COLLAGE STRIPS, MIXED MEDIA PIECE, AND SUCCSSFUL COFFEE STAINING Collage strips Our neighbour Margaret, who recently gave me another box of crafty stuff she no longer wants, included a lot of old Christmas cards. After I had ripped them up and sorted them into colours: I made several collage strips. I used PVA…
MIXED MEDIA PIECE FOR MARGARET, COLLAGE PIECES AND COFFEE STAINING A mixture of success and failure today in the studio. Coffee Staining The three plastic lace table runners that I ordered from Ebay arrived yesterday. I got a multi-buy discount and they weren't expensive. They are very pretty. I set up a coffee…
MIXED MEDIA PROJECT FOR MARGARET, AND COLLAGE PAPERS Last night I began work on the mixed media project I am making for our neighbour Margaret, who has kindly given me another batch of her crafting materials. Mixed media hanging panel I'm not really sure what to call this! I haven't made anything like…
SPLAT BOX PAPERS What is a splat box? Any sort of box, usually a cardboard one, that you put something in before you spray it with ink or glue, to prevent overspray all over your desk. I have two sections of cardboard box that I cut so that they are open on one…
STUFF FROM MARGARET, KITTIES AND MORE MINI-EMBELLISHMENTS Our neighbour Margaret has obviously been having a clear-out. She has now given me several bags of bits and bobs from her crafting days, and with the last lot, I thought I really should do something with them! Some of the earlier stuff has been put…
TAPERLOGY UNBOXING! My second post today. At last my long-awaited parcel of fabulous goodies has arrived. Taperlogy I first came across this when my favourite New Zealand artist Froyle did a video on it, unboxing her parcel. I had never heard of this site before - it is run by a lady living…
PAPER EMBELLISHMENTS - LITTLE SPARK PLUGS FOR NEW IDEAS! Easy peasy things to do while sitting on the recliner watching TV. Paper beads I have wanted to try making these for ages. They are super-easy and fun, and with a bit of work afterwards, they can be made stronger, and you can add…
I'VE BEEN SHOPPING! I have been shopping today for the first time for two years! - apart from visiting National Trust properties and buying stuff in their shop. Eye test I had my two-yearly eye test this afternoon and we combined this with a shopping trip, in one of our neighbouring towns. Two…
ALTERED BOOK: "THE JOURNEY" - COMPLETION OF PAGE 2: FRANCE 1 Last night I returned to the first French page in this altered book and completed the spread. Just as a reminder, here is how far I'd got with it before I moved on to the next page. All I had done was…
ALTERED BOOK: "THE JOURNEY" - PAGE 3: FRANCE 2 I am working on the two French-themed spreads in parallel because I have so many collage elements that I wanted to decide which page they should go on. The second spread on a French theme This time I was better prepared, and began by…
