UHU TWIST AND GLUE Fridge Magnet

The UHU Twist and glue is a product I have been wanting to try out...and here is my first result. I am very
happy with it; it is a very strong glue, and is transparent.
I took a couple of photos, as it's very difficult to photograph the marbles.
You need:
juice lid
2 glass marbles
2 buttons
bottle cap - smashed
pretty paper
gathered lace
small magnets for the back.

I stamped on the buttons, a squirrel, and a dog, with archival inkpad. The feet image is from a DaVinci
 collection. I glued everything as shown in the pic - with  the UHU twist and glue.  It worked great!

LOVE IS: FABRIC BOOK

LOVE IS … Soft – yielding – endearing – passionate.

I enjoyed putting these pages together.

All the images were transferred onto fabric using two methods – gel medium, and adhesive-backed cotton.

LUTRADUR PAGES

Two more Lutradur pages photographed - too lumpy for scanning!
The blue page has a painted piece of fabric softener sheet, which I was using to clean paint brushes, adhered to a paper towel. The little square is a Model Magic piece that I rubber stamped on. The pink page also has a pink fabric softener sheet, this time stenciled on with yellow paint. The round piece is a style stone with Opals stamped into. I love the colors in that set.

SERENITY

I wanted to take a break from the hassles that Christmas can bring - of course along with all the joy.
I made this spread in a short time, it just came together so easily. I do love working with Asian themes, so this might also have something to do with it!
I used text strips on the left, and rice paper on the right.
Stamps, stencils, a napkin and rub-ons were used, and then I played with my Portfolio Water Soluble Oil Pastels on the right side. These are available at www.Quietfiredesign.com.

LUTRADUR BOOK

This is the result of playing with this wonderful product, Lutradur. This will be a bound book, but I wanted to take the photos before binding.

FREEDOM TO PLAY

I experiment with coil-bound books to use them as journals. This one did not work out well; the pages seemed firm enough, but they did not take water media very well. It’s usually a trial and error kind of thing. This one will be tipped into another journal.

These pages started off with washes of Golden acrylics, followed by some rubber-stamping, then collaging of text papers and images, then more paints, including a favourite of mine – Portfolio Oil Pastels. Just building up textures.

Bejewelled Cover Instructions

I have had some inquiries about my Bejeweled book cover. Here is what I did:
The book I am altering has an old-fashioned cloth over bookboard cover. I painted the front cover with Golden’s Crackle Paste and left to dry. I then spritzed with water, and dropped a variety of Golden’s fluid acrylic onto it, brushing here and there to blend. When dry I spritzed again and put down some more colours. I then dribbled Golden’s Clear Tar Gel around the perimeter of the cover, let dry, then rubbed more paints on it with a sponge. I highlighted some areas with metallic rub-on creams.
The ‘jewels’ are curtain tiebacks.
Thanks so much for your interest, and the lovely comments you sent me.