Oct 2025 - With 3 Things - Paper Bunting {by Floss Nicholls}

Hi friends, 

It's Floss from flossWORKSHOPart with you for another 'With 3 Things' challenge post. 

For this feature on the PaperArtsy Blog 3 identical items are sent to 3 members of the PaperArtsy Blogging team. Typically we will receive a stamp, a stencil and a couple of Fresco Paints.

We have no clue what PaperArtsy HQ is going to send, the whole idea of this challenge is to do something crafty in our personal style with these 3 items. We can incorporate other PA products into the mix if we feel it is necessary.

So let's take a look at what I received from PA HQ ...

Stamp set EGL19, Pumice and Coastal Fresco finish chalk acrylics and Hot Picks PT11 printed birds tissue paper.

Today I have made a ten triangle string of paper bunting...let's take a closer look...

I think these two colours are now my favourites...they work so beautifully together...let me take you through the steps of what I did...

I used 5 sheets of A4 300gsm white smooth card and lightly drew triangles using the whole width of the card for the length of the triangle and 170mm for the top of the triangle.

Then cut them using my guillotine.

I used the gel plate rather than sponge or paintbrushes to coat the triangles both sides.

 I did this because I did not want a 'flat colour but slightly uneven/textured.

Using the bingo board from stamp set EGL19 and Ranger archival black ink I stamped the first triangle.

Using the gorgeous little cluster of star flowers I used my favourite WOW opaque vanilla white embossing powder for a broken background.

Because I wanted to stick to just the two colours PaperArtsy had sent me and the background was already coastal, I decided to mix Coastal and Pumice fresco paints together to paint onto the reverse of the body of the bird on the PT11 bird tissue paper. I had already offered the bird up to the triangle and used a small wet paintbrush to tear the area I had chosen.

 

I did use Fresco finish Snowflake for the top of the birds head, his chest and belly.

One thing I should have remembered when I was embossing the reverse of the triangle below...lift it off the surface as the heat will reactivate the embossing on the reverse!! It gets stuck to the surface...please don't make the same silly mistake as me! Luckily I was able to carefully remove the paper using a scalpel without damaging the surface :)

I continued to use different stamps from the EGL19 set and birds from the Hot Picks birds tissue...

I tried to combine stamps and tissue on each triangle; I do think the sets work well with each other.

The flip sides...

I thought a natural hessian would compliment both the designs and the colour scheme so measured enough to leave a 50mm gap between the triangles.

I then had to work out what order I wanted to hang them in...believe me I took a while to jiggle them about! LOL!!

I measured the half way line so that I could fold the hessian strip over the triangle equally on both sides

I left 100mm at the end of the line at both ends and joined 750mm of jute/rope so that I had a choice of hanging/fixing options.

I was pleased with how well the hessian suited the design and how sturdy it made it but still allowing it to be very flexible.

 

I stitched the whole length of hessian to the triangles using a Gutermann thread that matched the Coastal paint.

I hung it up in my workshop...

Here's a few close up...

Do you have a favourite triangle? They were so much fun to make...I hope this will inspire you to try these fabulous colours or the project I've had fun with...Watch out for the video flip through that shows them all close up...

Until next time, enjoy your creative time

Love Floss x x x

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