2015 #4 PaperArtsyOPolis {By Helen Chilton}

2015 Theme 4: Miniature Art

Hi everyone Helen here, joining you this evening with a post about creating miniature art. I've used some old ribbon spools (three different sizes) as a base for my tiny metropolis on a hill, stamping in black on glossy card over a multicoloured stamped background. The stamps I chose were from the new Lynne Perrella collection .

Cut a strip of glossy card and stamp the buildings repeatedly in Yellow:

Repeat with the Pink and Blue until whole piece is covered. This is a good way of creating a background that co-ordinates perfectly in both colour and image. Repeat on back of card. 

Stamp a long row of buildings about a centimetre from lower edge:

Add highlights with a white pen or with Snowflake paint and a cocktail stick:

Score along lower edge of buildings and snip up to score line to create flaps. Cover base of spool in double sided tape and curve row of buildings round, sticking flaps underneath:

For top spool (actually a bit of tube), stamp and colour as before, this time using the building from top of the long stamp.

To finish off, build the spools up one on top of each other. Make a sign for the top (I used some pre-printed letters stuck on some of the background card and die cut as a banner), stick to some painted bamboo skewers and add a bit of wool to decorate.

And there you have it, PaperArtsyopolis! It's fun to make something totally crazy every now and then!. I like the 3D effect of winding the buildings round the spools and building up the layers. Of course, you could make yours much higher or wider - how many streets can you make? This would also work with flower stamps to make a tiered garden. Whatever you choose, just have a go!

Helen

The creativity and thinking behind this project is nothing short of genius Helen. Lynnes wonderful designs lend themselves perfectly. The added white accents make the project come to life and the different textures to the finishing touches are lovely. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

We would love you to join in with challenge #4: Miniature Art. If you are inspired by any of our guests who blog with us over the fortnight, then please join in and link up your creativity HERE. 

All links go in the draw to win a voucher to spend on products of your choice from the PaperArtsy online store. The Fresco Paints link will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, March 8th, winner will be announced 2 hours later at 19:00.