Inspired By Darcy Wilkinson

This week, on the Paper Artsy blog, Darcy has blown me away with her creations from bits of paper, cardboard and material. Love to upcycle myself but the skills are lacking... I wasn't going to magic an apron out fabric or make furniture out of cardboard, either of those would end up seriously wonky under my fingers!
But, I was inspired to make something for my washi tapes.
From the "might come in handy" stash of packaging I picked out a tube just large enough for the rolls of tape and long enough to contain twice my current collection.

I stamped the motifs from the PA Eclectica plate no 3 by Lin Brown on tissue paper with Archival Ink.

I applied several coats of gesso on the back to opacify the tissue to prevent the original design of the packaging showing through.

I stuck it on my tube and, since this was for washi tape, I added a strip of TH tissue tape, sealing with acrylic medium.

For colours I used 2 Fresco paints trying to get a dripping effect (very "in" at the moment), maybe I should have prepared the Fresco in a spray bottle, because the paint does dry quicker than I could grab my water bottle!

 

Darcy inspired me to try making some washi tapes colouring with Fresco paints but, as I had just made some, this will be a future project.

This photo shows how I store my DIY tape.
I kept this non stick backing from a large sticker sheet from my son's stash.

The bright pink piece is a specialty masking tape with very low tack, the top pieces are cloth tape from the pharmacy aisle, the others are also medical type of tape but I have no idea what it is called.

Don't miss Darcy's last post of the week, it's both creatively amazing and hilarious.


Now a little poll... how many rolls of bought washi tape do you own ?


I will start the ball rolling with my 7 tapes...