Let's Welcome
Melody Schwartz
she is our Guest Artist
on Wednesday Women
This is
Melody's tutorial
Torn
Fabric Background
Supplies:
art
journal pages (I used watercolor paper)
thin
cotton fabric
paper
towel
flower
stamps (I used Stamps by Judith)
scissors
dimensional
tape
computer
generated verse
Instructions:
Start
with gesso coated pages. Tear fabric
into strips about 1” wide and then cut the strips into pieces slightly longer
than the width of your page. You need
enough strips to cover your pages. I
used an old fabric that was too thin for quilting.
Brush
matte Mod Podge on page, lay a strip of fabric down and then brush another coat
of Mod Podge over the fabric. Repeat
laying strips of fabric down without overlapping edges until page is covered
with fabric. Do not flatten the edges,
as this will give you a great deal of fun texture. Let dry.
Brush
a generous layer of gesso over the fabric and let dry.
Close-up
Spritz with several colors of ink sprays. Mist with water and blot with a paper towel. This will give a mottled look. Let dry.
Stamp flowers on white card stock with black memento ink and color with copic markers. Cut out.
As
I started to arrange the flowers, I realized that they looked like hollyhocks,
so I decided to go with that. I drew a
stem with copic markers and attached the flowers with a double layer of
dimensional tape.
The
verse is computer generated.
Melody you can place the Guest Artist logo on your blog!
Thank you for being our Guest Artist!!
Melody (lacyquilter)
9 comments:
Beautiful job Melody! Thanks for sharing and being our Guest Artist on Wednesday Women!
beautiful Melody! love how you incorporated fabric into your art journal.
Oh how wonderfully creative is this! I love it!
awesome piece. Brilliant idea and so beautiful. thanx for sharing...
Nice pages! I love that you used fabric and what a wonderful texture it gives on the page. Thanks for the tutorial.
What wonderful texture the fabric makes! I will give this a try .. Thanks so much for sharing this tutorial..
What a cool idea! Love the texture. Thanks for sharing! Gail in Oklahoma
Love the texture!!
This is absolutely beautiful. And a great way to use that odd fabric that hangs around waiting for a new life. Thanks!
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