In Stitches Lottery....

Here's my Entry for the Paper Imagery Designs August Lottery.

It's a 6x6 wall hanging. I cross stitched the words, stitched on the image, crocheted the flowers and stitched on their bead centers. FUN I love to stitch things.

~~~Angie

Technique Tuesday - Melted Crayon Backgrounds

Welcome to Technique Tuesday!  My good friend and fellow design teammate here at Paper Imagery Designs, Angie, introduced me to making crayon paper with used dryer sheets.  I spent some time this week using her melting technique on a variety of papers, and this is too much fun not to share with everyone!
This is what you'll need to get started:

crayons, a heat-resistant craft mat, a craft iron (or a travel iron without steam holes or a regular iron with the plate covered with aluminum foil), paper towels,  a variety of papers to experiment with

The basic procedure, regardless of the paper you are using, is to melt crayons (one or several colors at a time) directly on the iron and then transfer them onto paper.

melt

transfer (wiggle the iron around for some cool effects)

If you need to clean the iron before using a new color, just iron on a piece of paper towel.

If you want to add a specific color to a specific part of the paper you can also apply the crayon directly to the paper and iron over it.

Just keep melting crayons and transferring them onto paper until you're satisfied.

Here are my results:

manila tag

another manila tag

watercolor paper

glossy paper

plain copy paper

used dryer sheet

wax paper

This week's challenge theme is School Time/Playmates, so what better background to use than one made with crayons?  Here is my challenge piece:

I used the background I did on one of the manila tags, and coincidentally (we didn't plan it....honest!) the same image that Angie chose.....Ashley and Alexis from sheet #718.  The book is from sheet #649.
Join in the challenge and try the technique.  The share your results with us in the yahoo group or the FB page.
Eileen
Paper Imagery Designer

It's PID Challenge Time...Hope you PLAY along....

Happy Monday :)
It's time for the Paper Imagery Designs Bi-Weekly Challenge and Mingle.
The new Challenge theme is
SCHOOL TIME PLAYMATES
We hope you will play along ....only requirements...Please use PID Images as this is a PID event and HAVE FUN!!! You can share your ART by uploading it in the Yahoo group, on the PID Facebook page, or leave us a link to your blog if you post it there in the comment section here.
If you play in our Fabulous Florals Challenge and you love recieving mail we have a Mingle. To play in the ART mingle...just contact me (Angie) and I will sign you up. Please email or FB message me with your name and address. I will draw partners names. On September 6th. I will email each player with a partners name and address to send their Fabric ART to.
Here's the piece I made and will be sending to my mingle partner....

Gearing up for Halloween....

I've been playing with the new Halloween Images.

Here are two cards I made today....

~~~Angie

Technique Tuesday - Salted Backgrounds

I first used this technique many years ago when I was learning how to paint on silk.  I decided to see if it would work on paper, and it does and I think it looks great!

You'll need paper, of course.  I used watercolor paper because I love the texture and it stands up so well to wet techniques.   But there is no reason why you can't use regular cardstock, grungepaper, chipboard, or whatever else you have.  Just be aware of how your choice reacts with water.

Next, you'll need to color your paper, and you have to choose a medium that stays wet for a while.  I experimented with colorwash, glimmer mist, homemade mica spray, and pigment ink sprayed with water.

Then, the salt.....since I had all three in the house, I tried table salt, kosher salt (much coarser than table salt) and sea salt (about as coarse as kosher salt, but the grains are not as evenly sized).  I didn't see a big difference between the sea salt and kosher salt, but liked both better than the table salt.

The technique couldn't be easier.   Color the paper.  In the photo above, I used terra cotta colorwash (a Ranger product).  Sprinkle the paper with the salt and then LEAVE IT ALONE to dry.

When the paper is dry, use a piece of paper towel to rub off the salt.  It leaves behind a beautiful, pitted background.  Here are some of my results:

Glimmer Mist and table salt

Homemade mica spray and kosher salt

Pigment ink, rubbed on the paper then sprayed with water and sea salt

Color wash and a combination of all three salts

I used one sheet as the background for a birthday card I made for this week's "fabulous florals" challenge.  Another sheet became the flower I made to embellish the card.  The queen, of course, is Marie Antoinette, and Paper Imagery Designs has a TON of fabulous Marie images for you to use in your art.  I used one from sheet #734.

I hope you enjoyed this technique and will try it.  Post your results on our yahoo group or FB page.

Eileen Bellomo

Paper Imagery Designer

It's PID Challenge Time...Hope you PLAY along :)

Happy Monday :)

It's time for the Paper Imagery Designs Bi-Weekly Challenge and Mingle.

The new Challenge theme is

FABULOUS FLORALS

We hope you will play along ....only requirements...Please use PID Images as this is a PID event and HAVE FUN!!! You can share your ART by uploading it in the Yahoo group, on the PID Facebook page, or leave us a link to your blog if you post it there in the comment section here.

If you play in our Fabulous Florals Challenge and you love recieving mail we have a Mingle. To play in the ART mingle...just contact me (Angie) and I will sign you up. Please email or FB message me with your name and address. I will draw partners names. On August 23rd I will email each player with a partners name and address to send their Fabric ART to.

Here's the piece I made and will be sending to my mingle partner....

a Paper Flower Bottle Cap Pin....

~~~Angie

Marie Antoinette By Eileen Bellomo

I love making art with Marie Antoinette images, and have several projects to share with you.
Fabric Wall Hanging

Marie is from PID collage sheet #685, and I did a gel transfer onto fabric. Here is a close up of the transferred image:

How to make a gel transfer:
Cover the image with an even coat of gel medium, lay it face down on plain white fabric (cotton works best), burnish it well with a brayer or the back of a spoon, and set it aside to dry overnight. Then wet the back and gently rub the white paper off with your finger. Repeat until all the white paper has been removed.
I invaded my fabric scrap pile and put together some layers of fabric and lace, with the transferred image as the focal point. It is all stitched together, but if you don’t like to sew, everything I did with needle and thread could be done with a fabric-safe adhesive. Finish it off with some bling and flowers.
Marie Bracelet


The base of the bracelet is a tube of fabric, about an inch shorter than the length you want the finished bracelet to be. I sewed on some ribbon and fibers, then added some beads. The image of Marie is from PID inchie sheet #637. I placed it in a frame, covered it with some crackle accents to give it an aged look, and attached it to the center of the bracelet. The toggle closure was also sewn onto the fabric.
Here are some links to previously posted Marie projects:
Decorated matchbox and pendant
http://paperimagerydesigns.blogspot.com/2010/06/decorated-matchbox-by-eileen-bellomo.html
Bamboo tile necklace
http://paperimagerydesigns.blogspot.com/2010/03/marie-necklace.html
Paper doll
http://paperimagerydesigns.blogspot.com/2010/03/marie-antoinette-paper-doll-pieced.html
Altered notebook
http://paperimagerydesigns.blogspot.com/2009/09/altered-journal-by-eileen-bellomo.html

Join Us in our Marie Antoinette Swap posted here

August Lottery

Every month we have a lottery at PID.  We have a theme and a month to create art within that theme.  Make something (using PID images, of course), post it to the album on the yahoo site or the wall on FB, and you are in the running to win ALL of the entries.   A winner is picked randomly, and all participants will have two weeks to mail their piece to the winner.   Loads of fun, and a great way to receive cool art from all over.
Our winner for July is Barbara D.!  Congratulations, Barbara!
The new theme for August is, "in stitches," and here is my offering, using one of my all time favorite PID images, the lovely Sarah:

Have some stitching....either hand or machine.... on your piece, and most of all, have some fun!

Eileen

PID Design Team