2018 #19 Tissue Paper: Christmas Cards with JoFY {by Anneke De Clerck}

 2018 Topic 17: Tissue Paper

Here's a bright and cheery idea for you using Tissue Paper. Our new topic is kicked off by Anneke with a powerful colour punch. And topped off with some wonderful JoFY toppings! Love it! ~Leandra

Hi everyone, it's Anneke with you today. I'd like to share with you a set of Christmas cards I made. For the backgrounds as well as for the focal images I used tissue paper. I transformed leftover pieces of white tissue paper into colorful paper by painting it with Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics. I made collaged backgrounds and did some stamping on the painted tissue paper as well.

I've chosen to work with JoFY stamps. It was hard to make a choice because the JoFY collection includes lots of beautiful Christmas stamps.

I cut 3 panels (10,5 x 15 cm) out of Smoothy Regular A4 White Stamping Card to work on. I folded cards from the same paper and adhered the finished panels to the top fold cards using double sided tape.

I started by painting white tissue paper with Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics Hey Pesto, Granny Smith, Bubble Gum, Bougainvillea, Blah Mange, Banana, Mermaid, Caribbean Sea, Teresa Green and London Bus.

I looked through my stash for matching tissue paper as well. These are leftover gel prints from a previous project.

Next I cut the tissue paper into small squares and rectangles. There was no measuring involved.

With all those bits and pieces I created collages. I randomly adhered the tissue paper to the panels using Golden Matte Medium. I applied a coat of Matte Medium on top of the finished collages to seal the surface.

These are the 3 finished collages above.

To create the focal images I worked with stamps from the JOFY27, JOFY20 & JOFY08 stamp sets.

To make the tissue paper stronger and more workable I glued it on scraps of Smoothy Regular A4 White Stamping Card. After drying I stamped the focal images on top using Archival Ink Jet Black and cut out.

 I added marks to the background by scribbling with a white pen.

I used the paper-piecing technique on the tree. I worked with blue, green and orange tissue paper. 

For a festive look I decorated the tree with mini pompoms.

I'm very fond of the new JOFY 68 stamp set. 

The large words look awesome on cards in my believe.

I love making Christmas cards in non traditional colors but I'm sure these collaged backgrounds would look lovely in red and green too!

As you can imagine the surface of the finished collaged panels was a bit bumpy. When it comes to stamping text I'm aiming for a crisp outcome. That's why I used my MISTI to stamp the text.

Tissue paper is very forgiving to work with. Small imperfections on the tissue paper disappear after collaging and the wrinkles only add more interest to the background.

Keep in mind to avoid adhering dark colored tissue paper on the areas where you want to stamp text. I made a small mistake by adding a dark blue piece of tissue paper on the right side of the card. After stamping the word 'Christmas' on top I noticed a small part of the word wasn't visible anymore. Luckily I could fix that mistake because both the card and the stamp were still in position on the MISTI. I glued a light blue piece of tissue paper on top of the dark one and restamped the word.

I hope I could inspire you to grab some tissue paper yourself and start creating. Don't forget to link your project to the challenge page. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thanks for stopping by!

Anneke

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PaperArtsy Blog Summary of Topics 13-15 {Curated by Debs Wainwright)

Blog Summary: Colour Mixing, Paper Piecing, Patchwork

This picture from Nederhoff in the introduction of topic 15 patterns, captures all three techniques nicely!

Today's curator is Deborah Wainwright (Debs) and she is looking back on Topics 13-15.

We are fortunate to have such wonderful bloggers who share stunning ideas. They constantly surprise us all with their creativity, Debs is going to share with you a few of her picks form this Autumnal  period.

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Hello all, Debs here from ArtZone and I'm so happy to be sharing some of my highlights from three of the PaperArtsy 2016 themes with you tonight.

This year for me, has been a great one for learning! I have been fortunate in being able  to try out many new products which always excites and inspire me, as well experimenting with different techniques.  Teaching a journal class monthly has really helped me think about what I'm going to create, and how I'm going to use the products, whereas, non teaching creations start with no intention and move towards finish pieces by listening to my intuition, the results are not always pretty but they are what they are...

Recently I have been playing with my art digitally; taking pieces I have drawn or painted into apps on my iPad and producing different composite art pieces. Layering up different pieces this way also helps me with composition and colour in my non digital art, as the skills are so transferable.

I was so pleased to be able look back at all the wonderful creations under the three topics below, not just because of the fabulous works of art I'm going to share with you, but because these topics mean so much to me in my own creative journey. It was hard to choose which projects I favoured as they were all fabulous, so I picked those that spoke to me when I reviewed them for this post.

Topic 13: Paper Piecing/ Patchwork

First let's introduce topic 13 which was a new concept for me, I had played with Paper but never realised what fabulous art could be made (I have learnt so much from all the artists who create on here). Here is one of mine I completed, inspired by this challenge. All the details can be found here.

My first favourite in this topic is this gorgeous canvas board Owlandish by the lovely  Lesley Ebdon which captures the topic wonderfully with all the different elements. A real fun looking piece, which makes me smile with all the coloured houses which the little owls live in. Such a pretty place too with flowers and sun that always shines.

And then this lovely Delft Tiles By the very talented Liesbeth Fiddler I loved the colours Lisbeth used they are so just right! It was just fabulous to see how Liesbeth thought outside the box with this one, creating the tiles was ingenious and then topping it with the Teacup woman  as Liesbeth calls her, just tied it altogether. You could almost imagine being in a Dutch kitchen drinking tea.

And lastly in this topic we have the lovely Lin Brown with a charming Journal Cover I chose this because I just love how Lin interpreted the topic by using fabric as a piecing technique. Look how wonderfully the fabric has been stamped with the different colours using a mix of complementary colours as well as those that contrast.

Topic 14 : Colour Mixing

This topic is very close to my heart, as I love mixing colours and of late I've been using a very limited palette and mixing the colours I need.

For example, in this piece I used only the Four colours from Seth Apter's range and mixed up the colours I wanted to use. I think when I counted them there was 21 colours.

Now onto my 3 favourite projects, the first by the lovely Ingrid Vichova  whose Complementary Canvas I fell in love with, as soon as I saw it. What an amazing way to showcase this topic. I loved how all the colours blended so well together, over all the luscious texture, and then the few places of rust just popping off the canvas, finished it wonderfully!

It was difficult to choose my favourite pieces as all the topics had such amazing pieces to choose from but this one by Alison Hall, really caught my eye. I just loved the contrast of mixing the infusions for the background and the topped with the black and white,  gives another fabulous way to show what can be achieved. 

And last in this topic I'm sharing one of own  I chose this one because it shows several ways to mix colours. I deliberately chose colours which do not mix well together wet, as they will make brown. (mixing together the three primary colours in any combination will make brown). However putting them side by side when dry gives a nice contrast.

Topic 15 : Patterns

The last topic Patterns, is another fascinating one as there are so many ways to make and use them in your creations. I have added the pic below to show how you can mix your creations with digital technology to create something different. The sample shows a journal page I completed using JOFY stamps which I then took into an app called  Capture by Adobe, this can be printed out, and used anyway you want to create a unique piece. Or you could use your favourite stamps and then create a pattern, print it and then colour it. To see the original and what I did with the pattern Paper please follow this link

Now onto my favourites, I loved this Botanicals Tag by Katy Leitch which showed how using part of stamps to create your pattern is really effective. Like Katy says in the original post it doesn't matter what stamp you use as you will not see it in its entirety. For example, Katy used a clock stamp.

My next choice is by the fabulously talented Julie Ann Lee whose Trinket Goblets really caught my eye. I love how Julie Ann used inspiration from nature, and as she says, patterns are all around us in nature if you look for them. Her beautiful faces peeping out from the leaves certainly have a story to tell!

And lastly, but of course not in any order, is this gorgeous Giftbox, Tag and Card from Chris Cresswell, who has showed with some colour and simple stamping, you can created the boldest patterns. I love this little coordinated set which was created with a Gelli plate, stamps and lots of doodles from Chris. This clearly demonstrates how you can use the fabulous stamps from any of Paper Artsy's Designers and make them your own by using doodles. 

Okay, I hope you like my choices. As previously said, it was difficult to choose and a big responsibility, so thank to Leandra for giving me this opportunity. It was actually a pleasure to go back and really read the posts; all too often I skip over them, because I'm too busy with other stuff, that I miss how well written they are. It also reminds me I love to read, which I do not do nearly enough.

I hope my choices of projects has inspired you to get out in the craft room and play, it certainly has me! I leave you with Happy, Creative New Year, hugs Debs xx

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2016 #13 Building Block {by Jo Firth Young}

2016 Topic 13: Paper Piecing

Hi everyone Jo here to share with you my paper piecing project. I enjoyed creating this project so much because, if you'll excuse my project related pun, paper piecing is right up my street! 

Paper piecing is something I use a lot when I'm creating with my stamps. The clean drawn line and the little ziz-zaggy sketched element I doodle on those lines make the layers and pieces easy to match up.

My project is a street of houses created on a block of wood - one of the (many) off-cuts that I rescued from the skip we had during recent extension work on our house - these off-cuts are perfect sizes for projects like this one. The blocks of wood are lovely to work onto - for painting, stamping, and a nice smooth surface for gluing.
I've used the house from JOFY29 as the main image for the project and altered it to create different versions... using the houses and trees in this way is something I've been wanting to do for ages and I love how it turned out.

JOFY29

Step One: I painted the block of wood Tinned Peas/Zucchini & Lake Wanaka/Blue Oyster but decided it was too much colour so I painted a wash of Stone/Snowflake over the top, then stamped the number images from HP1604, and chevrons from JOFY36 using Stone.. these stamped images are barely visible and that is the effect I wanted. I didn't want a 'busy' background because I planned to use patterned papers for the house and I didn't want them to clash.

JOFY36

Step Two: I planned the 'street' on a block of wood the same size as the one used for the project (9.5x4.5x18.5cm). I stamped lots of house and tree images, cut them up as needed and lightly glued them onto the block. Creating this 'toile' version meant that I could make sure all the houses and trees fit/are spaced nicely around the block, something to refer to.

Step Three: On one side of the block I stamped a house and several trees. This gave me the image that all the others could be measured and placed in reference to. I couldn't do the same on the other sides because all other houses were altered in some way.

Step Four: I wanted to create houses that coordinated, were the same but different and so I raided the 6x6 paper stash and gathered papers. I mainly use 6x6 papers when paper piecing with my stamps because the patterns have been shrunk down (from the 12x12 sheets) resulting in a daintier image, and more pattern detail fits in to the stamped image. 

Step Five: I stamped the houses onto papers with a blue/grey/green colour scheme. To change the size/height of the houses I cut out the centre level to change how they looked. This is easy to do - simply cut across the house above the first floor window (houses 3 & 4 above), or above the front door (house 1) and move the bottom levels of the house upwards. I attached the house back together by overlapping the layers, NOT by cutting them off - I find the join is easier to disguise this way. Once the basic houses were assembled I added details - the trim under the roof, the canopy on the door, I painted all the windows in shades of grey and added shiny gold door knobs (Fresco Finish Gold).

I stamped and cut out entire trees (onto brown patterned paper), attached foliage (stamped onto various green papers) and then cut the trees down as needed. 

Stamping and cutting out all these elements is an 'in front of the TV' sort of job, I find it quite relaxing.

Step Six: The background was looking a bit bare and so I added more foliage with Kay Carley's seed head from EKC02 (Zucchini), and JM33 (Black)(painted in shades of Coral).

You can also see in the photo below that I added more 'Stone' to the block around the base - this was because I felt the block looked cold. and I also wanted to neutralise the colour a little more.

Step Seven: Once all the houses and trees were assembled it was just a case of sticking them all to the block, referring to the 'toile' block for placement guidance. I used Matte Medium for this.

On this side of the block there are several trees which I've used to add some subtle layering and depth - the tallest tree is stuck onto the block, and then the house was glued over the top - making the tree look as if its growing behind the house (maybe its in the back garden!) and then smaller tree (bush) is glued on top of the house.... three layers of depth.

I thought the block needed 'something' around the top edges - especially on the narrow sides of the block - so I stamped smaller motifs from JOFY29 (the key, and the phrase 'home sweet home' - both stamped in black and filled in with Fresco Finish Gold) and the die cut word 'home'.

   

Here are all four sides of the block, and a couple of photos taken from a corner angle so you can see how the street flows around the block.

   

    

Here's a close-up of one of the houses... I love all the different papers and patterns!

I think this is one of my favourite projects I've made recently - the fiddly twiddly bits and pieces involved in creating all these little houses has been a lot of fun - finding the papers and patterns and putting them together - the options are endless... I think I'd like to live on a street like this! 

I hope this has inspired you to stamp onto you 6x6 paper stash and create houses, trees, animals, flowers - aaaah the paper pieces options are endless! Of course you can create a similar street on a board canvas, grey board, cards ('new house' card?!) or a scrapbook page.

Over on my blog you can see another project I created with the houses that didn't make it onto the street.. 

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Wow Jo this is so cool, a whole street on one block. I would have to turn it around every time I walked past! The different patterns absolutely transform the basic house, great fun! ~Darcy

We would love to see how you interpret this topic by linking what you make to our 2016 Challenge #13: Paper Piecing, on this page HERE.

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All challenge links go in the draw to win a £50 voucher to spend on products of your choice from the PaperArtsy online store. The Paper Piecing link will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, July 10th 2016. The winner will be announced 1 hour later at 18:00.