tree

Cover the back with a larger piece..

....and then lay your chosen scraps 

over the tree shape. 

When you're happy glue them down with a glue stick.

Then flip it over and trim the edges - 

much easier to do it this way than try to 

trim each individual scrap to fit.

The end result is this. 

I've used torn and cut edges on mine.

Here are the four shapes 

all in different colour ways:

After that I did some stamping and embossing 

in silver or gold tinsel embossing powder.

 This is a Woodware stamp which I chose 

because it has lots of different patterns on it

 - very useful.

Here you can see that I've stamped 

fairly randomly:

For the edges I used the more textured powder - 

Stampendous Frantage Embossing enamel 

in either aged silver or aged gold.

After that it's time to embellish using ribbons,

 braids, bells, beads, buttons, sequins....

whatever you've got."

......and here are the final four:

The Star

The Tree

The Bauble

The Stocking

Products Used:



Woodware clear stamp:
Paper scraps
Stampendous Stamp n Stuff Tinsel embossing powder:
Stampendous Frantage Embossing Enamel: 

Woohoo!  We're on our way

to preparing for that December

Celebration......  Thank you Helen!

Whatever you celebrate in December

there's bound to be some decoration

involved and Helen's technique really

does lend itself to every occasion

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Gifted

Gifted

Hallo Everyone!

Hope August continues to

be a fun month for you and

if you are on holiday I hope

you are having a great time.

If you aren't on holiday

don't forget to take a minute

or two in the sunshine and

recharge those batteries........

Here is another fun way

to present a gift card from

Claire Jackson

The Laurel Burch stamps are really fun, 

quirky and very versatile. 

Stamp the image four times in Archival ink 

on good quality watercolour paper or card.

Select three of the images and cut parts away

 so that they can be layered later.

Take the final image and with a craft knife 

make a cut in the centre, following along the edge

 of part of the design. 

It’s difficult to explain but easy to see in the photo. 

I measured my start and end points so that 

they were a couple of millimetres wider than the

 gift card for a snug fit.

Colour the images with watercolour pencils 

and blend with a waterbrush or wet paint brush.

Repeatedly stamp the background in wilted violet

 Distress Oxide ink to cover the card blank.

I have used an Impression Obsession Cover a Card

stamp  here

Mount the images. 

I used only one strip of tape on the bottom 

of the last two images so that the top edges lifted

 to create added dimension. 

Unfortunately it doesn’t show well in the photograph.

Add a sentiment to the front...

 ...and the gift card holder to the inside."


Materials used:

Stampendous Cling Rubber Stamp - Laurel Burch: whiskers
Water colour card
Ranger Archival ink pad: jet black
Watercolour pencils
Card blanks 5x7
Distress Oxide: wilted violet
Impression Obsession cover-a-card: gradation

Thank you Claire - that really

is a clever way to present the

gift card.

I just love those stamps, don't you?

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Apple for the Teacher

Apple for the Teacher

Hi there!

Oh my, just look what I've got

for you today ............. I hope you

find this as inspiring as I do,

especially as it is a new technique

(to me at least!)

Helen Chilton is painting bottles

but with a difference .......

For my 'Apple for the Teacher' post, 

I've decorated a small Kilner bottle. 

You could put what you like in there: 

vinaigrette, olive oil, flowers etc.

Clean your bottle thoroughly with 

blending solution.

Stamp the Laurel Burch leaves with VersaMark 

and sprinkle with fine detail black embossing powder.

Don't worry if it looks like this,

 just blow on it sharply and....

....hey presto! The excess powder comes off.

Make your own glass paints by dropping 

some alcohol ink into a blob of

 DecoArt Triple Thick Gloss Glaze.

You can then blob it into the design. 

It'll stay where it's put.

You can also mix the colours while still wet - 

I'm adding some Pool glaze to the leaves.

If you paint on the glaze and the colour's not 

intense/dark enough, just add some more 

neat alcohol ink directly on top.

Stamp and paint a tag in the same way.

Finish with string round the top of the bottle

and tie on the tag"

Materials used:

Laurel Burch Stamp: Blossoms
DecoArt Triple Thick Gloss Glaze
Alcohol inks: Pool, Mowed Lawn, Citrus, Purple Twilight
Stampendous Detail Embossing Powder: Black
VersaMark inkpad
Ranger Archival inkpad: Jet Black

Small Kilner bottle

Thank you for a super project Helen

I can see these being used for all

sorts of occasions 

I do like the idea of making your own

glass paints - and you can dye the

string to match any of the colours

you use too!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx