papered...clearly for art...

Happy Monday & last day of February...

FINALLY!

I HOPE spring is right around the corner...

today I wanted to share a fun project, using clearly for art, patterned paper & Ranger's new Glue N Seal...

I LOVE the look of patterned paper flowers, but since my art is shipped all over the country, I want it to be as strong & durable as possible...

squished flowers do not make me happy...

enter clearly for art...

now it's simple to create lightweight sturdy embellishments...

the 3 patterned paper flowers on the piece below were made

combining paper with clearly for art...

ok...ignore the paper on the flower below...

I made quite a few flowers, but haven't used these just yet...

if you want to play...

grab some clearly for art...

Ranger's new Glue N Seal and some patterned paper...

I chose some from tim's lost & found paper stash...

this is a good time to use up small scraps of both clearly for art & patterned paper...

the smallest flower from

tim's tattered florals die is perfect for mini scraps...

start with a piece of clearly for art,

large enough for the flower you are making...

paint a thin coat of Glue N Seal onto the clearly for art

& then cover it with the patterned paper...

I like to use a brayer to make sure

it's stuck down really well...

lay the paper covered clearly for art (aka CFA)

on your craft sheet & heat to dry...

I heat it a bit on both sides...

for the large flower on the project I stamped this flower onto the paper side, using jet black archival & cut it out...

by cutting both layers @ once, the edges are perfect...

for the back of the flowers

I stamped text, using jet black...

the Glue N Seal dries nice & clear...

so...

here's plan b...

I could use the back side & ink it with alcohol inks...

but that's a project for another day...

keep that option in mind...

sorry about the glare from the window...

but it helps to show that the back is CFA...

below is the finished piece with a different scrap of lost & found paper over the CFA...

the base is the base from the rectangle art parts frame...

it's inked with weathered wood distress stain & then the edges were inked with walnut stain distress ink, using the blending tool...

the background was stamped with coffee archival...

the insert from the rectangle art parts frame was covered with paper from tim's lost & found pad...

and stamped with this background,

again using coffee archival...

the art parts scroll/leaf piece was inked with meadow color wash & stamped with jet black archival &

my fav medicine label stamp...

the large flower was stamped with

the polka dot background & coffee archival...

the saying is stamped in jet black & POPS when stamped over the coffee background...

I rarely use black for background stamping...

I save it for my main images...

the mini house was stamped on grungeboard 2 times...

I cut out one full image & parts of the second one to layer...

the house is rusty hinge distress ink & the accents are stormy sky distress ink...

the large art parts scallop was inked with

vintage photo distress stain &

stamped with black & this text stamp...

the extra trim strip is a straight flower stem,

trimmed to fit & inked with rusty hinge...

it's stamped with jet black & the polka dot border...

and the buttons are threaded...

I HATE naked buttons...

if you've been in a class of mine...

you certainly know that...

and since I was having a blast

making CFA patterned paper flowers...

I made this red one...

using fired brick distress stain...

the stain is applied to a scrap of a dictionary page...

which was glued to a piece of CFA...

the new art part bookplate makes a cute easy hanging piece...

great for a quickie gift...

I layered it over an art parts ATC...

the ATC was misted with denim color wash...

I embossed polka dots over the book plate with clear UTEE,

then the bookplate got inked with peeled paint distress stain...

because I embossed over the naked art part,

which is kraft colored, the embossing looks brown...

a vintage button over a sprocket gear makes the flower center...

add a couple leaves...

and a saying...

DONE!

can you see how color washes, distress inks & the new distress stains all work together so well?

think that was planned??

YOU BET!

to answer a few questions about the Glue N Seal...

I'm using the matte finish for my projects above...

it comes in the same size bottle as tim's crackle paints...

it has the same brush, which makes for NO messy cleanup!

I LOVE THAT!

you can refill the little jar with this larger size (NO brush)...

it's thinner than Claudine's multi medium...

I use the multi medium

when I want to glue a small piece

& I know the brush would be too large...

the mini multi medium bottle is perfect for detail pieces...

because the tip is fine...

both products hold even the heaviest of embellishments...

both are waterproof, when dry...

so keep that in mind if you get it on your clothes...

it's waterproof...

you can clean it off your hands

when it's wet with soap & water...

but if it dries on your hands...

you'll need to peel it off...

it's waterproof...

if you need to seal an alcohol inked project ...

something that will get handled lots...

brush over the alcohol ink with Glue N Seal...

talking about these cool products

make me want to run to the studio to...

make art!

wendy

ps...making papered clearly for art embellishments is fun...

wait till you see what's coming next for CFA...

a whole different look when combined with some Ranger goodies...

I discovered this yesterday...

like?

soon...