Green Paper Challenge: Joyful Wishes

Mary at Green Paper hosts a collage challenge each month,

so here is what I created with the inspirational images provided by Mary for February.

I covered an unwanted dvd with patterned papers from the Life's Journey Pansy collection

by K & Company as they toned with Mary's images.

I printed out the picture of the family on photographic paper.

I distressed it by tearing, folding, sanding, scuffing

& aged it with Distress Ink (antique linen).

I used the wording on the Dove's banner, which reads

"May joy be around you"

I added an old button & threads of hessian.

This is the back of the dvd.

Mending a Broken HeArt

I spent an enjoyable afternoon this week with textile artist Elizabeth Sayers to make a heart with attitude, using scraps of old fabric & beads.

To start I chose the base colour of my heart from all the lovely fabrics Elizabeth had provided, then I cut out my two heart shapes freehand.


I hand stitched the two pieces together using blanket stitch with gorgeous blue thread. Every now & then I added some rocailles beads to add interest around the edges.


Elizabeth created some cord for me to use by tearing a fine strip of fabric then over stitching on her sewing machine with two different blue metallic threads. I used half to create a hanging loop & saved the other half for later.

The heart was filled & a bead added to the bottom of the loop. I completed the rest of the heart back at home.

I used a strip of an old silk scarf, lace, wording & white organza ribbon.


I cut a small heart from old cotton fabric (from an discarded man's shirt) & edged it with some fibre, incorporating a square of lace from an old lace doily (charity shop find).


For the final touches, I stitched on the remaining half of the handmade cord, added three old buttons & a pearl coloured pin.

Dear Valentine

With Valentine's Day just around the corner,

thoughts turn to love & romance.

I used patterned papers by my favourite K & Company designer, Brenda Walton

to cover a mountboard heart.

The edges were sanded.

I punched two holes in the top with my Crop-a-dile,

through which to thread some of my favourite ribbon.

I composed a Haiku poem & printed the words out using a typewriter font,

so as not to give any clues as to who wrote it!

I used a little black ink around the cut out elements & the torn papers,

Distress Ink over the typed words (antique linen)

& the elements were coated in Glossy Accents.

More ribbon & an old button for added texture & dimension.

Love & Passion

The challenge theme on Make a Moo or Two is

Romance.

I covered my white mountboard Moo blank with black card,

then covered it with script vellum.

I used a wonderful image from The Vintage Stamper,

together with paper designs from The Angel Company.

I added the calendar detail from 7 Gypsies.

The wording was cut out from junk mail.

Secrets

A digital collage using images

provided by Mary Green

for her monthly collage challenge

on her blog Green Paper,

with additional images

from The Graphics Fairy.