Magic is Something You Make

 

For the canvas I used a chipboard backing from a paper pad and coated it with gesso.

I glued layers of tissue paper on the top part of the canvas. When dry I used watercolours on top of the tissue and then stamped the sentiment. The remaining canvas was coloured with dye inks and splattered with watercolours.

I made the flowers with strips of fabric which I rolled around and around into a circle. Some twisted green net became its leaves.

I finished by adding a little sparkle and some cross stitches in a silver thread.

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Please take a look at all the fabulous projects from the Mixed Media Design Team we have a fabulous guest Designer this month Ingrid. I hope you will join in with the challenge this month, have fun!

 

Happy 9Oth Birthday Your Majesty

Created by Jane Perkins

 

Long May You Reign Over Us !

This beautiful art work was created by Jane Perkins who recycles old items and creates something new and beautiful with them!

I am planning to make something special for the Queens official birthday in June. So I must put my thinking cap on!

Have a Happy and Glorious Day everyone.

 

Create an Acetate Overlay Frame

 

 

Beatrix Potter would have been 150 years old this year, so I decided to mark the occasion with this overlayed framed picture.

 

To create the overlay I used alcohol inks onto an acetate sheet. I wanted to be careful to frame the picture, so I traced around the outline of the key points of the photo. Because the alcohol inks go on the back of the acetate, I flipped over the tracing.

 

 

Place the acetate over the tracing and hold in place with masking tape.Alcohol Inks give a random pattern especially when used with blending solution. I used an ink blending tool and added a felt piece, select the colours you wish to use then dab them onto the felt in your chosen pattern. Add a drop or two of blending solution so the colours blend together.

 

You can create patterns for flowers, leaves anything you can think of.

 

 

The colours blend nicely with the blending solution and give random effects, some are nice some maybe not so good ! You can always wipe away any parts you do not like with some solution on a clean cloth and gently wipe.

You can use the same colours, the same photo and it will come out very different every time.

When you are finished and the inks are dry remove the tape, and turn the acetate over and place it ink side down over your photo.

Did you spot the little Peter Rabbit I added ?

 

I hope I have inspired you to create some overlays. They are fun and easy to make.

Below is another picture I created using the same method.

 

 

Don't forget to add your art work to this months challenge at Mixed Media Mojo which is Recycle with a twist of using metal. Everyone of all experience levels is more than welcome to take part.

Most of all Have Fun ! I look forward to seeing your creations.

 

 

Dreamy

 

I love water colours they give such a delicate look, and are so easy and quick to use.

I used a Santoro stamp which I found in the sale at Hobbycraft! I then coated the Tando Creative butterfly with gesso and coloured with water colours.

 

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I would like to enter this into the Tando Creative Watercolours Challenge.

and Stamping Sensations Challenge One For the Girls

Flutterbye

This week I have been busy making 50 identical invitations. I have done about 14 so far, and well they are not all quite identical!

I took a break from them, to join in the Unity Challenge on Facebook which is to use the colours Teal and Grey. These are not my most favourite colours so this was a real challenge.

I cut the butterflies out of some very pretty tissue paper.

Thank you for visiting.

Don't forget there is plenty of time to enter The Mixed Media Mojo Challenge which this month is Recycle with a twist of using Metal.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

That's Crafty Face Value

Tando Creative Watercolours

Stamping Sensations Challenge One For the Girls

 

Guest Designer Craft Stamper spring Flowers

Today I was fortunate to be a guest designer at Craft Stamper Magazine. Thank you so much.

I created this spring meadow of flowers for their Spring Flowers theme. I stamped the grasses first, then stamped and water coloured the flowers before cutting them out. I curled up some of the petals to give them more of a realistic look. Then I attached them with a 3D pad.

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Alice in Wonderland

I made this especially for this months challenge at Artistic Stamper which is All Things Distress. This lovely Alice in Wonderland stamp is made by Artistic Stamper,but it is several years old so I am not sure if they still make it.

I water coloured the images, and placed them on an Indigo Blu vintage paper with a pocket watch on it. I ran an emery board around the edges to give it a more distressed look. I think the poor creature being put into the pot is very distressed indeed !

Must dash I'm late for a very important date ! : )