Artwork consisting of different media
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 21 Additional embellishments before binding I knew there would be further embellishments to add after binding the pages, and thought these would probably just be tabs and danglies. However, when I flipped through both signatures again, I felt the need to add some page borders,…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 20 There was a blank page in this journal that I wanted to work on. This was a page I'd used when I sprayed some punched medication leaflet paper which then acted as a stencil. This looks like a blot-off sheet where you clean off…
PACKAGING PAPER CLUSTERS WITH GOLD HEAT EMBOSSING - COMPLETING THE SET I have now used up all the die-cut butterflies I made for this project. I still have quite a few of the gold heat embossed base pieces left but consider the butterfly project complete for now. I shall store the bases for…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 19 Working on the gold page, front and back in folio 3 of the second signature of this album. This page is made from gold foil, and I've always been a bit concerned at how flimsy it is. I have added a few bits and…
ECO-PRINTING - FIRST EXPERIMENTS WITH EMBOSSING MACHINE Collecting leaves Today my hubby came home armed with a wonderful collection of leaves for me to play with in the studio. I thought I'd better get on with this project as soon as possible, before the leaves dried out too much and became papery and…
PACKAGING PAPER CLUSTERS WITH GOLD HEAT EMBOSSING I am indebted to Luise Heinzl for her layered moths on heat embossed coffee-stains tutorial for this project. I have adapted it slightly for my own use. She used a cup dipped in coffee to make her circular marks for the base layer of her clusters,…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 18 Getting back into this junk journal project after a short break. The first page of Folio 4 of the second signature is a piece of watercolour paper with teabag stains on it. I made this a long time ago, by laying out used teabags…
COMPLETING THE RIBBON BEAD DANGLES PROJECT I have now finished embellishing all the sparkly ribbon beads which I made. After my last post, I found that I had not completed the longer beads. Here is the remainder of them, duly embellished. The round beads I then began to embellish the smaller round beads,…
RIBBON BEAD DANGLES The other day I watched a YouTube video from HappyBird's Glitter Nest on how to make sparkly ribbon beads. I was intrigued by this as I am currently making some more charms and embellishments, after recently organising my charms. These beads are quite easy to make, and very lightweight. You…
SHOPPING TRIP TO NEWTON ABBOT - NEW ART STASH Yesterday I had my annual appointment at the bank to discuss my finances. We always combine this with a shopping trip and lunch out at our favourite restaurant - the Pizza Cafe, which has been run by the same family for 38 years! This…
