Rusty Ram!!!

Found Objects is the current challenge over at PaperArtsy this fortnight..

I have found lots of rusty metal and kept them in a bucket. I selected a few just to see what I could come up with.

I came up with this fish type of thing, inspiration came from the fish example that Darcy provided in the intro post.

Then I saw this butterfly??

Then I came up with this, my fave!!!

This piece of wood is also a find, really old and falling apart, I glued it back together and applied some Paperartsy Fresco Acrylic Paint Caribbean Sea, Inky Pool and some Infusions Slime. A good rub with some coarse sandpaper added some age.

Used some nails as eyes, also this holds his head in place, a big pile of 3d glue gel holds the rest in place.

One funky ram!!! 

Folk Art Houses on Wood!!

This evolved this week, there are no step by steps as it sort of just came together. I had created the 3 houses some time ago, they just got knocked over all of the time by the cats!!

So I decided to mount them onto a larger piece of wood and ready to hang on the wall.

Underneath each house I have spread some PaperArtsy Grunge Paste, when dry added some acrylic paints.

I found this little wax seal some years ago, it has my initials BGE, how cool is that!!!

I have set up a little Etsy store, listing here.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your week!!!

Resin adventure!!!

Resin and UTEE is the subject of the current challenge over on the PaperArtsy blog this fortnight.

Here is my take on this...

This is only the second time I have used Resin, so I have probably done all of the wrong things!!

I mixed up 100 ml of product and hardener and separated this into 3 plastic cups. Having seen some video's on You Tube, I wanted a 'dirty pour'. In 1 cup I added a squirt of Alcohol blending solution, in another a sprinkle of Paperartsy Infusions Rocky Road, in the last cup a squirt of Paperartsy Fresco Chalk Paint Cheesecake.

I poured all 3 cups back into 1 cup and poured this onto a canvas. At this stage nothing happened, just a bit of a mess!!. Not wanting to throw it all away, I decided to play. I had no idea if I was doing the right thing!!. I sprinkled on some Infusions In The Navy, it just seemed to float on the surface, so I added a few drops of Alcohol Solution, this 'opened' up the resin and 'allowed' the Infusions in!!. I continued with Infusions Rocky Road, Slime, Rusty Car and In The Navy.

I also added a few blobs of Fresco Chalk Paint in Bouganvillia. When I added a few drops of Alcohol Solution nothing happened, the chalk paint sat on top of the resin!!

Not enough resin to completely cover the canvas, starting to drip off a few of the sides, managed to level off enough to stop this!!

Still moving!!

I hope it sets, checked after 24 hours, seems to be setting, still a little tacky.

Well after over 24 hours it has started to set, I can see a problem where the resin has slightly pooled in the middle. I should have put a book to fill in the recess on the reverse of the canvas. Never mind, I am still learning!! Another factor could be the temperature. I read somewhere it has to be 18-30 degrees. Typical, the temperature dropped here today to 5 degrees and the room temperature also dropped.

I did mix up 10 grams each of the resin and hardener and mixed in a blob of Cheesecake Fresco paint and poured this onto a smaller canvas. I again added some Infusions In The navy, Slime and Rusty car. I placed a stamping block underneath to fill in the recess. Still learning!!

..a new breed..

Fab new challenge over at PaperArtsy this fortnight, being Blue/Ochre.

Here is my take on this...

My inspiration came from all of the creations that Darcy has shared on the intro post along with my fellow bloggers!!

I started off with some pieces of wood..

The head was fun, spent some time with several blue tones of PaperArtsy Fresco Chalk Paints in Beach Hut, Caribbean Sea and Inky Pool. I applied Inky Pool with my finger, I am really enjoying using my fingers, they make great tools!!!

The body I stamped two of the new stamps from Lin Brown ELB34 in Inky Pool and Caribbean Sea..

For my Ochre part, I made up a mixture of Zesty Zing, Tango and 2 taps of Paper Artsy Infusions in Lemoncello. By using these translucent colours the stamping shows through. After spending some time drilling holes into the wood along with my hand and the tiled floor, decided to use a piece of copper wire to attach the head to the body..

There you have it, a new breed, I will call him Fresco Fancy!!!

Don't forget to check out my fellow bloggers and have a go, Really enjoyed using both blue and ochre...