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Thursday 5 March 2015

TMC 07 Wings

I can’t believe how fast this year is going, we are in March already and The Mirror Crack’d is now just over half a year old! This month our challenge is Wings. A lovely easy one.

07 Wings

Initially I was going to make a canvas with Tim Holtz’s layered bee, but I suddenly changed my mind and decided to go for something less obvious.

First I coloured my 7x5 canvas with Gelatos. Then I added the Crafter’s Workshop Art Is stencil with gold texture paste, which I darkened with some Maya Gold paint as it was too light in it’s natural state.

I needed to put something on the bottom half of the canvas so I picked the centre line of one of Tim Holtz’s tag stencils.

Next I started work on the focal point of the canvas. I have this pad of diecut mannequins, and I stuck 5 of them together and then coloured it with Maya Gold paints in turquoise and silver. When that was dry I used texture paste, which I dyed with some mica powders and gave the body some texture. I decided to add a lace skirt, three layers of gathered lace ribbons to form the skirt. Then it struck me that the tape measure and the mannequin half dressed with a skirt reminded me of a dress form so I decided to turn my canvas into something from the sewing room.

I added seed beads to two tiny glass bottles, a piece of lace with a tiny cotton reel, which I wound some variegated thread onto. Various buttons, one half of a popper, or as some of you might know it, a press stud, and a hook and eye.

The wings themselves were a bit of a disaster. Initially they were lazer cut and had a feather pattern on them, but of course when I coloured them that disappeared, and I chose the wrong colour, which was too dark to go over and I had to sand it off, this ended up roughening up the wings so by the time I had painted them in Maya Gold they looked all rough, a bit like a real feather might I guess, but I only had one pair of the right size so I had to stick with them!

I’m entering this into:-

All Crafts Challenge – Feb/Mar: Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion – #251 Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart – #49 Anything Goes
Crafty Boots – Anything But a Card
Eureka Stamps – #130 Anything But a Card
Imagination Crafts – Mar: Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination – #23 Anything Goes
Mixed Media Monthly Challenge – #10 Birds of a Feather
Mix It Monthly (no end date) – Angels/Saints
Mod Squad – Make A Background
Rhedd’s Creative Spirit – Mar: Anything Goes
Ruby’s Rainbow – #99 Anything But a Card

LIN W

28 comments:

  1. Great detailing, texture and colours. Really love this Lin...xx

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  2. Hello Lin,
    I have just surfed through all the Dt's pieces over at TMC and goodness I have to say the work is so creative and inspiring. Your Canvas with the body form is wonderful as well. I am so inspired with the makes of this Challenge.
    Smiles:)
    Sue

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  3. This is lovely.. All your embellishments are great..

    Thanks for joining us over at Eureka stamps for this weeks challenge.
    DT Pam

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  4. Love this it's brilliant x

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  5. Hi Lyn, love your canvas, very pretty colours too. Have a great week and happy crafting, Angela x

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  6. Gorgeous canvas, there is so much going on, great embellishments and fab design. Thank you for sharing you work with all of us at Crafty Boots Challenges.

    Dionne

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  7. Stunning canvas Lin! In my opinion the wings turned out to be superb!

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  8. Oh so pretty. Love the background you created and the little vials of beads are such a lovely touch. I think the wings are just perfect! Thanks for joining in at Crafty Boots Challenges this time.

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  9. Oh how pretty! Love those little jars of beads! Thank you for entering your project at Rhedd’s Creative Spirit. Sammy-x

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  10. Great project, love your textured background! Thanks for joining us at The Mod Squad Challenge this week.

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  11. Hi Lin, I love all the textures and the ombré effect. There are lots of little details to look at.
    Hugs Jan Hill x

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  12. Beautiful canvas love all the texture and embellishments-especially the little bottles filled with seed beads--Thank you for joining us at Crafting From The Heart
    Carol DT x

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  13. So much treasury added to the canvas! I looove the dress and the lil perl-bottles ;) ♥ Conny Mix It Monthly

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  14. My, that's lovely, Lin!

    Adorable colours and textures! It has something wonderfully "light" to it! makes me smile just by looking at it. Thanks!

    Have a lovely weekend,
    Claudia x

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  15. I think this is amazing! I love the wings..whatever the problem they ended up lovely! I am doing a sewing type project soon and love this for inspiration! Awesome! Thanks for sharing with us at Rhedd's Creative Spirit this month! ~Nanette, DT~

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  16. Very nive canvas you created with lots of lovely details. I love the little glasses with pearls.
    Dear Greetings
    Sabine

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  17. I love the dimension on your great project. Thanks for joining us this week at Eureka Stamps. Karal DT

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  18. Beautiful mixed media project!!! Thank you for joining us at Craft Your Passion. Monica-Dt.

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  19. What a beautiful canvas. I'm loving the purple wings. Thanks for joining us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.

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  20. What a fun project...love all the details and texture. Thanks for playing along with us this week at Inspiration Destination. Good luck.

    Lynn, ID CT

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  21. Stunning make, love the colours and how you put it all together! Thanks so much for joining us at Mixed Media Monthly!

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  22. I love those pretty soft Spring colors. Very Pretty.

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  23. Your colors just make me smile! Love the yellow background - and how it fades into the white and purple beautiful! Thank you so much for playing along with us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!

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  24. Beautiful! Love all the embellishments and texture. Thanks for joining us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!

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  25. pretty piece! love those wings. Thank you so much for playing with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!
    -Rachel
    rwkrafts.com

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  26. Hi,

    This is just to let you know that you have been Placed in the Crafty Boots 'Anything but a Card' Challenge. Many congratulations.

    We are offering the winner and two runners up from this challenge Guest Design Team spots for a future challenge, which starts on 27 April. Please contact me at CraftyBootsDT@gmx.co.uk if you would like more information about participating in this new challenge.

    Don 't forget to collect a copy of the Crafty Boots Challenge badge from our blog.

    Kindest regards.

    Dionne

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