Hi everyone,
I'm Keren and delighted to be here with you today.
This year on the blog, we have free rein to do a deep dive into a PaperArtsy product ranges of our choosing. For this post I have been exploring Tracy Scott's gorgeous products.
The nights are drawing in here in the Northern Hemisphere, and if you're a little like me, the prospect of the upcoming season is making me think about giving gifts and also, what they might look like when we gift them to our loved ones and friends.
I thought that I could create some paper flowers- almost like a present corsage. It certainly would elevate a simple thoughtful gift!
I also had some leftover glass pieces from a chandelier (that my parents had thought I could make use of) to use with Tracy's lovely flower stamps (more on that later)!
I love the contrast of the bright florals against the backdrop of inexpensive black paper!
I wanted to use mainly Tracy Scott colours. Her Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic collection is a rich collection of colour and I wanted to show what two colourways could look like with one image. I was mostly thinking of Christmas, but to those of you who remain adverse to it at this time of year, I thought I'd do a brighter more summery version too!
These were going to be simple striking dimensional flowers and I thought I'd try wiring up a paper flower to see how well it could work.
Several of Tracy's colours are translucent, and for the centre of the wired flower I was using Ochre and even though it's a translucent paint, it still made sense to paint circles and then stamp over the top so the paint didn't dull the crispness of the images.
Wiring was simpler than I'd imagined. Using Smoothy Heavyweight cardstock, I stamped and painted part of the flower. Add the wires next and glue to the reverse.
Then just adhere some plain cardstock to the reverse of the image, covering the wires and trim around it.
I also painted the reverse of the flower and the edges so the white didn't show when I was bending the petals.
Most of the rest of the putting together was pretty simple. I loved layering up the flower, adding the wired part on foam pads and another centre on foam pads too.
I'm not sure why I thought I'd need so many leaves, but it's always simpler to lay down lots of paint and stamp the image over the top, then trim out. I had had an idea to have a pleated paper wrapping and insert leaves into the folds, but it looked too busy in the end.
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With a little more painting and colouring, I've ended up with a trio of interestingly wrapped gifts and the fact that I have 3 presents already wrapped for Christmas makes me the most organised I've ever been (but it sadly finishes there!!).
The dimension works so well for this beautiful flower- and the stamp set has a gorgeous corner spray plus some other smaller blooms.
This smaller set of flower buds and leaves works just so perfectly when you glue them into a circle to create a wreath. The letters (which works in lieu of a tag) is from the EGL16 set.
What of the leftover chandelier? The lovely angular nature with the tiny holes lends itself perfectly to a structural earring....
They have a lovely weight to them. Simply add some glue to the back of the chandelier part, stick on the stamped and coloured image and then leave to dry. Once it's dry, trim the edges close to the edge of the glass and then paint the reverse so if it spins around, it's not blank white cardstock showing.
I did enjoy creating these and with some prettier brighter paper, these gifts could look amazing. Add some layered stamped paper to wrap them in and you'd have a totally unique wrapping that your recipient could frame afterwards!
I think these would also work well with tags. The corner spray in the TS097 set would be the perfect image for a tag. I hope that you'll enjoy getting organised for whatever season you're preparing for and maybe give your presents a little glow-up whilst you're at it !
See you soon,
Keren
1 comment:
I absolutely love your projects, I often curl things and I will definitely be giving this one a go! Gorgeous colour selection and your use of the chandelier pieces are inspired. No need for messy smelly resin.
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