Wednesday 22 November 2017

Miracle White



The title of this piece says it all for me,  it's a miracle there are no marks on it from stray paint,  powders etc.
Inspiration from Miriam Grazier
The first background layer - applied texture paste around the edge of the card.  Stamped into it which wasn't very successful so on the areas I didn't get a good impression I stamped and embossed the leaves. Applied guiding polish over the texture paste.
2nd layer - applied texture paste with a stencil.
3rd layer - stamped and embossed flower.  The words I used the texture paste and then sprinkled with large glitter.
Final layer - stamped and embossed flowers. Also applied guiding polish all over the background. Used a white paint pen for the grass.  3d glue to the flowers and glitter to the smaller flowers. The sentiment  is on a separate layer as I did get a mark in that area so stamped and embossed on another piece of card!
Distressed all the edges of the layers then 3d glue gel to stack them up.
Displayed in a box frame.

Material used;
PaperArtsy - stamps EKC06,ELB31,JOFY38, stencils ELB045,PS060
Texture paste
Cosmic shimmer - gilding polish pearl lustre, crystal chips
Embossing powder - seaform white
3d glue - white
3d glue gel

Challenge entered;

Sunday 12 November 2017

More Rust!!!!


This is the project that kept going wrong!!
Inspiration from Sue Carrington
I used versamark to stamp the flowers, then sprinkled with rusting powder and once covered gently shook off the excess. At this point I thought ‘success’ only to be disappointed when I spritzed with vinegar because the stamped images looked blurred!!! Not to be defeated I left it overnight.
The next day the images were visible but with a halo of rust.
So then I sprinkled infusions over the fabric and spritzed with water. Waited for it to dry. Result! an even bigger halo of rust around the images!!!!
Then when I picked it up to place on the canvas the rust started to drop off! So to stop this happening I brushed on a couple of coats of matte medium.
This seemed to do the trick of containing any loose rust.
Next, on a canvas I painted patina green, sprinkled rust over it whilst wet then spritzed with vinegar. Left it overnight.
The rust looked good but the green looked too ‘clean’ to applied paint to ‘dirty’ it up.
Then I applied the fabric with matt medium.
To define the stamped images I used stencil glue then guiding flakes.
I then glued ‘rusty’ die cuts to the background and finally 3d glue.
To say I was going to bin it I think it doesn't look too bad now!!!

Materials used;
Paperartsy-fresco paints and stamps.
Rusting powder.

Challenge entered;

Thursday 9 November 2017

Rust Rust and More Rust!!!













I just love rust! After years of owning lambrettas I'm used to rust.
Inspiration for this piece was from  Sue Carrington's  post but i went off onto a  tangent for what I actually made!
The piece I started with involved stamping onto fabric with Versamark and then sprinkling rust powder over it. BUT I'm not totally happy with my results and i feel it  needs a lot of tweaking. Hopefully I can finish it before the challenge ends!
So for this project I recreated rust (hopefully you agree!) on greyboard.
I just kept applying layers of paint (listed below) until I got rust.
Then using distress oxide ink I stamped onto the background and sprinkled with rusting powder then spritzed with vinegar. I used vinegar as I get a better result than if I used just water. I then had to wait for the magic to happen! The house does smell like a chippy! Left it overnight and the next day I did have rust but the stamped images were unrecognisable!
Not to be defeated I stamped around the edges with stencil glue. Initially I was going to use flitterglue by Indigoblu as it's a really strong glue that stays tacky until something is applied/sprinkled on top of it but when I opened the tub it had gone off so the only alternative to hand was stencil glue.   
I then sprinkled rusting powder over the glue and it stuck fast. Spritzed with vinegar and left overnight.  Success! I have rusty stamped images.
I repeated the rust techniques onto the MDF shaped as a scooter.  I know it is a Vespa not a lambretta but I couldn't find MDF lambrettas anywhere.
Finally I stuck the scooter to the background.

Materials used;
PaperArtsy Fresco paints Green Patina,Mud Splat. Stamps ETS02,ESA04
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Payne's Grey, Quinacridone Gold
Distress Oxide Cracked Pistachio
Crafty Notions Rusting Powder
White vinegar
Challenge entered; PaperArtsy