Mini Concertina book

A while ago I reminisced about  a little souvenir concertina book brooch which I had when I was a child. The type of thing that when you are a child you buy on holiday then gets pushed to the back of the drawer and eventually gets thrown away. I wrote about how I would love to own one of them now but after having searched on line only found one that a lucky lady owned and posted about on her blog.

Happily I was lucky enough to come across one a little while later at a Vintage Fair. I couldn't believe my luck and it was of one of the places in which I spent my holidays as a child. The Lake District in Cumbria.

Since my first post on the subject I have been wanting to make a mini concertina book and this week at the back of one of my drawers I came across a strip of heavy watercolour paper leftover from an old project which was ideal. So I got to work and this is the result.

I used leftover papers that have images of  ink and paint from cleaning off stamps and brushes. I just love the random marks you can get, hence the  name of my little book, 'Serendipity'.

The cover is made from a brown tag which is stamped with a script stamp and scrunched, opened up and scrunched again until it feels like fabric. I then painted it with some acrylic wax to seal the surface, then added a metal eyelet and some twine.

I am really pleased with the way it turned out and hope to make more in the future.

I am linking this post to WOYWW as this is what has been on my desk these past few days. To see other peoples desks from around the world click on the button in the side-bar and take a look.

Thanks for visiting. x

WOYWW

What's on my work desk this Wednesday?

This is a sketch I posted a while back.

I really liked their faces so I decided not to add colour because once I start painting my faces they can change a little and sometimes quite a lot.

This week I have used them as inspiration for my latest mixed media painting.

The background is made up of scrapbook papers, stamped images on tissue paper, gesso and acrylics.

I hope you will pop by again to see it when it's finished. x

Linking this post to WOYWW

Paint Party Friday

For my regular visitors I haven't got anything new to share today but for those of you that visit on Friday's for PPF, as promised, here is the finished mixed media piece I have been working on.

The Gift.

Mixed Media on card

I also made a card this week from some 'inky' paper if you would like to take a peek you can see it here.

Thank you for all your lovely comments last week. I love to hear what you think. x

WOYWW

This is what is on my desk this WOYWW.

This little birdie appeared on my desk quite by accident. I had a piece of paper which I had been cleaning my stamps on and I used the other side to cut out a bird shape for another project. I folded the paper in half and the stamp impressions showed through the cut out bird shape. The colours were perfect so I cut out this little bird, adhered it to a blank card and added a beak and some legs and there he is.........Serendipity..........

For those of you who haven't visited since last Wednesday and would like to see the finished mixed media piece I was working on here it is finished at last.

The Gift

Mixed Media on card

Click on  the WOYWW button in the side-bar to visit other peoples desks across the world.

Thank you to all who left such lovely comments last week. They mean a lot. 

Bye for now. x

Finished!!

At last I can show the finished mixed media piece that I have been working on recently.

The Gift

mixed media on card

I have been so indecisive over this piece and I am relieved that she is finally finished. 

Hope you like her. x 

Paint Party Friday

I am a little worried that I may be boring some of my regular visitors as I have featured this WIP in my last few posts. However, I wanted to offer something up for this Paint Party Friday so I thought I would show some pics of how it has progressed since my last post.

I felt it needed something in the top corner and I was toying with the idea of a bird but I thought I would try this stamp.

I didn't like it so I covered it up with a torn piece of scrapbook paper.

I applied a few layers of paint and some stamping and then added the bird.

I am a little disappointed  in it but I am too scared of over working it so I think it will have to do. Perhaps I will keep starring at it a little longer and then decide.

I promise that the next time you see this piece it will be finished.

Thanks for visiting. x

WOYWW & WIP

Hello there. It's time again to join in with this weeks WOYWW.

This is what's on my desk today.

She is still a work in progress. I have just placed the little bird down for now to help me decide whether to add it in or not as I feel it needs something else.

Thank you to all who visited last Wednesday and for all the lovely comments they are very much appreciated. x