Distressed Gesso

UPDATE... Linda Baldock is having a fabulous give-away on her blog... to win one of her original rings, go check it out!

Distressed Gesso is another background technique that with just a few supplies you can turn out some wonderful background papers. Gesso, Distress Ink Pads and either book paper or ugly scrapbook papers are all you need. It's a matter of splotching the gesso on thinly, drying and then layering the distress ink colours that make this background work.

First though, some more samples from the previous Transfer onto fabric and hand-beading atc class.

"untitled"...

"Allure"...

"Senseless"...

Now for the Distress Gesso atc's.

"Handle with care"...

"Serene"...

"Remember"..."Vintage Love"...

More to come....

Transfers & hand-beading atc's, wedding pics!

Now my computer is feeling much better and I've had a chance to scan my Sheer Heaven Transfers & Hand-Beading atc's I can post them! This is my next series of classes at Scraptivate commencing this Saturday. I'm even giving the girls an extra half hour as I just KNOW that hand beading sucks the time up and before you know it, hours have passed! I know some of these were in the previous post but I think they will expand larger if you click on them so you can see the beading in more detail.

"Life"...

"Remember"...

"Cherish"... (my grandparents)

"Seduce them"...

"Mystery"...

"Flattery"...

"Enchant"...

Finally I have some wedding pics too from my son's wedding on the 10th of April, the disc just arrived yesterday so these are hot off the press!!!

Transfers onto Fabric & hand-beading atc's!!!

Woo-hoo!!! Just noticed this is my 200th post....and do I have a way to celebrate! My next upcoming atc technique class is transfers onto fabric and hand-beading. Hand-beading is just so relaxing and something that even a real needle-phobe can do. You only need to stitch a few beads on in a simple style or you can be as elaborate as you want with fringing, peyote (not the ingestible kind!!!....how do I even KNOW about that???) and my favourite - picot beading! So as not to freak my students out too much, we'll be sticking to fairly simple beading for this class but if they've done it before, they can just go to town if they like - I won't stop them...I'll be cheering them on!

Now as my stupid computer decided to blow a gasket and has to be hospitalised for a few days, I'm without a means of showing you the pictures of the beaded atc's...but Natalie has kindly allowed me to use the pics that she took of them for the advertising of the class at Scraptivate.


"Life"...

"Passion"...

"Cherish"...

"Enchant"... (yes, I know it's pinky/apricoty and pretty, but remember I'm a Gemini so I can swing both ways! lol)

When my computer gets better I'll upload the rest of the pictures.