The new challenge at Stampotique is to alter something. I have used the lid of a Camembert cheese container as the base of my mobile. I covered it with paper and on the edges I have used Tim Holtz Tissue strip which I then coloured with paint.
For images I first covered some Grungeboard with text paper on both sides. I then stamped the images onto one side of the grungeboard and then cut them out.
The next thing I did I am very pleased with. I was not looking forward to kiss stamping the images so I came up with a cunning plan! I stamped onto tissue paper with archival ink which would not run once dry. The images on tissue paper are transparent so I could easily reverse them and then stuck them to the other side using Matt Medium. Problem solved and with such ease. The simplest solutions are often the best. After all a mobile that is one sided is hardly perfect.
The images were then painted with, do you rememeber they were very popular a while back, H2O paints.
They were all the rage for awhile. Well they are still glorious and they do give a lovely sheen. A watery effect I thought. I also had a set of the iridescent ones. Pale colours that I have used for the mermaids skin. Quite subtle and probably does not show up on the photos but trust me works really well. One mermaid has a subtle green one to her skin, another a purply pink sheen and the third a golden tone.
The stamps I used were Smushasha, Smumauha, Smushallaum and Octopet.
9 comments:
Love your mobile and the colors of the stamps you hung from it. Very cool!
What a wonderful mobile and great idea, Laura!
Brilliant! Enjoy!
That's a wonderful hanging.
very cool idea!
Fabulous edgy fun!
Love your mobile, x
This is a great project. I love the H20s for colouring, and yes I do remember them and I still use mine!
This is fabulous, what a clever idea. I love tissue paper stamping x
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