Thursday, 7 June 2012

If butterflies could talk . . .

. . . I'm sure they would say "Leave room in your garden for fairies to dance".

To achieve a proper butterfly shape I printed one from the Internet and stuck it on some balsa wood, you could use chipboard or cardboard. I then cut it out and covered it with a canvas sheet, these are great for different sized projects as they cut easily and neatly. I then used some old patterned papers, paper punches and oil pastels to make a colourful background. I printed the words on my computer and used some 7 Gypsies Conservatory stamps for accent details. Last but not least I thought it had been a while since Moon Girl came out to play. I gave her some acetate wings to make her more ethereal along with a sprinkling of gold glitter, then I covered the whole thing in a thin layer of beeswax and distressed it a little by scratching and stamping in the beeswax and applying some water soluble burnt umber oil paint and rubbing it off leaving it in the imprints of the wax. To age my string I wiped some brushed corduroy distress ink on it.

Don't forget this months challenge 'June Bug' click here for details, good luck!

Wishing you a very happy day, Sam xxx

Sunday, 11 March 2012

Sing by Samantha Read

The theme for this month is music, music means many things, but to me it means singing and dancing. The quote that immediately came to mind is this famous Mark Twain quote,

“Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth.”

I have a very talented music friend whom when she hears musical notes she can see colours, so I chatted to her on the phone and asked her what colours she could see whilst talking to me and her reply was yellow, orange and red. Below is my creation combining the quote and chat to my friend. It's a decorative hanging measuring 8 x 10 inch. I covered the whole thing with beeswax, my latest most favourite thing to do, and embedded some musical note sequins.