' ' ' 'Crafty Endeavours: Challenged by Liz Borer

Friday 25 October 2013

Challenged by Liz Borer

Liz has joined the Paper Artsy blog for another week of inspiration. Among the fantastic and complex creations she shared with us, I picked several bits and combined them on a panel.


First there was this lettering technique with grunge paste. As she mentioned in her post that it was like applying glitter glue from a bottle, it gave me an idea... I had a set of small glitter glue bottles (freebie from a magazine) and emptied most of the glue into a spare container. This already had a remnant of a mix of South Pacific Fresco and white paint. I mixed the texture paste with water then sucked it into the glitter glue bottle, put back the nozzle tip and managed a more controlled application with it to write the word Blooming. Quite pleased with that one!

Second, Liz used stencils with paste to give some texture to this project, so I did the same using a Prima mask and a DIY mask. I applied Limelight and Claret paints using a water spray to move the paint around. When dry, I used Treasure Gold Aquamarine to highlight the textures.

Third Liz cut apart a laser cut frame to adorn her box (same post as above), I didn't have that same item but I thought I could make something similar with a punch. I used lightweight cardboard and, after punching, I painted it with the mixture of glitter glue and South Pacific, the by product of my first technique. This could have been a disaster but I would only know if I tried... so I did!
You won't see the glitter or the original colour of the piece since, when I stuck it to my finished board, I realised the colour clash was so awful I couldn't let it stand. I took oil pastels to it in an attempt to get a better colour match.

Finally I stamped the irises from Hot Pick 1204 with green and purple dye inks.

Thanks for coming by,

11 comments:

  1. Fabulous panel! Colors and beautiful background effective. The lettering is well done.
    Etsuko xx

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  2. Great colour combo and great idea to pipe your writing!!

    Sam xxx

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  3. What a great idea with the piping! This looks brilliant!

    Lucy x

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  4. What a great idea for applying the GP - you're a genius! I must try that because the effect you achieved is lovely! Absolutely perfect. This is a gorgeous panel. Julie Ann xx

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  5. Gorgeous panel, great colours
    Janet

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  6. You did a really good job with your lettering, adding it into the bottle with nozzle was inspired and worked so well.

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  7. great idea to combine all the techniques...it turned out beautiful

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  8. Superbe réa, avec comme toujours cette curiosité pour tester des techniques nouvelles que j'aime beaucoup chez toi, et qui donne toujours de beaux résultats... J'aime particulièrement tes parties incrustées et ton texte 'blooming", si beau !!!... Bravo pour ton idée de génie ! bises

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  9. Okay, now that I have more free time I can visit you more often and soak up your talent. I love this card and the textures and how you described what you did to get them. I need to get some of that paste stuff!! Bet you are a good cook too, "C"!!! Well done!

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  10. Ohhhh love the idea of GP in bottle. It looks so good. Looks like you got great control too!

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  11. Great idea for the writing! Great piece!

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