Saturday 9 August 2014

Vellum hearts

Sometimes when a piece inspires me, my creation can be pretty similar to the original...and sometimes an explanation may be needed! Over on the PaperArtsy blog this week Keren Baker used vellum to create a sky and grass project. It inspired me to create this little wall plaque which I am entering into the PaperArtsy weekly challenge here



I liked the idea of stamping on vellum and using wire but I didn't have the flower stamps or dies used. What had I got, well my much loved PA heart die and instead of text I thought swirls. So I stamped on some vellum with a Darcy mini stamp (EM06) in 2 different directions with a satin pearl embossing powder.


I then used distress markers and some water, but I probably used a bit too much water as the vellum went crinkly...but I liked the effect, it looks more textured. on the finished panel.


The original piece has some background text so keeping in theme with that I painted a 18 x 12.5 cm canvas panel with some snowflake fresco paint and then used a stamp from ELB06 across the central part of the panel, stamping in versamark and satin pearl again. At this stage I was still thinking I would wire 2 hearts together off the panel but after some playing around decided to use 3 hearts and wrap copper wire around each of them. They were glued down with matte medium and of course the shape of the wire can be seen through the vellum, but I quite like that. The panel was then finished with some copper foil tape from my stash......Thanks as always for stopping by.

18 comments:

  1. Your wall plaque is beautiful Ruth, the hearts are wonderful! x

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  2. ohh wow, I wouldn't have guessed that was my stamp lol Genius to layer it to create the pattern, i love it.

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  3. Beautiful art! It is simple yet effective! I can never get bored of embossing. Ever since I started cardmaking I loved watching the design appear! This is beautifully made!
    Ingrid xx

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  4. Beautiful creation,Ruth. I love the colours used here. I have only just discovered vellum and can't believe what a gorgeous finish it gives. By the way.....now I want Darcy's stamp,didn't realise it was so fab :) have you seen her new stamps yet? I have 1 set of them and they are truly gorgeous to work with.

    Hugs
    Donna xx

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  5. This is fabulous - I love the curly wire going through the heart! This has just proved to me that I 'need' Darcy's stamps! Chrisx

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  6. Love this Ruth! The colours are lovely and Darcy's stamps worked so well for creating your hearts. Very delicate looking piece which I really like.

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  7. Amazing panel! Three hearts and wires are beautiful effected and fab copper frame xx

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  8. I love this version! Just contemplating using this heart die myself as I don't have the stamps Keren used.

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  9. This really is a beautiful project Ruth, I love the curly wire and that copper wire around the frame is gorgeous and really makes the lovely hearts stand out. Great stamping on the hearts too! Anne x

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  10. This is beautiful, Ruth! I love how you created the hearts.

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  11. Ruth this is really lovely, the hearts and the wire work so well together, Jane x

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  12. This is beautiful Ruth, I love the wire in your hearts, and the copper frame is perfect! xx

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  13. This is so pretty Ruth and I love the copper used to frame it. Works so well with your colours and the additional wire.
    Julie x

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  14. Love the direction you took this project- the copper looks awesome and the hearts are very beautiful! My vellum went a little crinkly at times too ( all the best people's vellum do that 😉) fab project x

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  15. Oooh loving those hearts Ruth xxx

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  16. Delicate, ethereal and just beautiful.
    Alison xx

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