Thursday, September 3, 2015

A Trio

These three ladies begged to have their story told.


But only after I had finished the backgrounds... You will recognize them from my post yesterday. There was a serendipitous conglomeration of challenges: use sprays, use three colors by the same brand, make something you've not made before.
Here it comes:

I took some newsprint and went over it with gesso, but did not do full coverage. I like the way the text shows through. Then I sprayed the papers through stencils with three colors of Tattered Angels mists (ice blue, brown and red apple). I used plastic cake paper as a stencil. One sheet was sprayed with ice blue and brown, the other with red.

Brown-and-blue became the backround, red was torn in stripes. I had decided to try out sewing papers together with a machine - something I have long admired but never tried.

 It was tricky, I found out that there are two crucial things to pay attention to, the tension and the stitch length.

After that came the ladies:
The Princess
The Dreamer
The Determinate One
entering these into:
Simon Says Monday: Use a trio of colors
Try it on Tuesday: try something new
Wicked Wednesday: #174 Splatters or sprays

Thanks for looking!

11 comments:

  1. They look great and fab to see how you made all!
    Thank you for joining Try It On Tuesday!
    oxo
    Susi

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  2. Loistava idea tehdä omaa textuuria. Pitääkin kokeilla joskus. Viehättävät kortit ja tytöt ovat ihania.
    Kiitos osallistumisesta TioT-haasteeseemme ♥
    T. sirkkis

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    1. Kiitos Sirkkis, on kiva kokeilla tekstuuria ja sellaisia pintoja kuin yleensä vain näkee kaupan skräppäyspapereissa. Se onkin yllättävän helppoa tehdä, kannattaa tosiaan kokeilla.

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  3. A fantastic trio of lovely ladies. They have been placed on super backgrounds as well. Thank you for joining us at TioT's this time.
    Yvonne

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  4. What lovely work!! Thank you so much for joining us at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog! - Ashli :)

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  5. Gorgeous, love the vintage feel and I enjoyed seeing your process. Thanks for joining us at Wicked Wednesday :)

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  6. These really are fabulous! I love the way you made the background! Thank you for joining us at Try It On Tuesday! Chrisx

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  7. Love the colors, the splatters and stitched strips. Thank you so much for playing along with us over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge this week :)

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  8. So pretty, thanks for playing with us at Wicked Wednesday!

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  9. Oh, what a charming trio. I love the paper stitched stripes in such feminine patterns and the lovely extra bits of detailing. Delightful.
    Alison xx

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