It's Etsuko here with you today, and for those of us who love vivid colour combinations, the addition of Frida Kahlo to Lynne Perrella's collection is a delight to play with. Let me show you some ideas I have had with infusions boosting the depth of Mattints, along with tissue paper and stamps to make an arch Shaped booklet.
The stamp set I've chosen this time is the Frida Kahlo collection -- Lynne Perrella stamp set 76, 77 and 78 (LPC076, LPC077 and LPC078)
Colours selected:
Mattints: Mojito, Greenstone, Dragonfly, Bellflower, The Pink, High Viz and Glow.
Infusions: Golden Sands, Are You Cerise, Orange County, Violet Storms, A Bit Jaded and Green Man.
PaperArtsy fresco Finish Paints: Cerulean, Electric Violet, London Bus, Smoked Paprika, Tangerine Twist, Green Patina.
The first thing that came to mind was Frida's vivid use of colour and her motifs inspired by nature. Thus I began to develop vivid rainbow-coloured combinations. Mattints as one layer are a pale colour, so I added Infusions in the same colour family to give it a little more depth. I painted on the SCA4H Smoothy cardstock.
Afterwards, I cut each colour into long narrow strips arranged them to form a rainbow pattern, affixed Frida's image, masked off the birds around it, stamped using Ranger Archival Watering Can, and layered them.
The background created using Mattints and Infusions was cut into pieces of any size to form the pieces to be made. This is one of these pieces, the LPC078 image was embossed using VersaFine Clair - Nocturne ink and Ranger Embossing Powder - Black, then coloured over with oil-based coloured pencils. The white patterned sections on the sides were embossed with white powder using the PaperArtsy Stencil by Lynne Perrella (PS481).
This was also created using the same method as above, with image LPC076, and the red thorn tree on the side stenciled using PS480.
I cut out the doodled flowers and stuck them on.
Now, I shall stamp each image of Frida onto the PT10 blank tissue paper using VersaFine Clair - Nocturne, then emboss it with Ranger Embossing Powder - Black.
Once the embossing has cooled, you can colour the reverse side with oil-based coloured pencils. Then apply Snowflake to the entire reverse surface, except for the areas where you wish the background colour to show through. For areas requiring vivid colour, colour the front surface as well.
Afterwards, I used Mod Podge to affix the image to the background. PaperArtsy Fresco Finish - Satin Glaze is also good for this step. The stamped images then melt into the background.
I combined each image with its background, applied a little technique, and completed the layers.
This is now approaching the finishing stage. Yes, I wanted to incorporate Frida's image into the shrine, so I made it into a shrine-shaped booklet. Also I felt a slightly different pattern was needed for the right-hand page and the left, so I used a stamp image on the right and a stencil on the left. Starting from the right-hand page.
I created a shrine frame to divide the image into six colours on the SCA4H. Here, to achieve depth in the colours, I used PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic - London Bus, Firebird, Tangerine Twist, Green Patina, Cerulean and Electric Violet.
A single sheet of paper for the frame lacked sufficient thickness, so I added cardboard
underneath, however, the wavy pattern in the cross-section was slightly noticeable.
From here, I proceed to creating the left-hand page. I make the shrine frame with Green Man,
Greenstone and Mojito using PaperArsty Brayer, and cut for the shrine frame.
As the background I made previously was insufficient, I collaged the left-hand page background using a slightly paler colour, following the same method as before.
I used sanding blocks to remove the excess tissue paper.
For the images, I used Ranger Archival in Watering Can and Jet Black on the PS480, PS481 and PS482 stencils.
I stenciled PS480 onto tissue paper background, cut out the LPC076 bird, and affixed it to create the left-hand page.
This is the completed Shrine Booklet as seen from above.
Then allow me to begin by introducing the first page. My beloved LPC077 Frida's image would make a splendid cover. Three doodle flowers I have been decorated.
As indicated earlier the left page has a muted colour scheme whilst the right page has been finished in vivid tones. On the right page, I have added the LPC077 bird to Frida.
It fitted perfectly without much fuss, so lovely.
The final page was decorated in rainbow colours.
Back cover LPC078 profile as a single point.
While working on the design, upon seeing the LPC078 border pattern, I thought it would be lovely to have Milagros at the shrine, so I crafted them from foil. I added a touch of colour to the print and attached them to the shrine frame. I applied a little white gesso onto foil, printed the LPC078 image using VersaFine Clair - Nocturne, and embossed it with Ranger embossing powder - Black.
Ranger Alcohol - Honey Comb, Sunshine Yellow, Haze Hut and Espresso were applied randomly using the Ranger Blending Tool.
Then I cut it using a round punches and decorated the shrine frames.
Lynne Perrella's stamps have been my treasures ever since I first met PaperArtsy. I feel truly honoured to be able to created the project using my beloved Lynne's Frida Kahlo series this time. The Frida Kahlo series is such a delight—cards, panels, journals, ATCs, and I think creating shrines from various materials is also a wonderful idea. Please create wonderful pieces using PaperArtsy products and share them via social media such as ’PaperArtsy People’. Look forward to seeing them. Thank you so much for visiting.
Etsuko xx
1 comment:
What a wonderful project. The colorful pages are so much fun to see! Excellent work❤️🧡💛💚
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