PLAYING WITH FRIENDS

Yesterday, I joined in by proxy with my dear friend Bevlea,Lucy, Glenda and Elizabeth..all at Bevlea's, to experiment with one of Kelly Rae Roberts projects from her book "Taking Flight" ( Wagga Wagga is 6 hours away from Bevlea's house...too far for a day trip...even for a crow..vbg)

I struck a disastrous hiccup though when I burnt my clay pieces, so I thought I was going to have to get some more clay today to re-do them.(TIP: never get engrossed in other things when cooking polymer clay!)

However, I saw them in a different light today and decided that I could resurrect them by painting them over.

I had planned on using a canvas board as the base and infact, had one ready to go, but I found a piece of old pine, almost the correct, size out amongst my "treasures" in the back shed, and decided to use it instead, as Kelly herself had used a piece of wood.

It's a little off square but I think that adds to it's character,and I like the way it stands without support.

I am not very good at "copying", so my finished project is well and truly tainted with my own style, altho' you should be able to see Kelly's ideas as the base of the work.

Four Calling Birds

I made this "bauble" for a "Twelve Days Of Christmas" swap run by my friend Linda B.
There were 12 of us in the swap, with only 3 of us being Aussies, the rest from the UK.
I used more of my CC technique paper,run thru' the Cuttlebug,gold embossed and then dotted it with Kindy Glitz.
Added a bird's head,German Scrap Wings and a piece of border as a crown.
Feathers,and a glass heart bead finish it off. The number 4, which I cut from a Cuttlebug die,is attached with a fishing swivel.It is embossed using craft glue as the adherent to give a chunky finish.
Gold paper covers the back, with images of 4 birds calling Santa on the phone.I added coiled red wire for the phone cord.

My Sanity

Mixed Media Wall Hanger

This is something else I made whilst in hospital recently.

I used a quarter of a fabric table napkin as the background, and added an image of Lina (again..vbg) that I printed onto Calico, stitching it in place by adding other forms of embellishments, which I have described in the close-up info under this.

I wandered out into the beautiful hospital grounds to search for, and found, the right twig to use as the hanger, which I anchored to another twig, hidden in a pocket at the top, with copper wire, and finished that off with wire coils,made by winding the wire around a darning needle.

I added feathers and three glass flower beads on coiled copper wires to the bottom of the hanger.

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This is a close-up that shows the embellishments I used. Grape vine tendrils from my last summer's vine. Little fabric flowers that were on a vintage bridal head garland,which I rusted,along with the old lace at the top.

I also used a piece of white paper doily,a strip of music sheet and a piece of paper that I made using the credit card technique. I stitched these on rustically with gold metallic thread.

Feathers,pearl spray,gold grape vine trim (on left,over pearl spray) and a paper image of a little bird finished her off.