The last (couple) challenge completely passed me by, but the latest Paperartsy challenge is
Paper Piecing and I have been blown away by several of the posts so far; Lin's
fabric journal cover; JoFY's
building block; Lesley's
Owlandish; to name but a few.
I decided to work in my A4 journal, on a background that I did start for the fabric challenge but never finished in time. (it was my birthday, my brother dropped in, what can I say?!)
it had started out brownish, but I had grabbed a couple of pinky-yellow-orangey Prima paper sheets so brought the colours more in line - I used Frescos in Cooper,Coral, Pumpkin Soup.
cut one of the papers into squares and the other into a mix of strips and squares dictated by the patterns on the paper
before gluing them to the journal. I painted over the more Frescos, adding some Satin Glaze and also adding some Concrete to mute it down a little
I added some stencils (as per Lin's cover) and some stamping on another, plainer sheet of paper from the same Prima pad on which I stamped some of Kim's "flowers"
as there was no way I could have cut the stems, I stamped them direct onto the page and then laid the painted pieces on top
I used the little scraps from round the flower shapes to fill some gaps, not adding any more paint, and then the last little piece to add the birds which P painted in Beach Hut
a few finishing bits of stamping, and it's done
love those little birds!
Entering the Paperartsy challenge
here
