Paper Saturday and a Sewing Tag

Hi everybody!

It's weekend already, and that means it's time for Manon's Paper Saturdays, where you can link up with any sort of paper creation.

I made a tag, once again using corrugated card, partly peeled and painted, and then stamped ( although you can't see much of the stamping). The Sewing items are all stamps from Chocolate Baroque. I stamped them onto some canvas scraps left over from other projects using Adirondack espresso, cut them out, and then painted them with water colours, using shades of brown and a little pink. I love the texture this gives. The thimble somehow reminded me of a hat....The buttons are also made of canvas, and sewn on. I cut the pin-cushion twice, made some holes in it, and added the pins. The sentiments are also in the set from Chocolate Baroque, I fringed the edges and did a few stitches with brown cotton. Sewing is not really my thing, but I tried. I am also linking to FSC, where the challenge this time is  'Sew 'n' Sew'. I am also linking to Our Creative Corner - forgotten things: the little scraps tucked away and waiting to be used.

Have a good weekend you all, take care, and thanks for visiting!

Halloween is coming nearer....

Hi everybody!

I have made another Halloween canvas, which was made as one of my Guest DT pieces at Gecko Galz this month.  I re-purposed an old canvas, plastered on some structure paste, scattered a few beads over it for still more texture,and then painted it over with black acrylic, adding in some metallic colours to highlight the colours in the image. I sprinkled the  fairy dust on while it was still wet. The image, from the Gecko Galz Witchy Women Sheet, has been printed onto canvas, and then adhered to the centre of the stretched canvas. I used various autumn embellishments to decorate it. This was simple to make, but I think it is very effective, and I like the contrasts in the colours and between the smooth image and the textured surround.
I am linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted as always by Eva and Kristin.

And here is another interesting piece of 'living' art - can you see what is it?
It is parked on the car-park at Galerie Burghof near here, a nice place with an art gallery, restaurant, beer garden etc.

The text means 'Cadillac Fleetwood rests here unpeacefully (driven by Elvis Presley)
I love this symbol of back to nature.

Have a good day, take care, and thanks for coming by!

A Tag and some Photos

Hi everybody!

The theme at Tag Tuesday this week is eyes, so I decided to use this image from Gecko Galz, as I love these owls and their funky eyes. I was going to call it 'Owl be seeing you', but decided against it as I didn't want everybody shouting at me....

We have had very changeable weather with blue skies, clouds and rain chasing after each other, which gave me some lovely pics....

And I noticed on my walk yesterday that the summer flowers are on the way out and the Autumn colours on their way in....

Have a good day you all, take care, and thanks for coming by!

A Halloween Card

Hi everybody!

For the month of September I  have made several things that I will be showing bit by bit. I am starting off with a card I made using an image from 'Costume Party 2' by Gecko Galz. I am Guest Designer there for this month. I made a double Z-fold card, and mounted the image on a mat of turquoise paper. The side 'wings' of the card have been covered in some paper which I digitally altered to get matching colours. I used some die-cuts made for me by Diane as embellishments, and added a bow and some beads - from an old earring - to the focal image.

Have a great day you all, take care, and thanks a lot for coming by!

Paper Saturday

Hi Everybody!

Today is Saturday, so time for Manons's Paper Saturdays, where you can link up anything made using paper.

Today I have a tag to share, which I am also linking to Simon's Monday Challenge, dotty.

The background has been distressed with wild honey and died marigold, which I then sprayed with water to give it more movement. I made the dotty background using a scrap of sequin waste and inking with peeled paint and rusty hinge. The leaves have been stamped with a three part Lavinia leaf stamp using color box inks in orange, dark green and brown.

 

For the embellishments I used some of the leaves I made last Sunday from painted paper and paper scraps, die-cut, varnished and crackled. I like to be able to make my own unique embellishments this way.

The sentiments are from a set by Hampton Arts.

Have a good day you all, take care, and thanks for coming by.

Halloween Canvas

Hi everybody.
I was pleased to see that I made the top 3 again at Fashionable Stamping Challenges, especially as this was the dreaded 'Clean and Simple'!

Another week has flown by and it's time for Paint Party Friday again, hosted, as always, by Eva and Kristin. I have made an 8x8" canvas, using an image from Gecko Galz for the focal image. I painted the background using colours that are in the image, which I printed onto canvas. The leaves are those I made last weekend from painted paper, which was die-cut, varnished and crackled.

Have a great day, take care, and thanks a lot for coming by!

Tag Tuesday and Try it on Tuesday Challenges

Hi you all!

Today is challenge Tuesday for me, as this week both the Tuesday blogs are due.

At Tag Tuesday our theme is the Swinging Sixties. I made a tag using images from Gecko Galz. I loved the warm colours from the sixties, and all the things we were hoping for - peace,  love and harmony. It was a decade that marked my transition from school to studying to starting a family and my first job as a teacher.

 

The challenge at TIOT is to use three different, fancy edges. I am not really a fan of fancy edges, so decided to get them all onto one piece of paper . I used X-Cut punches to do the flowers and butterflies on the left and right sides, and a Marth Stewart punch to do the lace edge at the top. I mounted it onto some partly peeled and white-painted corrugated cardboard. I punched some more flowers for the centre, and used buttons as embellishments, string for the stems and some cut-out leaves. The paper is from Kaisercraft, it has 2 different sides, which I was able to use well here. I tied it all up with some string and added 2 of my home made paper beads. I will use this as a page for my calendar.

That's all for today. Have a good day, take care, and thanks a lot for coming by!