Powertex Bottle Wrap

To find something to decorate bottle giving in an unusual way is a gift in itself, using black powertex to make an interesting bottle decoration.

I would willingly display the bottle with one of these wraps attached.

This started life as a holed T-shirt, a bit of stockinette and some string, i wanted something for the front as a focal piece and found a large paper flower and a couple of smaller paper flowers in my stash.

So the neat part about this is once you have drank the bottle contents, you can transfer the bottle wrap to another bottle.

Once dried, it takes about 24 hrs or less in a warm room it was dry brushed with varnish and mica powder.

This is my first of many more that I will make, the fact that each one will be unique depending on the folds and type of material used.

A Workshop Day

I had a wonderful day yesterday with a very good friend working, ahem...playing with Powertex.

Linda is opening Riverside Retreat workshops in the Northeast very soon so watch this space.

So let me show you what I did.

Three seperate pieces of which this is the first, a wall plaque, made using the Green Powertex some cotton material and netting.

One the piece has dried you use mica powders to highlight areas.

Its fun to watch your pieces grow.

The next project started life as a jam jar.

It's a bit Harry Potterish don't you think?

Cotton and string, even a starfish added to this one.

A sqaushed cola bottle lid for a window. This project was made with the bronze Powtex fabric hardener.

Adding a little fairy door and once dry using red and gold mica powder to decorate.

My last piece a was mesmorised making it, it started life as a flat backed plaster face, hard to believe that you could end up with this beauty.

From rags to riches making your own figurines from scraps is so satisfying.

Using lace scraps and wire to form wings.

Pulped paper soaked in the powertex and draped over the wire to form the wings.

Its hard to believe this is material and not stone.

I finished the colour at home with this one as time was getting on and I had my own mica powders.

There's something quite tranquil about this piece.

So as you can see we got quite a bit done, it was so lovely to get together again. We won't leave it as long next time.

Florabunda Matt-tastic

Well it seams that you all love the new Matt-tastic Adorable Scorable just as much as I do.

Can't thank you all enough for the lovely emails you all sent into my shows for Hunkydory.

Here is a few of the demos from Saturday and Sunday evening.

Using the luxury Kraft card with the gold edging.

 

The above card was used with the black Matt-tastic Adorable Scorable the combination of matte card stock and gold gilding is beautiful.

Using the Little Book

A card within a card background from the 8x8 book

A card within a card open.

The topper on this card was one of the set piece boxes utilised to make a focus piece on the card.

Leaving card

The call came today, someone leaving to have a baby, its one of those cards that you aren't quite sure what make, what is suitable to go on the front of the card...... 

When Chris called me I knew exactly what I was going to make, the girl that was leaving is young and sassy and full of fun so I knew this would fit the bill perfectly for her. 

Made using a cutting file for the Silhouette Cameo it was made really quick, just adding a few carefully placed gems to add a necklace and bracelet. 

I added and insert with the wording.. 

Good Luck When poeple tell you your baby will grow up fast it is true. 

What they do not tell is that you need them to grow up fast to stop you from going crazy.

Art of Glass Blowing

I'm super excited to show you the finished pieces of glass that I made from Saturday, do you remember the experimental piece that I told you about? Oh my giddy aunt it turned out a little bit special, we were worried that it may of burned and turned out black but it didn't at all.

The video below shows the pieces beautifully.

It actually turned the prettiest colours on first glance it appears to be blue but there are quite a few different colours inside all made from metal leaf that we use in our crafting.

I think I may need to find a job working with Glass Blowing, I'm totally smitten.

This is the glass vase I made.

 

And this is the finished Paperweight.