Weekly Challenge CELEBRATE A DAD

Paper Imagery Designs Weekly Challenge

CELEBRATE A DAD

Take out those Paper Imagery Designs Images and make a piece to honor an important DAD in your life....

Your Dad, Father of your children, Father In Law or anyone that has been like a Dad to you.

Father's Dad is right around the corner.

~~~Angie

Here's My piece, An Easel Card....

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Technique Tuesday - More About Bleach

Welcome to Technique Tuesday.   Last week I demonstrated using bleach as a stamping medium.  I hope you didn't stow your bleach away just yet, because today we're going to "paint" with it!   My finished piece is for the weekly PID challenge, and the current theme is "The Colors of Summer."  So I grabbed some tropical, citrusy colors, but you can go ahead and use whatever colors you want.   Here's what I used:

• colored cardstock
• clear embossing ink
• colored embossing powders
• rubber stamp with areas that are outlined.  Florals are a good choice,
• small paintbrush
• bleach and small container
• heat tool
• protected work surface

Stamp your image with the clear ink, cover with colored embossing powder, and set with your heat tool.

By using the embossing powder, you have created areas that are surrounded by embossing (the reason you want to use stamps with areas that are outlined), which will act as a barrier for the bleach and keep it from spreading into the background.

Dip the tip of the paintbrush into the bleach and "color" in the outlined areas....all of them, or just some.

If you tried to do this without first embossing your image, you can see how the bleach would spread everywhere.   As I mentioned last time, you just never know when working with bleach just how the cardstock will react.   This is how the above image looked after the bleach fully dried:

Now here are a few more samples I did.  The first photo will show the stamped and embossed image, followed by the same image after painting with bleach:

Here is the piece I did for the challenge, using one of my samples for the background:

The pin-up girls on PID sheet #760 are just so perfect for summer-themed projects. I perched this one on a rubber stamped image of a martini, and made the title with a label maker.  Fun!

Try this technique on a variety of colors and textures of cardstock and you'll always be surprised!  

Just remember, when working with bleach, go outdoors or open a window!

Eileen

Paper Imagery Designs 

Design Team

Weekly Challenge-----HAPPY SUMMER!!

The Paper Imagery Designs Weekly Challenge Theme is ....

Color(s) of Summer

Hope you'll grab your PID Images and play along.

~~Angie

Technique Tuesday - Stamping With Bleach

Welcome to Technique Tuesday!  Today we're raiding the cleaning supplies again for another oldie but goodie...stamping with bleach.  One of the coolest things about this technique is that you can never be sure of the outcome, even within one sheet of paper, which makes it interesting and a whole lot of fun.  Gather together:

• protection for your work surface
• a shallow container (I used the lid of disposable container when I couldn't find one shallow enough)
• bleach
• several colors of cardstock (dark for the most dramatic effect)
• paper towels
• a non-detailed rubber stamp (also called a silhouette stamp)

Work in a well ventilated area.  Fold several layers of paper towels to create a pad and place in the container. Wet thoroughly with bleach, but there is no need to over saturate the paper.

Press the stamp onto the bleach pad.  Experiment with how hard you press....you will get different results using a heavier or lighter touch.

Now stamp onto the cardstock.  Repeat as desired.  Try stamping a second time without reapplying the bleach.  As with stamping with ink, your second impression will look different than the first.  Here are some examples of how my bleach stamping turned out on different colors of cardstock.  You might think the bleached area always turns white....it doesn't, and the results might surprise you.

Stop now, or repeat with a different stamp:

Very interesting backgrounds as is, or you can add back some color to the bleached areas using chalks, inks, or colored pencils:

Remember to wash the bleach off your stamps.   I used one of my backgrounds to cover a tag, and then used the tag in this week's challenge at PID.  The theme is "My Favorite Escape," and for me, that has always been reading.  Books are like magic to me, in that they can take you places without ever leaving your home.  That thought inspired this:

I found the magician's assistant on PID sheet #723(Pin Up Girls Having Fun), and perched her on top of a stack of books (sheet #649).  I put another book in one hand, and coming out of the hat she holds in the other hand, a spring made of jewelry wire, which holds yet another book.  I added the text with a label maker.
Hope you enjoy trying this technique (just make sure the window is opened!), and let us know if you do.
Eileen
Paper Imagery Designs
Design Team

Wear Me Challenge Art Quilt

Wear Me Challenge

Art Quilt

5 x 7

by
Arlene Mobley

First I want to thank everyone for their congratulations and well wishes on the birth of my newest granddaughter Addison. Addison is doing very well and will have surgery for her heart defects when she is between 4 and 6 months old. Thank you for all the prayers. She is doing much better then even the doctors expected.

With all that has been going on I haven't had much time to do any art work. And it has been driving me crazy as most of you can understand I am sure.

When Angie posted the Wear Me Challenge on the yahoo group last week I knew I wanted to use the Vintage Shoe Sheet # 766 .

The shoe images are so Marie Antoinette and I knew I wanted to use the image in a fabric piece. Now of course the shoe image is from a sheet of paper images and if you have been reading the PID blog at all you will have seen that I use these image sheets in a lot of fabric art. The quality of the laser sheets are excellent and you can convert any of the images into a fabric transfer with no problem. Trust me.......Even if you have never been able to do a fabric transfer before in your life you will be able to do a transfer with a PID image, Golden Soft Gel and a piece of fabric.

My art quilt is 5 x 7 and I start with a muslin base and add layers of fabric, lace and trims. Once I have my base sewn together and am happy with the placement of the focal image I will then sew on beads and some embellishments. Once the front is finished I then add a fabric backing with fusible webbing. Then a simple straight stich or a decorative stitch is sewn around the edges to finish it off.

Finished Quilt

Thanks for stopping by

Arlene

Weekly Challenge Time....

This week the Paper Imagery Designs Challenge theme is....

MY FAVORITE ESCAPE

Hope you'll grab your PID images and play along :)

~~~Angie

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Technique Tuesday - Paper Flowers

Welcome to Technique Tuesday!  I'm sure you've noticed that flowers, always popular in design, are even more so lately.  Flowers seem to be everywhere, in art, in fashion, in home decor, in jewelry.  And they are made of everything from paper to metal to fabric, to leather....everything!   Today I'll show you a few variations of a simple paper flower to enhance your projects.   To start, you'll need:

• thin paper, such as origami paper, old text, vellum, or parchment
• a system for cutting different sized  circles (shown are punches and a die), or you can cut them freehand

Each flower will use four circles in different sizes.  You will also need:

• a quick drying glue, like Glossy Accents or Zip Dry
• optional elements for decorating the flowers, such as:

• ink and rubber stamps
• clear ink, embossing powder and heat tool
• glitter glue
• jewels, pearls or other bling for flower centers

Here are the basic directions for the flower.  After cutting the circles, decorate as you desire (more on that later), then crinkle up each circle.

Put a dot of glue in the center of the largest circle.

Attach the next largest circle.

Repeat with the next two circles, ending with the smallest.   Using this simple technique you can create a lot of different looks.

In this example, a decorative stamp was stamped with clear embossing ink on vellum circles.  Gold embossing powder was added and set with a heat tool.  Then the flower was assembled as per the above directions.  A gold metal rose (available at the PID shop!) was added as the flower center:

This flower was made from old dictionary pages, and the edges of each circle were lined with Stickles.

This next flower was cut from pearlescent paper, stamped with a french script stamp, and the edges inked with deep red ink:

In the final example, patterned origami paper was used:

I thought about making flowers when I got my idea for this week's challenge at the PID yahoo group.  The theme is "Wear Me" and I knew right away I wanted to make a hat.  I created this design for a greeting or note card:

The lovely lady, one of my favorite images of all time, can be found on several PID collage sheets, and I used one from sheet #252.  It is black and white, but I used some chalks to add some subtle color to her face and dress.
The hat was cut freehand from patterned paper.  I wrapped it with a length of ribbon and then added the gold embossed vellum flower to finish it off.   Along the left side of the card is a strip of German scrap, which I also found in the PID Shop.
Why not gather together some simple supplies and make yourself a bouquet of paper flowers!
Eileen
Paper Imagery Designs
Design Team

Weekly Challenge....

This week's Paper Imagery Designs challenge theme is WEAR ME.

I made a glass slide pin/pendant.

Doesn't have to be a wearable piece...can be a person wearing a hat, shoes, etc...or maybe just something you wear. Use the theme however you wish. Please remember this is a PID challenge....so grab those PID images and play along.

~~Angie

Made some ATCs

I made some ATCs for a swap I am in over at Marie Antoinette Mail Art

The theme is Tea with Marie

  Up first “Tea” I used Maries Tea, German Flowers and Pink Trim.

 

“Soup for the Soul” Again I used my Maries Tea sheet, Bird Cages, Mini Eggs, Word Sheet, Pink Trim and German Flowers.

 

“Beautiful” This ATC is super simple takes 5 minutes. Pink Trim, Roses, Word Sheet, Maries Tea and Grunge Marie

Technique Tuesday - Paper Towel Backgrounds

Welcome to Technique Tuesday!   As I was thinking about this week's PID challenge -- "everyday things" -- paper towels kept coming to mind.  They are very much an every day item, AND I use them a lot in my art.  Yes, to clean up with, but also as an actual part of the creation.  They are sturdy, inexpensive, and come in a variety of textures.  Sounds like an art supply, right?   For today, we'll be focusing on coloring paper towels with water based colors.  Gather together all or some of these supplies:

• a well protected work surface (and you may want to wear rubber gloves)
• some place for drying your creations (plastic on the floor works for me)
• paper towels, of course
• other paper (cardstock, copy paper, etc.)
• spray bottles, water, old paint brush, disposable cups
• color medium of your choice -- re-inkers, color washes, diluted acrylic paint, shimmery mists (commercial or home made)

To get a retro tie-dyed look, fold the towel fan style:

Then fold in half:

Then, prepare some cups of the colors you've chosen.   Dip one end in one color, then turn and dip the other end in a second color.  Unfold and refold so that some uncolored portion is now an end, and dip in another color.   Continue until you have the coverage you want.  Open the towel up and set aside to dry.  (I put a plastic sheet on the floor)  and you'll have something like this:

You can also scrunch up the paper towel and dip it randomly, changing colors and moving the scrunched up towel around before dipping.  No telling what you'll get, but this look is one possibility:

Another technique is to lay a paper towel on your protected work surface and spraying color on.  You can also spray the wet color with water to make it spread out, and that gives a nice watercolor look.  Again, no predicting the result, but this is one outcome:

Dropping color directly on the paper towel results in something completely different:

The wet and colored paper towels can also act as a stamp!  I pressed a sheet of plain copy paper over one of my finished towels, to help speed up the drying.  When I lifted it off, this impression was left on the paper.  You can really see the detail of the paper towel's texture, and I'll definitely be using this in a future project:

Some of these techniques result in a very wet paper towel.  You can press additional sheets of towel over the top to get extra completed sheets.  It will also speed up the drying time.

Last of all, this is the paper towel I'd used all morning to clean up my work surface in between techniques:

I'll use this too!

And here is the tag I made for the weekly challenge:

I placed a mask of a clock over the dried towel and sprayed it with a darker color of a home made shimmery mist.  Another technique!

The wonderful Alice in Wonderland images I used are from one of MANY Alice sheets available in the PID shop.

Eileen

Paper Imagery Designs

Design Team