New Name

As Li-Sa and I have not been doing any "art challenges" I think I need to come up with a new name for my blog not that I seem to be doing too much on it lately. I do have a few new things to post as soon as I download some photos to share with anyone who is reading this! Am thinking along the line of Kerry's Creative Passions, Creative Things by Kerry? - not certain what to call it from now on???

Paper Flowers Collage

This is my latest painting which is a mixture of acrylic paint, pastels, tissue paper and collage. I found the idea by Serena Wilson Stubson in my favourite magazine Cloth, Paper, Scissors and thought I would give it a go. I love the texture the crumbled tissue paper gives to the background . I rubbed some pastels over the painted surface and this gave the painting a bit more depth. Wasn't certain about it all to start with but just love the end result - so much so I may do another one, very soon!

Fabric Wall Hanging

Can't believe it's been so long since I last added something new. Li-Sa and I have not had any art challenges but I have kept myself busy doing lots of different things. Have just completed a fabric wall hanging. This one is just to get me started and learn from and see what I like or don't like. Started with the black and white pictures from my fabric stash and grew from there.

Splat 1 & 2

Haven't posted anything in a while so thought I should add something new. I have these two little silver picture frames so decided to paint something simple using only black and white. So I have created Splat 1 and Splat 2. Hanging on my wall now so I can decide if I like them.

Paper Quilt

Got an idea from one of my magazines using different coloured watercolour paints, cutting them up into squares and then attaching or sewing onto another piece of paper. Just a play around with different colours and designs.

Fused Plastic Bags - Recyled

Have been busy sewing and making things out of my painted fused plastic bags. I made a couple of glasses cases with felt on the inside, note book covers and little clutches. I also created a folder from a cereal box which is my favourite - I can see myself using this and would like to made some more as I use up by cereal! Have taken a lot of photos of each bag and can see me using this as a background for future projects of some sort.

Fused Plastic Bags

Here are photos of my painted fused plastic bags and one cereal box. I have embellished a couple of the bags with some sewing, cord and yarn. My next step will be to "create" something useful from each one. I have used acrylic paint on all of them and then sprayed a matt finish to help seal them. But I have found that you can still scratch the paint off the plastic. So I really need to find a paint that adheres a little bit better to the plastic.

Close up image of one of the embellished bags.