I have no idea what or how or even IF I’m going to use any of these items but I put them all together in my own little treasure box.
Just look at the tiny little glasses! Real glass lenses.
An itty-bitty sterling silver spoon…
A mini pocket knife.
Treasures.
I’ve been finding all kinds of interesting little treasures lately. Such as a sterling spoon that had no handle. I put the stub of the handle in the vise and slowly started working it into a loop.
I love steampunk so I used some gears and the heart goes with the word LOVE. The heart is from an earring. Next time I try something like this I want to use resin. This was Diamond Glaze, which I’m pretty sure isn’t supposed to be used as I tried.
It is a fun little piece though. No mistakes… just opportunities to learn.
Feeling the need to do something creative, I cleaned off my workspace and grabbed my pile of book text scraps. The substrate is cardboard packaging that I obsessively save.
I decided to try out my UHU glue stic for this experiment. I knew I wanted to play with my watercolor crayons but have had issues with other glues releasing the papers from the substrate after getting wet. While wet there was a slight amount of lifting or warping but to my great delight, it dried completely flat! I believe I have found a new glue for this technique.
I’m loving the layered look. I used watercolor crayons, paint, correction pen, metallic marker, colored pencil, China crayon and rubber stamps on this piece.
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