Haul Arrives in the Post

On Saturday I received my Haul from the internet shopping

I had done earlier in the week from,

'Stampers Attic' and 'The Craft Emporium'.

I am always thinking of new ideas and projects,

several months ahead.

These stamps and papers I want to use for first

draft ideas for art pieces based on Dress Forms and

The Circus.

I have just started reading the book written by

Erin Mergenstern,

'The Night Circus'.

See a clip and interviews on my tech site

www.art2inspiretech.blogspot.com

Paper Strips

Thursday I continued paper sorting and playing.

I love making background papers for mixed media

pieces and I have some new students who want to

start with papers and how to turn it into

works of art.

Here, I cut the newspaper into strips and then wove

them together to form a background.

This was then put onto to vilene and

I have stitched all over in straight stitch

and some patterned stitches to add interest.

This will be painted and then appliqued and

stitched.

See more of my medias on my website.

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Paper Sorting

With no classes this week I thought I would spend my

Wednesday morning sorting out my papers

for card making and projects.

I saw this tip in Kim's studio when I was helping

her set up her new blog.

It works fantastic.

Just an expandable file that sits on a work surface,

colours in each section and it's so easy to use.

Visit Kim's card blog at

www.kimcrop.blogspot.com

Stamping Background Papers

On Wednesday I went along to the Gallery as a student

for the Cardmaking class with Kim.

This week, we were learning how to make background papers

for our cards and other projects.

Above, you can see just a small selection of the inks, chalks and stamps

we had to choose from.

Kim is such a good tutor, she showed us postcard sized

backgrounds of her own and told us how they were made.

We then were let loose with our blank postcards

and you can see the backgrounds I came up with.

I knew I would be using the papers in the afternoon

so chose a similar colour palette

except for two!

See more cardmaking and collage on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk