Last weekend I stitched a most delicious cream concoction of fabric, just layering up the fabric to create oodles of textures. It was well "strokable" if you get my drift. I thought I'd do my usual and use on an A6 size picture frame but then thought, no I need to go big as I don't want to loose sight of of all cream delight when I start adding other stuff.
So big I went.Off white paper had some Distress Inks added, water flicks and some spray inks to create a background. Some extra bits of fluff and fibres sewn on with some ripped up pages from old textbooks (I feel such a rebel mutilating a book in this way, seeing as I'm supposed to be a guardian of text in the day job).
Some stamping using some really nice large PaperArtsy stamps. Whilst the ink was still wet from the stamping I sprinkled pinches of embossing powder over the image, didn't want it all embossed just "bits" to continue adding texture.On the fabric panel I added one of my photos. the panel was then sewn to the background and then I got that box of blooms out and those jars of buttons and armed with my hot glue gun just started sticking stuff down. After the gluing I did some light spraying - just to tone down some of the really vibrant pink and apricot flowers and added some Treasure Gold on the buttons.
Many of you will say - ah she's just copied the fab work of Finnabair. And yes I'd agree with you in terms of I find her work stunning and really inspiring but I wouldn't say it was a complete copy.
Right I need to be away as we have a christening to go this morning.
hugs
jo
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