Showing posts with label Mind Wide Open. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mind Wide Open. Show all posts

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Family Memories...

It's time for the monthly challenge at Mind Wide Open....just one week to create something using the image provided!!! I have to say, I am surprised how I thrive on the challenge of a short deadline :D
...and this is my creation for this month...
The image provided this week is called "family in black"
I decided to make a wall hanging, by glueing it to a piece of art board...

obviously some inks and stamping was required first :D

And I added a mat of design paper from my scrap box...
and a couple of antiqued eyelets(cropodile made holes very easily).

Now to trim...a strip of natural hessian...
some floral border "stuff" I got from Joanna Sheen's online store, a couple of acetate butterflies, a book ticket,
...a shiny pink pendant threaded onto a black satin ribbon(cut a few flowers from the border stuff)
...and a length of pink cotton lace to hang with(though I think I need to shorten it a bit). Oh, and I felt a date was necessary...so it is just a random date that seems to fit the image :D
Enjoy :D XXX
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Friday, 3 August 2012

Papillon Faerie, opening my mind...

When I first started blogging I was drawn to collage work by a blog called Mind Wide Open. They closed their challenge last year, but now they are back!!!!
Their challenge each month is to create using a given image...
I cropped and printed the little girl image onto iron-on transfer paper, along with a pair of wings from a Dezinaworld collage sheet.

Images cut out...


and ironed onto lining fabric.




Next I separated the images on double thickness of fabric...


and stitched around the images...


with right sides turned inwards.


Leaving a gap so they can be turned right side out :D




Then it was a simple matter of stuffing with wadding, sealing openings and stitching wings in place...


I added a piece of braid to hang her from, and I think I shall be adding danglies  :D
Enjoy :D XXX

(bit behind this week so postcard will be late sorry)
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