Get More out of your Stamps ....handmade embellishments

Clay and stamps ....handmade embellishments 

Hi Friends

just a quick idea to get more out of your stamps.......this is air dry clay, roll out thin sheets, you can cut them into different shapes and punch tiny holes on one or both sides for ribbons or twine to pass before the clay is dry.....stamp with any stamps you may have......I had this clay in black but both black and white work.....color with metallic waxes , they will work best on black. For white clay, spray with inks and highlight textures with gesso or waxes....

Clay and stamps ....handmade embellishments 

You can use Alphabet stamps or sentiment stamps and use some texture stamps randomly to create some unique labels , hangings etc....or create focal elements on your mixed media creations ......

Clay and stamps ....handmade embellishments 

Clay and stamps ....handmade embellishments 

hope you find this small idea useful and you have your own unique embellishments to go with Art :)

Please do leave your comments. I would love to read what you say and I would love to visit your blog too !!

Finnabair Inspired ...............

Hi Friends

Today I have a special post.......

 I am so excited and honored to be featured today as the Top Talent Spotlight at Our Creative Corner !! I had won the Color Your World challenge for this entry of mine and was so happy and thrilled when I was asked to be in the spotlight. I am so grateful for this Laura and most of all for your lovely comment..................

 // My winner Suman blow me away with her use of watercolor paints, texture paste, and acrylic paints with stencils. The stunning flowers just popped right off the page. What a delight for the eyes with all the fabulous details. Thank you Suman for showing us how you “Color Your World”.//

I have a short interview and some pictures of this special project on the OCC blog today. I hope you'll go and take a look. Here is my Finnabair inspired project..............

I love the rays effect going from the center ...........

You can see the dimension and the texture on the side panels, the texture is repeated on the outer edges too......here you can see another spellbinder flourish die-cut too and the gorgeous layered laces............ The size of the piece is 14x 14inches....

 can you spot the poppy.........

Most of the things in this project are recycled starting from the  base which is a piece of left over plywood, the tiny bottle which is a perfume sample bottle and some left over pieces of lace. The flowers are handmade with homemade cold porcelain clay and the collected ephemera is household junk  like washers, nuts and bolts, broken beads, old coins, keys, pearls, shells,buttons etc. the micro beads are actually mustard seeds. 

Am so kicked that I made all the mediums like Texture paste, Heavy Gel Medium, Black Gesso and white Gesso myself with easily available materials. The colors used (  Fevicryl Pearl Metallic Colors) are made by an Indian company, Hobby Ideas and the brand name is Fevicryl (available on their online and physical stores. )  !!

You can see the tiny perfume bottle here..............

the tiny keys, washers, nuts and bolts, drywall tape, seed beads and mustard seeds, sea shells.......love the pop of color of that one big magenta rhinestone.....

the various die-cuts..........The Victorian Romance Flourish by Cherry lynn  is cut out of thin metal sheet and used in opposite coners, other dies used are Sprightly Sprockets by Spellbinders and leaf by Sizzix cut out of cardstock............

Two different laces are layered ............

Plenty of texture using different stencils and homemade texture paste...........I have used Mini Tile and Art is stencil by Crafters Workshop.

You can see plenty of handmade embellishments used here in this post of mine.

Don't miss to check out my Top Talent post at Our Creative Corner and a short interview I have there and leave me some love !! Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and leave a sweet comment!

I would like to thank Laura and the wonderful ladies at Our Creative Corner for featuring me today. If you haven't yet, play along with the monthly challenge to win a fabulous prize!

linking to 

http://mixedmediamc.blogspot.in/2015/06/mixed-media-monthly-challenge-13-year.html

have used MMMC#2 Around the House, MMMC#3 stencils and Pastes and MMMC#12 May Flowers.

http://blog.paperartsy.co.uk/2015/06/2015-topic-12-stencils-challenge.html.........inspired by Leandra's post .

http://lessology.blogspot.in/2015/06/lessology-challenge-48-lace-up.html...........practically everything is recycled or handmade, laces are also from the scrap bin of a local lace store !!

http://artisttradingpost.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/atp-exchange-june-challenge.html ............I have used Crafters Workshop's Mini Tile and Art is ...stencil in this project.

Please do leave your comments. I would love to read what you say and I would love to visit your blog too !!