Paper Artsy by the Skin of my Teeth

Hello from Magpieheaven where my wings are flapping furiously to finish this post in time! Last week I couldn't find the time to play along with Paper Artsy, which I usually love to do and this week I thought the sands of time were going to run out too! Selling her house for her and now preparing to move her into a new flat plus my birthday and my son's this week and my daughter's next has made life hectic to say the least! But Liz Borer has been creating some perfectly lovely projects over at Paper Artsy, including a gorgeous rag doll - something I've wanted to make since I was a little girl - and a fabulously adorned frame with the most original embellishments! Click Here to see all the loveliness! I love the idea of printing on fabric so I've somehow squeezed in some crafting time and made these embellishments for future projects.

There was no time for step by step - sorry, yet again!!! Here, however, are some details of what I did. As ever if you click on the pics you can see in greater detail.

I die cut  different pieces of material with the Tim Holtz tattered florals die and stamped on one with a Paper Artsy Lynne Perrella lady. I then painted her with Frescos: Cheesecake, Vintage Lace and Rose. I also painted one of the flowers with Wannake Lake, the new Fresco. I liked the effect of placing the white gauze over the top of the stamped image. I finally finished the whole thing off with a glittery Prima brad to secure it. I found that adding fabric medium to the Frescos really helped with the flow and consistency of the paint on fabric.

For this one I made a shrink plastic button painted with Wannake Lake and stamped with a Hot Picks flower. I found that the fabric medium worked on the shrink plastic too, helping the paint to spread more easily.

Here is another play with different layers. The tie-dye fabric was sent to me by my Magpie cousin, Dianne. I secured my layers on this one with a glue dot.

I really loved playing along this week in my small way! Thank you for looking; I'd better get this linked without further ado and look at what others have been up to. Thank you for stopping by.