Dabbling with Silk Clay !

Hello everyone, Yvonne here, it's my week to share an ATP Exchange Post with you.

I love to use up bits and pieces that can be found on my desk, often lefts overs, but to my mind useful.

But first of all I want to share this  product  with you.

It's so easy to use ............ 'Silk Clay'.

 

 It's smooth, flexible, lightweight, self hardening and feels like rubber when you use it.

There are a variety of colours, but I chose to go with white, then the colouring would be my choice.
One of the molds I used is shown in the photo Mod Podge Industrial

 

As you can see it can be used in molds. Use small pieces of clay, be sure  you press it well down , then  ease it gently away from the side of the shape,  (makes it easier to remove and doesn't need trimming].
 Pressed into stamps, with cutters,  or shaped by hand.

When using the mold, I have found it easier to  remove, if you lightly dust the mold with talc first.
You can remove it from the mold quite quickly and leave it to set on your desk.
I found for me  that about 30 minutes was the ideal time before removing it from the mold.

 

A little goes a long way, I made all of these shapes, using only about a third of the pot.

At £1. 99  I  call that a bargain buy.

 

It is easy to colour as well.

The colours I used here were to fit in with my project.

White Fire Treasure Gold,  Dylusions Calypso Teal and Pewter Distress Stains.

So what did I make?

 

 

A  recycled base canvas 7 x 5 inches, painted with a few coats of White Gesso

 to cover the original decoration.

Old book page scraps, buttons, Washi Tape, scrap of material, and a few metal bits and pieces.

 

More texture added using Grunge Paste and  a Gothic stencil by Tim Holtz.

Then a few more coats of White Gesso

 

Random stamping using a very old script stamp.

 

Starting to lay on some colour using Prima Colour bloom, Summer Story and Dylusions White linen sprays.

 

This is the where I decided to stop and began  adding some Treasure Gold White Fire, to highlight the assorted bits and pieces.

 

The focal image and quote are  from the Dina Wakley Scribbly Women set.

Stamped onto tissue with Black Staz On. Tearing around the edges rather than using scissors gets a better finish when adding to the canvas and textures using matt Gel medium.

So here is my finished canvas, 

I  added some  of my home made embellishments adding extra Treasure Gold highlights.

All the products I've used that available from Artist Trading Post are linked

 so you can find them easily. 

Online or in the bricks and mortar shop you will find a fantastic range of products for all your crafting needs.

 

Yvonne

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Background papers

Hi everyone, Yvonne here with another Exchange Day Project.

One of the many things I enjoy making are my own background papers.

They can be really quick and easy to make or more complex depending on how many techniques you add.

The papers that I am showing you today were the quick and easy variety, because I need to get some Christmas cards made and time is flying by!

To begin with you need some pieces of plain card, I used white.

Background 1

Stage 1

Choose a couple of paints that will blend together and cover as much of the surface area  as you wish.
I chose Paper Artsy Fresco Finish , Sky and Snowflake.

A dried out baby wipe or kitchen roll helps the blending. Don't worry at this stage if you have bare patches

I usually make a batch of backgrounds at the same time, and then no two ever quite look the same when I use them.

Stage 2

This is a fun messy stage. Place a little of your lighter paint on your craft mat, scrunch up a piece of bubble wrap, dip it in the paint, then onto your base card, until you are happy with the result.

Stage 3

Next add some random stamping. I left this piece as it was. 

Now for a variation, adding more depth

Taking a card  prepared  as above, the paints on this piece were lighter, I used some mesh as a stencil rubbing it  lightly over with  Tim Holtz  Distress Ink Black Soot

A snowflake stamp embossed with fine  glitter powder added  a little texture.

Background No 2

  Spray card with some Dylusions Spray Ink Calypso Teal, before it dries completely , pat over with  the bubble wrap  used for the first background. It would still have some  of  the lighter acrylic paint on the surface, a light spray of water refreshes the colour.

Random stamping  as before

Background  No 3

Again sprayed with Dylusions Spray Ink and random stamped

Next  I added  a Tim Holtz Festive Stencil using  clear texture paste,
this took up the colour of the spray ink I used.

Now I have a good pile of papers ready to make my Christmas cards,
Here are some examples of how they look
The Snowman stamp  is from  a Stampers Anonymous. Tim Holtz  set,  Christmas Blue Print.

I have highlighted the products used that are available from the Artist Trading Post.
The 'on-line' and  'Bricks and Mortar' shops are like Aladin's  caves for us crafters!

Don't forget there is still another week for you to enter the current challenge which is Stencil  Mania.

We would love you to join us.