My Creative Monday for Magenta - recycling of diecut leftover..

 

A leftover of a diecut forms the frame of this flowery card with just 2 stamps, a flower and a script stamp. 
They are both from EllieKnolDesigns with Magenta, and I still love these! 

The colorful background is the backside of a background that did not turn out well... the color went right through the paper... happy accident because I do like it now. 
I stamped flower and script with StaZon Blazing Red to match the  color of the 'frame'. 

It's nothing fancy but very striking as far as I am concerned. Leftovers from diecuts are many a times a good start for any project, so do not throw them away too soon! 

Magenta products used:

Link to boutique
Ellie Knol designs

 

Distressed Background Text [48.003.N]
Ellie Knol designs

48.019.I Rosa Canina - Small

Ellie Knol designs

Paper Weaving Sketchy Flower

 

This time I'd like to share this technique I recently learned from a post by Karen Dunbrook : Paper Weaving. (I want to give credit where credit is due ) ..
Thanks so much Karen for this inspiration!

Start out by cutting/using up paper strips of about 1,3 centimeters wide and weave them to form the background .. 

I chose to make it slightly larger than I would need, so I could just cut the unneeded part away. No need to glue he whole thing, as long as the edges are glued. 

As I used regular cardstock strips, I needed to cover the background with a transparent gesso first, as the color will soak into the cardstock.  

I chose to color the image with a ready made watercolor, to have more control of the coloring (from Ecoline and Dahler&Rowney).
 I put a kitchen towel underneath while coloring the images to absorb any color that would go through the holes in the background. 

To provide a nice backdrop for the weaved paper background I created a background with the same colors, and stamped around the edges randomly with some text and mixed media stamps in colored and black ink.  

Apart from stamping sequins I also adhered real ones with glossy accents. 
The weaved part is adhered to the colorful background with 3D tape for more interest and depth. 

Don't tell Susanne, but I think this flower is one of my most-used stamps :) ;
 for this project to work I had to use a stamp with a lot of white space, so it's perfect. 

Rubber Dance Stamps:

The Rubber Dance Webshop

Sketchy Flowers #1

Grungy Sequins

Mixed Media Marks

Mixed Media Marks #2

Vintage Script

2020 Topic #20 Drink Tea with ESC (by Ellie Knol)

 2020 Topic 20: Mason Jars
on the Paper Artsy Blog

Book 30 for series52

This is book 30 in my book series. 

Guess what I've used to make this book? 

This was a wallet... one from leather... one I've used a lot when we still had cheque books in our wallet...

At that time I was still working for Barclays International Bank in Johannesburg as a computer programmer in mainly Cobol, some 30 + years ago.. 

I might add an elastic band still to carry a pen.. 

I lined it with a floral piece of cotton.. 

I am entering this in the challenge on 

1. series 52 - just a play with creating a book.. 52 of them: a challenge I set to myself - Book 30

For further info on this series : see this post

2. Mini Album Makers

Rubber Dance colors.. May

The color challenge for May at Rubber Dance stamps is well on its way... 

Come join in the fun and win some awesome stamps from Rubber Dance!

The background is from leftover paints from a brayer while gelliprinting. I intentially keep these as one layer, as they make for beautiful backgrounds.

I chose to do only very subtle stamping in the background with a script stamp and purplish paint splatters.

Why add more.. the butterflies are beautiful all on their own.. 

This is the color mood board, pick any of them, or anything goes... 

Rubber Dance Stamps: 

The Rubber Dance Webshop

 Grungy Butterflies

Vintage Script

My Creative Monday for Magenta - recycling

I had some leftover cardstock  (from punched out inchies) in my stash that I saved for a reason.. 

They make for a beautiful 'frame' for small pieces of stamped art. 

I like how the punched squares are not lined up, even the edges are not straight.  

I also played with some tiny stamps on an ATC, being my technique number 416. 

Magenta products used:

Link to boutique

Victorian Nature Tile 14.214.XL

Feuillage [H.0456]

2 Coeurs [08.046.F]

Numbers Abstract - Small [0775.G]

Motif de symboles [0788.E]

0616 Solid Flower - Mini

09.224.D

0724.N

0671.Q

14.640.M

2019 #15 Coral: Midori Tags Notebook with Hot Picks {by Ellie Knol}

YES.. another post from me on the Paper Artsy blog..
2019 Topic 15: Coral

a sneek peak of the project: a Midori Book....
go check it out on the link above..  you'd want to see it... 😀

This is also a book in my series of bookmaking for series 52:
For further info on this series : see this post

 book 25 

This time a midori type of book with two inserts and tags to fit inside. 

2018 #16 Reinkers: Garden Love on Paper Artsy blog!

2018 Topic 16: Reinkers

Just a sneak peek: I've used a pigment re-inker to make a very unique background.
 

Go have a look on the Paper Artsy blog, and pleaaaase ...  while you're there
 I would like you to leave me a comment 😉😀,
 I need some new energy for my next PA post;
this was certainly a project that took a lot of thinking and also a starting over!

I am entering this in the challenge on
1. Vintage Journey - back to nature.

Book 18 - for series 52

week 18 : book 18 

This time a booklet from papers with eco-dyeing .. cooking the pages with vinegar etc .. 
A first time for me.. I've made notes of all the plantmaterial I've used, and the type of papers that work best etc. I gathered plants from our own garden, and only got to pick flowers and leaves from the back of our house; the I had more than enough.
Next time  I will pick from our front garden, and after that.. who knows where and what..

Will have to find an eucalyptus tree somewhere.. their leaves make gorgeous papers.



The book measures 10 x 14,3 centimeters and has 6 signatures; the spine was covered with tissue tape to cover the stitches of the coptic-binding.  

I've made lots more and will use some for ATC's and cards and another booklet too!

I will add some stamping and doodling in a later stage. 

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I am entering this in the challenge on 

1. series 52 - just a play with creating a book every week; a challenge I set to myself.

2. Mini Album Makers