Metal and Paint on a Sunday ......

Well - wasn't the tennis disappointing?  Not being able to bear it any longer, I toddled off upstairs  at the end of the second set to play. 

I started off with this .....

This being a thin chipboard tag shape - measuring just under 12" x 8".  Then borrowing this idea from Leandra Franich, I embossed some black metal over a mould and cut it up in bits for the edges ......

Then Ferro (Golden Green - just love it and got to get me some more colours) and Terra (Indian and Terracotta - loving that as well) ......

 

Then it was on to the paint, which is where I got a bit carried away.  I used Stewart Gill Colourise in Chlorophyll, Plum and Rose (from the Suzi Blu days) and Viva Precious Metal Paints in Blackberry (absolutely gorgeous) and Golden Green; and then highlights of Kaisercolour Eggshell.

After this orgy of dabbing and swooshing I really wasn't sure about the whole thing but it was either carry on enjoying the relaxing feeling or abandon it and wonder about it after I had tidied up - lol.

So I carried on and made (courtesy of Leandra - again) a fantasy bird out of metal (stamps from the Paper Artsy Ding and Dong collection) ....

 

Added some words (stamp by The Artistic Stamper) - in metal ....

And some raffia ....

 

Said tag is now hanging on my craft room wall where the 2009 Jack Vettriano calendar used to be.  I'm glad I didn't abandon it.  Hope you like it ....

 

I Am What I Am - a Metal Doll .....

Ever since I saw Linda Brown from LB Crafts demonstrating Ten Seconds Studio stuff at Worthing, I was hooked. I have been messing around with the tools that I have for ages and then I got the Ten Seconds Studio CD/DVD, which is great. If you're not into metal you will be after seeing this...
I was originally messing around with Paper Dolls after seeing them in a recent edition of Somerset Studio, and then I found a template (somewhere - can't remember where) of a jointed doll. I thought that this would look good in metal - so I had a go. This is my first attempt at a big metal project.
Terrible photo - again - but I hope you like her .....